Your Directors present the 45th Annual Report of the Company on the business andoperations of the Company together with the Audited Statement of Accounts for theyear ended 31st March 2025.
The Company's performance during the financial year ended 31st March, 2025 ascompared to the previous financial year, is summarized below:
(? in Lakhs)
Particulars
FY 2024-25
FY 2023-24
Revenue from operations
23.03
10.02
Other Income
5.13
6.09
Total Income
28.16
16.11
Total Expenses
17.53
12.54
Profit Before Tax
10.63
3.57
Less: Current Tax
2.67
0.90
Short/(Excess) Tax Provision
-
(2.35)
Profit After Tax
7.96
5.02
During the year under review, total income of the Company stood at ? 28.16 lakhs ascompared to ? 16.11 lakhs in the previous year. The profit before tax stood at ? 10.63lakhs as compared to ? 3.57 lakhs in the previous year.
The Company is primarily engaged in the activities of an Investment Company. Therewas no change in nature of the business of the Company, during the year under review.
During the year under review, the Board of Directors has not recommended dividendon the equity shares of the Company.
Your directors do not propose to transfer any amount to reserves out of the profitsearned during the financial year under review.
No change has taken place in the Share Capital of the Company. The Authorized ShareCapital of the Company is ?5,00,00,000(Rupees Five CroresOnly) divided into 50,00,000(Fifty Lakhs) equity shares of ? 10 (Rupees Ten Only) each.
The Paid-up Share Capital of the Company is ? 90,00,000 (Rupees Ninety Lakhs only)divided into 9,00,000 (Nine Lakhs) equity shares of ? 10 (Rupees Ten only) each.
The Company has neither invited nor accepted/renewed any deposits from the publicwithin the meaning of Section 73 and 74 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with theCompanies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 2014 during the year under review. As such,no amount of principal or interest on public deposits was outstanding as on the date ofthis Report.
The Company does not have any Subsidiary/Joint Venture/Associate Company andtherefore the details of Subsidiary/Joint Venture/Associate Company, in Form AOC-1for the financial year 2024-25 are not applicable.
Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements ofthe Company.
In compliance with the provisions of Section 152(6) of the Companies Act, 2013,Mr. Pankaj Jain (DIN: 00048283), Non-Executive Director of the Company, is liableto retire by rotation and being eligible seeks re-appointment at the ensuing AnnualGeneral Meeting. The Board recommends his re-appointment.
During the year under review, Mr. Pravin Mushaib ceased to be the Chief FinancialOfficer of the Company with effect from 31st July, 2024. Mr. Jay Master was appointed asthe Chief Financial Officer of the Company with effect from 17th October, 2024.
The certificate under Regulation 34(3) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ('SEBI ListingRegulations) forms part of this Report as Annexure III.
Based upon the declarations received from the Independent Directors, the Board ofDirectors has confirmed that they meet the criteria of Independence as mentionedunder Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the Listing
Regulations and that they are Independent of the Management.
In the opinion of the Board, there has been no change in the circumstances affectingtheir status as Independent Directors of the Company and the Board is satisfied of theintegrity, expertise, and experience (including proficiency in terms of Section 150(1) ofthe Companies Act, 2013 and applicable rules thereunder) of all Independent Directorson the Board. All those Independent Directors who are required to undertake the onlineproficiency self-assessment test as contemplated under Rule 6(4) of the Companies(Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, have passed such test.
The Board of Directors met 4 (Four) times during the financial year 2024-25 viz. 27thMay, 2024, 09th August, 2024, 17th October, 2024 and 29th January, 2025 in accordancewith the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder. The Directors activelyparticipated in the meetings and contributed valuable inputs on the matters broughtbefore the Board of Directors from time to time.
The name of members of the Board of Directors, their attendance at the Board Meetingsof the Company and last Annual General Meeting during the period under review isgiven below:
Name of the Director
Category
No. of BoardMeetingsattendedduring theperiod underreview
Attendanceat the lastAGM held on12th
September,
2024
Mrs. Lalitha Cheripalli
Whole-time Director
4
Yes
Mr. Pankaj Jain
Non-Executive
Non-Independent
Director
Mr. Gautam Panchal
Non-ExecutiveIndependent Director
Mrs. Sandhya Malhotra
In terms of Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 in relation to the audited financialstatements of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2025, the Board of Directorshereby confirms that:
a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standardshad been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures,wherever applicable;
b) such accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently and theDirectors made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as togive a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2025and of the profits of the Company for the year ended on that date;
c) proper and sufficient care was taken for the maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 forsafeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud andother irregularities;
d) the annual accounts of the Company have been prepared on a going concern basis;
e) internal financial controls have been laid down to be followed by the Company andthat such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively;
f) proper systems have been devised to ensure compliance with the provisions of allapplicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
An Audit Committee is in existence in accordance with the provisions of Section 177 of
the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI Listing Regulations.
During the financial year under review, met 4 (Four) times during the financial year 2024¬25 viz. 27th May, 2024, 09th August, 2024, 17th October, 2024 and 29th January, 2025. The
current composition of the Audit Committee is as follows:
Name of the Committee Member
Position
Chairman
Non-Executive Independent
Member
A Nomination and Remuneration Committee is in existence in accordance with theprovisions of Section 178(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI Listing Regulations.
During the financial year under review, 2 (Two) meetings of the Nomination andRemuneration Committee were held viz. 27th May, 2024 and 17th October, 2024. Thecurrent composition of the Committee is as follows:
Non-Executive Non-Independent
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee has formulated a policy which inter alia,includes the (a) appointment and remuneration of directors, key managerial personneland senior management and (b) criteria for determining qualifications, positiveattributes and independence of directors. The policy is directed towards a compensationphilosophy and structure that will attract, retain and motivate talent and provides for abalance between fixed and incentive pay reflecting short and long-term performanceobjectives appropriate to the working of the Company and its goals.
The policy is uploaded on the website of the Company at http://sw1india.com/.
A Stakeholder's Relationship Committee is in existence in accordance with the provisionsof Section 178(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI Listing Regulations.
During the financial year under review, met 4 (Four) times during the financial year 2024¬25 viz. 27th May, 2024, 09th August, 2024, 17th October, 2024 and 29th January, 2025. Thecurrent composition of the Committee is as follows:
During the financial year under review, the Company has not received any complaintfrom the shareholders.
During the financial year under review, the Independent Directors met on 26th March,2025 inter alia, to:
1. Review the Performance of Non-Independent Directors and the Board as a whole;
2. Assess the quality, quantity and timeliness of flow of information between thecompany management and the Board that is necessary for the Board to effectivelyand reasonably perform their duties.
All the Independent Directors were present at the Meeting.
The provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 are not applicable to theCompany. Hence, the Company is not required to develop and implement any policy onCorporate Social Responsibility initiatives taken during the year.
A formal evaluation mechanism has been adopted for evaluating the performance ofthe Board, the Committees thereof and individual Directors. The evaluation is basedon criteria which include, among others, providing strategic perspective, integrityand maintenance of confidentiality and independence of judgment, attendance, timedevoted and preparedness for the Meetings, quality, quantity and timeliness of theflow of information between the Board Members and the Management, contribution atthe Meetings, effective decision making ability, monitoring the corporate governancepractices, role and effectiveness of the Committees and effective management ofrelationship with stakeholders. Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013and the SEBI Listing Regulations, the Board has carried out an annual evaluation of itsown performance, performance of its directors individually and the committees of theBoard and the same is reviewed by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
In compliance with the provisions of Section 177(9) of the Companies Act, 2013 readwith Regulation 22 of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the Company has established a VigilMechanism which includes whistle blower policy for Directors and Employees to reportgenuine concerns to the management of the Company. The whistle blower policy isposted on the website of the Company and may be accessed at http://www.sw1india.com/
The Company's management systems, organizational structures, processes, standards,code of conduct and behaviors together form the system that governs how the Companyconducts its business and manages associated risks.
The approach is based on identification, evaluation, and mitigation of operational,strategic and environmental risks, disciplined risk monitoring and measurement andcontinuous risk assessment and mitigation measures.
All the transactions/contracts/arrangements of the nature as specified in Section 188(1)of the Companies Act, 2013 entered by the Company during the year under review withrelated party (ies) are in the ordinary course of business and on arm's length basis. Hence,Form AOC-2 is not required to be furnished. Disclosure on Related Party transactions isprovided in notes to financial statements.
During the financial year 2024-25, there were no persons employed, for a part of thefinancial year or throughout the financial year who were in receipt of remuneration of notless than ? 8.5 lakhs per month or ? 1.02 crores per annum respectively. The Companyhas one permanent employee.
The information required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read withRule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)Rules, 2014 are available for inspection at the Registered Office of the Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 the Company has complied withthe applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries ofIndia and approved by the Central Government under Section 118(10) of the CompaniesAct, 2013.
Except as disclosed elsewhere in this Report, no material changes and commitmentswhich could affect the Company's financial position, have occurred between the end ofthe financial year of the Company and the date of this Report.
No significant and material orders have been passed by any Regulator or Court or Tribunalwhich can have impact on the going concern status and the Company's operations infuture.
The internal financial controls of the Company are commensurate with its size, scaleand complexity of operations. The Company has adopted policies and procedures toensure integrity in conducting business, safeguarding of its assets, timely preparationof reliable financial information, accuracy and completeness in maintaining accountingrecords and prevention and detection of frauds and errors. The internal financial controlswith reference to the financial statements were adequate and operating effectively.
During the year under review, no instances of fraud were reported by the Auditors ofthe Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, M/s. Bagaria & Co. LLP,Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 113447W/W-100019) were appointedas the Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the40th Annual General Meeting held on 30th September, 2020 till the conclusion of the45th Annual General Meeting to be held in the year 2025. The Auditor's Report doesnot contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer or modifiedopinion.
Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 139, 142 and other applicable provisions, if any, ofthe Act (including any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time beingin force) and the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended from timeto time, M/s. Bagaria & Co. LLP are proposed to be re-appointed as Statutory Auditorsof the Company for a second term of five years to hold office from the conclusion ofthe 45th AGM till the conclusion of the 50th AgM to be held in the year 2030, subject toapproval of Members in the ensuing AGM. The necessary resolution for re-appointmentof M/s. Bagaria & Co. LLP as Statutory Auditors form part of the Notice convening theensuing AGM.
Pursuant to the provision of Section 204(1) of the Act & Rule 9 of the Companies(Appointment and Remuneration of Personnel) Rules, 2014 and other applicableprovisions, if any of the Act to the extent applicable, other applicable regulations framedby the Securities and Exchange Board of India in this regard, the Secretarial auditorneeds to be appointed for a period of 5 (Five) years.
In view of the above, the Board of Directors have appointed Mr. Veeraraghavan N.,Practicing Company Secretary (ACS No. 6911 and COP No. 4334) as Secretarial Auditorof the Company for a period of five (5) years i.e. from FY 2025-26 to FY 2029-30 subject tothe approval of Members at the ensuing AGM of the Company, to undertake secretarialaudit as required under the Act and SEBI Listing Regulations and issue the necessarysecretarial audit report for the aforesaid period. Mr. Veeraraghavan N., has confirmedthat their appointment, if made, will comply with the eligibility criteria in terms ofSEBI Listing Regulations. Further, the Secretarial Auditor has confirmed that they havesubjected themselves to Peer Review process by the Institute of Company Secretaries ofIndia ("ICSI") and hold valid certificate issued by the Peer Review Board of ICSI.
As required under the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Reportin respect of the Secretarial Audit of the Company carried out by Mr. Veeraraghavan N.,Practicing Company Secretary (ACS No. 6911 and COP No. 4334) for the financial year2024-25, in Form MR-3 annexed as Annexure I to this Report.
Maintenance of cost records and requirement of cost audit as prescribed under theprovisions of Section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 is not applicable to theCompany.
The Company has in place an adequate internal audit framework to monitor the efficacyof internal controls with the objective of providing to the Audit Committee and the Boardof Directors, an independent, objective and reasonable assurance on the adequacy andeffectiveness of the organization's risk management, control and governance processes.The Company has appointed M/s. Sandeep V. Chavan & Co., Chartered Accountants(Firm Registration No. 148937W), as the Internal Auditor. Findings of the Internal Auditorare placed before the Audit Committee, which reviews and discusses the actions takenby the Management.
Other disclosures as per the provisions of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 readwith the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 are furnished as under:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 the AnnualReturn for the financial year ended 31st March, 2025 is available on the website of theCompany at http://www.sw1india.com/.
Considering the nature of activities the Company is engaged into, the Company is notrequired to furnish information as required under the provisions of Section 134(3)(m) ofthe Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
i) Foreign Exchange Earnings: NIL
ii) Foreign Exchange Outgo: NIL
Constitution of Internal Complaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment ofWomen at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013
The provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Complaints Committee under theSexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act,2013 are not applicable to the Company.
Subject to the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and all other applicablelaws, all documents, including the Notice and Annual Report shall be sent throughelectronic transmission in respect of members whose email IDs are registered in theirdemat account or are otherwise provided by the members. A member shall be entitledto request for physical copy of any such documents.
The Company maintains a website http://sw1india.com/ with a dedicated section'Investor Corner'. The Quarterly Unaudited Financial Results and the Annual AuditedFinancial Results of the Company are published in the widely circulated national andlocal newspapers viz. 'Free Press Journal' and 'Navshakti. All periodical information,including the statutory filings and disclosures, are filed with BSE Limited. A separatee-mail id cosec@sw1india.com has been designated for the purpose of registeringcomplaints by shareholders or investors.
Pursuant to Regulation 15(2)(a) of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the paid up equity sharecapital of the Company is ? 90,00,000 and the net worth of the Company as on 31stMarch, 2025 is ? 6,39,01,575. Hence, the provisions of Corporate Governance are notapplicable to the Company.
The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct and Ethics for the Board of Directorsand Senior Management of the Company. Pursuant to Regulation 17 of the SEBI ListingRegulations, the Code of Conduct has been posted on the Company's website. TheCompany has received confirmations from the Directors and Senior Managementregarding compliance with the Code of Conduct for the financial year ended 31st March,2025. A certificate by the Whole-time Director, on the compliance declarations receivedfrom the Members of the Board and Senior Management is annexed as Annexure II tothis Report.
The Management Discussion and Analysis Report has been separately furnished in theAnnual Report and forms a part of the Annual Report.
During the year under review, there were no proceedings that were filed by the Companyor against the Company, which are pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,2016, as amended, before National Company Law Tribunal or other Courts.
DETAILS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMOUNT OF THE VALUATION DONE AT THETIME OF ONE TIME SETTLEMENTAND THE VALUATION DONE WHILE TAKING LOANFROM THE BANKS OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ALONG WITH THE REASONSTHEREOF
During the year under review, there were no instances of onetime settlement with anyBanks or Financial Institutions.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION
Your Directors would like to express their sincere appreciation and gratitude for the co¬operation and assistance from its shareholders, bankers, regulatory bodies and otherbusiness constituents.
Your Directors also wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for thecontribution and commitment made by every member of the Company.
For and on Behalf of the Board of Directorsof SW Investments Limited
Lalitha Cheripalli Pankaj Jain
Whole-time Director Non- Executive Director
(DIN:07026989) (DIN: 00048283)
Mumbai, 27th May, 2025