We have audited the standalone financial statements of EARTHSTAHL & ALLOYS LIMITED ("the Company”) having (CIN-L27310CT2009PLC021487), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2025, and the statement of Profit andLoss and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary ofsignificant 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 Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformitywith the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2025, itsPROFIT and its Cash Flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of auditing (SA's) specified under section 143(10) of the CompaniesAct, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethicsissued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 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, and we have fulfilledour other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the auditevidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of thestandalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, for each matter below, our description ofhow our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context.
Key Audit Matter
Auditors Response
1. Revenue Recognition
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
For the year ended March 31,2025, the Company hasrecognized revenue from operations of Rs. 7227.64Lakhs. Revenue recognition has been recognizedas a key audit matter due to complex identificationof transfer of significant risk and rewards in case ofdomestic sales.
We have identified following key areas forconsideration:
The contractual terms of delivery of material thatdefines when control is transferred to the customer.
RELATED DISCLOSURES:
Please refer to Note-1- (ii)(I) for details of theaccounting policies of revenue recognition andNote-2.19 of notes to financial statements for relevantdisclosures of Revenue.
• Our audit procedures included the evaluation of theCompany's revenue recognition accounting policies andassessing compliance with the policies in terms of AS-9.
• Performed walkthroughs and test of controls, of the revenuerecognition processes and assessed the design and operatingeffectiveness of key controls.
• Performed substantive testing on selected samples ofrevenue transactions recorded during the year by testing theunderlying documents including contracts, invoices, goodsdispatch notes and customer receipts, wherever applicable.
• Tested a sample of manual journal entries posted to revenueledgers to identify any unusual items.
• Assessed the disclosures made by the Company.
2. Capitalization of Property, Plant & Equipment
During the year the company has capitalizedexpenditure amounting to Rs 1579.97 Lakh fromCWIP. Judgment is involved to determine thatthe aforesaid capitalization meet the recognitionrequirement as per AS- 10.
Accordingly, the above has been determined as a keyaudit matter.
Please refer to Note-1- (ii) (C) and (D) for details ofsignificant accounting policies of Property Plantand Equipment and capital work in progress andDepreciation and amortization and Note No. 2.9 ofthe financial statement for relevant disclosures of PPEand Capital work in progress.
Our audit procedures included and were not limited to the
following:
• Assessed the nature of the additions made to property,plant and equipment, and capital work-in-progress whetherthey meet the recognition criteria as set out in AS-10-Property, Plant and Equipment, including intended use ofmanagement.
• Examined the management assessment of the assumptionsconsidered for capitalizing the capital work in progress.
• Examined the management assessment of the assumptionsconsidered in estimation of useful life.
• Examined the amounts capitalized during the year ona sample basis by inspecting supporting documentsand evaluating whether assets capitalized satisfied therecognition criteria and were recognized accurately in thecorrect periods and with correct amount.
The Company's board of directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information comprisesthe information included in the Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report but does not include the financialstatements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtainedduring the course of our 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 Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("theAct”) with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally acceptedin India, including the Accounting Standards (AS) specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assetsof the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementationand maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that givea true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a goingconcern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assuranceis a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial 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 ofthese 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, designand 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 thanfor one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)® of the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible forexpressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and theoperating effectiveness 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 theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significantdoubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, weare required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to thedate of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as agoing 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.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makesit probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may beinfluenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and inevaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financialstatements.
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 control that we identify during ouraudit.
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 thoughtto 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 standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe 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 because
the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
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
in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give in the 'Annexure A', 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 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, except for the matters stated in the paragraph 2(g)(vi) below, on reportingunder Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards (AS) specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2025 taken on recordby the 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 the Act.
f) 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 B'.
g) 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, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2025 on its financial position inits financial statements—Refer Note 2.29.
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 Protection Fundby 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 sourcesor kind of funds) by the company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities("Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have beenreceived by the company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Funding Parties”),with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall, whether,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever byor on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on such audit procedures 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 material mis¬statement.
v. The Board of directors of the company have not declared any dividend during the Financial Year 2024-25.
vi. Proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 for maintaining books of account using accountingsoftware which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility is applicable to the Company with effect from April1,2023, and accordingly, reporting under Rule 11(g) of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 is applicable for thefinancial year ended March 31,2025.
Based on our examination which included test checks and information given to us, the Company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account, have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility from 15th April2024 for all relevant transactions recorded in the respective software. Further, preserving of audit trail pertaining to theprior year is not applicable to the company as recording of audit trail has been commenced from current year itself.
3. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor's Report under Section 197(16) of the Act, in our opinion and
according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directorsduring the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid to anydirector is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act.
Chartered AccountantsFRN:000018N/N500091
Partner
Place: New Delhi M.NO . : 092656
Date: 29/05/2025 UDIN-25092656BMLJNC7048