We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Ashish Polyplast Limited (“the Company”),which comprise the Balance sheet as at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including othercomprehensive income), the Statement of changes in equity, the Cashflow Statement for the year thenended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of Significant Accounting policies andother 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, theaforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act 2013 (“Act”) in themanner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standardsprescribed under section 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 ofaffairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024, and its profit, total comprehensive income, the changes inequity and cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards on auditing specified under section 143 (10) ofthe 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 theCompany in accordance with the code of ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Indiatogether with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the code of ethics.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour opinion on the financial statements
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in ouraudit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of ouraudit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide aseparate opinion on these matters. We have determined that there are no key audit matters to becommunticated in our report.
The Company’s board of directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’sReport, Corporate Governace report and shareholder's information but does not include the financialstatements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the 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 financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financialstatements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially
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.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company’s board of directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134 (5) of the Act withrespect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financialposition, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equityof the Company in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under section133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended fromtime to time, and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguardingof the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selectionand application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonableand prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, thatwere operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevantto the preparation and presentation of the financial statement that give a true and fair view and are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The board of directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report thatincludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that anaudit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in theaggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on thebasis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detectinga material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we arealso responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financialcontrols system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’sreport to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events ina manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate,makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financialstatements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planningthe scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of anyidentified misstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scopeand timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internalcontrol that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine thosematters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine thata matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1 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 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give inAnnexure “A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2 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 ourknowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit.
(b) in our opinion, the Company has kept proper books of account as required by law, so far as appearsfrom our examination of the books.
(c) the balance sheet, the statement of profit and loss, and the cash flow statement dealt with by thisreport are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) in our opinion, the afrosaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specifiedunder section 133 of the Act read Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) on the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2024 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2024, frombeing appointed as a director in terms of section 164 (2) of the Companies Act, 2013.
(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 “AnnexureB”. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of theCompany’s internal financial controls over financial reporting.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197 (16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company toits directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act; and
(h) with respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 in our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us
(a) The company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financial position.
(b) The Company did not have any long term contracts including derivative contracts for which therewere any material foreseeable losses.
(c) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
(d) (a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources orkind of funds) by the Company to or in any other persons or Entities, (“Intermediaries”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether directlyor indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge no funds have been receivedby the company from any person or 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 the FundingParty (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the
(c) Based on such audit procedures that were considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (a) and (b) contain any material misstatement.
(i) No dividend has been declared or paid during the year by the Company.
(j) Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting softwaresfor maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended March 31, 2024 which has a featureof recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for allrelevant transactions recorded in the softwares. Further, during the course of our audit we did notcome across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.
As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable from April 1, 2023,reporting under Rule 11 (g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 on preservation ofaudit trail as per the statutory requirements for record retention is not applicable for the financial yearended March 31, 2024.
For, M. R. PANDHI & ASSOCIATESChartered AccountantsFirm Registration No.112360W
Place : Ahmedabad Partner
Date : 25th April, 2024 Membership No.170644
UDIN : 24170644BKFENF9088