Your Directors take pleasure in presenting the 41st Annual Report together with the Standalone and ConsolidatedAudited Financial Statements for the Financial Year ("FY") ended 31st March, 2025.
COMPANY PERFORMANCE:
Financial Results:
(All Amount in INR Lakhs, unless otherwise stated)
PARTICULARS
Standalone
Consolidated
2024-25
2023-24
Revenue from Operations
5,793.19
6,928.93
17,176.54
14,429.07
Other Income
218.06
253.23
219.75
Total Income
6,011.25
7,182.16
17,396.29
14,682.29
Total Expenses
5,689.73
6,959.42
16,661.89
14,179.06
Profit before Interest, Depreciation, and TaxExpenses (EBITDA)
321.52
222.74
734.40
503.23
Tax Expenses
61.00
15.00
151.00
Tax -earlier year
53.16
0.00
Profit(Loss) for the period from continuingoperations
207.36
207.74
530.24
488.23
Other Comprehensive Income
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:
Standalone Performance
Ý Revenue from Operations stood at R 5,793.19 Lakhs compared to R 6,928.93 Lakhs in FY 2023-24,registering a decline primarily due to operational factors.
Ý Total Income decreased to R 6,011.25 Lakhs from R 7,182.16 Lakhs in the previous year.
Ý EBITDA improved by 44.35%, reaching R 321.52 Lakhs compared to R 222.74 Lakhs in FY 2023-24,reflecting better operational efficiency.
Ý Finance Cost remain same to R 0.03 Lakhs from R 0.03 Lakhs, indicating higher borrowing or financingrequirements.
Ý Profit Before Tax (PBT) witnessed greater performance, standing at R 321.52 Lakhs compared to R 222.74Lakhs last year.
Ý Profit after Tax (PAT) remained largely stable at R 207.36 Lakhs compared to R 207.74 Lakhs in FY 2023¬24.
Consolidated Performance
• Revenue from Operations grew significantly by 19%, reaching R 17,176.54 Lakhs compared to R 14,429.07Lakhs in FY 2023-24.
• Total Income increased to ^ 17,396.29 Lakhs from ^ 14,682.29 Lakhs, driven by robust performanceacross subsidiaries.
• EBITDA stood at ^ 734.40 Lakhs, reflecting a 45.93% increase compared to ^ 503.23 Lakhs in the previousyear.
• Finance Cost raised to ^ 1.57 Lakhs from ^ 0.03 Lakhs, yet remained at a low level.
• Total Expenses increased to ^ 16,661.81 Lakhs compared to ^ 14,179.06 Lakhs, in line with higherbusiness activity.
• Profit after Tax (PAT) grew by 8.62%, reaching R 530.24 Lakhs compared to R 488.23 Lakhs in FY 2023-24.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
The Company has prepared the Annual Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended 31st March, 2025in accordance with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 prescribed under Section 133 of theCompanies Act, 2013 ("the Act").
In accordance with the Act and Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015, the Annual Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended 31stMarch, 2025, together with Report of Auditors' thereon, forms part of this annual report.
In view of the need to conserve resources for potential new trading or industrial ventures, as well as to meet theworking capital requirements of the Company's ongoing operations, the Board of Directors has not recommendedany dividend for the financial year 2024-25. This decision is aimed at strengthening the financial position of theCompany and ensuring long-term sustainability.
The Board of Directors has decided not to transfer any amount to the General Reserve from the profits availablefor appropriation for the financial year 2024-25. The entire surplus is proposed to be retained in the Statement ofProfit and Loss to strengthen the internal resources of the Company and support future business requirements.
The Authorized Share Capital of the Company for the FY 2024-25 is Rs. 300,00,00,000/- (Rupees Three HundredCrores Only) to Rs. 300,00,00,000/- (Rupees Three Hundred Crores only) consisting of 300,00,00,000 (ThreeHundred Crores) Equity Shares of Re. 01/- (Rupee One only) each.
The issued, subscribed and paid-up capital of the Company for FY 2024-25 stands at Rs. 198,19,17,430.00/- (OneHundred Ninety-Eight Crores Nineteen Lakhs Seventeen Thousand Four Hundred Thirty) consisting of198,19,17,430 (One Hundred Ninety-Eight Crores Nineteen Lakhs Seventeen Thousand Four Hundred Thirty) EquityShares of Re. 01/-(Rupee One only) each.
The matters related to Auditors and their Reports are as under:
Pursuant to Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013, the shareholders in their meeting held on 30th September,
2022 had appointed M/s. Rishi Sekhri and Associates, Chartered Accountants, (FRN: 128216W) as StatutoryAuditors of the Company for a term of five (5) consecutive financial years and their term expires at the conclusionof 43rd Annual General Meeting of the Company.
The Auditors' Report on the financial statements of the Company forms a part of the Annual Report. There is noqualification, reservation, adverse remark, disclaimer or modified opinion in the Auditors' Report, which calls forany further comments or explanations.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Secretarial Audit for the financial yearended 31st March, 2025, was conducted by M/s. Megha Khandelwal & Associates, Practicing CompanySecretaries (Peer Review Certificate No.: 4023/2023). The Secretarial Audit Report, along with the SecretarialCompliance Report for the financial year 2024-25, forms part of this Report and is annexed herewith as Annexure -1."
The Secretarial Auditor has not made any adverse comments or given any qualification, reservation or adverseremarks or disclaimer in their Audit Report.
Pursuant to recent SEBI-LODR Amendments, the Company is required to appoint Secretarial Auditors for a term offive consecutive financial years. In view this, the Directors recommends the resolution at Item No. 03 be passed asan Ordinary Resolution for appointment of M/s. Sidhi Maheshwari & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries,Firm Registration number S2023RJ898900 and Peer review certificate number 3395/2023 to undertake SecretarialAudit of the Company for a term of five consecutive financial years i.e. 2025-26 to 2029-30.
Internal Auditor:
For FY 2024-25, the Board of Directors had appointed M/s. Shashi Ranjan & Associates, Practicing Cost andManagement Accountants, Jaipur as Internal Auditors of the Company. The Internal Auditors have beenperiodically reporting to the Audit Committee with regards to their audit process and key audit findings during theyear.
There are no qualifications, reservation or adverse remarks given by Internal Auditors of the Company for theperiod under review.
The provisions pertaining to the appointment of Cost Auditors are not applicable to the Company.
During the year under review, the Company has not accepted or renewed any deposits falling within the purviewof provisions of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with The Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules,2014.
During the year under review, there was no material change in the nature of business of the Company.
During the year under review, no significant and material orders were passed by the Regulators, SecuritiesExchange Board of India, Stock Exchanges, Tribunal or Courts which impact the going concern status and theCompany's operations in future.
No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company have occurred between theend of the financial year of the Company to which the Financial Statement relate and the date of this report. Therewas no change in company's nature of business during the FY 2024- 25.
In compliance with Regulation 34, read with Schedule V(B) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, the 'Management Discussion and Analysis Report' is annexed asAnnexure -2 and forms an integral part of this Report.
The Company is committed to pursue and adhere to the highest standard of Corporate Governance as set out bythe Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Companies Act, 2013. The report on the CorporateGovernance as stipulated in regulation 34 read with Schedule V of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015 is enclosed with this Report as Annexure - 3.
During the period under review, the Company is having 03 (Three) wholly owned subsidiary namely:
Ý Avance Ventures Private Limited (incorporated on 21st April, 2023);
Ý Verticore Technologies Private Limited (incorporated on 31st August, 2024);
Ý Avance Platforms Private Limited (incorporated on 7th October, 2024);
Therefore, Form AOC-1 for statement containing salient features of the financial statement of subsidiaries orassociate companies or joint ventures pursuant to first proviso to sub-section (3) of section 129 read with rule 5 ofCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable and details of the same mentioned herewith in Annexure - 4 tothis report.
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr.Vasant Tukaram Bhoir (DIN: 07596882), Director of the Company, is liable to retire by rotation at the ensuingAnnual General Meeting and, being eligible, has offered himself for re-appointment.
The Board of Directors recommends his re-appointment as Director, subject to the approval of the shareholders atthe forthcoming Annual General Meeting
There was no change in the Board of Directors of the Company during the year under review. However, postreview period Late. Mr. Srikrishna Bhamidipati, the Managing Director, Chairman and Promoter of the Companypassed away on 1st July, 2025.
Late. Mr. Srikrishna Bhamidipati was appointed as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. 15th January, 2002 andplayed crucial leadership roles through which the company immensely benefitted.
Subject to the approval of the members, the Nomination and remuneration Committee and the Board haverecommended regularize the appointment of Mr. Latesh Poojary (DIN: 10414863) appointed as additional directoron 2nd July, 2025 as the Executive director of the Company. Further as per the recommendation of the Nominationand Remuneration Committee and the Board of directors Mr. Latesh Poojary redesignated as Managing Directorw.e.f. from 14th August 2025, subject to the approval of the members.
The current composition of the Board is in accordance with the provisions of Section 149 of the Act and Regulation17 of the Listing Regulations and specifically stated in Corporate Governance Report.
None of the directors of the company are disqualified under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 or underthe SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
All the Directors have made necessary disclosures as required under the various provisions of the Companies Act,2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
Brief profile of Mr. Vasant Tukaram Bhoir (DIN: 07596882) proposed to be re-appointed and his Qualification,Experience alongwith the name of Companies in which he hold the Directorship and Listed Companies in which hehold Chairmanship/membership of the Committees of the Board, as stipulated under Regulations 36(3) of SEBI(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and Secretarial Standard on General Meetingsis given as Annexure to the Notice convening the 41st Annual General Meeting.
The Board meets at regular intervals to discuss and decide on Company/business policy and strategy apart fromother Board businesses. Your Company holds at least four Board Meetings in a year, one in each quarter to reviewthe financial results and other items of the agenda. During the reporting period, The Board met 10 (Ten) timesduring the Financial Year 2024-25 viz. 10th May, 2024, 28th May, 2024, 17th July, 2024, 13th August, 2024, 14th
August, 2024, 03rd September, 2024, 14th November, 2024, 28th November, 2024, 12th February, 2025 and 27thMarch, 2025.
The notice of Board Meeting is given well in advance to all the Directors. The Agenda and Pre-reads are circulatedwell in advance before each meeting to all the Directors for facilitating effective discussion and decision making.
All the Independent Directors of the Company have given declarations that they meet the criteria of independenceas specified in Section 149(6) of the Act and shall abide by the Code for Independent Directors as specified inSchedule- IV of the Act.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations 2015, the Board is required to monitor and review the Board evaluation framework. Inline with the Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Board has carried out the annual performance evaluation of itsown performance, the Chairman, the Directors individually, Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary as well asthe evaluation of the working of its Audit, Nomination and Remuneration, Stakeholders Relationship and RiskManagement Committee.
This evaluation is led by the Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee with specific focus on theperformance and effective functioning of the Board. The evaluation process also considers the time spent by eachof the Board Member, core competencies, personal characteristics, accomplishment of specific responsibilities andexpertise. The Board evaluation is conducted through questionnaire having qualitative parameters and feedbackbased on ratings. The Directors expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.
The Company has complied with all the applicable provisions of Secretarial Standard on Meetings of Board ofDirectors (SS-1), Revised Secretarial Standard on General Meetings (SS-2) and other voluntarily adopted SecretarialStandards such as Secretarial Standard on Dividend (SS-3), Secretarial Standard on Report of the Board of Directors(SS-4) issued by Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
In line with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations, the company has formulated aPolicy on Related Party Transactions as approved by the Board of Directors which is also available on theCompany's website www.avance.in and the same is considered for the purpose of identification and monitoringRelated Party transactions.
During the year under review, the Company has not entered any contracts or arrangement with its related partiesreferred to in Section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013.
Disclosures in Form AOC-2 pertaining to material contract and arrangement in terms of Section 134(3)(h) of theCompanies Act, 2013, and Rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014, is included in this report as Annexure- 5 and forms an integral part of this report.
The Company being into reselling of IT products, information regarding disclosure of conservation of energy is notapplicable to it. However, as a part of national interest it ensures that energy consumption is kept at minimum.There is no technology involved as the Company is a Service Sector.
There were no foreign exchange earnings or outgo during the year under review.
Pursuant to Section 92(3) read with Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, the Annual Return as on 31st March2025 will be available on the Company's website at www.avance.in with in stipulated period of time.
The Company recognises its employees as one of the most vital contributors to its growth and success. HumanResource Development is considered a key strategic priority, with continuous efforts to implement initiatives thatfoster professional development, enhance operational excellence, and strengthen business processes. TheCompany remains committed to building a diverse, inclusive workforce and nurturing employee careers throughstructured learning and development programmes. Ensuring the safety, security, and overall well-being ofemployees is of utmost importance, and the Company upholds the highest standards of health and safety across alloperations.
The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the financial statements for thefinancial year 2024-25 which forms an integral Part of this annual report.
The Company has an adequate system of internal controls in place. It has documented policies and procedurescovering all financial and operating functions. These controls have been designed to provide a reasonableassurance with regard to maintaining of proper accounting controls for ensuring reliability of financial reporting,monitoring of operations, and protecting assets from unauthorized use or losses, compliances with regulations.The Company has continued itself orts to align all its processes and controls with global best practices.
Pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Act, read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration ofManagerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, details/information's related to the remuneration of Directors, Key ManagerialPersonnel and Employees are set out in Annexure - 6 to this Report.
A Certificate of the Secretarial Auditor confirming its compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governancestipulated under the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 forming part of this Annual Report.
A Certificate of the Managing Director and CFO of the Company in terms of Listing Regulations, inter alia,confirming the correctness of the financial statements and cash flow statements, adequacy of the internal controlmeasures and reporting of matters to the Audit Committee, is also annexed to this Annual Report.
A Certificate of the Auditor on verification of Debarment or Disqualification of Directors pursuant to Regulation 34(3) read with Para C(10)(i) of Schedule V of the Securities Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations andDisclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is annexed to this Annual Report.
The Company does not meet the criteria specified in sub section (1) of section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013,read with Companies [Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)) Rules, 2014. Therefore, it is not required to incur any
expenditure on account of CSR activities during the year.
Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Company, hereby confirmsthat:
Ý In the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2025 the applicable accountingstandards have been followed and there are no material departures from the same;
Ý They have selected such accounting policies, judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudentand have applied them consistently so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Companyas at 31st March, 2025 and of the statement of Profit and Loss as well as Cash Flow of the company forthe year ended on that date;
Ý Proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, for safeguarding the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
Ý The annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis;
Ý Necessary internal financial controls have been laid down by the Company and the same arecommensurate with its size of operations and that they are adequate and were operating effectively; and
Ý Proper systems have been devised to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws andthat such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
During the year under review, none of the Auditors of the Company, has reported to the Audit Committee undersection 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, any instances of the fraud committed by the Company, its officers andemployees, the details of which would need to be mentioned in the Board Report.
Policy on Directors' appointment and remuneration is to follow the criteria as laid down under the Companies Act,2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. Emphasis is given to personsfrom diverse fields or professions. The Remuneration Policy is uploaded on the Company website www.avance.in
The Vigil Mechanism of the Company includes a Whistle Blower Policy to deal with instance of fraud andmismanagement, if any. Further, the mechanism adopted by the Company encourages a whistle blower to reportgenuine concerns or grievances and provides for adequate safeguards against victimisation of the whistle blowerwho avails of such mechanism as well as direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The functioning ofthe vigil mechanism is reviewed by the Audit Committee from time to time.
None of the whistle blowers have been denied access to the Audit Committee of the Board. The details of theWhistle Blower Policy are posted on the website of the Company at www.avance.in.
The Company is committed to creating a healthy working environment that enables employees to work withoutfear of prejudice and gender bias. The Company has formulated Policy on prevention, prohibition and redressal ofsexual harassment of women at workplaces in accordance with The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013. Your Company has a robust mechanism in place to redresscomplaints reported under it if any.
During the year under review, the Company has not received any complaints in this regard.
The provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, are not applicable to the Company during the period underreview.
There is no proceeding initiated / pending against your Company under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016which does any materially impact the business of the Company.
The Company has not made any one-time settlement for loans taken from the Banks or Financial Institutions, andhence the details of difference between amount of the valuation done at the time of one time settlement and thevaluation done while taking loan from the Banks or Financial Institutions along with the reasons thereof is notapplicable.
The Board of Directors wish to place on record its deep sense of appreciation for the committed services by all theemployees of the Company. The Board of Directors would also like to express their sincere appreciation for theassistance and co-operation received from the financial institutions, banks, government and regulatory authorities,stock exchanges, customers, vendors, members during the year under review.