We have audited the accompanying Standalone FinancialStatements of Sammaan Capital Limited (Formerly known as'Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited') ("the Company"), whichcomprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025and the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including othercomprehensive income), Standalone Statement of Cash Flowsand Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity for the yearthen ended, and notes to the Standalone Financial Statements,including a summary of material accounting policy informationand other explanatory information ("the Standalone FinancialStatements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid StandaloneFinancial Statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013, as amended ("the Act") in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity with theIndian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 ofthe Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the standalone state of affairsof the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its standalone profit(including other comprehensive income), its standalone cashflows and the standalone changes in equity for the year endedon that date.
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statementsin accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs), asspecified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilitiesunder those Standards are further described in the Auditor's
Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued bythe Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ("the ICAI")together with the ethical requirements that are relevant toour audit of the Standalone Financial Statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we havefulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the ICAl's Code of Ethics. We believethat the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on theStandalone Financial Statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements for the financial year endedMarch 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in the contextof our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole,and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide aseparate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, ourdescription of how our audit addressed the matter is providedin that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be thekey audit matters to be communicated in our report. Wehave fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor'sresponsibilities for the audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report, including in relation to thesematters. Accordingly, our audit included the performanceof procedures designed to respond to our assessment of therisks of material misstatement of the Standalone FinancialStatements. The results of our audit procedures, including theprocedures performed to address the matters below, providethe basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying StandaloneFinancial Statements.
Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matters
Impairment of Loans
(As described in Note 8 of the Standalone Financial Statements)
Loans (net of impairment provision) outstanding as on March31, 2025 are Rs. 42,932.18 crores.
Ind AS 109 - Financial Instruments requires the Companyto provide for impairment of its financial assets using theexpected credit loss ('ECL') approach involving an estimationof probability of loss on the financial assets over their life,considering reasonable and supportable information aboutpast events, current conditions and forecasts of futureeconomic conditions which could impact the credit quality ofthe Company's loans and advances. In the process, a significantdegree of judgement has been applied by the management inrespect of following matters:
• The Company has various loan products divided intoCorporate loan portfolio and Retail loan portfolio. Retailloans are grouped into different categories on the basisof homogeneity and thereby expected to demonstratesimilar credit characteristics. Corporate loan portfolio isassessed on a case-to-case basis.
• Estimation of losses in respect of loans or groups of loanswhich had no/ minimal defaults in the past.
• Staging of loans and estimation of behavioural life.
• Management overlay for macro-economic factors andestimation of their impact on the credit quality.
• The Company has developed models that derive keyassumption used within the provision calculation such asprobability of default (PD).
• The company has used the loss given default (LGD) ratesbased on past experience and industry practice.
• The output of these models is then applied to theprovision calculation with other information including theexposure at default (EAD).
Given the complexity, significant judgement involved in theestimation of impairment of financial instruments, we haveconsidered this area as a key audit matter.
• Our audit procedures included considering the company'saccounting policies for impairment of loans and assessingcompliance with the policies in terms of Ind AS 109 andwith the governance framework approved by Board ofDirectors pursuant to Reserve Bank of India guidelinesissued on March 13, 2020.
• We understood the process of ECL estimation and testedthe design and operating effectiveness of key controlsaround data extraction and validation.
• Assessed the criteria and tested sample for staging ofloans based on their past-due status and to evaluatecompliance with requirement of Ind AS 109.
• Tested the ECL model, including assumptions andunderlying computation. Tested the input data used fordetermining the probability of default and loss givendefault rates and agreed the data with the underlyingbooks of account and records.
• Tested the arithmetical accuracy of computation of ECLprovision performed by the Company in spreadsheets.
• We assessed the disclosures included in the StandaloneFinancial Statements in respect of ECL with therequirements of Ind AS 109 and Ind AS 107 FinancialInstruments: Disclosures.
Investments in subsidiaries and debt instruments
(As described in Note 9 of the Standalone Financial Statements)
Total investments as at March 31, 2025 amounting to Rs.16,752.03 crores (net off impairment allowance of Rs. 208.39crores) include investments in subsidiaries amounting to Rs.3,757.53 (net off impairment allowance of Rs. 5.05 crores) anddebt instruments amounting to Rs. 8,797.45 crores (net offimpairment allowance of Rs. 129.35 crores).
The estimation of the recoverable amount and carryingamount of such investments in subsidiaries and debt securitiesis based on complex assumptions and management estimates.
The Company periodically assesses if there are any impairmentindicators for recognising impairment loss in respect of theseinvestments.
Considering that significant judgment is required andthe underlying complexity of the assumptions used andmanagement's estimates, this is considered as a key auditmatter.
In view of the significance of the matter we applied the
following audit procedures in this area, to obtain sufficient and
appropriate audit evidence:
• Obtained an understanding of the Company's processfor accounting/recognition of investments and assessingthe indicators of impairment of investments, and forthe estimation of the recoverable value, as considerednecessary.
• We evaluated the design, implementation and operatingeffectiveness of key internal controls over initialrecognition, valuation and impairment assessment ofsuch investments.
• Obtained the impairment analysis carried out by themanagement and calculation of fair value of suchinvestments based on reports of external independentvaluation experts engaged by the Company.
• Noted that the valuation report has been obtained fromexternal registered valuation experts.
• Assessed the methodology used by the managementto estimate the fair value/ recoverable value of suchinvestments.
• Assessed appropriateness of the valuation methodologyused by the management and reasonableness of thevaluation assumptions and estimates used in the fairvaluation of investment in subsidiaries.
• Assessed the appropriateness of disclosures made in theStandalone Financial Statements in accordance with therequirements of Indian Accounting Standards and RBIGuidelines, as applicable.
IT systems and controls
The financial accounting and reporting systems of theCompany are fundamentally reliant on IT systems and ITcontrols to process significant transaction volumes. Automatedaccounting procedures and IT environment controls, whichinclude IT governance, general IT controls over programdevelopment and changes, access to programs and data andIT operations, are required to be designed and to operateeffectively to ensure appropriate financial reporting.
Therefore, due to the pervasive nature and complexity of theIT environment, the assessment of the general IT controlsand the application controls specific to the accounting andpreparation of the financial information is considered to be akey audit matter.
Our audit procedures, with support from IT specialists include
the following:
• Tested the design and operating effectiveness of theCompany's IT access controls over the informationsystems that are critical to financial reporting.
• Tested IT general controls (logical access, changesmanagement and aspects of IT operational controls).This included testing requests for access to systems werereviewed and authorized.
• Tested the Company's periodic review of access rights.Also tested requests of changes to systems for approvaland authorization.
• In addition to the above, tested the design and operatingeffectiveness of certain automated controls that wereconsidered as key internal controls over financialreporting.
• Tested the design and operating effectiveness ofcompensating controls in case deficiencies wereidentified and where necessary, extended the scope ofour substantive audit procedures.
• Obtained appropriate audit evidence regarding thereliability of system generated data and reports relevantto our audit.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Board's report and Annual Report, but does notinclude the Standalone Financial Statements and our auditor'sreport thereon. The Board's report and Annual Report areexpected to be made available to us after the date of thisauditor's report.
Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doingso, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these Standalone Financial Statements thatgive a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, cashflows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India, includingthe Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 ofthe Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules 2015, as amended. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordancewith the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assetsof the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds andother irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates thatare reasonable and prudent; and design, implementationand maintenance of adequate internal financial controls,that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracyand completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the Standalone Financial
Statements that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, themanagement is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable,matters related to going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless the management either intendsto liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeingthe Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the Standalone Financial Statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these StandaloneFinancial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe Standalone Financial Statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsiveto those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Therisk of not detecting a material misstatement resultingfrom fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant tothe audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls system with reference to StandaloneFinancial Statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's useof the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions thatmay cast significant doubt on the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern. If we conclude that a materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attentionin our auditor's report to the related disclosures in theStandalone Financial Statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions arebased on the audit evidence obtained up to the date ofour auditor's report. However, future events or conditionsmay cause the Company to cease to continue as a goingconcern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the Standalone Financial Statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the Standalone FinancialStatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the Standalone Financial Statementsof the financial year ended March 31, 2025 and are thereforethe key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor'sreport unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances,we determine that a matter should not be communicated inour report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interestbenefits of such communication.
The comparative financial information of the Company for theyear ended March 31, 2024, were audited by the predecessorjoint statutory auditors of the Company, who expressed anunmodified opinion on those Standalone Financial Statementsdated May 24, 2024. Accordingly, we do not express anyopinion, as the case may be, on the figures reported in theStandalone Financial Statements for the year ended March 31,2024. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Government ofIndia in terms of sub-section (11) of Section 143 of the Act,we give in the "Annexure 1" a statement on the mattersspecified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extentapplicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books;
(c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the StandaloneStatement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the Standalone Statementof Cash Flows and Standalone Statement of Changesin Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone FinancialStatements comply with the Indian AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act,read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)rules, 2025, as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directorsof the Company is disqualified as on March 31, 2025from being appointed as a director in terms of Section164 (2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols over financial reporting of the Company withreference to these standalone financial statementsand the operating effectiveness of such controls, referto our separate Report in "Annexure 2".
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with the requirementsof section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in ouropinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directorsduring the year is in accordance with the provisions ofsection 197 read with Schedule V of the Act.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014,as amended in our opinion and to the best of our
information and according to the explanations given
to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position in itsStandalone Financial Statements - (Refer Note33 to the Standalone Financial Statements.)
ii. The Company has made provision, as requiredunder the applicable law or Indian AccountingStandards, for material foreseeable losses, ifany, on long-term contracts including derivativecontracts - (Refer Note 6 and 27 to the StandaloneFinancial Statements).
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts,required to be transferred to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company— (Refer Note 38 to the Standalone FinancialStatements).
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to
the best of its knowledge and belief that,no funds have been advanced or loanedor invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to or inany other person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities ("Intermediaries"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Intermediary shall,directly or indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Company("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The management has represented that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds have been received by the Companyfrom any person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities ("Funding Parties"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Company shall,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures performedthat have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has caused us
to believe that the representations undersub-clause (a) and (b) contain any materialmisstatement.
v. The final dividend paid by the Company duringthe year in respect of the same declared for theprevious year is in accordance with Section 123of the Act to the extent it applies to payment ofdividend.
vi. Based on our examination which included testchecks, the Company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account for
the financial year ended March 31, 2025, whichhave a feature of recording audit trail (edit log)facility and the same has operated throughoutthe year for all relevant transactions recorded insuch software. Further, during the course of ouraudit we did not come across any instance ofaudit trail feature being tampered with and theaudit trail has been preserved by the Companyas per the statutory requirements for recordretention.
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
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Partner Partner
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UDIN: 25601788BMKSDH5092 UDIN: 25088396BMLKNI6297
Place: New Delhi Place: New Delhi
Date: May 16, 2025 Date: May 16, 2025