We have audited the accompanying Standalone Ind AS financial statements of MENON BEARINGS LIMITED ("thecompany”),which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (includingOther Comprehensive I ncome), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year thenended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidstandalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the “Act”) in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed undersection 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS”)and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2025 and its profit, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on thatdate.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(“SA”s) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further describedin the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India (“ICAI”) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalonefinancial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that theaudit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalonefinancial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of thefinancial statements of the current period. There are no such matters identified during the audit period.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board'sReport, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information,but does not include the consolidated financial statements, standalone financial statements and our auditor's reportthereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalonefinancial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of the Management and those charged with Governance for the Standalone Ind ASFinancial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the CompaniesAct, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fairview of the state of affairs (financial position), profit & loss (financial performance including othercomprehensive income), cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 4 of the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015.
This responsibility also includes the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovision of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting the fraudsand other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments andestimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of internal financialcontrol, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view andare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or tocease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these Standalone Ind AS financial statements based on our audit.We have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters whichare required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder.
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethicalrequirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the StandaloneInd AS financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures toobtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the Ind AS financial statements. The proceduresselected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement ofthe Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditorconsiders internal financial control relevant to the Company's preparation of the Standalone Ind AS financialstatements that give true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on whether the Company has in place anadequate internal financial control system over financial reporting and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and thereasonableness of the accounting estimates made by Company's Directors, as well as evaluating the overall
presentation of the Standalone Ind AS financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouraudit opinion on the Standalone Ind AS financial statements.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidStandalone Ind AS financial statements, give the information required by the Act in the manner so required andgive a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India including theInd AS;
a) of the State of affairs (financial position) of the Company as at March 31,2025;
b) of the Profit (financial performance including Other Comprehensive Income) for the year ended on that date;
c) of the Cash Flows for the year ended on that date; and
d) of the Changes in Equity for the year ended on that date
Report on other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1) With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor's Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by theCompany to its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of theAct. The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of theAct.
2) As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of Sub -section (11) of Section 143 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013 we givein the “Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extentapplicable.
3) 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 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 appearsfrom our examination of those books
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Cash FlowStatement and the Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the booksof account
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Ind AS financial statements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 4 of the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015.
e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2024, taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 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 and the
operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B”.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rule, 2014, in our opinion and to best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financial position.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivatives contracts of which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
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 borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) bythe Company to or in any other persons or entities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries”), with the
• understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall:
directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever ("Ultimate
• Beneficiaries”) by or on behalf of the Company or
provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been receivedby the Company from any persons or entities, including foreign entities ("Funding Parties”), with the
• understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall:
directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever ("Ultimate
• Beneficiaries”) by or on behalf of the Funding Party or
provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing hascome to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (iv) (a) and (iv) (b)contain any material mis-statement.
v. The dividend declared or paid during the year by the Company is in compliance with Section 123 of the Act.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used an accounting softwarefor maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended 31st March 2025, which has the featureof recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has been operated throughout the year for allrelevant transactions recorded in the software except at the database level for accounting software BWAYS ERP to log any direct data changes. Further, during the course of our audit we did not note anyinstance of the audit trail (edit log) feature being tampered with on accounting software where thisfeature has been enabled.
For M/S A R N A & Associates.
Chartered Accountants
CA Ameet JoshiiPartner
Membership No : 177982
Place: Kolhapur FRN : 122293W
Date : 15th May, 2025 UDIN : 225177982BMJIJN7746