We have audited the standalone financial statements of Le TravenuesTechnology Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance sheetas at March 31 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss, including thestatement of Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement andthe Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and notesto the standalone financial statements, including a summary of materialaccounting policies and other explanatory information.
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, as amended("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view inconformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India,of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, its profitincluding other comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes inequity for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements inaccordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs), as specified under section143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the 'Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements' section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the 'Code of Ethics' issued by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled ourother ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements andthe Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on thestandalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment,were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financial statementsfor the financial year ended March 31, 2025. These matters were addressedin the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole,and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separateopinion on these matters. For each matter below, our description of howour audit addressed the matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be the key auditmatters to be communicated in our report. We have fulfilled theresponsibilities described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the auditof the standalone financial statements section of our report, including inrelation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included the performanceof procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks ofmaterial misstatement of the standalone financial statements. Theresults of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed toaddress the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on theacCompanying standalone financial statements.
Key audit matter
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Impairment assessment of goodwill relating to amalgamation of subsidiaries (as described in Note 5 of the standalone financial statements)
The goodwill balance as of March 31, 2025 amounts to INR 2,483.03million. The Company performs an impairment test of goodwill onan annual basis at the level of the cash generating units (CGUs) ormore frequently if the Company becomes aware of events or changesin circumstances that would indicate that the carrying amount ofgoodwill may not be recoverable.
Auditing the Company's goodwill impairment analysis was complexand judgmental due to the estimation required to determine therecoverable amount of the CGUs, being the higher of value in use andfair value less costs of disposal. In particular, the estimate of recoverableamount is sensitive to significant assumptions such as EBITDA margin,discount rate and the terminal value growth rate. These assumptionsare forward looking and could be affected by future economic andmarket conditions.
Considering the inherent complexities and significant judgementsinvolved and because of the materiality of the balances to theStandalone Financial Statements as a whole, the assessment of aboveimpairment was considered as a key audit matter.
Our audit procedures included the following:
• Obtained an understanding, evaluated the design, and tested the operatingeffectiveness of the controls related to impairment assessment of goodwill.
• Assessed the impairment methodologies used by management incomputing the recoverable amount against Ind AS 36, 'Impairment ofAssets',
• Tested the significant assumptions and underlying data used by theCompany in its analysis. We evaluated management's ability to estimatefuture EBITDA margin by comparing actual results to management'shistorical forecasts. We compared the EBITDA margin growth projectionsto current industry trends and external analyst reports.
• Compared the discount rate and terminal value growth rate againstobservable market data and current economic trends.
• Performed sensitivity analyses of the significant assumptions, whichincludes EBITDA margin, discount rates and terminal value growth rate,to evaluate the potential change in the recoverable amount of the CGUsresulting from changes in underlying assumptions.
• Evaluated the adequacy of the Company's disclosures as per applicableaccounting requirements.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information.The other information comprises the information included in the Annualreport, but does not include the standalone financial statements and ourauditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not coverthe other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements,our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether such other information is materially inconsistent withthe financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit orotherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work wehave performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of thisother information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing toreport in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated insection 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these standalonefinancial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flowsand changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the Indian AccountingStandards (Ind AS) specified under section 133 of the Act read with [theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding ofthe 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 the 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 accordance
with 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 expectedto influence 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 theaudit. 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 Act, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Companyhas adequate internal financial controls with reference to financialstatements 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 audit evidenceobtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's abilityto continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the financial statements or,if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the dateof our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions maycause the Company to cease to continue as a going 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 achievesfair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, amongother matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significantaudit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal controlthat we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence,and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, wedetermine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of thestandalone financial statements for the financial year ended March 31,
2025 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these mattersin our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determinethat a matter should not be communicated in our report because theadverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
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 Act, we give in the "Annexure 1"a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report, to the extentapplicable, that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge and beliefwere necessary for the purposes of our audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by lawhave been kept by the Company so far as it appears from ourexamination of those books except for the matters stated inparagraph 2(h)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended):
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss includingthe Statement of Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash FlowStatement and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with bythis Report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statementscomply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section133 of the Act, read with Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015, as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representations received fromthe directors as on March 31, 2025 taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as onMarch 31,2025 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act;
(f) The reservation relating to the maintenance of accounts andother matters connected therewith are as stated in paragraph(b) above on reporting under section 143(3(b) and paragraph2(i)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g).
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to these standalone financialstatements and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure 2"to this report;
(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for the yearended March 31, 2025 has been paid / provided by theCompany to its directors in accordance with the provisions ofsection 197 read with Schedule V to the Act;
(i) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinionand to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigationswhich would impact its financial position;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses;
iii. There were no amounts which were required to betransferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. a) The management has represented that, to the
best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosedin the note 51 to the standalone financialstatements, no funds have been advanced orloaned or invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the Company to or in any otherperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities("Intermediaries"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall, whether, directlyor indirectly lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Company ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, securityor the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b) The management has represented that, to thebest of its knowledge and belief, as disclosedin the note 51 to the standalone financialstatements, no funds have been received bythe Company from any person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"),with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Company shall,whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit procedures performedthat have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing hascome to our notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under sub-clause (a) and(b) contain any material misstatement.
v. No dividend has been declared or paid during the yearby the Company.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks,the Company has used accounting software formaintaining its books of account which has a featureof recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the samehas operated for all relevant transactions recordedin the software, except that, audit trail feature is notenabled for certain changes made, using administrativeaccess rights as described in note 50 to the standalonefinancial statements.
Further, during the course of our audit we did not comeacross any instance of audit trail feature being tamperedwith, in respect of accounting software(s) where the audittrail has been enabled. Additionally, the audit trail ofprior year has been preserved by the Company as per thestatutory requirements for record retention to the extentit was enabled and recorded in the respective years.
For S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP
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per Amit Virmani
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Membership Number: 504649UDIN: 25504649BMOUJT7533Place of Signature: New Delhi, IndiaDate: May 14, 2025