We have audited the accompanying Standalone FinancialStatements of APOLLO PIPES LIMITED ("the Company"), whichcomprise the balance sheet as at March 31,2025, the statementof Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income),statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flowsfor the year then ended, and notes to the Standalone FinancialStatements, including a summary of significant accountingpolicies and other explanatory 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 Companies Act,2013 (the "Act") in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standardsprescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("IndAS") and other accounting principles generally accepted in India,of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025 andits profits, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and itscash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the CompaniesAct, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of theStandalone Financial Statements section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with the Code ofEthics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India("ICAI") together with the ethical requirements that are relevantto our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements under theprovisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code ofEthics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion onthe Standalone Financial Statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financialstatements of the current period.
We have not determined any matters to be the key audit mattersto be communicated in our report.
The Company's Board ofDirectors is responsible for the preparationof the other information. The other information comprisesthe information included in the Management Discussion andAnalysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report,Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance andShareholder's Information, but does not include the StandaloneFinancial Statements and our auditor's report thereon which isexpected to be made available to us after that date.
Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does notcover the other information and we will not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doingso, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
When we read the other information and if we conclude thatthere is a material misstatement therein, we will communicatethe matter to those charged with governance and take necessaryaction as per applicable laws and regulations.
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, changes inequity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the INDAS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Actfor safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate implementation and maintenance
of accounting policies; making judgments and estimates thatare reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the financial statement that give a true and fairview and are free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, managementis responsible 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, the Boardof Directors' are also responsible for overseeing the Company'sfinancial reporting process.
(a) Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the Standalone Financial Statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these StandaloneFinancial Statements.
(b) As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgement and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the Standalone Financial Statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidencethat is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, orthe 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. Undersection 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible forexpressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate financial controls system in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's useof the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions thatmay cast significant doubt on the Company's abilityto continue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required to drawattention in our auditor's report to the related disclosuresin the Standalone Financial Statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date of our auditor's report. However, futureevents or conditions may cause the company to ceaseto 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.
) Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in theStandalone Financial Statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisionsof a reasonable knowledgeable users of the StandaloneFinancial Statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planningthe scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results ofour work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identifiedmisstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements.
I) We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that weidentify during our 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, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
) From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were ofmost significance in the audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements of the current period and are therefore the keyaudit 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 inour report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould be reasonably be expected to outweigh the publicinterest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, 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 required bylaw have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding other comprehensive income, Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flowsdealt with by this Report are in agreement with thebooks of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone FinancialStatements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
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 directors isdisqualified as on 31st March, 2025 from being appointedas a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols over financial reporting of the Company andthe operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to ourseparate Report in "Annexure A". Our report expressesan unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operatingeffectiveness of the Company's internal financialcontrols over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with the requirements ofsection 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the company to its director duringthe year is in accordance with the provisions of section197 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 of pendinglitigations on its financial position in its StandaloneFinancial Statements (See Note 34 to the StandaloneFinancial Statements).
ii. The Company has made provision, as requiredunder the applicable law or accounting standards,for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-termcontracts including derivative contracts.
iii. The Company is not required to transfer any amountto the Investor Education and Protection Fund.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to
the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds(which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been advanced or loaned orinvested (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 Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented, that, tothe best of its knowledge and belief, no funds(which are material either individually or inthe aggregate) have been received by theCompany from 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 invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have beenconsidered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) ofRule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material misstatement.
(d) (A) The final dividend proposed in the previousyear, declared and paid by the Company during
the year is in accordance with Section 123 of theAct, as applicable.
(B) No interim dividend has been declared and paidby the Company during the year and until thedate of this report.
(C) The Board of Directors of the Company haveproposed final dividend for the year which issubject to the approval of the members at theensuing Annual General Meeting. The amount ofdividend proposed is in accordance with section123 of the Act, as applicable.
v. Based on our examination which included testchecks, the company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account whichhas a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facilityand the same has operated throughout the year forall relevant transactions recorded in the software.Further, during the course of our audit we did not
come across any instance of audit trail feature beingtampered and the audit trail has been preserved bythe company as per the statutory requirements forrecord retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of theCompanies Act, 2013, we give in "Annexure B" a statementon the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order,to the extent applicable.
For VAPS & Company
Chartered AccountantsICAI Firm Registration Number: 003612N
Praveen Kumar Jain
Partner
Place : Noida Membership Number: 082515
Date : May 10, 2025 UDIN:25082515BMLILD1266