We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of A. K. Capital Services Limited, (hereinafter referred to as “theCompany”), which comprise the balance sheet as at 31 March 2025, the statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensiveincome), the statement of changes in equity and the statement of cash flows for the year then ended on that date, and notes to thestandalone financial statements including a summary of the material accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafterreferred 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 aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view inconformity with the Indian Accounting Standard prescribed under Section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian AccountingStandard) Rules 2015 as amended (Ind AS) and the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of theCompany as at 31 March 2025, the profit and total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on thatdate.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified underSection 143(10) of the 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 independent of the Company inaccordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements thatare relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules madethereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI’s Code of Ethics.We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalonefinancial statements.
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 the standalone financial statements as awhole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, descriptionof how our 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.
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Key Audit Matter
How the matter was addressed in our audit
1
Measurement of investments in accordance with Ind AS 109“Financial Instruments”
On initial recognition, investments are recognized at fair value, incase of Investments which are recognised at fair value throughprofit and loss (FVTPL), its transaction cost is recognised in thestatement of profit and loss. In other cases, the transaction costsare attributed to the acquisition value of the investments.
The Company’s investments are subsequently classified intofollowing categories based on the objective of its business modelto manage the cash flows and options available in the standard:
• Debt instruments at amortised cost
• Debt instruments and equity instruments at fair value throughprofit or loss (FVTPL)
• Equity instruments measured at fair value through othercomprehensive income FVTOCI.
The Company has assessed the following two business model:
• Held to collect contractual cash flows
• Realising cash flows through the sale of investments. TheCompany makes decisions based on the assets’ fair valuesand manages the assets to realise those fair values.
Since valuation of investments at fair value involves criticalassumptions, significant risk in valuation and complexity inassessment of business model, the valuation of investments asper Ind AS 109 is determined to be a key audit matter in our auditof the standalone financial statements.
(Refer note 2, 5, 33, 34, 36 and 38 to the Standalone FinancialStatements)
Principal Audit Procedures
• Obtained an understanding of Company’s businessmodel assessed in accordance with Ind AS 109;
• Evaluated the Company’s assessment of businessmodel;
• Obtained an understanding of the determination of themeasurement of the investments and tested thereasonableness of the significant judgments appliedby the management;
• Evaluated the design of internal controls relating to themeasurement and also tested the operatingeffectiveness of the aforesaid controls;
• Ensured that the Company has used valuationtechniques that are appropriate in the circumstancesand for which sufficient data are available to measurefair value, maximising the use of relevant observableinputs and minimising the use of unobservable inputs,including consideration of the current economic andmarket conditions.
• Obtained and assessed the valuation certificate ofindependent valuer in respect of fair value ofinvestments; and
• Assessed the appropriateness of the disclosure in thestandalone financial statements in accordance withthe applicable financial reporting framework.
• Broadly reviewed the IT systems and internal controlsrelated to investment in place.
How Our audit addressed the key audit matter
2
Related party transactions and disclosures
The Company has undertaken transactions with its relatedparties in the normal course of business.
We have identified the accuracy and completeness of relatedparty transactions and its disclosure as set out in respectivenotes to the standalone financial statements as a key auditmatter to verify whether the transactions are recorded at armlength basis, disclosure of such transactions in the standalonefinancial statements and regulatory compliance thereon duringthe year ended 31 March 2025.
(Refer note 31 to the Standalone Financial Statements)
• Obtained, read and assessed the Company’s policies,processes and procedures in respect of identifying relatedparties, evaluation of arm’s length, obtaining necessaryapprovals, recording and disclosure of related partytransactions, including compliance of transactions anddisclosures in accordance with the regulations.
• Tested on a sample basis, related party transactions withthe underlying contracts and other supporting documentsfor appropriate authorization and approval for suchtransactions.
• Read minutes of meeting of the Board and its relevantcommittee meetings and minutes of meetings of thosecharged with governance in connection with transactionswith related parties affected during the year andCompany’s assessment of related party transactions beingin the ordinary course of business at arm’s length and inaccordance with the regulations.
• Assessed and tested the disclosures made in accordancewith the requirements of Ind AS and the applicableregulations.
The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Company’s annual report namely Directors’ Report, Annexures to Board Report, Management Discussion andAnalysis, Corporate Governance Report, Business Responsibility Statement, but does not include the financial statements and ourauditor’s report thereon. The Reports are expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditors’ report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the 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 identified above whenit becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Board report including Annexures to Board Report, Management Discussion and Analysis, Corporate GovernanceReport, Business Responsibility Statement, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicatethe matter to those charged with governance as required under SA 720 (Revised) ‘The Auditor’s responsibilities Relating to OtherInformation’.
The Company’s Management and 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, financial performance includingother comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (IndAS) specified under Section 133 of the Act 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 the safeguarding the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financialcontrols, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparationand presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether dueto fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the management and Borad of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company’sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis ofaccounting unless management either intends to liquidate the 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 whole are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high levelof assurance, but is not a guarantee that 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 in the aggregate, they could reasonably beexpected to 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 professional scepticism throughout the audit.We also
a) Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, designand perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
b) Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under section 143(3)(If the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether theCompany has adequate internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
c) Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management and Board of Directors.
d) Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management’s and Board of Directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significantdoubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements 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’s report.However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
e) Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the standalone 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, makes it probablethat the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced. Weconsider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work;and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone 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 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 requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other 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 theaudit of the standalone financial statements of the current year and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, wedetermine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably beexpected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (11) of Section 143 of the Act, we give in the “Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4
of the Order, to the extent applicable.
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 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 (including other comprehensive income), statement of changes in equityand the statement of cash flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 as amended;
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March 2025 and taken on record by the Boardof Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 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 in “Annexure B”. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion onthe adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company’s internal financial control over financial reporting;
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with the requirements 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, the remuneration paid orprovided to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provision of Section 197 of the Act;
h) 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, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financial statements(Refer Note No. 44 to the standalone financial statements);
ii. The Company did not have any material foreseeable losses on long-term contracts including derivative contracts during theyear ended 31 March 2025;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany during the year ended 31 March 2025;
iv. a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as mentioned in note 53 (a) to the standalone
financial statements, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in anyother person or entity, including foreign entity (“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 in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as mentioned in note 53 (b) to the standalonefinancial statements, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Companyfrom 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 invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or thelike 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 sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), asprovided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement:
v. In respect of dividend:
a) The final dividend proposed in the previous year, declared and paid by the Company during the year is in accordance withSection 123 of the Act, as applicable.
b) The interim dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year and until the date of this report is in compliance withSection 123 of the Act.
c) The Board of Directors of the Company have proposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of themembers at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The amount of dividend proposed is in accordance with section 123 of theAct, as applicable (Refer note 57(i) to the standalone financial statements).
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software for maintaining its books ofaccount for the financial year ended 31 March 2025 which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same hasoperated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit, we didnot come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.
The Company is using independent softwares for sale and purchase of investments and payroll processing which are notintegrated with the accounting system of the Company. Based on the output of these softwares, the Company account for theentries related to investment and payroll on a timely basis. Accordingly, in our view, the reporting responsibility under Rule 11(g) isnot applicable.
Further, the audit trail has been preserved by the company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
For PYS & CO LLP
Chartered Accountants
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Partner
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Place: Mumbai
Date: 23 May 2025