We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of Tata Consumer Products Limited (the“Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March31, 2026, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the Statement of Cash Flows and theStatement of Changes in Equity for the year ended on that date,and notes to the financial statements, including a summary ofmaterial accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act,2013 (the “Act”) in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standardsprescribed under section 133 of the Act, (“Ind AS”) and otheraccounting principles generally accepted in India, of the stateof affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2026, its profit andother comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes inequity for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statementsin accordance with the Standards on Auditing (“SA”s)
specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilitiesunder those Standards are further described in the Auditor’sResponsibility for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) togetherwith the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit ofthe standalone financial statements under the provisions ofthe Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilledour other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe thatthe audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalonefinancial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements of the current period.These matters were addressed in the context of our auditof the standalone financial statements as a whole, andin forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide aseparate opinion on these matters. We have determined thematters described below to be the key audit matters to becommunicated in our report.
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Impairment assessment of carrying value ofinvestment in an associate
During the current financial year, an associate hasincurred losses. This has triggered for re-assessmentof carrying value of investments of T223.21 crore(equity shares of T61.02 crore and preference sharesof T162.19 crore) in the associate in StandaloneFinancial Statements of the Company. The Companyhas also engaged a valuation expert to evaluatethe recoverable value of the entity through sale ofits assets. The determination of recoverable valuefor impairment assessment involved significantjudgements and estimates forecast of recoverablevalue of the entity’s non-current assets
Refer note 6 to the Standalone Financial Statements
Besides obtaining an understanding of Management’s processes andcontrols with regard to testing the investments for impairment our proceduresincluded the following:
a) We understood the methodology applied by management in performing itsre-assessment of carrying value the investment and walked through thecontrols over the process.
b) Evaluated the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of therelevant internal controls over impairment assessment.
c) We challenged the assumptions made by management for the inputdata used by management’s fair valuation expert through discussions,comparisons to industry peers and other available independent externaldata sources. We also performed sensitivity analysis on the key assumptions.
d) We involved internal fair valuation specialist to review the fair valuationof Investment in equity done by Management.
• The Company’s Board of Directors is responsiblefor the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Report ofthe Board of Directors including Annexures thereto,Management Discussion and Analysis Report andBusiness Responsibility Report, but does not include theconsolidated financial statements, standalone financialstatements and our auditor’s report thereon.
• Our opinion on the standalone financial statements doesnot cover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the otherinformation is materially inconsistent with the standalonefinancial statements or our knowledge obtained duringthe course of our audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
• If, based on the work we have performed, we concludethat there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation, we are required to report that fact. We havenothing to report in this regard.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect tothe preparation of these standalone financial statementsthat give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, cash flowsand changes in equity of the Company in accordance with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, including IndAS specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibilityalso includes maintenance of adequate accounting recordsin accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguardingthe assets of the Company and for preventing and detectingfrauds and other irregularities; selection and applicationof appropriate accounting policies; making judgments andestimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuringthe accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, managementand Board of Directors are responsible for assessing theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing,as applicable, matters related to going concern and usingthe going concern basis of accounting unless the Board ofDirectors either intend to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company’s Board of Directors is also responsible foroverseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the standalone financial statements as a whole arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is nota guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAswill always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonablybe expected to influence the economic decisions of users takenon the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the standalone financial statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidencethat is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controlsrelevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Undersection 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsiblefor expressing our opinion on whether the Companyhas adequate internal financial controls with referenceto standalone financial statements in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as agoing concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’sreport to the related disclosures in the standalonefinancial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’sreport. However, future events or conditions may causethe Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financialstatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in thestandalone financial statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions ofa reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financialstatements may be influenced. We consider quantitativemateriality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope ofour audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and(ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in thestandalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal financial controls thatwe identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statementsof the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless lawor regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that amatter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably
be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits ofsuch communication.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our
audit we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for thepurposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit andLoss including Other Comprehensive Income,the Statement of Cash Flows and Statement ofChanges in Equity dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2026 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on March 31, 2026 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to standalonefinancial statements of the Company and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in “Annexure A”. Our reportexpresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacyand operating effectiveness of the Company’sinternal financial controls with reference tostandalone financial statements.
g) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor’s Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act, asamended, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanationsgiven to us, the remuneration paid by the Companyto its directors during the year is in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014, as amended in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements - Refer Note34 to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contractsfor which there were any materialforeseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fundby the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds have been advanced or loanedor invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sources orkind of funds) by the Company to or in anyother person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries”), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented, that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds have been received by the Companyfrom any person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (“Funding Parties”), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Companyshall, directly or indirectly, lend or investin other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the Funding Party (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures performedthat have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has caused usto believe that the representations undersub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), asprovided under (a) and (b) above, containany material misstatement.
v. The final dividend proposed in the previousyear, declared and paid by the Companyduring the year is in accordance with section123 of the Act, as applicable.
As stated in note 13(vi) to the standalonefinancial statements, the Board of Directors ofthe Company has proposed final dividend forthe year which is subject to the approval of themembers at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.Such dividend proposed is in accordance withsection 123 of the Act, as applicable.
vi. Based on our examination, which included testchecks, the Company has used accountingsoftware systems for maintaining its booksof account for the financial year ended March31, 2026 which have the feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same hasoperated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software systems.Further, during the course of our audit we didnot come across any instance of the audit trailfeature being tampered with and the audit trailhas been preserved by the Company as per thestatutory requirements for record retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order,2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure B”a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and4 of the Order.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP
Chartered Accountants(Firm’s Registration No. 117366W/W-100018)
Mukesh Jain
(Partner)
Place: Mumbai (Membership No. 108262)
Date: May 08, 2026 UDIN:26108262HQQWHS9434