We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of GFL Limited (“the Company”), which comprise theStandalone Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025, the StandaloneStatement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and theStandalone Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended,and notes to the standalone financial statements, including asummary of material accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation (“the standalone financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required andgive a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian AccountingStandards prescribed under section 133 of the Act, read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 (“Ind AS”)and other accounting principles generally accepted in India,of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2025, itsprofit, 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 Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further describedin the ‘Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements’ section of our report. We are independentof the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued bythe Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) togetherwith the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of thestandalone financial statements under the provisions of the Actand the Rules made there under, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidencewe have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements of the current period. We havedetermined that there are no key audit matters to communicatein our report.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for thepreparation of the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Company’s AnnualReport, but does not include the financial statements andour auditor’s report thereon. The Company’s Annual Reportis expected to be made available to us after the date of thisauditor’s report.
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 doing so,consider whether the other information is materially inconsistentwith the standalone financial statements or our knowledgeobtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
When we read the Company’s Annual Report if we concludethat there is a material misstatement therein, we are requiredto communicate the matter to those charged with governanceand take necessary actions as per the applicable laws andregulations.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financial statements that give atrue and fair view of the financial position, financial performanceincluding other comprehensive income, changes in equityand cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind ASand 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 accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuringthe accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, managementis responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related togoing concern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless management either intends to liquidate the Company orto cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing theCompany’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the standalone financial statements as a whole are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee thatan audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arisefrom fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgement and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe standalone financial statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsiveto those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Therisk of not detecting a material misstatement resultingfrom fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the 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. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequateinternal financial controls system with reference to financialstatements in place and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue asa going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’sreport to the related disclosures in the standalone financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’sreport. However, future events or conditions may causethe Company to cease to 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.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control that we identify duringour audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statementsof the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law orregulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when,in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order,2020 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of section 143(11) of the Act, we give inthe Annexure I a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. 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 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 requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books.
(c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the StandaloneStatement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the Standalone Statementof Changes in Equity, and the Standalone Statementof Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on 31 March 2025 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on 31 March 2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to financial statements of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in Annexure IIwherein we have expressed an unmodified opinion.
(g) 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 does not have any pendinglitigations which would impact its financialposition;
ii. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts, including derivative contracts, forwhich there were any material foreseeablelosses;
iii. There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, to the
Investor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany.
iv. (a) The management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds have been advanced or loanedor invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to or inany other persons or entities, includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries”), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever byor on behalf of the Company (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented that,to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds have been received by theCompany from any persons or entities,including foreign entity (“Funding Parties”),with the understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that the Companyshall, directly or indirectly, lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;and
(c) Based on the audit procedures thathave been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has causedus to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), asprovided under (a) and (b) above, containany material misstatement.
v. The Company has neither declared nor paidany dividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination which included testchecks, the company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of accountwhich has a feature of recording audit trail
(edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software. Further, during thecourse of our audit we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tamperedwith and the audit trail has been preserved bythe Company as per the statutory requirementsfor record retention.
Chartered AccountantsFirm’s Registration No. 107628W
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