We have audited the accompanying Standalone financial statements ofCAREER POINT EDUTECH LIMITED (the “Company"), which comprisethe Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025 and the Statement of Profit &Loss Account (Including other Comprehensive Income), the Statementof Changes in Equity and the statement of Cash Flows for the year ended31st March 2025, and a summary of the significant accounting policiesand other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "thestandalone financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financial statementsgive the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act”) inthe manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Actread with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended, ("Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally acceptedin India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, theProfit and total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cashflows for the year ended on that date.
We had conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act,2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further describedin the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of the Company inaccordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions ofthe Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilledour other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our auditopinion.
a) Note No. 47 of the standalone financial statements, whichdescribes a significant transaction undertaken during the year inpursuant to a Composite Scheme of Arrangement involving theCompany and its group entities. The said Scheme was approved bythe Board of Directors of the Holding Company "Career PointLimited”, in its meeting held on 14th February 2023 and wassubsequently sanctioned by the Hon'ble National Company LawTribunal, Chandigarh Bench, through its final order dated 23rdSeptember 2024, passed under Sections 230 to 232, read withSection 66 and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act,2013, in Company Petition CP (CAA) No. 9/CHD/PB/2024. TheScheme provided for the demerger of the education businessundertaking ("Demerged Undertaking”) from Career Point Limited(the Demerged Company) into Career Point Edutech Limited (theResulting Company i.e. the reporting entity), and the amalgamationof Srajan Capital Limited, a wholly owned NBFC subsidiary, withCareer Point Limited (the Transferee Company). The AppointedDate for giving effect to the Scheme was determined as 1st April2023, and the Scheme became effective upon filing of the NCLTorder with the respective Registrars of Companies.
The Company has accounted for the impact of the Scheme inaccordance with Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) 103 -Business Combinations, read with Appendix C, which deals withcommon control transactions. Accordingly, the pooling of interestsmethod has been applied. Under this method, the assets andliabilities transferred to the Company from the DemergedUndertaking have been recorded at their respective historicalcarrying values as appearing in the books of the DemergedCompany, without any adjustments to reflect fair values or torecognize goodwill. Further, since the transaction qualifies as abusiness combination under common control, the standalonefinancial statements of the Company have been restatedretrospectively as if the demerger had occurred at the beginning ofthe earliest comparative period presented. Consequently, thefinancial results for the year ended 31st March 2024 have beenrestated to give effect to the demerger from 1st April 2023, theAppointed Date.
The NCLT, in its detailed order, confirmed that all necessaryprocedural and statutory requirements had been duly complied with,including service of notices to key regulatory authorities such as theRegistrar of Companies (ROC), Regional Director (RD), OfficialLiquidator (OL), Income Tax Department, Reserve Bank of India (RBI),Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), National StockExchange (NSE), and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Notably, noadverse observations were received from any of the statutoryauthorities, and the shareholders of the Demerged Companyapproved the Scheme with a voting approval of over 99.99% infavour. The NCLT observed that the Scheme is in compliance withapplicable legal requirements and is not prejudicial to the interests ofcreditors, shareholders, or the public at large. The order furtherprovided that all benefits, liabilities, contracts, proceedings, andemployees pertaining to the Demerged Undertaking standtransferred to and vest in the Resulting Company, with effect fromthe Appointed Date, on a going concern basis.
Further, for the purpose of giving effect to the Scheme in thestandalone financial statements, the Company has accounted forthe assets and liabilities of the Demerged Undertaking based on thecarrying amounts as provided by the management of the HoldingCompany as on the Appointed Date. Our audit was limited to theaccounting and presentation of such balances as per the Scheme.We have not independently verified the underlying books or recordsof the Demerged Undertaking and have relied on the management'srepresentations and information for the carrying values of the assetsand liabilities transferred.
b) We draw attention to Note No. 31 of the standalone financialstatements, which pertains to the ongoing arbitration proceedingsbetween the Company and Rajasthan Skill and LivelihoodsDevelopment Corporation (RSLDC) regarding the DDU-GKY project.The dispute originated from the invocation of a bank guarantee of Rs.54.22 lakhs and a demand of Rs. 334.76 lakhs raised by RSLDC upontermination of the project. The Company, having received Rs. 216.90lakhs as the first instalment and having incurred Rs. 371.75 lakhs,challenged the invocation and the demand through proceedingsunder Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.Pursuant to the order dated 17 March 2025, the Hon'ble Arbitratorruled partly in favour of the Company by quashing the said recoverynotice and awarding (i) Rs. 54.22 lakhs against the bank guarantee,(ii) Rs. 100 lakhs towards investment, and (iii) Rs. 8 lakhs towardslitigation costs, along with simple interest at 9.25% p.a. from the dateof award if unpaid within 30 days. Management, based on legaladvice and facts of the case, continues to consider the receivable ofRs. 213.41 lakhs as fully recoverable.
These matter are adequately disclosed in the accompanying standalonefinancial statements.
Therefore our opinion is not modified in respect to above matters.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment,were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financialstatements of the current period.
These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of thestandalone financial statements as a whole and in forming our opinionthereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
[Refer to Note 47 to the Standalone Financial Statements]
Pursuant to the Order dated September 23, 2024, passed by theHon'ble National Company Law Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, underSections 230 to 232 and other applicable provisions of theCompanies Act, 2013, a Composite Scheme of Arrangement wasapproved involving the demerger of the education businessundertaking ("Demerged Undertaking”) from Career Point Limited(the Demerged Company) into its wholly owned subsidiary, CareerPoint Edutech Limited (the Resulting Company and reporting entity).The Appointed Date for giving effect to the Scheme was fixed as April1, 2023.
As a result of the demerger, the Company accounted for thetransaction as a common control business combination inaccordance with Appendix C of Ind AS 103 - Business Combinations,which governs accounting for transactions under common control.The pooling of interests method was applied to account for thetransaction. The transaction required the retrospective restatementof the Company's financial statements from the appointed date, April1,2023, to reflect the effect of the demerger, including the recognitionof assets, liabilities, and reserves pertaining to the DemergedUndertaking. Furthermore, the Company has allotted 1,81,92,939 fullypaid-up equity shares to the eligible shareholders of the DemergedCompany in accordance with the Scheme, resulting in the recognitionof negative capital reserve of ? 253.45 Lakhs directly in Other Equity.
Given the magnitude of the restructuring, the retrospectiverestatement, and the complex application of Ind AS 103, this matterhas been identified as a Key Audit Matter due to its complexity and thejudgment involved in applying the appropriate accounting treatment.Our audit procedures involved evaluating the Company's compliancewith the Scheme and the related accounting standard, and verifyingthe accuracy of the accounting treatment adopted.
1. We obtained an understanding from management and assessed thedesign and operating effectiveness of the internal controlsimplemented by the Company relating to the accounting andrecognition of the business combination arising out of the demergerapproved under the Composite Scheme of Arrangement.
2. We reviewed the NCLT Order dated September 23, 2024, and tracedthe accounting treatment of the demerger in the standalone financialstatements of Career Point Edutech Limited. We ensured compliancewith the terms of the Scheme and Ind AS 103, including Appendix C,which governs transactions under common control.
3. We verified the transfer and recognition of assets, liabilities, andreserves pertaining to the education business undertaking by
comparing them with the underlying books of account, auditedfinancial statements, and the trial balances of the DemergedUndertaking as of the appointed date (April 1,2023).
4. We recomputed and independently verified the merger entriesrecorded under the pooling of interests method, including therestatement of comparative figures for FY 2023-24. We confirmedthat the assets and liabilities were recorded at their historical carryingvalues without any revaluation or recognition of goodwill.
5. We reviewed management's computation of any adjustments madedirectly in equity, including the amount credited to capital reserve, andvalidated the consistency of the treatment with Ind AS 103, AppendixC.
6. We evaluated the Company's judgment that the transaction qualifiesas a business combination under common control and concludedthat the accounting treatment adopted is appropriate based on thecontrol structure and substance of the transaction.
7. We assessed the adequacy and appropriateness of the disclosuresmade in Note 47 of the standalone financial statements, includingthose related to the impact on the current and comparative periodfinancial results, the accounting policy adopted, and the componentstransferred under the Scheme.
Based on the audit procedures performed, we conclude that theaccounting for the demerger of the education business undertakingfrom Career Point Limited into Career Point Edutech Limited has beenappropriately carried out in accordance with Appendix C of Ind AS 103 -Business Combinations. The financial statements reflect thedemerger's effect in a manner consistent with the Scheme approved bythe NCLT, and the accounting treatment, including the application of thepooling of interests method, is in accordance with the relevantaccounting standards.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. Our opinion on the Standalone financial statements doesnot cover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, ourresponsibility is to read the other information identified above when itbecomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the otherinformation is materially inconsistent with the standalone financialstatements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appearsto be materially misstated. When we read Other Information, if weconclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are requiredto report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters statedin Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act”) with respect tothe preparation and presentation of these standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the financial position andfinancial performance, total comprehensive income, changes in equityand cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and otheraccounting principles generally accepted in India, including theAccounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read withRule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguardingthe assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds andother irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuringthe accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant tothe preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statementsthat give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management isresponsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a goingconcern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern andusing the going concern basis of accounting unless management eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether thestandalone financial statements as a whole are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor'sreport that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ofassurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered materialif, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professionaljudgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.We also:-
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of thestandalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks,and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resultingfrom error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the auditin order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under section 143(3)(I) of the Companies Act,2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion onwhether the company has adequate internal financial controlssystem in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and thereasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of thegoing concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related toevents or conditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern. If we concludethat a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attentionin our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify ouropinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as agoing concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of thestandalone financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the standalone financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
• Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalonefinancial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes itprobable that the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced.We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i)planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results ofour work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identifiedmisstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding,among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit andsignificant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement thatwe have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationships andother matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance,we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit
of the standalone financial statements of the current period and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, wedetermine that a matter should not be communicated in our reportbecause the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably beexpected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("theOrder”), issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub¬section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give inthe "Annexure A” statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3and 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 andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief werenecessary for the purposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law havebeen kept by the Company so far as it appears from ourexamination of those books, except for the matters stated inparagraph 2(i)(vii) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended) ("theRules”).
(c) The Company does not have any branch offices and henceprovisions of Section 143(8) are not applicable.
(d) The Balance Sheet & the Profit & Loss Account including OtherComprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement and theStatement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
(e) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statementscomply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts)Rules, 2014.
(f) On the basis of the written representations received from thedirectors as on 31st March 2025 taken on record by the Board ofDirectors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(g) In our opinion and according to the information and explanationgiven to us, the remuneration paid during the current year by theCompany to its directors is in accordance with the provisions ofand the limits laid down under section 197 read with Schedule V ofthe Act.
(h) Since the Company's turnover as per last audited financialstatements is less than Rs. 50 Crores and its borrowings frombanks and financial institutions at any time during the year is lessthan Rs. 25 Crores, the Company is exempted from getting anaudit opinion with respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols over financial reporting of the company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls vide notification dated June 13,2017.
(I) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Reportin accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us:
I. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations onits financial position in its standalone financial statements - ReferNote No. 29 to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under theapplicable law or Indian accounting standards, for material
foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts.
iii. The Company is not required to transfer any amount to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund account.
iv. The management of the Company has represented that, to thebest of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note 45(v) tofinancial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or anyother sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any otherpersons or entities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries”),with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall:
• Directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) byor on behalf of the Company or
• Provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
v. The management of the Company has represented, that, to thebest of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note 45(vi) tothe financial statements, no funds have been received by theCompany from any persons or entities, including foreign entities("Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Company shall:
• Directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) byor on behalf of the Funding Parties; or
• Provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries.
vi. Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our noticethat has caused us to believe that the representations under sub¬clause (i)(iv) and (i)(v) contain any material mis-statement.
vii. The reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014 is applicable from April 01, 2023. Basedon our examination which included test checks, the Company hasused accounting software for maintaining its books of account,which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility andthe same has operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the respective software. Further, for theperiods where audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled andoperated throughout the year for the respective accountingsoftware, we did not come across any instance of the audit trailfeature being tampered with
viii. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor'sReport in accordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of theAct, as amended: In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paidby the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 of the Act.
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Date: 30.05.2025