Your Directors have pleasure in presenting their 15th Annual Report on the business andoperations of the Company and the accounts for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2025.
The Financial performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2025 is summarizedas follows:
Particular
Year Ended On31st March, 2025
Year Ended On31st March, 2024
Income
11308.22
10401.50
Less: Expenditure
11210.59
(10289.37)
Profit/(Loss) BeforeDepreciation andTaxes
97.63
112.13
Less: Depreciation
7.15
7.81
Net
Profit/ (Loss)BeforeTax
90.48
104.32
Less: Provision forTax
-
Less: Current Tax
(22.00)
(26.00)
Deferred Tax
(0.61)
(0.63)
Profit/ (Loss) AfterTax
67.87
77.69
Your Company posted a total income of Rs. 11308.22 Lakhs in the financial year ended on31st March, 2025. Profit after tax is Rs. 67.87 Lakhs in the financial year ended on 31st March,2025 as against Rs. 10401.50 Lakhs and Rs. 77.69 Lakhs respectively in the previousyear.
Company is striving hard to achieve the better results and the assured progressive growth infuture.
We are integrated Manufacturer and Wholesaler of branded Jewellery & Ornaments. Ourportfolio of products includes Gold jewellery with or without studded precious and semi¬precious stones. Our Jewelleries and ornaments are designed keeping in mind the demand forthe Traditional, Modern & Indo-Western jewellery & ornaments in India. With regionaldiversity of tastes and preferences, we have diverse portfolio of Ornaments and Jewellery tosuit the taste and preferences of one & all. Our gold & traditional jewellery & ornaments areeither made with kundan, gem stones, American diamonds etc or just plain gold.
During the year under review, the authorized and paid-up share capital of the Company areas follows:
The Authorised Capital of the Company is ^ 15,04,00,000/- divided into 1,50,40,000 EquityShares of ^ 10/- (Rupees Ten Only) each.
As on 31st March, 2025, the issued, subscribed and paid-up capital of the Company is ^15,03,95,180/- divided into 1,50,39,518 Equity Shares of ^ 10/- (Rupees Ten Only) each.
No change of business occurs during year under review.
The registered office of the company is situated at FF/02, 413/1 Kalp Bhakti House, NrNarayan Society, B/h Axis Bank, C G Road, Ahmedabad Ashram Road P.O City TalukaAhmedabad GJ 380009 India.
The Board of Directors of your company has not recommended any dividend for the financialyear ended on 31st March, 2025, with a view to conserve the profit of the company forinvestments in business operations.
Since there was no unpaid / unclaimed dividend, the provisions of Section 125 of theCompanies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) does not apply to the Company.
The amounts, as on the financial year ended of Reserves are Rs. 915.33 Lakhs.
There is no change in the Capital Structure of the Company.
The Company does not have any subsidiary or joint ventures or associate companies.
The Board consists of six members as on 31st March 2025, two of whom are Promoters andNon-Independent Director and there are three Independent Directors.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Act, the Key Managerial personnel of thecompany are mentioned below as on this Report:
Name ofDirectors/KMP
Designation
Date of
Appointment/
Reappointment
Date of Cessation
Mr. AkshaySevantilal Mehta
Managing Director
01/12/2024
Mrs. VarshabenAkshay Mehta
Non-Executive Non
Independent
Director
15/10/2021
Mr. Meet
Prafulchandra
Mehta
Whole TimeDirector
Mr. PrafulkumarJayantilal Sheth
Non-ExecutiveIndependent Director
05/09/2022
Mr. SanketRajeshkumar Shah
Chief Financial Officer
24/07/2019
Ms. Ayushi Sahu
Company Secretary
01/04/2024
Mr. JaiminKanubhai Rami
23/04/2024
Mr. ManishkumarSevantilal Zaveri
There is no other change in Board and Key Managerial Personnel of the company.
There has been no changes in the constitution of Board after the year ended 31st March, 2025.
None of the Directors of the Company is disqualified for being appointed as Director as specified inSection 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Company has received necessary declaration from each Independent Director under Section149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013 and 16(b) of the Listing Regulations from Independent Directorsconfirming that they are not disqualified for continuing as an Independent Director.
The Company has received necessary declaration from each Independent Director underSection 149 (7) of the Companies Act, 2013 that they meet the criteria of independence laiddown in Section 149 (6) of the Act. A separate meeting of Independent Directors was held toreview the performance of Non-Independent Directors and Board as whole and performanceof Chairperson of the Company including assessment of quality, quantity and timeliness offlow of information between Company management and Board.
The terms and conditions of appointment of Independent Directors and Code forIndependent Director are incorporated on the website of the Company viz.www.bhaktiiewellery.com
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 Mr. Meet PrafulchandraMehta (DIN: 07542183), Whole time Director of the Company who is liable to retire byrotation, being eligible for reappointment, offers herself for reappointment. Appropriateresolutions for the re-appointment are being placed for your approval at the ensuing AGM.
During the Financial Year under review, the Board of Directors of the Company met Eighttimes i.e. 23rd April, 2024, 30th May, 2024, 20th June, 2024, 9th August, 2024, 4th September,2024, 14th November, 2024, 9th December, 2024 and 7th February, 2025.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015, theBoard has carried out an annual performance evaluation of its own performance, the directorsindividually as well as the evaluation of the working of its Various Committees.
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, with respect toDirectors' Responsibility Statement, it is here by confirmed that:
(a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have beenfollowed along with explanation relating to material departures;
(b) The directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and madeiudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view ofthe state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year and of the profit/loss of theCompany for that period;
(c) The directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts ongoing concern basis; and
(e) The directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and thatsuch internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
(f) The directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisionsofallapplicablelawsandthatsuchsystemswereadequateandoperatingeffectively.
The particulars as required under the provisions of Section 134(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 inrespect of conservation of energy and technology absorption have not been furnished consideringnature of activities undertaken by the Company during the year under review.
Further during the year under review, the Company has neither earned nor used any foreignexchange. The details are annexed as ANNEXURE - C with this report.
The Board of Directors of the Company at its Board Meeting held on 9th December,2024, approved the proposal to conduct a Postal Ballot by remote e-voting process forthe appointment of M/s. AKGVG & Associates, as the Statutory Auditors of the Company for thefinancial year 2024-2025 to fill up the casual vacancy occurred by the resignation of M/s.Aniket Goyal & Associates to hold office upto the conclusion of next Annual General Meeting ofthe Company.
The Company has received a confirmation from the said Auditors that they are not disqualifiedto act as the Auditors and are eligible to hold the office as Auditors of the Company.
The Auditor's Report for the year ended March 31, 2025 on the financial statements of theCompany is a part of this Annual Report. The notes on Financial Statements referred in theAnnual Report are self explanatory and do not call for any further comments. The AuditorsReport does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
The Company is not require to appoint the Cost Auditor as pursuant to Section 148 of theCompanies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Amendment Rules,2014, the cost audit is not applicable to the Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Secretarial Audit forthe year 2024-25 was undertaken by Ms. Sushmita Lunkad (SS Lunkad & Associates), PracticingCompany Secretary.
The Company has engaged the services of Ms. Sushmita Lunkad (SS Lunkad & Associates)Practicing Company Secretary (CP No. 20418), Practicing Company Secretary and SecretarialAuditor of the Company for providing this certification. The Secretarial Audit Report do notcontain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark. The Secretarial Audit Report isannexed herewith and forming part of annual report as ANNEXURE -F.
The Company has an Internal Control System, commensurate with the size, scale andcomplexity of its operations. The Company has an Internal Audit Department with adequateexperience and expertise in internal controls, operating system and procedures. In dischargingtheir role and responsibilities, the department also engages external audit firms, whereverdeemed necessary.
The Internal Audit Department reviews the adequacy of internal control system in theCompany, its compliance with the operating systems and laid down policies and procedures.Based on the report of internal audit function, process owners undertake corrective actions intheir respective areas and thereby strengthen the controls. Significant audit observations andcorrective actions thereon are presented to the Audit Committee of the Board.
The Company has established the vigil mechanism through Whistle Blower Policy for all thestakeholders of the Company, which also provides for direct access to the Chairperson of theAudit Committee in appropriate or exceptional cases as per the Policy. The details of theWhistle Blower Policy is available on the website of the Company i.e.www.bhaktiiewellery.com.
Nomination and Remuneration Policy in the Company is designed to create a high-performanceculture. It enables the Company to attract motivated and retained manpower in competitivemarket, and to harmonize the aspirations of human resources consistent with the goals of theCompany. The Company pays remuneration by way of salary, benefits, perquisites andallowances to its Executive Directors and Key Managerial Personnel.
The Nomination and Remuneration Policy is placed on the website of the Company and isannexed to this Report as Annexure - A.
The details are mentioned as disclosure of remuneration in ANNEXURE - G.
The Company is in compliance with the Secretarial Standard on Meetings of the Board ofDirectors (SS-1) and General Meeting (SS-2) issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries ofIndia and approved by the Central Government.
Pursuant to Section 134(3) (n) of the Companies Act 2013 & SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015, theCompany has constituted a Business Risk Management Committee. At present the Companyhas not identified any element of risk which may threaten the existence of the Company.
In terms of Section 92(3) of the Act and Rule 12 of the Companies (Management andAdministration) Rules, 2014, the Annual Return of the Company is available on the website ofthe Company at www.bhaktiiewellery.com.
During the year under the review there are No other material changes and commitmentsaffecting the financial position of the Company occurred between the end of the financial yearto which this Financial Statements relate and the date of this report.
28. DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS ORCOURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY'SOPERATIONS IN FUTURE
No significant and material order has been passed by any regulators or courts or tribunalsimpacting the going concern status and company's operations in future. The company isdoing reasonable growth and development.
The Company has adequate internal control systems in place. With a view to monitor theCompany's performance as well as to make sure that internal checks and controls areoperating properly, the company has appointed external firms of Chartered Accountant asInternal auditor. The audit committee ensures that the internal control systems are adequateand working effectively.
Your Company has neither invited nor accepted any fixed deposit from the public during theyear.
The Company has not granted any loans, Investment made, guarantees given and securitiesprovided along with the purpose for which the loan or guarantee or security is proposed tobe utilized by the recipient are provided in the financial statement.
During the year under review, contracts or arrangements entered into with the RelatedParties as defined under Section 188 of the Act were in ordinary course of business and onarms' length basis. Details of transactions pursuant to Section 134(3)(h) of the Act and Rule8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rule, 2014 are annexed as Form AOC-2 herewith as per“Annexure B”. However, there are no materially significant Related Party Transactions madeby the Company with Promoters, Key Managerial Personnel or other Designated Personswhich may have potential conflict with interest of the Company at large.
The disclosures as per Rule 9 of Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules,2014 shall not be applicable to the Company.
The Equity Shares of the Company are listed on Bombay Stock Exchange. Further, theCompany is regular in compliances of various clauses and regulations of the ListingAgreement and/or LODR.
During the year under report, none of the employees was in receipt of remunerationexceeding the limit prescribed under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 5of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules 2014.
Your Company treats its “human resources” as one of its most important assets. YourCompany continuously invests in attraction, retention and development of talent on anongoing basis. A number of programs that provide focused people attention are currentlyunder way. Your Company trusts on the promotion of talent internally through job rotationand job enlargement.
As per Regulation 15(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosures requirement)Regulation,2015, Report on Corporate Governance is applicable on the Company. TheCompany has obtained the required Certificate from Practicing Company Secretary.
In terms of Regulations 34 read with Schedule V of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, a report onCorporate Governance for the year ended March 31, 2025 has been prepared and annexed as“Annexure D” to this Report. The Company's Secretarial Auditor has issued a Certificate onCorporate Governance, which is appended to the Corporate Governance Report.
Based on the requirements under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, asamended from time to time, the code of conduct for prohibition of insider trading, asapproved and adopted by the Directors and designated Employees of the Company. The Coderequires pre-clearance for dealing in the Company's shares and prohibits the purchase or saleof Company shares by the Directors and design at employees while in possession ofunpublished price sensitive information during the period of Trading Window Closure. TheBoard is responsible for implementation of the Code. All Board of Directors and designatedemployees have confirmed compliance with the Code.
Management Discussion and Analysis Report as Required under Regulation 34 and ScheduleV of the Listing Regulations, forms an integral part of this Report and provide Company'scurrent working and future outlook. The Management Discussion and Analysis Report isannexed herewith as per “Annexure E”.
The Information & Statement of Particulars of employees pursuant to Section 197 of theCompanies Act, 2013 and Rule 5 (1) & 5 (2) of the Companies (Appointment andRemuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is annexed to this report as ANNEXURE- G.
The Auditors of the Company have not reported any fraud as specified under Section 143(12)of the Companies Act, 2013.
As per Regulation 46 of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations2015 the Company has maintained a functional website containing basic information aboutthe Company. The website of the Company is containing information like Policies,Shareholding Pattern, Financial and information of the designated officials of the Companywho are responsible for assisting and handling investor grievances for the benefit of allstakeholders of the Company etc.
Your Directors state that the Company has made disclosures in this report for the itemsprescribed in section 134 (3) of the Act and Rule 8 of The Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014and other applicable provisions of the act and listing regulations to the extent thetransactions took place on those items during the year.
To foster a positive workplace environment free from harassment of any nature, theCompany have framed Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policy through which they addresscomplaints of sexual harassment at all workplaces of the Company. The policy assuresdiscretion and guarantees non-retaliation to complainants. The Company follows a gender-neutral approach in handling complaints of sexual harassment and are compliant with thelaw of the land where they operate.
Number of sexual harassment complaints received- Nil
Number of sexual harassment complaints Disposed-off during the year- Nil
Number of sexual harassment cases pending for a period exceeding ninety days- Nil
The Company has complied with the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, asamended from time to time. Adequate facilities and support, including paid maternity leaveand nursing breaks, have been extended to eligible women employees during the financialyear. The Company remains committed to ensuring a safe, supportive, and inclusiveworkplace for all its employees.
Your Directors place on record the gratitude for the continuing support of Shareholders,Bankers, various government authorities, members and business associates for theircontinued support and valuable co-operation.
Date: 05th September,2025 BHAKTI GEMS AND JEWELLERY LIMITED
FF/02, 413/1 Kalp Bhakti House, Akshay Sevantilal Mehta
Nr Narayan Society, B/h Axis Bank, Managing Director
C G Road, Ahmedabad Ashram Road [DIN: 02986761]
P.O City Taluka Ahmedabad GJ 380009 IN