We have audited the accompanying financial statements of GCM SECURITIES LIMITED (CIN -L67120WB1995PLC071337)("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income) Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows ended on that date, and a summaryof significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "the financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the "Act") in the manner so required and give a trueand fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024, the profit and total comprehensive profit,changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Companies 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 Company inaccordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 andthe Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and theCode of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financialstatements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as awhole, and in forming our opinion there on, and we do not provide a separate opinion on those matters.
In our opinion and according to the information and explanation given to us, there were no key audit matters which requiredto be reported.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report, BusinessResponsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, but does not include the financial statementsand our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtainedduring the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated
We conclude that there is no material misstatement of other informationManagement's Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of financial position, financial performance includingother comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and otheraccounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing anddetecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and
estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financialcontrols, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant tothe preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a goingconcern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone Ind AS financial statements as a whole arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAS willalways detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of userstaken on the basis of these standalone Ind AS financial statements.
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 financial statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3X0 of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalone financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the auditevidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's However, future events or conditions may cause the Company tocease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in amanner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because theadverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that :
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations 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 by law 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 Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevantbooks of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section133 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 March 31, 2024 taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2024 from being appointed as adirector in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company withreference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements and the operating effectiveness of such controls,refer to our separate Report in "Annexure A" to this report;
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements ofsection 197(16) of the Act, as amended. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its Directors during the year is inaccordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigation which would impact its financial position in itsfinancial statements
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there wereany material foreseeable losses under the applicable law or accounting standards;
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company during the year ended March 31, 2024; and
iv. (a) 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 advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by theCompany to or in any other person or entity, including foreign entity ("Intermediaries"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (whichare material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Company from anyperson or entity, including foreign entity ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice 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.
v. The requirements under clause 21 of the order are not applicable in respect of audit of StandaloneFinancial Statements as the consolidation done in the financial statement is of a Partnership firm.Accordingly, reporting under clause 21 of the Order is not applicable.
vi. Based on our examination, the company has used an accounting software for maintaining of its Books ofAccounts which have the feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility in terms of the Proviso to Rule
3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, but the Company has not activated the feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log) facility during the period under review.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government of India interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the "Annexure- B" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3and 4 of the Order.
Chartered AccountantsICAI Registration No. 105834W
Sd/-
Pawan Gattani
Partner
Membership No. 144734
Date: May 29, 2024Place: Kolkata