We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of 360 ONE WAM Limited (the "Company"),which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,2025, theStatement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement ofChanges in Equity for the year ended on that date, and notesto the financial statements, including a summary of materialaccounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidstandalone financial statements give the information requiredby the Companies Act, 2013 (the "Act") in the manner sorequired and give a true and fair view in conformity with theIndian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 ofthe Act, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as atMarch 31,2025, and its profit, total comprehensive income,its cash Hows and the changes in equity for the year endedon that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statementsin accordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SA"s) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities underthose Standards are further described in the Auditor'sResponsibility for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent ofthe Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issuedby the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ("ICAI")
together with the ethical requirements that are relevant toour audit of the standalone financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. Webelieve that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on thestandalone financial statements.
We draw attention to Note 44 of the Standalone financialstatements, in respect of a Search carried out by the IncomeTax Department ("the Department") during the year endedMarch 31, 2025, wherein the Company has stated that itis in the process of providing the details, clarifications anddocuments sought by the Department in respect of claimsfor certain deductions made by the Company in earlierassessment years. Pending resolution of the proceeding asat the date of this Report, there is uncertainty on its ultimateoutcome. The Company based on available information, asof the date of approval of these financial statements, has notidentified any adjustments, disclosures or any effect to thecurrent or prior period financial statements. Our opinion isnot modified in respect of this matter.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements of the current period. Thesematters were addressed in the context of our audit of thestandalone financial statements as a whole, and in formingour opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinionon these matters. We have determined the matters describedbelow to be the key audit matters to be communicated in ourreport.
Sr. No.
Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
1
Information technology and general controls:
The Company's key financial accounting and reportingprocesses are highly dependent on the automatedcontrols in its information technology ('IT') systemsdue to the significant number of transactions that areprocessed daily across such multiple and discrete ITsystems.
Also, IT application controls are critical to ensurethat changes to applications and underlying data aremade in an appropriate manner and under controlledenvironment. Appropriate controls contribute tomitigating the risk of potential fraud or errors asa result of changes to applications and data. Assuch there exists a risk that gaps in the IT controlenvironment could result in the financial accountingand reporting records being materially misstated. Ouraudit approach could significantly differ depending onthe effective operation of the Company's IT controls.
On account of the pervasive use of its IT systems,the testing of the general computer controls of the ITsystems used in financial reporting was considered tobe a key audit matter.
Our procedures, in relation to the key audit matter described, included thefollowing among others.
We involved our IT specialists to perform audit procedures to assess ITsystems and controls over financial reporting, which included the following:
• Obtained an understanding of the Company's IT applications,databases and operating systems relevant to financial reporting andthe related control environment and key changes during the auditperiod.
In this regard, the areas of focus included access security (includingcontrols over privileged access), program change controls, databasemanagement and network operations.
• Tested the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of theCompany's general IT controls over the above referred IT systems.This included evaluation of Company's controls over segregation ofduties and access rights being provisioned/modified based on dulyapproved requests, access for exit cases being revoked in a timelymanner and access of all users being recertified during the period ofaudit.
• Tested key automated business cycle controls and logic for thereports generated through the IT infrastructure that were relevant forfinancial reporting or were used in the exercise of internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financial statements.
• Tested the compensating controls or alternate procedures to assesswhether there were any unaddressed IT risks that would materiallyimpact the standalone financial statements.
• Tested the controls to determine whether the controls remainedunchanged during the audit period or were changed following thestandard change management process.
• The Company's Board of Directors is responsible forthe other information. The other information comprisesthe information included in the Director's report, butdoes not include the consolidated financial statements,standalone financial statements and our auditor's reportthereon. The Director's report is expected to be madeavailable to us after the date of this auditor's report.
• Our opinion on the standalone financial statements doesnot cover the other information and will not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation identified above when it becomes availableand, in doing so, consider whether the other informationis materially inconsistent with the standalone financialstatements, or our knowledge obtained during thecourse of our audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
• When we read the Director's report, if we concludethat there is a material misstatement therein, we arerequired to communicate the matter to those chargedwith governance as required under SA 720 'The Auditor'sresponsibilities Relating to Other Information'.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect tothe preparation of these standalone financial statements thatgive a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, cashHows and changes in equity of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally accepted in India,including Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making Judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness ofthe accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the financial statements that give a true andfair view and are free from material misstatement, whetherdue to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, managementand Board of Directors are responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing,as applicable, matters related to going concern and usingthe going concern basis of accounting unless the Board ofDirectors either intend to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors is also responsible foroverseeing the 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 assurancebut 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 misstatementof the standalone financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidencethat is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, orthe override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controlsrelevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Undersection 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsiblefor expressing our opinion on whether the Companyhas adequate internal financial controls with referenceto standalone financial statements in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continueas 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 disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusionsare based on the audit evidence obtained up to thedate of our auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continueas a going concern.
• 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.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in thestandalone financial statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions ofa reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financialstatements may be influenced. We consider quantitativemateriality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope ofour audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and(ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements inthe standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal financial controls that weidentify during 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 current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless lawor regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that amatter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably beexpected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our
audit we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of our knowledgeand belief were necessary for the purposes of ouraudit.
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 Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit andLoss including Other Comprehensive Income, theStatement of Cash Flows and 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 Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2025 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on March 31,2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financialstatements of the Company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to our separateReport in "Annexure A". Our report expresses anunmodified opinion on the adequacy and operatingeffectiveness of the Company's internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financialstatements.
g) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor's Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act, asamended, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations givento us, the remuneration paid by the Company to itsdirectors during the year is in accordance with theprovisions of section 197 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 ourinformation and according to the explanations givento us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements - Refer Note 34to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeablelosses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required tobe transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
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 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"), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, directly or indirectly lend or investin other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the 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"), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Companyshall, directly or indirectly, lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of 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 usto believe that the representations undersub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), asprovided under (a) and (b) above, containany material misstatement
v. The interim dividend declared and paid by theCompany during the year and until the date ofthis report is in accordance with section 123 ofthe Companies Act 2013.
vi. Based on our examination, which included testchecks, the Company has used accountingsoftware systems for maintaining its books ofaccount for the financial year ended March31, 2025 which have the feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same hasoperated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software systems.Further, during the course of our audit we didnot come across any instance of the audit trailfeature being tampered with, and the audit trailhas been preserved by the Company as per thestatutory requirements for record retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "AnnexureB" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3and 4 of the Order.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP
Chartered Accountants(Firm's Registration No. 117366W/W-100018)
Anjum A. Qazi
(Partner)
(Membership No. 104968)(UDIN: 25104968BMMLEK4956)
Place: Mumbai
Date: April 23, 2025