We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Mukand Limited (“the Company”), which comprise theBalance Sheet as at March 31,2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statementof Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statementsincluding a summary of material accounting policy information and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as“standalone financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India including the Indian Accounting Standards(“Ind AS”) prescribed under section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, its profit (including other comprehensive income), itschanges in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issuedby the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our auditof the standalone 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.
Key Audit Matters
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 year. 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. We havedetermined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report:
Key audit matter(s)
How our audit addressed the Key Audit Matter(s):
1. Revenue recognition
We
have performed the following procedures among
(Refer Note 27 of the standalone financial statements)
others:
The Company recognizes revenue from sale of goods
•
We have performed the following procedures among
when control over the goods is transferred to the customer.
The terms of sales arrangements, including the timing of
Assessed the company's accounting policies relating
transfer of control delivery specifications, creates complexity
to revenue recognition by comparing the same with
and judgment in determining timing of revenue recognition.The actual point in time when revenue is recognized varies
applicable accounting standard.
depending on the terms and conditions of the sale contracts
Understood and evaluated the design and tested the
entered into with customers. There exist a risk that revenue is
operating effectiveness of controls around estimation
recognized during the cut off period though the control may not
of costs to complete the project including the review
have been passed to the customers. The Company generates
and approval of estimated project cost.
part of its revenue from long term construction / project related
Verified the contracts on test check basis entered
activity and contracts for supply / commissioning of plant
by the Company for the consideration and relevant
and equipment which is accounted under the percentage of
terms and conditions relating to variations to the cost.
completion method (“POC”), which is the proportion of cost ofwork performed to-date, to the total estimated contract costs.
Verified original invoices, purchase orders, receipts,etc. for the actual costs incurred up to the year-end
Determination of revenue under POC requires significantjudgements and estimates in particular with respect to
date on test check basis.
estimation of the cost to complete the projects.
Verified that revenue has been recognised as per theagreed terms and when the conditions for revenue
Due to estimates, judgements and complexity involved inapplication of the revenue recognition standards, we have
recognitions are satisfied.
considered this matter as a key audit matter.
Discussed the status of the project, evaluated thereasonableness of the estimates of the cost to beincurred to complete the projects, verified the revisionin total cost during the year and obtained the reasonsfor such revision.
Assessed the adequacy of the disclosures madein respect of revenue from sale of goods and theundergoing engineering projects of the Company.
2. Business Combination under Common Control/Scheme
of Arrangement
Merger of Stainless Steel Cold Finished Bars and Wires
• Understood from the management, assessed and
Business of Mukand Sumi Metal Processing Limited
tested the design and operating effectiveness of
(“MSMPL”) with Mukand Limited
the Company's key controls over the accounting for
[Refer to Note 2(x) to the standalone financial statements
business combinations.
“Business combination under common control” and Note 50
• Traced the assets and liabilities as at April 01, 2023
to the standalone financial statements]
and results for the financial year ended March 31,
Pursuant to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)Orders received during the year, Stainless Steel Cold
2024 of MSMPL transferred to the Company underthe Scheme with its financial statement.
Finished Bars and Wires Business of MSMPL (“Demerged
• Evaluated the Company's accounting for the
Undertaking”) was merged with the Company. The 'appointed
business combinations in accordance with the
date' for the Scheme as per the NCLT Order is April 1, 2024.
'pooling of interests' method in Appendix C “Business
The Company has accounted for the Arrangement as perthe Accounting Treatment approved by the NCLT readwith Appendix C “Business combinations of entities under
combinations of entities under common control” ofInd AS 103 “Business Combinations” in accordancewith the NCLT Orders.
common control” of Ind AS 103 “Business Combinations”.
• Tested the management's computation of determining
The Company has recognized the impact of the Scheme
the amount recorded in the capital reserve.
under “Capital Reserve” in Other Equity.
• Assessed the adequacy of the disclosures made in
the standalone financial statements.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Director's Report, but does not include the standalone financial statements, consolidated financial statementsand our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, indoing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the 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.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance(including other comprehensive income), changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including Ind AS prescribed under section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting recordsin accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detectingfrauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimatesthat are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, thatwere operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparationand presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basisof accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial 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 always detecta material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thisstandalone financial statements.
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 or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the overrideof 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 financial statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt onthe Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue 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.
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.
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.
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 year and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe thesematters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rarecircumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences ofdoing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
(1) As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government of India interms of section 143(11) of the Act, we report in “Annexure 1”, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4of 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 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 fromour examination of those books;
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books ofaccount;
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS prescribed under section 133 ofthe Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended;
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2025, and taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointed as a directorin terms of section 164(2) of the Act;
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements of the Companyand the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in “Annexure 2”;
g. With respect to the other matter to be included in the Auditor's 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 given to us, the remuneration paid/provided by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act;
h. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financialstatements - Refer Note 38 on Contingent Liabilities to the standalone financial statements;
(ii) The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for materialforeseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts;
(iii) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company;
(iv) (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been advanced
or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds)by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directlyor indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been receivedby the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that are 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), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
(v) As stated in the standalone financial statements:
(a) The final dividend proposed in the previous year, declared and paid by the Company during the year is incompliance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
(b) The Board of Directors of the Company have proposed final dividend for the year which is subject to theapproval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The amount of dividend proposed is incompliance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
(vi) Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used an accounting software formaintaining its books of account for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 which has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recordedin the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of audit trail featurebeing tampered with and the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirementsfor record retention
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Place : Bengaluru
Date : May 16th, 2025