We have audited the accompanying financial statements of ADVANCE MULTITECHLIMITED(“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024,and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), theStatement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then endedand a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us, the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required bythe Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fairview in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended, (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024 and its profit, total comprehensiveincome, 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 standard onauditing specified u/s. 143(10) of the act (SAs). Our responsibilities under thosestandards are further described in the auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of financialstatements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance withthe code of ethics issued by ICAI together with Independence Requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and therules made there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that theaudit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide the basis for ouraudit opinion on the financial statements.
Key Audit Matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of mostsignificance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matterswere addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as awhole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion onthese matters. There is no key audit matter with respect to financial statements to becommunicated in our report.
Information other than Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report thereon
The company’s Board of Directors’ are responsible for the preparation of the otherinformation. The other information comprises the information included in themanagement discussion and analysis, board’s report including annexure to board’s report,Business responsibility report, Corporate governance and Shareholder’s information butdoes not include the financial statement and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read theother information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the courseof our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is materialmisstatement of this other information, we are required to report the fact. We havenothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and those charged with governance for thestandalone Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5)of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performanceincluding other comprehensive income, cashflows and changes in equity of the Companyin accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under section133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended, and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and applicationof appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonableand prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financialcontrols, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness ofthe accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whetherdue to fraud or error.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on ouraudit. In conducting our audit, we have taken into account the provisions of the Act, theaccounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in theaudit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under and theOrder issued under section 143(11) of the Act.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgement andmaintain professional Scepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financialstatements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) ofthe Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the bank hasadequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements in place andthe operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures in the standalone financial statementsmade by the Management and Board of Directors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management and Board of Directors use of thegoing concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether amaterial uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significantdoubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our Auditor's Report tothe related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidenceobtained up to the date of our Auditor's Report. However, future events or conditionsmay cause a Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that,individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of areasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced.We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope ofour audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect ofany identified misstatements in the standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters,the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have compliedwith relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with
them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determinethose matters that were of most significance in the audit of the standalone financialstatements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describethese matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
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 thebest of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept bythe Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including OtherComprehensive Income, Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement ofCash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books ofaccount.
d) In our opinion, the afore said financial statements comply with the IndianAccounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7of the Companies (Accounts) Rules,2014.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors of theCompany as on March 31, 2024 taken on record by the Board of Directors,none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2024 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) As per the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) notification, proviso to Rule3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, for the financial yearcommencing April 1, 2023, every company which uses accounting software formaintaining its books of account, shall use only such accounting softwarewhich has a feature of recording audit trail of each and every transaction,creating an edit log of each change made in the books of account along with thedate when such changes were made and ensuring that the audit trail cannot bedisabled.
Based on our examination which included test checks, performed by us on the Company,have used accounting software for maintaining their respective books of account for thefinancial year ended March 31, 2024 which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log)facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software except following :
(i) The feature of recording audit trail was not enabled at the database layer to log anydirect data changes for the accounting software used for maintaining the books ofaccounts relating to general ledger and consolidation process
(ii) The audit trail was not enabled for certain changes which were performed by usershaving privilege access rights, for the accounting software used for maintaining the booksof accounts relating to the general ledger.
Further, for the period audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled and operated for therespective accounting softwares, we did not come across any instance of the audit trailfeature being tampered with.
As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable fromApril 1, 2023,reporting under Rule 11(g) of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014on preservation of audit trail as per the statutory requirements for record retention is notapplicable for the financial year ended March 31, 2024.
g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financialreporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls,refer to our separate Report in “Annexure A”. Our report expresses anunmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of theCompany’s internal financial controls over financial reporting.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report inaccordance with the requirements of Section 197(16) of the Act, as amend:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven 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. The Ministry of CorporateAffairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) which are required to becommented upon by us.
i) With respect to the other matters to be included In the Auditor’s Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (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 has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on itsfinancial position in its financial statements.
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law oraccounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-termcontracts including derivative contracts.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred,to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate)have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds orshare premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company toor in any other person or entity, including foreign entity (“Intermediaries”),with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, securityor the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received bythe Company from any person or entity, including foreign entity (“Funding Parties”),with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe thatthe representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and(b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. No dividend is proposed and hence reporting under this clause is notrequired.
As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issuedby the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in“Annexure B” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
Suresh R Shah & AssociatesChartered AccountantsFRN:110691W
Place: Ahmedabad Mrugen K Shah
Date: 24-05-2024 (Partner)
M. No.: 117412
UDIN: 24117412BKAHPK6928