Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
1. IT Systems and controls
The financial accounting and reporting systems of the Companyare fundamentally reliant on IT systems and IT controls to processsignificant transaction volumes.
We performed the following procedures assisted by specialisedIT auditors on the IT infrastructure and applications relevant to financialreporting:
Automated accounting procedures and IT environment controls,which include IT governance, general IT controls over programmedevelopment and changes, access to programmes and data and IToperations, are required to be designed and to operate effectively toensure accurate financial reporting.
Therefore, due to the pervasive nature and complexity of the ITenvironment, the assessment of the general IT controls and theapplication controls specific to the accounting and preparation of thefinancial information is considered to be a key audit matter.
• Tested the design and operating effectiveness of IT access controls,including audit trail, over the information systems that are relevant tofinancial reporting and relevant interfaces, configuration and otheridentified application controls.
• Tested IT general controls (logical access, change management andaspects of IT operational controls). This included testing that requestsfor access to systems were appropriately reviewed and authorised.
• Tested the Company's periodic review of access rights. We alsoinspected requests of changes to systems for appropriate approvaland authorisation.
• In addition to the above, we tested the design and operatingeffectiveness of certain automated and IT dependent manual controlsthat were considered as key internal controls over financial reporting.
• Tested the design and operating effectiveness compensating controlsin case deficiencies were identified and, where necessary, extendedthe scope of our substantive audit procedures.
We have audited the standalone financial statements of AngelOne Limited (the "Company”), which comprise the Balance sheetas at 31 March, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss, includingthe statement of Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash FlowStatement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the yearthen ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements,including a summary of material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the CompaniesAct, 2013, as amended (the "Act”) in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairsof the Company as at March 31, 2025, its profit including othercomprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equityfor the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statementsin accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs), as specifiedunder Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the 'Auditor's Responsibilitiesfor the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements' section of our
report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the'Code of Ethics' issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountantsof India together with the ethical requirements that are relevantto our audit of the financial statements under the provisions ofthe Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouraudit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgement, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements for the financial year ended 31 March, 2025.These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of thestandalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming ouropinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on thesematters. For each matter below, our description of how our auditaddressed the matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matter described below to be the keyaudit matters to be communicated in our report. We have fulfilledthe responsibilities described in the Auditor's responsibilitiesfor the audit of the standalone financial statements section ofour report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly,our audit included the performance of procedures designed torespond to our assessment of the risks of material misstatementof the standalone financial statements. The results of our auditprocedures, including the procedures performed to addressthe matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on theaccompanying standalone financial statements.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Annual report, but does not include the standalonefinancial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not coverthe 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 and, in doing so,consider whether such other information is materially inconsistentwith the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in theaudit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read such other information, if we conclude that thereis a misstatement therein, we are required to communicate thematter to those charged with governance and to comply with therelevant applicable requirements of the standard on auditingfor auditor's responsibility in relation to other information indocuments containing audit standalone financial statements.We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the mattersstated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparationof these standalone financial statements that give a true and fairview of the financial position, financial performance includingother comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equityof the Company in accordance with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, including the Indian AccountingStandards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act readwith the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015,as amended. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisionsof the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selectionand application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; andthe design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevantto the preparation and presentation of the standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management 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 unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those charged with governance are also responsible foroverseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable
assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee thatan audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arisefrom fraud or error and are considered material if, individually orin the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influencethe economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professionaljudgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout theaudit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of thestandalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks,and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting amaterial misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery,intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal controls;
• Obtain an understanding of internal controls relevant to theaudit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriatein the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, weare also responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe Company has adequate internal financial controls withreference to financial statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls;
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by management;
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of thegoing concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty existsrelated to events or conditions that may cast significant doubton the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If weconclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosuresin the financial statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are basedon the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions may cause theCompany to cease to continue as a going concern; and
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of thestandalone financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the standalone financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
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 ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationshipsand other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where 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 statements
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 paymentof dividend;
The interim dividend declared and paid by theCompany during the year and until the date of thisaudit report is in accordance with Section 123 ofthe Act.
vi. Based on our examination which included testchecks, the Company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of accountwhich has a feature of recording audit trail (editlog) facility and the same has operated throughoutthe year for all relevant transactions recordedin the software except that, a) in respect ofone accounting software in the absence ofcomprehensive information we are unable tocomment whether audit trail feature is enabledfor direct changes to data when using certainaccess rights, b) in respect of two accountingsoftware(s) the audit trail was enabled during
for the financial year ended 31 March, 2025 and are therefore thekey 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 in ourreport because the adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefitsof such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020("the Order”), issued by the Central Government of India interms of sub-Section (11) of Section 143 of the Act, we givein the "Annexure 1” a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report, to theextent applicable, 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 exceptthat a) in the absence of comprehensive informationwe are unable to comment whether the backup ofthe books of account and other books and papersmaintained in electronic mode has been maintainedon servers physically located in India on a daily basisin respect of three software applications, and b) forthe matters stated in the paragraph (i)(vi) below on thereporting under Rule 11(g); as disclosed in note 55 tothe financial statements;
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding the Statement of Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Cash Flow Statement and Statementof Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read withCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015,as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors taken on record by the Board ofDirectors, none of the directors is disqualified as onMarch 31, 2025 from being appointed as a director interms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;
(f) The modification relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewithare as stated in paragraph (b) above on reportingunder Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph (i)(vi) below onreporting under Rule 11(g);
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to these standalone financialstatements and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure 2”to this report;
(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for theyear ended 31 March, 2025 has been paid / providedby the Company to its directors in accordance withthe provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V tothe Act;
(i) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11of the 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 39to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which therewere any material foreseeable losses;
iii. There were no amounts which were requiredto be 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, as disclosedin the note 53(j) to the standalone financialstatements, no funds have been advancedor loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any other sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to or inany other persons or entities, includingforeign entities ("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 behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b) The management has represented that, to thebest of its knowledge and belief, as disclosedin the note 53(k) to the standalone financialstatements, no funds have been received bythe Company from any persons or entities,including foreign entities ("Funding Parties”),with the understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that the Companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend orinvest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit procedures performedthat have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has causedus to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (a) and (b) contain anymaterial misstatement;
the year. Further, during the course of our auditwe did not come across any instance of audittrail feature being tampered with, in respect ofaccounting software(s) where the audit trail hasbeen enabled. Additionally, the audit trail of theprior year has been preserved by the Companyas per the statutory requirements for recordretention, to the extent it was enabled andrecorded in the prior year, as stated in note 55 tothe financial statements.
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Place of Signature: MumbaiDate: 16 April, 2025