We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Akiko Global Services Limited(Formerly known as Akiko Global Services Private Limited) ("the Company”) which comprises the BalanceSheet as at 31 March 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss and Statement of Cash Flows for the year thenended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory 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 aforesaidstandalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in themanner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting standards specified undersection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 (as amended) and otheraccounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2025and profit and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) ofthe Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’sResponsibilities 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 Indiatogether with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements underthe provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the auditevidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the StandaloneFinancial Statements.
The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Director’s report, but does not include the standalonefinancial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with thestandalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
The Director’s report is not made available to us at the date of this auditor’s report. We have nothing to reportin this regard.
The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) ofthe Act with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view ofthe financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accountingstandards specified under section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 (asamended) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding ofthe assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate of accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the standalone financial statement that give a true and fair view and are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the management and Board of Directors are responsible forassessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matter s related togoing concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the company’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includesour opinion. 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 fromfraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expectedto influence the 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 professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence thatis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, 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 Companies Act, 2013, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls withreference to Standalone Financial Statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by the Management and Board of Directors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management and Board of Directors use of the going concern basisof accounting in preparation of standalone financial statements and, based on the audit evidence obtained,whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we a rerequired 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 theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of 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 the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control thatwe identify during our audit.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give in the“Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extentapplicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report, to the extent applicable that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledgeand belief 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 Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by thisReport are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 (asamended).
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March 2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 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 Control with reference to Standalone FinancialStatements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Reportin the “Annexure B”.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for whichthere were any material foreseeable losses;
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company during the year ended 31 March 2025;
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> The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds havebeen advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or anyother sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other persons or entities,including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) by or on behalf of the Company or provide any guarantee, security or thelike to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
> The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds havebeen received by the Company from any persons or entities, including foreign entities(“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) by or on behalf of theFunding Party or provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries; and
> Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under subclause (a) and (b) above contain any material mis-statement.
v. The Company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year ended 31 March 2025.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended 31 March 2025,which does not have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility. Further, the audit trailhas not been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
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 current year is in accordance with theprovisions of section 197 of the Act.
Chartered AccountantsFirm’s Registration No.: 022743N
Sd/-
CA Kapish Jain
Partner
Membership No.: 514162UDIN: 25514162BMJVDC3868
Place: New DelhiDate: 30 May 2025