We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of ALACRITY SECURITIESLIMITED ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statementof Profit and Loss, Statement of change in Equity and Cash Flow Statements for the year then ended,and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Emphasis on Other Matters
Attention is invited to Note no. 26 of Notes to Account which states that Liabilities in respect ofGratuity and leave encashment are being accounted for on payment basis which is not inconformity with the accounting standard 15 relating to employee's benefit.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013('the act') in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025,and Profit and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
2. Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of ourreport. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevantto our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and theRules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
3. Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance inour audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressedin the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming ouropinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determinedthat there are no key Audit matters to be communicated in our report.
4. Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. Theother information comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis,Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report, Business Responsibility Report, CorporateGovernance and Shareholder's Information, but does not include the standalone financialstatements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we donot express any form of assurance or conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read theother information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistentwith the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our auditor otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work 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 this regard.
5. Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The management and Board of Directors of the Company are responsible for the matters stated inSection 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ('the act') with respect to the preparation of thesefinancial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position and financialperformance of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted inIndia, including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with rule 7of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
This responsibility includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detectingfrauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that are operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentationof the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concernand using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate theCompany or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company's financial reportingprocess.
6. Auditor's Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor'sreport that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not aguarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement 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 theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
7. Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by theCentral Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give inthe Annexure "A", statement on the matters Specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, tothe extent applicable
2. As required by section 143(3) of the Act, we further report that:
a) we have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit;
b) in our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Companyso far as appears from our examination of those books;
c) the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by thisReport are in agreement with the books of account;
d) in our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the applicable AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies(Accounts) Rules 2014;
e) on the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025, andtaken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March31, 2025, from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in"Annexure B". Our report expresses an unmodified opinion, on the adequacy and operatingeffectiveness of the Company's internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to other matters to be included in Auditors' Report in accordance withrequirements of Section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
h) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous, the remuneration paid by the Company to its Directors during the year is in accordancewith the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. and
i) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous, we report as under with respect to other matters to be included in the Auditor's Reportin accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position inits financial statements - Refer Note 25 to the financial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivativecontracts; as such the question of commenting on any material foreseeablelosses thereon does not arise
iii. There has not been any occasion in case of the Company during the year under report totransfer any sums to the Investor Education and Protection Fund, so the question ofdelay in transferring such sums does not arise.
iv. a) The management has represented that to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the companyto or in any other persons or entities, including foreign entities(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,
b) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds have been received by the company from any persons or entities, includingforeign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting 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 behalfof the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security orthe like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on the audit procedures that were considered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe thatthe representations under sub-clause (a) and (b) contain any material misstatement.
v. The company has not paid any dividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has usedan accounting software for maintaining its books of account which has a featureof recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughoutthe year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, duringthe course of our audit we did not come across any instance of the audit trailfeature being tampered with.
For CLB & ASSOCIATESChartered AccountantsFRN: 124305WSd/-
CA S. Sarupria
Partner
M. No 035783
Place: Mumbai
Date: 27.05.2025
UDIN: 25035783BMOUVD6996