We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements of 1ST LIMITED (“the Company”), whichcomprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (includingOther Comprehensive Income), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Statement of CashFlows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including summary of materialaccounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “the standalone financial statements”).In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state ofaffairs of the Company as at 31st March 2025, and its profit including other comprehensive income, changes in equityand its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs)specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in theAuditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independentof the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules made there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtainedis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit ofthe standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separateopinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to becommunicated in our report.
Key Audit Matter
Auditor’s Response
Investments as on 31st March 2025
(Refer to Note no.10 and 14 to the notes to the standalone financial statements)
The Investments of the company forms significant portion of its totalassets. The Company has investments in various Government Bonds,quoted and unquoted Securities and Mutual Funds. Investments alsoincludes investment in wholly owned subsidiary and associatecompany.
The valuation of investments is based on a range of inputs. Many ofthe inputs required can be obtained from readily available liquid marketprices and rates. Where observable market data is not available,estimates must be developed based on the most appropriate sourcedata and are subject to a higher level of judgment.
Accordingly, investments was determined to be a key audit matter inour audit of standalone financial statements.
Our audit procedure included the following:
• Obtaining an understanding from the management, assessing andtesting whether controls in respect of the valuation process areoperating properly and assessing whether the valuation process isappropriately designed and captures relevant valuation inputs for thematerial investments.
• Evaluating the Company's process regarding impairment assessmentand fair valuation by involving independent assessment for assessingthe appropriateness of the valuation.
• Assessed the carrying value / fair value calculation of all individualmaterial investments, to determine whether the valuation performedby the Company were within an acceptable range determined by us.
• Assessing the availability of quoted prices in liquid markets.
• We also assessed whether the Company's disclosures in relation tothe valuation of investments are compliant with the relevant accountingrequirements.
Based on the above procedure performed, we did not identify any significant
exceptions in the management's assessment in relation to the carrying
value of investments.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Annual Report, but does not include the standalone financial statements andour auditors' report thereon. The Annual Report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor'sreport.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit, orotherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required tocommunicate the matter to those charged with governance and take necessary actions, as applicable under therelevant laws and regulations.
Responsibilities of Management and those charged with Governance for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respectto the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance (including other comprehensive income), changes in equity and cash flows of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (IndAS) specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fairview and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted inaccordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraudor error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influencethe economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone 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 standalone financial statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud is 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 control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our
opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based onthe audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalone financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the auditevidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause theCompany to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events ina manner that achieves 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 standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key auditmatters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure aboutthe matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in ourreport because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interestbenefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government
of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified
in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, 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 purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books.
c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss including Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Statement of Cash Flows dealtwith by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March 2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March 2025 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to the standalone financialstatements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Reportin “Annexure B” to this report.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the
Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information
and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financial position.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there wereany material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts, which were required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have
been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any othersources or kind of funds) by the company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall, whether directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds havebeen received by the company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities(“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that thecompany shall, whether directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on such audit procedures that the we have considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (a) and (b) contain any material misstatement.
v. The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year, hence compliance to Section123 of the Act is not applicable.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used an accounting softwarefor maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended 31st March 2025, which has a featureof recording 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 acrossany instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with and the audit trail has been preserved bythe Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
3. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors' Report under section 197(16) of the Act, asamended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section197 of the Act.
Chartered AccountantsFirm's Registration No. 005100N
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Date: -29th May 2025 (Partner)
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