We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Kanishk Steel Industries Limited (the'Company'), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss(including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes inEquity for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of the materialaccounting policy information and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “financialstatements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the 'Act') in themanner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India including Indian Accounting Standards ('Ind AS') specified under Section 133 of the Actof the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2025, and its profit including other comprehensiveincome, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditingspecified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report.We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute ofChartered Accountants of India ('ICAI') together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our auditof the financial statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules thereunder, andwe have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code ofEthics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion on the financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in ouraudit of the Financial Statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of ouraudit of the Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide aseparate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed thematter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in ourreport. We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of theFinancial Statements section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our auditincluded the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of materialmisstatement of the Financial Statements. The results of our audit procedures, including the proceduresperformed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanyingFinancial Statements:
Key audit matters
How the matter was addressed in our audit
Allowance for credit losses for tradereceivables
In determination of allowance for expected creditloss, management's judgement involvesconsideration of ageing status, historical paymentrecords, evaluation of litigations, the likelihood ofcollection based on the terms of the contract andthe credit information of its customers.
We considered this as key audit matter due to themateriality of the amounts and significantestimates and judgements as stated above.
Our audit procedures included the following:
• We tested the design and operative effectivenessof management's key internal controls overallowance for credit losses.
• We assessed the completeness and accuracy ofthe information used in the estimation ofprobability of default and tested historicalpayment records, correspondence withcustomers, credit related information andsubsequent collection of the customers balances.
• We assessed the allowance for expected creditloss made by management and performedanalysis of ageing of receivables, tested themathematical accuracy and
• computation of the allowance for credit losses.
Revenue recognition (Refer Note 25 to financialstatements of the Company)
Revenue is one of the key profit drivers and istherefore susceptible to misstatement. Cut-off isthe key assertion in so far as revenue recognitionis concerned, since an inappropriate cut-off canresult in material misstatement of results for theyear.
Principal audit procedure performed:
• Focusing on the Company's revenue recognitionfor compliance with Ind AS;
• Testing the design, implementation and operatingeffectiveness of the Company's controls onrecording revenue;
• Performing Substantive testing for cut-off withverification of contractual terms of invoices,dispatch/deliveries receipts,
• Inventory reconciliations and circularization ofreceivable balances and analytical reviewprocedures.
• Our test of details focused on cut-off samples toverify that only revenue pertaining to current yearis recognized based on terms and conditions setout in sales contracts and delivery documents.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditors' Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprisesthe information included in the Annual Report, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor'sreport thereon. The Annual report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information ismaterially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our auditor otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Annual report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are requiredto communicate the matter to those charged with governance as required under SA 720 'The Auditor'sresponsibilities Relating to Other Information'.
Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements and those charged with governance forthe Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the CompaniesAct, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair viewof the state of affairs (financial position), profit or loss (financial performance including other comprehensiveincome), changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, including the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act read with Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparationand presentation of the Financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. The Board of Directors are also responsible foroverseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of Financial statements:
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted inaccordance with Standards on Auditing will always detect 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 the basis of thesefinancial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with Standards on Auditing, we exercise professional judgment andmaintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of notdetecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one 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 auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3) (i) of the Act, we arealso responsible for explaining our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls;
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made by management;
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty
exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists,we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in thefinancial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern; and
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Financial Statements,including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user ofthe financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitativefactors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii)to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scope and timing of the audit 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 statement that we have complied withrelevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine thosematters that were of most significance in the audit of the Financial Statements for the financial yearended March 31,2025 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in ourreport because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweighthe 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 theCentral Government of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in theAnnexure A, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, tothe 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 thebest of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit;
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books;
c) The balance sheet, the statement of profit and loss (including othercomprehensive income), the cash flow statement and the statement of changes inequity dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with Indian AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015 as amended;
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors and takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as onMarch 31,2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of theAct;
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financialreporting of the company with reference these financial statements and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our report as per “Annexure B” tothis report. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy andoperating effectiveness of the Company's internal control with reference tofinancial statements.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, inour opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the yearis 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 inaccordance with rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (asamended), in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (asamended), 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 inits financial statements - Refer Note 34 to the financial statements
ii. the Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or Ind AS, formaterial foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivativecontracts;
iii. there has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended March31,2025;
iv. a) The Management has represented that to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced orloaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or other sources orkind 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,that the intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“ultimate
beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the ultimatebeneficiaries;
b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have beenreceived by the Company from any person or entity, including foreign entity("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has causedus to believe that the representations under sub-clause (a) and (b), contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. During the year the Company has not paid or declared dividend, accordinglycompliance of provisions of section 123 are not applicable.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has usedaccounting software systems for maintaining its books of account for the financial yearended March 31,2025 which have the feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facilityand the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded inthe software systems. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come acrossany instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with and the audit trail has beenpreserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
For Chaturvedi & PartnersChartered AccountantsFRN 307068E
Maheswari M, FCA,PartnerM. No. 241814UDIN. 25241814BMKZBX3253