We have audited the standalone financial statements of Ace Edutrend Limited (“theCompany”), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, andthe Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income),Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and Standalone Statement of Cash Flowsfor the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including asummary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information(hereinafter referred to as “the standalone financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us, the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information requiredby the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, ofthe state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and loss and othercomprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on thatdate subject to the matters described under “ Basis for Qualified Opinion” section ofour report.
Basis for Qualified Opinion
a. In the absence of appropriate evidence and underlyingdocuments/agreements/contracts or independent report of the third party authority weare unable to comments on the appropriateness of the Loan & Advances, Tradereceivables and Trade Payables.
b. We draw your attention that in the absence of Fixed Asset Register and no physicalverification report by the management / third party, we are unable to comment on theexistence of the Fixed Assets.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specifiedunder Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs are furtherdescribed in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordancewith the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Indiatogether with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone
financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our qualified opinion.
Key Audit Matters
The audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of mostsignificance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matterswere addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and informing our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on thesematters.
Note 15(c) to the Standalone Financial Statements- “Provision for Contingencies” as atMarch 31, 2025 the Company has exposures towards litigations relating to variousmatters as set out in the aforesaid Notes.
Significant management judgment is required to assess such matters to determine theprobability of occurrence of material outflow of economic resources and whether aprovision should be recognized, or a disclosure should be made. The managementjudgment should also supported with legal advice in certain cases as consideredappropriate.
As the ultimate outcomes of the matters are uncertain and the positions taken by themanagement are based on the application of their best judgment relating tointerpretation of law regulations, it is considered to be a Key Audit Matter.
Other Information
The Company’s management and Board of Directors are responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the information included in theCompany’s annual report, but does not include the standalone financial statements andour auditors’ report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other informationand we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility isto read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information ismaterially inconsistent with the standalone financial statement or our knowledgeobtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on thework we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of thisother information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in thisregard.
Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of theseIND AS financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the AccountingStandards(IND AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that arereasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation ofthe standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management and Board of Directorsare responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern,disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or tocease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. The Board of Directors isalso responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalonefinancial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted inaccordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of user taken on basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment andmaintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
i. Identify and access the risk of material misstatement of the standalone financialstatements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risk, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
ii. Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of theAct, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements inplace and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
iii. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
iv. Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists,we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in thestandalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify ouropinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to ceaseto continue as a going concern.
v. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financialstatements, including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters,the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we havecomplied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and tocommunicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably bethought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguard.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued bythe Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of theCompanies Act, 2013, we give in the ‘Annexure A’, a statement on the mattersspecified 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 bestof our knowledge and 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 theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensiveincome), the statement of change in equity and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with bythis Report are in agreement with the books of account, subject to the matterdescribed under “basis for qualified opinion” section of our report.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March31, 2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is
disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act.
f. According to the information and explanation given to us, the company had not paidmanagerial remuneration thus Section 197 of the Companies Act.2013 is notapplicable.
g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference tostandalone financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.
3. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordancewith Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and tothe best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed pending litigations on its financial statements Refer point15 (c ) of the financial statement.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The management has represented that to the best of its knowledge and belief, otherthan as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind offunds) by the company to or in any other persons or entities including foreign entities(intermediaries) with the understanding whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invested in other person orentities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (ultimatebeneficiaries) 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 otherthan as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been received by thecompany from any person or entities including foreign entities (funding parties) withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shallwhether directly or indirectly lend or invest in other person or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the funding party (ultimate beneficiaries) orprovide any Guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries and
(c) based on such audit procedures that have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us tobelieve that representations, as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any materialmisstatement.
d) Based on our examination, which included test checks, the company has usedaccounting software for maintaining its books of accounts for financial year endedMarch 31st 2025, Which has feature of recording Audit Trails (Edit Log) facility andsame has operated throughout the year for all relevent transaction recorded in the
software. Further during the course of the our audit we did not come across anyinstance of the audit trails features be tempered with.
For Asha & AssociatesChartered AccountantsFRN:024773N
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CA Asha TanejaM. No. 096107
UDIN: 25096107BMOYWY9185
Place: New DelhiDate: 21/05/2025