We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of GOCL Corporation Limited (“the Company”),which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, theStatement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Statement of Changes in Equity and theStatement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notesto the standalone financial statements including a summaryof material accounting policy information and otherexplanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “standalonefinancial 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 requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India including the IndianAccounting Standards (“Ind AS”) prescribed under section133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015, as amended, of the state of affairs ofthe Company as at March 31, 2025, its profit (including othercomprehensive income), its changes in equity and its cashflows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further described inthe 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 ofthe standalone financial statements under the provisions ofthe Act and Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence wehave 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 year. Thesematters were addressed in the context of our audit of thestandalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming ouropinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion onthese matters. We have determined the matters described belowto be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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No.
Key audit matter(s)
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
1.
Revenue Recognition
(Refer note 25 and 45 to the standalone financialstatements)
The Company's revenue is primarily derived from sale ofenergetics products, commercial explosives and specialproducts manufactured for Defense and Space and saleof products related to electronics business.
Revenue is an important measure of the Company'ssuccess. Due to various factors like investor expectationsand performance incentives, there can be pressureto meet revenue targets within a specific time frame.However, there is a risk of fraud when revenue isoverstated by recognizing it in the wrong period or beforeit is actually earned from a genuine customer.
Our audit procedures included:
a) Test of Design and Implementation of internal financialcontrols -
We have done the process understanding of the revenuestreams to identify the risks and controls associated withthe process. Basis the process understanding, we have donea walkthrough procedure to understand and evaluate thecontrol design and implementation as established by themanagement over revenue recognition.
b) Validation of Accounting Policy -
We compared the Company's revenue recognition accountingpolicy with relevant accounting standards to assess itsappropriateness.
c) Test of operating effectiveness of Controls -
We have identified the list of key controls from the walkthroughprocedures to be verified for further control testing. We havetested the key controls to evaluate and verify the operatingeffectiveness of the controls placed in the process.
d) Test of details -
• Verified the revenue recognised in respect of eachof the revenue streams on sample basis along withinvoices raised and relevant supporting documentssuch as underlying agreement/contract entered intowith the customers. We have assessed and ensuredthat the revenue recognition is in accordance with therequirements of Ind AS 115.
• Verified the judgment and estimates made by themanagement in revenue recognition.
• Performed the cut-off procedures with respect to revenue.
2.
Litigations and Contingent Liabilities
(Refer note 37 to the standalone financial statements)
During its regular operations, the Company encountersvarious tax challenges from local tax authorities inmultiple jurisdictions. These challenges encompass awide range of tax matters, both direct and indirect innature.
The complexities present involve considerableuncertainty, resolution timelines, and potential financialimpact of taxation and litigation exposures have led totheir identification as key audit matters. Consequently, thelitigations directly affect the accounting and disclosurespresented in the standalone financial statements. Thesematters require significant management judgment toassess the associated risks, including the possibility ofinadequate provision or disclosure for each case.
• Gained an understanding of the process of identification ofclaims, litigations and contingent liabilities;
• Obtained the summary of Company's legal and tax casesand assessed management's position through discussionswith the in-house legal compliance officer, Head of Tax andoperational management, on both the probability of successin significant cases, and the magnitude of any potential loss;
• Reviewed and analyzed relevant key correspondence,orders, appeals documents, and external legal opinions/consultations obtained by the Company;
• Evaluated the Company's estimation of potential outcomes forthe disputed cases by taking into account legal precedence,along with other relevant judicial rulings; and
• Assessed the relevant disclosures made within the financialstatements to address whether they reflect the facts andcircumstances of the respective tax and legal exposures andthe requirements of relevant accounting standards.
3.
Recoverability of loan granted to Other Company(Refer note 15 to the standalone financial statements)
The Company has extended a loan to another company,with an outstanding balance of Rs. 71,720 Lakhs as ofMarch 31,2025.
Assessing the recoverability of loans involves makingsignificant judgments,particularly in cases where theloan may become unrecoverable due to an event or therecoverable amount may be less than the recorded value.Considering these factors, the Company faces a riskrelated to the recoverability of the loan. As a result, wehave identified this as a key audit matter
• Obtained an understanding of the loan granting process,including the necessary approvals and the established limitsfor granting loans.
• Verified the purpose of the loan and ensured that it alignswith the designated maximum loan amount permitted.
• Examined the terms of repayment and the securityarrangements associated with the loan.
• Verified the loan transactions by comparing them with thecorresponding entries in the bank statements.
• Independently recalculated the interest income generatedfrom the loans to ensure accuracy.
• Obtained the financial statements of the borrower andverified its net worth.
• Requested and verified balance confirmations as of March31, 2025, to validate the loan balance.
• Assessed the borrower's credibility in terms of loanrecoverability by discussing with management and reviewingthe repayment history.
4.
Accounting and Disclosure of the cessation ofdetonators and other blasting devices (EnergeticsBusiness) manufacturing operations at Kukatpally,Hyderabad resulting into classification of said businessas discontinued operations as per Ind AS 105 “Non¬current Assets Held for Sale and DiscontinuedOperations”.
Refer Note No. 45 to Standalone Financial Statements
We have identified the accounting and disclosure ofdiscontinued operations as a key audit matter because ofthe significance of detonators and other blasting devicesmanufacturing operations at Kukatpally, Hyderabad tothe overall business operations of the Company.
• Inspected the approval of the Board of Directors and theShareholders for the cessation of the energetics business.
• Verified the assets classified as held for sale.
• Verified the liabilities associated with the assets held for sale.
• Verified the provisions created for the financial assets of thediscontinued business.
• Evaluated the appropriateness of the disclosure of thediscontinued operations in the financial statements incompliance with Ind AS 105 “Non-Current Assets Heldfor Sale and Discontinued Operations” and tested theclassification of amounts included in discontinued operationsincluding assumptions used and estimates made with regardto the determination of income and expenses pertaining tothe Energetics Business.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Report of Board of Directors, ManagementDiscussion and Analysis, Business Responsibility andSustainability Report, Corporate Governance Report, but doesnot include the standalone financial statements, consolidatedfinancial statements and our auditor's report thereon. Theaforesaid other information is expected to be made available tous after the date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we do 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 doingso, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
When we read the aforesaid other information, if we concludethat there is a material misstament therein, we are requiredcommunicate the matter to those charged with governance andtake necessary actions, as applicable under the relevant lawsand regulations.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect tothe preparation of these standalone financial statements thatgive a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance (including other comprehensive income), changes
in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India, includingInd AS prescribed under section 133 of the Act, read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisionsof the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness ofthe accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone financial statements that givea true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, Board ofDirectors is responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concern basisof accounting unless the Board of Directors either intendsto liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial 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 guaranteethat an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always
detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatementscan arise from fraud or error and are considered material if,individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably beexpected to influence the economic decisions of users taken onthe basis of this standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment 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 control relevant tothe audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)
(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls with reference to financial statements inplace and the operating effectiveness of such 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 as agoing concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the standalonefinancial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify 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 governance regarding,among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationshipsand other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
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 year and are therefore the key audit matters. Wedescribe 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 Government of
India in terms of section 143(11) of the Act, we report
in “Annexure 1”, a statement on the matters specified in
paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
(2) As required by section 143(3) of the Act, 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 exceptfor certain matters in respect of audit trail (edit logfacility) as described in paragraph 2(i)(vi) below;
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 prescribedunder section 133 of the Act read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015, as amended;
e. On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31,2025, and taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on March 31,2025 from being appointedas a director in terms of section 164(2) of the Act;
f. The observations relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewith areas stated in the paragraph 2(b) above on reportingunder Section 143(3)(b) of the Act and paragraph2(i)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014;
g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financialstatements of the Company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to our separatereport in “Annexure 2”;
h. With respect to the other matter to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with the requirementsof section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid/ provided by the Company to itsdirectors during the year is in accordance with theprovisions of section 197 of the Act;
i. With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014, as amended, in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position inits standalone financial statements - Refer Note37 on Contingent Liabilities to the standalonefinancial statements;
(ii) The Company did not have any long¬term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were any materialforeseeable losses.
(iii) There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fundby the Company;
(iv) (a) The Management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,other than as disclosed in the notes to theaccounts, no funds have been advanced orloaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any othersources or kind of funds) by the Company toor in any other persons or entities, includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries”), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(iv) (b) The management has represented that,to the best of its knowledge and belief,other than as disclosed in the notes to theaccounts, no funds have been received bythe Company from any persons or entities,including foreign entities (“FundingParties”), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in any manner
whatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provideany guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(iv) (c) Based on the audit procedures that are
considered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come toour notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under sub-clause(i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as providedunder (a) and (b) above, contain anymaterial misstatement.
(v) As stated in Note 46 to the standalonefinancial statements:
(a) The final dividend proposed in theprevious year, declared and paid by theCompany during the year is in compliancewith section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
(b) The Board of Directors of the Company haveproposed final dividend for the year which issubject to the approval of the members at theensuing Annual General Meeting. The amountof dividend proposed is in compliance withsection 123 of the Act, as applicable.
(vi) Based on our examination which includedtest checks, the company has used anaccounting software for maintaining its booksof account for the financial year ended March31, 2025, which has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same hasoperated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software exceptthat audit trail was not enabled at databaselevel for accounting software to log any directdata changes. Further, the Payroll Applicationdoes not have any audit trail feature. Further,during the course of our audit we did not comeacross any instance of audit trail feature beingtampered with and the audit trail has beenpreserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
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