We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Prakash Steelage Limited (the “Company”), which comprisethe Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2025, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income),the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended on that date, and notes to thefinancial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financialstatements give the information required by the CompaniesAct, 2013 (the “Act”) in the manner so required and give a trueand fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act, (“Ind AS”) andother accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2025, andits profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (“SA”s) specified undersection 143(10) of theAct. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in theAuditor's Responsibilityfor the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India (“ICAI”) together with the ethical requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code ofEthics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us are sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our auditopinion on the financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of thefinancial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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The KeyAudit Matter
How the matter was addressed in our report
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Recoverability of Trade Receivables Year-endoutstanding trade receivables represent balanceoutstanding from domestic and exportcustomers. Trade receivables by nature carrycertain risks in general which include overduebalances, customers in weaker economic andgeopolitical environment, customer's ability topay, provision in relation to expected credit loss,assessment of recovery process andcompliance with risk management controls.Procedures to mitigate such risks includeelement of management judgement and areimportant to assess recoverability of tradereceivables.
Outstanding balances of trade receivablesamounting to Rs. 1164.55 lakh (Refer Note 08 ofFinancial Statements)
A) Understood and tested on a sample basis thedesign and operating effectiveness ofmanagement control over the customer collectionand the assessment of the recoverability ofreceivable.
B) Tested on a sample basis the ageing of tradereceivables at year end.
C) In respect of material trade receivables, inspectedrelevant sales orders, invoices andcorrespondence with the customers.
D) Assessing the reasonability of judgmentsexercised and estimates made by management inrecognition of these receivables and validatingthem with corroborating evidence.
E) Obtained confirmations from customers on samplebasis to support existence assertion of tradereceivables.
F) Evaluated the level of provisions made bymanagementfortrade receivables.
• The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Board report, Management Discussion and Analysis, Corporate Governance report andBusiness responsibility and sustainability report, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor'sreport thereon. The Board report, Management Discussion and Analysis, Corporate Governance report andBusiness responsibility and sustainability report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor'sreport.
• Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and will not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identifiedabove when it becomes available, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent withthe financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
• When we read the Board Report, Management Discussion and Analysis, Corporate Governance report andBusiness responsibility and sustainability report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we arerequired to communicate the matter to those charged with governance as required under SA 720 'The Auditor'sresponsibilities Relating to Other Information'.
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 financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performanceincluding other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, including Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of theAct forsafeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively forensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of thefinancial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations,or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.Auditor's Responsibility forthe Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 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.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance withSAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting 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 override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the 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 internal financial controls with reference to financial statements inplace and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statementsor, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidenceobtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company tocease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the Company to express anopinion on the financial statements.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes itprobable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced.We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating theresults 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, the planned scope and timing ofthe audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal financial controls that we identifyduring ouraudit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. Wedescribe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of theAct, based on our audit, we report, to the extent applicable that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and beliefwere necessary 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 appearsfrom our examination of those books
c) There is no branch office of the Company, hence, reporting under 143(3)(c) is not applicable.
d) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash FlowStatement and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevantbooks of account.
e) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the IndAS specified under Section 133oftheAct.
f) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2025 taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2025 from being appointed as adirector in terms of Section 164(2) of theAct.
g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure A”. Ourreport expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's internalfinancial controls with reference to financial statements.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements ofsection 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordancewith the provisions of section 197 of theAct.
i) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its financialstatements - Refer Note 26 to the financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the note
39 (vii) (a) to the financial statements no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in anyother person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or investin other persons or entities identified 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, as disclosed in the note39 (vii) (b) to the financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any materialmisstatement.
v. In the previous year, the Company had not declared any dividend, hence, reporting under 143(3)(i)(v) is not
applicable.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used an accounting softwaresystem for maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended 31st March, 2025 which has afeature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for allrelevant transactions recorded in the software system. Further, during the course of our audit we did notcome across any 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, as applicable.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government interms of Section 143(11) of theAct, we give in “Annexure B” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and4 of the Order.
Date : 26th May, 2025 PARTNER
Place : Mumbai M.No. 163412