We have audited the accompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements of Jindal Leasefin Limited (“theCompany”) which comprises the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (includingOther Comprehensive Income), Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year thenended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidstandalone Ind AS financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and givea true and fair view in conformity with the Ind AS and accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the stateof affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and loss, total comprehensive income, the changes in equity and itscash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of theCompanies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor'sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Companyin accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with theethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements under theprovisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidencewe have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit ofthe standalone Ind AS financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context ofour audit of the Standalone Ind AS financial statements as a whole, and informing our opinion thereon, and we donot provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the keyaudit matters to be communicated in our report.
Initial Audit Engagement - Opening Balances:
We have been appointed as the statutoryauditors of Company for year ended 31 March2025.
Standard on Auditing 510, Initial AuditEngagements - Opening Balances, inconducting an initial audit engagement,several considerations are involved which aregenerally not associated with recurring audits.The audit transition, including the audit of theopening balances requires additional planningactivities and considerations necessary toestablish an appropriate audit plan andstrategy. This includes:
• Gaining an initial understanding of theCompany and its business including its controlenvironment and information systems,sufficient to make an audit assessment anddevelop the audit strategy and plan.
• Obtaining sufficient appropriate auditevidence regarding the opening balancesincluding the selection and application ofaccounting policies.
• Communicating with the predecessorauditors, as required and permitted underapplicable professional regulations.
The aforesaid activities required involvementof considerable audit efforts, and accordingly,audit of the opening balances was identified asa key audit matter for the current year audit.
Our audit work included, but was not limited to, the followingprocedures:
• Prepared a detailed transition plan, including ensuringcompliance with independence requirements, prior to thestart of the audit
• Inspected management's process and controldocumentation to assist us in obtaining and understandingof the Company's financial reporting and businessprocesses, including control environment;
• Obtained and read management reports, policies,instructions as well as planning and governing documents,minutes of the board of directors, audit committee andother committees of the board;
• Obtained an understanding of and evaluatedappropriateness and consistency of the accounting policiesused in the preparation of the financial statements of theCompany for the financial year ended 31 March 2024,particularly in respect of property, plant and equipmentetc.;
• Read previous year financial statements to identifymaterial opening balances. Obtained underlyingaccounting schedules prepared by the management andscanned for unusual items
• T raced the account balances from the trial balance for theprevious financial year to the audited financial statements,and traced the balance sheet account balances to theopening trial balance of the current year
• On a sample basis, tested the opening balances for financialline items including property, plant and equipment, bankbalances, borrowings, share capital, and other currentassets and liabilities, as considered necessary
We have determined that there are no other key audit matters to communicate in our report.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board'sReport, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, but does not includethe standalone Ind AS financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone Ind AS financial statements does not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standaloneInd AS financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act,2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true andfair view of the financial position, financial performance, including other comprehensive income, changes in equityand cash flows of the Company in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in India, includingIndian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateimplementation and maintenance of accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone Ind AS financial statement that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone Ind AS financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, orhas no realistic alternative but to do so. The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company'sfinancial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone Ind AS financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report thatincludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements canarise 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 Ind AS financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind AS financial statements,whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtainaudit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detectinga material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has internal financial controls withreference to Financial Statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions thatmay cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the relateddisclosures in the standalone Ind AS financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modifyour 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.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone Ind AS financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the standalone Ind AS financial statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control thatwe identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters thatmay reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that wereof most significance in the audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements for the financial year ended March31, 2025 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 or when, in extremely rare circumstances, wedetermine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doingso would reasonably be expected 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 Companies Act, 2013, 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, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledgeand belief were necessary 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 itappears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including the Statement of Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the Internal Financial Control with reference to Financial Statements ofthe Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “AnnexureB”. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of theCompany's internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) In our opinion the managerial remuneration for the year ended March 31, 2025 has been paid/providedby the Company to its directors in accordance with the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule Vto the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
(i) The Company did not have any pending litigations as on reporting period ending.
(ii) The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for whichthere were any material foreseeable losses;
(iii) There were no amounts which were required to 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, other than asdisclosed in notes to accounts, no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person orentity, including foreign entity ('Intermediaries') with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the intermediary shall, whether directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company('Ultimate Beneficiaries') or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
b) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, 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 or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether directly or indirectlylend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Funding Party ('Ultimate Beneficiaries') or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our attention that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11 (e) as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material misstatement.
i) The Company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year.
j) Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used an accounting software formaintaining its books of account which has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instanceof audit trail feature being tampered with.
For A N S K & ASSOCIATESChartered AccountantsFRN - 026177N
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(CA Akhil Mittal)
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