Your directors have pleasure in presenting the 03rd Directors' Report on the businessand operations of Davin Sons Retail Limited (The Company) together with the AuditedFinancial Statements of Accounts of the Company for the Financial Year ended March31, 2025.
1. HIGHLIGHTS OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
The Company has recorded the following financial performance, for the year ended March 31,2025:
PARTICULARS
Period Ended31.03.2025
Period Ended31.03.2024
Revenue from the operationsfor the year
1352.7
1339.16
Other Income
6.41
-
Total Income
1359.12
Total Expenditure
1134.82
1,118.69
Profit before exceptional andextraordinary items and tax
224.29
220.47
Less: Provision for TaxationCurrent TaxDeferred Tax
58.32
57.32
Excess/short provisionrelating to earlier year tax
-0.28
-0.90
Profit after Taxation
166.26
164.05
2. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS
The total revenue of our Company for the Financial Year (FY) 2024-25 was Rs. 1359.12/- Lakhs asagainst Rs. 1339.16/- Lakhs in the previous financial year (FY 2023-24).
During the year under review, the Company has earned Net Profit after tax to the tune of Rs. -166.26/- Lakhs as against Net profit after tax of Rs. 164.05/- Lakhs for the corresponding previousfinancial year.
3. STATE OF AFFAIRS
The Company is engaged in the business of:
• FMCG
• Readymade Garments
There has been no change in the business of the Company during the financial yearended March 31,2025.
4. SHARE CAPITAL
During the year under review, there has no change in the Authorized Capital structure of theCompany.
During the year under review, there has change in the Paid-Up Capital structure of theCompany.
The paid-up capital of the Company has increased from INR 3,66,67,920 /- (Indian Rupees ThreeCrore Sixty Six Lakhs Sixty Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty) divided into 36,66,792 (ThirtySix Lakh Sixty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Ninty Two Only) Equity Shares of INR 10/- (IndianRupees Hundred Only) each to INR 5,26,27,920 /- (Indian Rupees Five Crore Twenty Six LakhTwenty Seven Thousand Nine Hundred twenty) divided into 52,62,792 (Fifty Two Lakh Sixty twoThousand Seven Hundred Ninty Two Only) Equity Shares of INR 10/- (Indian Rupees HundredOnly) each.
5. AMOUNTS, IF ANY, WHICH IT PROPOSES TO CARRY TO ANY RESERVES
The Board of Directors of your company, has proposed not to transfer any amount to theReserves for the year under review.
The Board of Directors of your company, after considering holistically the relevant circumstances,has decided that it would be prudent, not to recommend any Dividend for the year under review.
The Company is not required to prepare Form AOC 1 pursuant to Section 129(3) of theCompanies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, as the Companydoesn't have any subsidiary, Associate or Joint Venture.
The Company does not have any Subsidiary company, Associate Company and Joint VentureCompany hence company is not required to prepare Consolidated Financial Statement.
The provisions of Section 125(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 do not apply as there was nodividend declared and paid last year.
There was no revision in the financial statements of the Company
The company has a well-placed, proper and adequate Internal Financial Control System whichensures that all the assets are safeguarded and protected and that the transactions areauthorized recorded and reported correctly. To further strengthen the internal control process,the company has developed the very comprehensive compliance management tool to drill downthe responsibility of the compliance from the top management to executive level. The Boardsubmits that there is adequacy of internal financial controls with reference to the financialstatements.
The Board of the Company was duly constituted in accordance with the provisions of the CompaniesAct, 2013. There have no changes in the directors of the Company in last year.
Sr. No
Name of theDirectors
Designation
DIN
Date ofAppointment
Date ofCessation
1
Mr. Mohit Arora
Managing
Director
7231072
08.02.2022
2
Ms. SonamArora
10163260
15.05.2023
3
Ms. SaloniMehra
Independent
10062907
25.04.2023
4
Mr. Nohit Arora
Whole TimeDirector
9424503
30.11.2023
5
Ms. Sapna
10294154
Date of Cessation
Managing Director
Mrs. Shruti Khanna
CFO
11.10.2024
Ms. Kavita Wadhwa
Company Secretary
06.06.2023
Mr. ChanderPrakash
22.06.2023
10.10.2024
Total 12 Board Meetings were held during the financial year ended 31 st March 2025. The maximumgap between any two Board Meetings was less than one 120 days. The names of members of theBoard, their attendance at the Board Meetings is as under:
Sr. No.
Date of Meeting
Total Number of Director Present
06.05.2024
06.06.2024
01.08.2024
04.09.2024
6
14.10.2024
7
04.11.2024
8
20.12.2024
9
01.01.2025
10
07.01.2025
11
08.01.2025
12
31.03.2025
b) General Meetings held during the year are as below:
Type of Meeting
Date of meeting
Total Number ofMembers entitledto attend themeeting
Attendance
Number
% of totalshareholding
ExtraordinaryGeneral Meeting
28.06.2024
100
Annual GeneralMeeting
30.09.2024
14. COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
Our Board of Directors presently has three (3) committees which have been constituted inaccordance with the relevant provisions of the Companies Act and SEBI LODR Regulations: (i) AuditCommittee, (ii) Stakeholders' Relationship Committee and (iii) Nomination and RemunerationCommittee.
Audit Committee:
During the Financial Year under review 04 (Four) meetings of the Audit Committee were convenedand held. The dates on which the said meetings were held:
• 06th May, 2024
• 01st August, 2024
• 12th October, 2024
• 31st March, 2024
Stakeholders' Relationship Committee:
During the Financial Year under review 02 (Two) meetings of the Stakeholder's Committee wereconvened and held. The dates on which the said meetings were held:
• 20th November, 2024
• 11th December, 2024
Nomination and Remuneration Committee:
During the Financial Year under review 01 (One) meetings of the Nomination and RemunerationCommittee were convened and held. The dates on which the said meetings were held:
11th October, 2024
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Act read with applicable Rules framedthereunder, M/s Sharma Sharma & Co Chartered Accountants have been appointed as Auditorsfor a term of five years from the conclusion of the 1 st Annual General Meeting till the conclusionof the 6th Annual General Meeting.
The Company does not fall under the preview of section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013, andhence it is not required to maintain any cost records and accordingly such accounts and recordsare not made and maintained by the company.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Act, read with the rules made thereunder, theBoard re-appointed M/s Priya Binani & Associates., Company Secretaries, to undertake theSecretarial Audit of your Company for FY 2024-25. The Secretarial Audit Report for the year underreview is provided as Annexure - I of this report.
The Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.Pursuant to the provisions of Section 143(12) of the Act, the Secretarial Auditor has not reportedany incidence of fraud during the year.
Further, pursuant to amended Regulation 24A of Listing Regulations, and subject to the approvalof the Members being sought in the ensuing AGM, the Board of Directors has appointed M/s PriyaBinani & Associates, (Firm Reg. No. S2023RJ919600) as Secretarial Auditors to undertake theSecretarial Audit of your Company for the first term of five consecutive financial yearscommencing from 01 April, 2025, till 31 March, 2030. M/s Priya Binani & Associates, CompanySecretaries have confirmed that they are not disqualified to be appointed as Secretarial Auditorsand are eligible to hold office as Secretarial Auditors of the Company.
The Board of Directors of your Company had appointed M/s N.K. Mittal & Associates., CharteredAccountant, as the Internal Auditors of the Company pursuant to the provisions of section 138 ofthe Act for financial year 2025-2026 and the reports on periodical basis submitted by the auditorwere placed before the audit committee and Board of Directors
The observations of the Statutory Auditors, when read together with the relevant notes to theaccounts and accounting policies are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comment.
There were no frauds reported by the auditors under section 143(12) of Companies Act, 2013during their course of audit for the financial year 2024-2025.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 177(9) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 7 of theCompanies (Meeting of Board and it powers) Rules, 2014, the Company has adopted WhistleBlower Policy/Vigil Mechanism for directors and employees to report concerns about unethicalbehavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Code of Conduct. It also provides foradequate safeguards against victimization of directors /employees who avail of the Mechanism.
22. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS ORTRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY'S OPERATIONS INFUTURE
During the year under review, there has been no such significant and material order passed bythe regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and company'soperations in future.
During the year, there was no employee in receipt of remuneration in excess of limit prescribedin the Rule 5 (2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)Rules, 2014. The prescribed particulars of Employees as required under Section 197 (12) of theAct read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of ManagerialPersonnel) Rules, 2014 is attached as "ANNEXURE II" and form part of this Report.
There is no employee in the Company drawing remuneration aggregating to Rs. 8.50 lacs orabove per month or Rs. 1.02 crore or above per annum.
The Company has not obtained any credit rating of its securities.
Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of theCompanies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements.
Company maintains a website http://www.davinsonsretail.com/ where detailed information of theCompany and specified details in terms of the Companies Act, 2013
Pursuant to section 134(3)(a) and section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12(1) of theCompanies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the Annual Return of the Company forthe financial year 2024-25, will be placed on the Companies' website i.e.http://www.davinsonsretail.com/The same can be accessed by the members and stakeholderspost filling of the same with concerned Registrar of Companies.
Your Company neither accepted nor renewed any deposits from public in the terms of section 73to 76 of the Companies Act 2013, read with the companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules 2014,covered under Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013 during the year under review.
All Independent Directors of the Company have given declaration to the Company under Section149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013, they meet the criteria of independence as provided in the Sub¬section 6 of Section 149 of the Act and also under the SEBI (Listing Obligation and DisclosureRequirements) Regulation, 2015. In the opinion of the Board, The Independent Directors of theCompany possess necessary expertise, integrity and experience.
The Company has paid INR 23,86,900/- (Rupees Twenty-Three Lakh Eighty-Six Thousand NineHundred Only) as Directors Remuneration to the Directors.
The details are mentioned below:
Name of Director
Gross salary d“
1,617,200.00
Whole Time Director
769,700.00
Total
2,386,900.00
The particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties referred to in sub-section (1) ofsection 188 are prepared in Form No. AOC-2 pursuant to clause (h) of sub-section (3) of section 134of the Act and Rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and the same is enclosed asAnnexure-III to this Report. All transactions entered with Related Parties for the year under reviewwhere on arm's length basis and in the ordinary course of business.
Provisions of Corporate Social Responsibility are not applicable on the Company. Therefore,Company has not developed and implemented any Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives asprovisions of Section 135(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Corporate SocialResponsibility Policy) Rules, 2014.
The Management has a healthy relationship with the officers and the Employee.
The information pertaining to conservation of energy and technology absorption, as requiredunder Section 134 (3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014 is not applicable as furnished in Annexure.
The details of conservation of energy, technology absorption are as follows:
(i) the steps taken or impact on conservation of energy;
(ii) the steps taken by the Company for utilising alternate sources of energy;
(iii) the capital investment on energy conservation equipment's;
(i) the efforts made towards technology absorption;
(ii) the benefits derived like product improvement, cost reduction, product development orimport substitution;
(iii) in case of imported technology (imported during the last three years reckoned from thebeginning of the financial year:
(a) the details of technology imported;
(b) the year of import;
(c) whether the technology been fully absorbed;
(d) if not fully absorbed, areas where absorption has not taken place, and the reasons thereof;and
(iv) the expenditure incurred on Research and Development.
The company had a total foreign exchange earnings and outgo as provided below during theyear ended 31st, March 2025:
The Company is committed to provide a safe and conducive work environment to its employees.During the year under review, there were no cases filed pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Womenat Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
There is no change in the nature of the business of the Company during the financial year underreview.
The Company has adopted a policy for prevention of sexual harassment at the workplace, in line withthe requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition andRedressal) Act, 2013 (“POSH Act”). An Internal Complaints Committee (“ICC”) has been dulyconstituted as per the provisions of the POSH Act to redress complaints regarding sexual harassmentat the workplace. During the financial year under review, the Company has complied with all theprovisions of the POSH Act and the rules framed thereunder. Further details are as follow
a.
Number of complaints ofSexual Harassment receivedin the Year
b.
c.
Number of cases pending formore than ninety days
40. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS
During the year under review there has been no such significant and material orders passed bythe regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and company’soperations in future.
The Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review has beenannexed as ‘Annexure - IV’ to the Directors’ Report.
During the under review, the Company has complied the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961,for the financial year 2024-25. The Company remains committed to fostering an inclusive andsupportive work environment that upholds the rights and welfare of its women employees inaccordance with applicable laws.
Your directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items asthere were no transactions on these items during the year under review:
1. Issue of shares (including sweat equity shares) to employees of the Company under any scheme.
2. The Company has no subsidiary and neither the Managing Director nor the Whole-time Directorsof the Company receive any remuneration or commission from any of its subsidiaries.
The Company has Complied with the applicable Secretarial Standards (as amended from time totime) on meetings of the Board of Directors and Meeting of Shareholders (EGM/AGM) i.e. SS-1 andSS-2 issued by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India under section 118(10) of the CompaniesAct,2013.
As Company got listed on BSE SME Platform on 09.01.2025.
• MD/CFO Certification (Under regulation 17(8) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015),
• Certificate of Compliance With The Code Of Conduct Policy [Regulation 34(3) read with ScheduleV (Part D) of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015,
• Certificate on Non-Disqualification of Directors (Pursuant to Regulation 34(3) and Schedule VPara C Clause (10) (i) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015) - are not applicable for SME IPO.
Pursuant to Section 134(3) (c) of the Companies Act, 2013 the Board of Directors of the Companyconfirms that-
1. In the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended March 31, 2025, the applicableaccounting standards and Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013, have been followed and thereare no material departures from the same;
2. the Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and madejudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of thestate of affairs of your Company as at March 31, 2025 and of the profit of the Company for theFinancial Year ended March 31, 2025;
3. proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
4. the annual accounts have been prepared on a ‘going concern’ basis;
5. proper internal financial controls laid down by the Directors were followed by the Company andthat such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and
6. the Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of allapplicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
DAVINSC
^ The observations made in Statutory Auditors’ Report given by M/s. SharmaSharma & Co.,Chartered Accountants are self-explanatory and do not contain any reservation, qualification oradverse remarks. Therefore, needs no further clarification/ explanations as required under Section134 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Statutory Audit report is attached with the Financial Statementand forms part of this report.
^ The observations made in Secretarial Auditors’ Report given by M/s Priya Binani & Associates,Company Secretaries (COP No. 24562). are self-explanatory and do not contain any reservation,qualification or adverse remarks. Therefore, needs no further clarification/ explanations as requiredunder Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013. The same is annexed to this Annual Report asANNEXURE - I
Your directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the assistance and co-operationreceived from the customers, employees, banks, Government authorities, vendors and membersduring the year under review.
Sd/- Sd/-
Date: 05.09.2025 Mohit Arora Nohit Arora
Place: Delhi Managing Director Whole Time Director
(DIN 07231072) (DIN: 09424503)