We have audited the accompanying Standalone financial statements of Continental Petroleums Limited ("the Company"),which comprise the balance sheet as at 31st March 2025, and the statement of profit and loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the cash flow Statement and the statement of changes in equity and for the year then ended, and notes to thefinancial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid FinancialStatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the "Act") in the manner so required and give a trueand fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards ("Ind AS") prescribed under section 133 of the Act read withthe Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its profit (including other comprehensive income), its cash flows andthe changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Act. 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 independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ("ICAI") together withthe ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act,and the Rules there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements andthe ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statementsas a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the annual report, for example, Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexures toBoard's
Report, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, but does not include thefinancial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified abovewhen it becomes available 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 materially misstated.
We have been provided the aforesaid reports and based on the work we have performed, we did not observe any materialmisstatement of this other information and accordingly, we have nothing to report in this.
Management's Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, including the accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act forsafeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis ofaccounting unless the management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detecta material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to 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 professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughoutthe audit. We also:
1.Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone 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 material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for oneresulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal control.
2.Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate inthe circumstances. Under section 143(3) (i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether thecompany has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
3. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by management.
4. Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence 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 are required to drawattention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statement s or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
5.Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makesit probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may beinfluenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and inevaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financialstatements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because theadverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements of Section197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous, the remuneration paid/provided by the Company to its directors for the year is in accordance with the provisions of thesection 197 of the Act.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Government of India interms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give in the "Annexure A", a statement on the mattersspecified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
3. Further to our comments in Annexure A, as required by Section 143(3) of the Act based on our audit, we report, to the extentapplicable, that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations 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 have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from ourexamination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of theAct, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2025 taken on record by the Boardof Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report "Annexure B".
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Auditand Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financial position.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any materialforeseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany.
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 funds or share premium or any other sources or kinds of funds) by the company to or in anyperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company ("Ultimate beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate beneficiaries.
b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been received by the companyfrom any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Funding parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded i nwriting or otherwise, that the company shall, whether directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the funding party ("Ultimate beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee , securityor the like on behalf of the Ultimate beneficiaries.
c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing hascome to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11 (e) as providedunder (a) and (b) above contain any material misstatement.
v. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used tally accounting software for maintaining itsbooks of account which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility, which have operated throughout the year forall relevant transactions recorded in the software. Based on our procedures performed, we did not come across any instanceof audit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
For: R.P. KHANDELWAL& ASSOCIATESChartered Accountants(FRNNO.001795C)
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C.A.: R.P. Khandelwal (Partner)
M.No.071002Date:-20.05.2025