1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Birla Cable Limited (“the Company”), which comprisethe Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025, 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 ended, and notes to the standalonefinancial statements, including a summary of the material accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafterreferred to as the “standalone financial statements”).
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“Act”) in the manner so required and give atrue and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2025, its profit and total comprehensive income,changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those SAs are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of thestandalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence wehave obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
4. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. Wehave determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report:
Key Audit Matter
Auditor’s Response
Recoverability of trade receivables in view of the risk ofcredit losses
Trade receivables is a significant item in the Company’s financialstatements as at 31st March, 2025 and assumptions used forestimating the credit loss on receivables is an area which isdetermined by management’s judgment.
The Company makes an assessment of the estimated creditlosses on trade receivables based on credit risk, past history,latest discussion/ correspondence with the customer.
Given the significance of these receivables in the financialstatements as at 31st March, 2025, we determined this to be akey audit matter.
Refer Note No. 9 of the standalone financial statements.
Our audit procedure included, among others:
• Assessed the company’s processes and controls relatingto the monitoring of trade receivables and consideredageing to identify collection risks.
• Inquired with senior management regarding status ofcollection of the receivable.
• Discussion of material outstanding balances with the auditcommittee.
• Assessed the information/ assumptions used by theManagement to determine the expected credit losses byconsidering credit risk of the customer, cash collection, andthe level of credit loss over time.
Based on our work as stated above, no significant deviations
were observed in respect of management’s assessment of
valuation of trade receivables.
5. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Annual report, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained inthe audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we arerequired to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
6. The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act withrespect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs, profitand other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under section 133 of theAct. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of theAct for safeguarding of 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 reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuringaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
7. In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing theCompany’s ability 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 to cease operations,or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
8. The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
9. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will alwaysdetect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if,individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on thebasis of these standalone financial statements.
10. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughoutthe audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud orerror, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud ishigher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations,or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriatein the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures in the standalone financial statements made by the Management and Board of Directors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management and Board of Directors use of the going concern basis of accountingand, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that maycast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the standalone financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, 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 conditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner thatachieves fair presentation.
11. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
12. We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought tobear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
13. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significancein the audit of the standalone financial statements 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 disclosure about the matter or when, in extremelyrare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequencesof doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
14. As required by the Companies (Auditors’ Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government in terms ofsection 143 (11) of the Act, we give in the “Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of theOrder, to the extent applicable.
15. 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 and belief werenecessary 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 it appears from ourexamination of those books.
(c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income),the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Reportare in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under section 133 of theAct read with Companies (India Accounting Standard) Rules, 2015 as amended.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March 2025 taken on record by the Boardof Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.
(g) With respect to the other matter to be included in the Auditors’ Report in accordance with the requirements of Section197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations givento us, the remuneration paid/provided by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisionsof Section 197 of the Act.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors’ Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations givento us:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financialstatements - Refer Note No. 36 on Contingent Liabilities to the standalone financial statements;
(ii) The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any materialforeseeable losses;
(iii) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company;
(iv) (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, 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 to or in any other person or entity,including foreign entity (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the 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, no funds (which are materialeither individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Company from any person or entity, includingforeign entity (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theCompany shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security orthe like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and(ii) of Rule 11(e) of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as provided under (a) and (b) above, containany material misstatement.
(v) (a) The final dividend proposed in the previous year, declared and paid by the Company during the year is in
accordance with Section 123 of the Companies Act, 2013 to the extent applies to payment of dividend.
(b) The Board of Directors of the Company have proposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approvalof the members at the ensuring Annual General Meeting. The amount of dividend proposed is in accordancewith Section 123 of Companies Act, 2013 as applicable.
(vi) Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software for maintainingits books of account for the financial year ended 31 March 2025 which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log)facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further,during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with andthe audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirement for record retention.
For V. Sankar Aiyar & Co.Chartered AccountantsICAI FRN: 109208W
Vishal AgarwalPartner
Place : New Delhi Membership Number: 556367
Date : May 21,2025 UDIN: 25556367BMLBRM7518