We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatement of 5PAISA CAPITAL LIMITED (the "Company”), whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,2025, the Statementof Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), theStatement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of CashFlows for the year ended on that date and notes to the financialstatements, including a summary of material accounting policiesand other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as the"Standalone Financial Statements”).
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 (the "Act”) in the manner so required andgive a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian AccountingStandards prescribed under section 133 of the Act, ("Ind AS”)and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, ofthe state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025 andits profit, total comprehensive income, changes in equity andits cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statementsin accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities underthose 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 theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India ("ICAI”) togetherwith the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements under the provisions ofthe Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilledour other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe thatthe audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our audit opinion on the StandaloneFinancial Statements.
We draw attention to Note 43 to the accompanying financialstatements, describing the search conducted by Income-Taxauthorities ('the department') at the premises of the Company.The Company has not received any communication from thedepartment regarding the outcome of the search. Hence,the consequent impact on the financial statements, if any, isnot ascertainable.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of thefinancial statements of the current period. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the financial statementsas a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we donot provide a separate opinion on these matters. We havedetermined the matters described below to be the key auditmatters to be communicated in our report.
Key Audit Matter
Response to Key Audit Matter
Information technology (IT) systems used in financialreporting process.
We obtained an understanding of the Company's IT controlenvironment relevant to the audit.
The company's operational and financial processes aredependent on IT systems due to large volume of transactionsthat are processed daily.
We tested the design, implementation and operating effectivenessof the Company's General IT controls over the key IT systemswhich are critical to financial reporting.
We therefore identified IT systems and controls over financialreporting as a key audit matter for the Company.
We also tested key automated and manual controls and logicfor system generated reports relevant to the audit that wouldmaterially impact the financial statements.
In addition to above, we have also relied on the work of theinternal auditors and system auditors.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thepreparation of the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Board's Reportincluding Annexures to Board's Report and ManagementDiscussion and Analysis report but does not include thefinancial statements and our auditor's report thereon. TheDirector's report and Management Discussion and Analysisreport is expected to be made available to us after the date ofthis auditor's report.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover theother information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, ourresponsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether the other information is materially inconsistentwith the financial statements, or our knowledge obtained in theaudit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Director's report and Management Discussionand Analysis report, if we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matterto those charged with governance as required under SA 720 'TheAuditor's responsibilities Relating to Other Information'.
These Standalone financial statements have been prepared onthe basis of the standalone annual financial statements of theCompany. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible forthe matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect tothe preparation of these financial statements that give a true andfair view of the net profit and other comprehensive income andother financial information of the Company in accordance withthe Ind AS and other accounting principles generally acceptedin India. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisionsof the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor preventing 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 of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentationof the financial statements that give a true and fair view and arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Board of Directors isresponsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as agoing concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessthe management either intends to liquidate the Company or tocease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the Standalone Financial Statement as a whole arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is nota guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAswill always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonablybe 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 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 financial controlsrelevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by 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 ability of the Company to continueas a going concern. If we conclude that a materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in ourauditor's report to the related disclosures in the financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions may causethe Company to cease to continue as 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.
• Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regardingthe Standalone Financial Statements of the Company toexpress an opinion on the 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 control that we identify duringour 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, and whereapplicable, 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 law orregulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when,in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh 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 interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "AnnexureA” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on ouraudit 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 Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding Other Comprehensive Income, Statementof Changes in Equity and the Statement of CashFlows dealt with by this Report are in agreement withthe 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 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directorsis disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) ofthe 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 B”.
(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 our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, the
remuneration paid by the Company to its managingdirector 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, inour opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position inits financial statements- Refer Note No 30 ofthe Standalone Financial Statements;
(ii) The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeablelosses- Refer Note No 42(c) of the StandaloneFinancial Statements;
(iii) There were no amounts which were requiredto be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company- Refer Note No42(d) of the Standalone Financial Statements;
(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 orin any other person or entity, includingforeign entity ("Intermediaries”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Intermediary shall,whether, directly or indirectly lend or investin other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries- Refer Note No 42(a) of the StandaloneFinancial Statements;
(b) The management has represented, that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds have been received by the Companyfrom any person or entity, includingforeign entity ("Funding Parties”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Company shall,whether, directly or indirectly, lend or investin other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries
- Refer Note No 42(b) of the StandaloneFinancial Statements; and
(c) In our opinion and based on the auditprocedures, we have consideredreasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances; nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe thatthe representations under sub-clause (a)and (b) contain any material misstatement.
(v) The Company has neither declared nor paid anydividend during the year.
(vi) Based on our examination which included testchecks and in accordance with requirementsof implementation Guide on Reporting on AuditTrail under Rule 11(g) of Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014, the Company has usedaccounting software for maintaining its booksof accounts which has a feature of recordingAudit Trail (edit log facility) and the same has
operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software.
Further audit trail has been preserved by thecompany as per the statutory requirements forrecord retention and during the course of ouraudit we did not come across any instance ofaudit trail feature being tampered with.
For V. Sankar Aiyar & Co.,
Chartered Accountants(FRN 109208W)
Asha Patel
Partner
(M.No.166048)
UDIN no.: 25166048BMKNNR3756
Place: MumbaiDate: May 01, 2025