The Board present the Integrated Annual Report of the Company along with the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended 31st March 2024 together with the Auditors Reports thereon.
The summarised financial results are highlighted as under:
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Particulars
31st March 2024
31st March 2023
Revenue from operations
158.52
149.61
Other Income
67.03
0.60
Total Income
225.55
150.21
(-) Total Expenses
47.62
35.57
Profit/(Loss) before Exceptional Item and Tax
177.92
114.64
(-) Exceptional Items
-
Profit/(Loss) before Tax
(-) Tax Expenses
(0.72)
29.81
Profit/(Loss) after Tax
178.87
84.83
EPS
0.88
0.42
The Total Revenue for FY 2023 - 24 and FY 2022 - 23 stands at Rs. 225.55 lakhs and Rs. 150.21 Lakhs respectively. The Profit after Tax for FY 202324 was Rs. 178.87 Lakhs as compared to previous years revenue of Rs. 84.83 Lakhs. Earing per share has been increased from 0.42 paisa to 0.88 paisa for the year under review.
Overall performance of the company indicates financial growth for upcoming years.
During the period under review, the face value of equity share of the Company had been sub-divided from Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten only) to Rs. 02/-(Rupees Two only) per equity share. Authorised share capital has been increased from Rs. 16,00,00,000/ - (Rupees Sixteen Crores only) to Rs. 45,00,00,000/- (Rupees Forty-Five Crores only). Paid-up share capital is increase from Rs. 10,20,00,000/- (Rupees Ten Crore Twenty Lakh only) to Rs. 20,40,00,000/- (Rupees Twenty Crore Forty Lakh only).
Your Company is a tech-based company carrying business of Information Technology and related ancillary services. There was no change in nature of business during the period under review.
After all the appropriations and adjustments, the closing balance of retained earnings for FY 2023-24 stands at Rs. 53.79 Lakhs.
Your directors do not recommend any dividend for FY 2023-24.
During the period under review, on 20th March 2024, the Company made allotment of Bonus Issue in ratio of 1:1 i.e. 01 (One) equity share for every 01 (One) equity share held.
Annual Return in form MGT 9 is enclosed along with this report as Annexure - 1.
The Company does not have any Subsidiary, Associates or Joint Venture. Therefore, there is no instance of payment of remuneration or commission to MD or WTD from any of its subsidiaries.
During the year under review, no significant and/or material orders were passed by the Regulators, SEBI, Stock Exchanges, Court or Tribunals which impacts the company's ongoing or future operation.
There was no change in the nature of business during the FY 2023-24. During the period ending from FY 2023-24 till date of this report, there is no instance of any material changes or commitments which can impact the financial position of the Company.
a. Statutory auditor:
M/s. Rawka & Associates, Chartered Accountants (FRN: 021606C) were appointed as a Statutory Auditor of the Company during the last AGM held on 30th September 2023 for the period of Four year. This is their 2nd term which will expire in the year 2027.
M/s. Prachi Bansal & Associates, Practicing Company Secretary (COP: 23670) were appointed as a Secretarial Auditor of the Company for FY 2023-24. Secretarial Compliance Report and Secretarial Audit Report issued by them are enclosed herewith as annexure - 2 and annexure - 3 respectively.
M/s. KSGC & Associates, Practicing Chartered Accountants (FRN: 021829C) were appointed as an Internal Auditor of the Company for FY 2023-24.
As the Company does not fall under the criteria as specified under section 148(1) of the Act read with the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014, appointment of Cost Auditor or maintenance of Cost Records are not applicable to the Company.
The Board of the Company is optimum combination of Directors to meet the criteria as specified Regulation 17 of the SEBI LODR. The Company also have KMPs as specified under Section 203 of the Act and relevant regulations of SEBI LODR. Details of Directors and KMPs during the FY 2023 - 24 are as follows:
Name
DIN/PAN
Designation
Date of Appointment
Date of Resignation
Mukesh Jadhav
09539015
Non-executive Director
10th October 2023
Puneet Singh Chandhok
01546843
Managing Director
07th May 2024
Amardeep Singh
02136503
Executive Director
25th June 2024
Latesh Poojary
10414863
05th December 2023
Rohit Singh
10455367
Independent Director
24th January 2024
Anupriya Sharma
10477666
Sanjay Gangurde
10415085
07th May 2023
Motibhai Rabari
08573080
01st January 2021
Udaybhai Patel
08068806
29th January 2021
Chandni Solanki
08705082
01st March 2020
Kalpesh Medhekar
09519789
25th February 2022
Subhash Nagam
09526544
03rd March 2022
Richard Desouza
Chief Executive Officer
17th June 2024
Chief Financial Officer
26th September 2019
28th March 2024
Chetan Shah
Deepika Undhad
Company Secretary
21st April 2022
Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Act and to the best of its knowledge & ability, the Board hereby confirm that -
• In the preparation of the annual accounts, all the applicable accounting standards have been followed and there are no material departures from the same;
• They have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently. They have made judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the FY and of profit of the Company for that period;
• They have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
• They have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
• They have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and such internal financial controls are adequate and operating effectively;
• They have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.
During the year under review, the Board met 11 (Eleven) times i.e. on 29th May 2023, 10th August 2023, 05th September 2023, 10th October 2023, 23rd October 2023, 04th November 2023, 05th December 2023, 19th January 2024, 24th January 2024, 20th March 2024 and 28th March 2024. Further details related to Meetings of the Board are mentioned in the CGR forming part of this Integrated Annual Report.
The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, board committees, and individual directors pursuant to the provisions of the Act and SEBI LODR. In a separate meeting of Independent Directors, performance of Non-Independent directors, the Board as a whole and Chairman of the Company was evaluated, taking into account the views of executive directors and non-executive directors. Performance evaluation of independent directors was done by the entire Board, excluding the independent director being evaluated.
To comply with the Act and SEBI LODR, three mandatory committees are formed by the Board viz Audit Committee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee and Nomination & Remuneration Committee. The Board undertake to form other committees as per the provisions of the Act and SEBI LODR as and when become applicable. Details of the Committees are mentioned in CGR forming part of this Integrated Annual Report.
The information pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Act, read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, details related to the remuneration of Directors, KMPs and Employees are enclosed herewith in Annexure - 4.
The company's policy on appointment of directors and other related details are available on the website of the company.
There were no material related party transactions during the year under review. Accordingly, the disclosure of RPTs as required under Section 134(3)(h) of the Act in Form AOC-2 is not applicable to the Company. Prior omnibus approval of the Audit Committee is obtained at the beginning of a financial year for the planed or foreseeable transactions.
The Company has formulated a policy for dealing with related party transactions which is available on website of the Company. The details of the RPTs as per Ind AS - 24 on Related Party Disclosures are set out in Notes to the financial statements forming part of this Annual Report.
Provisions of section 135 of the act are not applicable to your company during the period under review.
The Company considers its Human Resources Development a critical factor to its success and continuously focuses on its development with various people initiatives. We strive to encourage diversity in workforce and believe in building the career of our employees through focused interventions.
Your company gives paramount importance to safety, security and wellbeing of its human resources and maintains highest standards of health and safety in all aspects.
The details in respect of internal financial control and their adequacy are included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, which is a part of this report.
The information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo stipulated under Section 134(3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule, 8 of The Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, is annexed herewith as Annexure - 5 forming part of the report.
A vigil mechanism has been implemented through the adoption of Whistle blower Policy with an objective to enable any employees or director to raise genuine concern or report that may constitute the Instances of corporate fraud, unethical conduct, a violation of Central or State laws/rules/regulations and/or any other regulatory or judicial directives. It also provides safeguards against victimization of employees who avail the mechanism and allows direct access to the chairman of the Audit Committee.
The vigil mechanism acts as per the provisions mentioned under section 177 (9) & (10) of the Act and Regulation 22 of the SEBI LODR.
The Company takes efficient measure for prevention of Insider Trading. Trading Window for dealing in company's securities by Directors, KMPs, Designated Employees and their immediate relatives closes on beginning of every quarter as per the norms of SEBI PIT Regulations.
During the year under review, the Company has not given any loans or guarantees to any person. Further, the Company does not have any investment falling within the preview of Section 186 of the Act.
Management Discussion and analysis report form separate part of this report enclosed as Annexure - 6.
The report on the Corporate Governance as stipulated in regulation 34 read with Schedule V of the SEBI LODR, 2015 is enclosed with this Report as Annexure - 7 along with certificate received from Practicing Company Secretary thereon.
The Company has not accepted any deposit from public and as such no amount of principal or interest on deposit from public was outstanding during the year under review.
The Company is in compliance with the Secretarial Standards on Meetings of the Board of Directors (SS - 1) and General Meetings (SS - 2) issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
No amount of unclaimed dividend has been transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund.
The Company has introduced Colab Cloud - Employee Stock Options Plan 2024 ("ESOP 2024") for the eligible employees of the Company and its future subsidiary, if any. The ESOP 2024 was approved by the Board of Directors on 01st July 2024 and subsequently by the members of the Company through Postal Ballot on 05th August 2024. The Company is under process to get necessary approvals from the Stock Exchange.
The Board states that there is no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of following agenda items:
• Issue of shares with differential voting rights, dividend rights or otherwise as no such shares were issued;
• Voting rights which are not directly exercised by the employees in respect of shares for the subscription/purchase of which loan was given
by the Company pursuant to provisions of section 67(3)(c) of the Act;
• Details in respect of frauds reported by Auditors under section 143(12) other than those which are reportable to the Central Government, as there was no such instance of frauds;
• Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility under section 135(1) of the Act;
• The details of application made and proceeding pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016;
• The details of difference between amount of the valuation done at the time of one-time settlement and the valuation done while taking loan from the Banks or Financial Institutions.
Your directors take this opportunity to thank company's employees, customers, service providers, banks and all other individual directly or indirectly associated with the company for their continuous support. The Directors express deep and sincere gratitude to all the stakeholders of the Company.
Date: 02nd September 2024 For Colab Cloud Platforms Limited
Registered Office: Sd/- Sd/-
125, 2nd Floor, Shahpur Jat, New Delhi, Delhi - 110049, India. Mukesh Jadhav Puneet Singh Chandhok
Tel: 8828865429 Chairman Managing Director
E-mail: cs@colabcloud.in DIN: 09539015 DIN: 01546843
Website: www.colabcloud.in