We have audited the financial statements of La Tim Metal & Industries Limited ("the Company"),which comprises the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (includingOther Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date, theStatement of Changes in Equity and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of materialaccounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as the "financialstatements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act")in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian AccountingStandards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generally accepted inIndia, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2025, and its loss and other comprehensiveincome, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing("SA" s) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards arefurther described in the Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Financial Statements section ofour report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India ("ICAI") together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the rulesthereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance inour audit ofthe standalone financial statements ofthe current period. We have determined that thereare no key audit matters to communicate in our report.
Other Information
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the preparation of the otherinformation. The other information comprises the information included in the Company's annualreport, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the 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 financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent withthe financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwiseappears to be materially misstated. The Annual Report is not made available to us at the end of thisauditor's report. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Financial Statements
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true andfair view of the financial position, financial performance, including other comprehensive income, cashflows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India ,including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under section 133 of the Act read withthe Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detectingfrauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate implementation andmaintenance of accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, thatwere operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair viewand are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's abilityto continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and usingthe going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate theCompany 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.Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's reportthat includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guaranteethat an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or inthe aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users takenon the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of notdetecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error,as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the overrideof internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we arealso responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internalfinancial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accountingand, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to eventsor conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a goingconcern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in ourauditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained upto the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Companyto cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the 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 plannedscope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships andother matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable,related safeguards.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the CentralGovernment in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure A" a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 ofthe Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
a. We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and 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 Companyso far as it appears from our examination of those books except for the matter stated in theparagraph 2h(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)Rules, 2014, if any. In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been keptby the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books;
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income,the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the books ofaccount;
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Indian AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act, 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 2025taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March2025 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act;
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financialstatements of the Company and operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separatereport in "Annexure B". Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy andoperating effectiveness of the Company's internal controls with reference to financialstatements;
g. In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for the year ended 31st March 2025 has beenpaid / provided by the Company to its directors in accordance with the provisions of section197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
h. The reservation relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connectedtherewith are as stated in the paragraph 2(b) above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b) ofthe Act and paragraph 2h(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Auditand Auditors) Rules, 2014.
i. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance withRule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion and tothe best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2025 onits financial position in its financial statements - Refer Note 36 to the financialstatements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivatives contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeable losses;
Hi. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended 31 March 2025;
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a. The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium orany other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other persons orentities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
b. The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have beenreceived by the company from any person or entity, including foreign entity("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or investin other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, securityor the like from or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c. Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe thatthe representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under(a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has usedaccounting software for maintaining its books of account for the year ended March31, 2025, which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the samehas operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in thesoftware.
Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of theaudit trail feature being tampered with, in respect of accounting software(s) for theperiod for which the audit trail feature was operating.
As the proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable fromApril 1, 2023, reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014 regarding the preservation of the audit trail in accordance with statutoryrequirements for record retention is applicable for the financial year ended 31st March2025. Accordingly, the company has preserved the audit trail for the said financial yearin compliance with the applicable provisions.
For, Dhirubhai Shah & Co LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration Number: 102511W/W100298
Anik S Shah
Partner
Membership Number: 140594ICAI UDIN: 25140594BMHUZU1363
Place: MumbaiDated: May 28,2025