We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Vineet Laboratories Limited ("the Company"), whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), and the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of changes in equity for the year ended on that date, andnotes to the financial statements, including a summary of the material accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid FinancialStatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("The Act") in the manner so required and give atrue and fair view in conformity with other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of theCompany as at 31 March 2024, and its profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity forthe year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified undersection 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor'sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company inaccordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with theindependence requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Actand the Rules made there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of thefinancial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.We have determined the matters described below as the Key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
Key audit matter
How the matter was addressed in our audit
1. Revenue recognition:
To obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence, our
Revenue from the sale of products is recognized when control
principal audit procedures and procedures performed by
over goods is transferred to a customer. The actual point in
component auditors, amongst others, include the
time when revenue is recognized varies depending on the
following:
specific terms and conditions of the sales contracts entered
• Compared the accounting policies in respect of
with customers.
revenue recognition with applicable accountingstandards to test for compliance.
The Company has many customers operating in variousgeographies and sales contracts with customers have distinct
• Performed substantive testing of selected samples of
terms relating to the recognition of revenue, the right of return
revenue transactions recorded during the year.
and price adjustments.
• For a sample of year-end sales, we verified
contractual terms of sales invoices/ contracts,
We identified the recognition of revenue from sale of products
shipping documents and acknowledged delivery
as a key audit matter considering:
receipts for those transactions includingmanagement assessment and quantification of anysales reversal for undelivered goods.
Revenue is a key performance indicator for the Company.Accordingly, there could be pressure to meet the expectationsof investors/ other stakeholders and/ or to meet revenue
• Verified Company's assessment of accruals of
targets stipulated in performance incentive schemes for a
rebates, discounts, returns, service level penalties and
reporting period. We have considered that there is a risk of
allowances in line with the past practices to identify
fraud related to revenue being overstated by recognition inthe wrong period or before control has passed during the yearand at period end.
bias.
Company's assessment of accrual towards rebates,
• Tested any unusual non-standard journal entries that
discounts, returns, service level penalties and allowancesrequire estimates and judgement and change in theseestimates can have a significant financial impact.
impacted revenue recognized during the year.
• The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexure toBoard's Report, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, but does notinclude the financial statements and our auditor's report there on.
• Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtainedduring the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
• If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information,we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect tothe preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive Income, cash flows and statement of changes of equity of the Companyin accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards(Ind AS ) referred to in Section 133 of Companies Act 2013 read with Companies ( Indian Accounting Standards ) Rules2015 as amended.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonableand prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as agoing concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis ofaccounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance withSAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraudis higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controlssystem in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions thatmay cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosuresin the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions arebased on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner thatachieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timingof the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify duringour audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. Wedescribe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication
1. As required by section 143(3) of the Companies Act 2013, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purpose of our audit.
b) In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far asappears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet and Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash flowStatement and the statement of changes in equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the booksof account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financials comply with the Accounting Standards specified under of Section 133of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2024, and taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2024, from beingappointed as a director in terms of sub section (2) of section 164 of the Companies Act, 2013.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company andthe operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in "Annexure A"; Our reportexpresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness on the Company's internalfinancial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirementsof section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is inaccordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us:
i. The company has disclosed the impact of pending litigation on its financial position in its financialstatements.
ii. The Company does not have any derivatives contracts. Further there are no long term contracts forwhich provisions for any material foreseeable losses is required to be made.
iii. There are no amounts pending that are required to be transferred to Investor Education andProtection Fund.
iv. (a) The management has represented, to the best of their knowledge and belief, other than asdisclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (eitherfrom borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the company to orin any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented, to the best of their knowledge and belief, other than asdisclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been received by the company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on the audit procedures performed by us, which has considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of rule 11(e) as provided under (a) and (b),contain any material mis-statement.
v) The amount of dividend is in accordance with the section 123 of the Act.
(a) The final dividend paid by the company during the year in respect of previous year is inaccordance with Section 123 of the Act, to the extent it applies to payment of dividend.
(b) The Board of Directors of the Company have not proposed any dividend for the yearand hence provisions of section 123 in respect of approval of dividend by the membersat the ensuing Annual General Meeting is not applicable.
vi) Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software formaintaining its books of accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 2024, which have a feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tampered with.
As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable from April 1, 2023, reportingunder Rule 11(g) of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 on preservation of audit trail as per thestatutory requirements for record retention is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31, 2024.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020, issued by the department of company affairs, in termsof section 143 (11) of the companies Act, 2013, we give in the "Annexure B" a statement on the matters specified inparagraph 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
For NSVR & ASSOCIATES LLP,
Chartered AccountantsFRN No.008801S/S200060
Partner
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Date: 29 May 2024Place: Hyderabad