Provisions: A provision is recognised whenthe Company has a present obligation as aresult of past events and it is probable that an
outflow of resources will be required to settlethe obligation, in respect of which a reliableestimate can be made.
The amount recognised as a provision is thebest estimate of the consideration required tosettle the present obligation at the end of thereporting period, taking into account the risksand uncertainties surrounding the obligation.When a provision is measured using the cashflows estimated to settle the present obligation,its carrying amount in the present value of thosecash flows (when the effect of time value ofmoney is material).
Contingent Liabilities: Contingent liabilities aredisclosed when there is a possible obligationarising from past events, the existence of whichwill be confirmed only by the occurrence or nonoccurrence of one or more uncertain futureevents not wholly within the control of thecompany or a present obligation that arises frompast events where it is either not probable thatan outflow of resources will be required to settleor a reliable estimate of the amount cannot bemade.
Contingent Asset: A contingent asset is apossible asset that arises from past events andwhose existence will be confirmed only by theoccurrence or non-occurrence of one or moreuncertain future events not wholly within thecontrol of the entity. Contingent assets aredisclosed in the Financial Statements by way ofnotes to accounts when an inflow of economicbenefits is probable.
The Company, at the inception of a contract,assessess whether the contract is a lease or notlease. A contract is, or contains, a lease if thecontract conveys the right to control the use ofan identified asset for a time in exchange fora consideration. This policy has been applied tocontracts existing and entered into on or afterApril 1, 2019.
The Company recognises a right-of-use assetand a lease liability at the lease commencementdate. The right-of-use asset is initially measuredat cost, which comprises the initial amountof the lease liability adjusted for any leasepayments made at or before the commencementdate, plus any initial direct costs incurred andan estimate of costs to dismantle and removethe underlying asset or to restore the underlyingasset or the site on which it is located, less anylease incentives received.
The right-of-use asset is subsequentlydepreciated using the straight-line method fromthe commencement date to the end of the leaseterm.
The lease liability is initially measured at thepresent value of the lease payments that are notpaid at the commencement date, discountedusing the Company’s incremental borrowingrate. It is remeasured when there is a changein future lease payments arising from a changein an index or rate, if there is a change in theCompany’s estimate of the amount expected tobe payable under a residual value guarantee,or if the Company changes its assessment ofwhether it will exercise a purchase, extensionor termination option. When the lease liabilityis remeasured in this way, a correspondingadjustment is made to the carrying amount ofthe right-of-use asset, or is recorded in profit orloss if the carrying amount of the right-of-useasset has been reduced to zero.
The Company has elected not to recognise right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for short-termleases that have a lease term of 12 months orless and leases of low-value assets. The Companyrecognises the lease payments associated withthese leases as an expense over the lease term.
In the comparative period, leases under whichthe Company assumes substantially all therisks and rewards of ownership are classified asfinance leases. When acquired, such assets arecapitalized at fair value or present value of the
minimum lease payments at the inception of thelease, whichever is lower. Lease payments andreceipts under operating leases are recognisedas an expense and income respectively, on astraight line basis in the statement of profit andloss over the lease term except where the leasepayments are structured to increase in line withexpected general inflation.
Cash comprises cash on hand and demanddeposits with banks. Cash equivalents are short¬term balances (with an original maturity of threemonths or less from the date of acquisition)and highly liquid investments that are readilyconvertible into known amounts of cash andwhich are subject to insignificant risk of changesin value.
For the purposes of the cash flow statement,cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand,in banks and demand deposits with banks.
Trade receivables are recognised initially atfair value unless they do not carry a significantfinancing component, in which case theyare recognized at the transaction price. TheCompany generally determines the allowancefor expected credit losses based on historicalloss experience adjusted to reflect current andestimated future economic conditions. TheCompany considered current and anticipatedfuture economic conditions relating to industriesthe company deals with and the countries whereit operates. In calculating expected credit loss,the Company has also considered credit reportsand other related credit information for its
customers to estimate the probability of defaultin future.
For trade and other payables maturing within oneyear from the balance sheet date, the carryingamounts approximate fair value due to the shortmaturity of these instruments.
Cash flows are reported using the indirectmethod, whereby profit / (loss) beforeextraordinary items and tax is adjusted forthe effects of transactions of non-cash natureand any deferrals or accruals of past or futurecash receipts or payments. The cash flows fromoperating, investing and financing activitiesof the Company are segregated based on theavailable information. Cash and cash equivalentsinclude cash on hand, cash with banks in currentand deposit accounts with necessary disclosureof cash and cash equivalent balances that arenot available for use by the company.
Basic earnings per share have been computed bydividing the net income by the weighted averagenumber of shares outstanding during the year.Diluted earnings per share has been computedusing the weighted average number of sharesand diluted potential shares, except where theresult would be anti-dilutive.
Final dividends on shares are recorded on thedate of approval by the shareholders of theCompany.
The Company’s investment properties consist of properties at Coimbatore and Palladam in the nature of land andbuildings, Electrical Plant & Equipment and Office Equipment in India. As at March 31,2025 and March 31,2024,the fair values of the investment properties are ' 376.01 Crores and ' 302.00 Crores respectively These fair valuesare based on valuations performed by registered valuer as defined under Rule 2 of Companies (Registered Valuersand Valuation) Rules 2017. The fair value hierarchy is at level 2. (Refer note 33.2B for note on fair value hierarchy).There are no restrictions on the realizability of the Investment Properties.
Term Loans from Central Bank of India and Canara Bank are secured by first charge on relevant assets ofCoimbatore, Kovilpatti and Palladam units created under respective Project/Term Loans.
Working Capital and Term Loans from Canara Bank and Central Bank of India are secured by pari passu first chargeon the fixed assets at Coimbatore, Kovilpatti and Palladam Units.
Working Capital Loans from Canara Bank and Central Bank of India are further secured by first charge on bookdebts and hypothecation of inventories.
Canara Bank rental loan is secured by the relevant land and buildings of the company.
note 27 - segment INFORMATION
The Chairman & Managing Director of the company has been identified as the Chief Operating Decision Maker(CODM) as defined by Ind AS 108 Operating Segments. The CODM evaluates the Company’s performance andallocates resources based on an analysis of various performance indicators by industry classes. Accordingly,segment information has been presented.
The Company is structured into two reportable business segments - “Textiles” and “Rental Services”. Textilesconsists of manufacturing and sale of yarn and trading in fabrics. Rental services consist of letting out ofproperties. The reportable business segments are in line with the segment wise information which is beingpresented to the CODM.”
Each segment item reported is measured at the measure used to report to the chief operating decision makerfor the purposes of making decisions about allocating resources to the segment and assessing its performance
Geographic information is based on business sources from that geographic region. Accordingly the geographicalsegments are determined as Domestic ie., within India and External ie., Outside India.
Income and direct expenses in relation to segments are categorized based on items that are individuallyidentifiable to that segment, while the remainder of costs are apportioned on an appropriate basis. Certainexpenses are not specifically allocable to individual segments as the underlying services are used interchangeably.The management therefore believes that it is not practicable to provide segment disclosures relating to suchexpenses and accordingly such expenses are separately disclosed as “unallocated” and directly charged againsttotal income.
Disputed tax dues are under consideration before the concerned appellate & assessing authorities. The Companyis advised that the cases are likely to be disposed off in favour of the Company and hence no provision isconsidered necessary therefor.
note 31 - employee benefit plans
The Company makes Provident Fund, Superannuation Fund and Employee State Insurance Scheme contributionswhich are defined contribution plans, for qualifying employees. Under the Schemes, the Company is requiredto contribute a specified percentage of the payroll costs to fund the benefits. The Company has recognised' 118.99 Lakhs (Previous year: ' 104.81 Lakhs) as contribution to Provident Fund, ' 27.80 lakhs (Previousyear ' 24.58 lakhs) as contribution to Superannuation Fund and ' 40.55 Lakhs (Previous year: ' 35.45 Lakhs)as contribution to Employee State Insurance (ESI) in the Statement of Profit and Loss. These contributionshave been made at the rates specified in the rules of the respective schemes and has been recognised in theStatement of Profit and Loss under the head Employee Benefits Expense.
The Company has partly funded its gratuity obligations. The following table sets out the status of the definedbenefit schemes and the amount recognised in the financial statements as per the Actuarial Valuation doneby an Independent Actuary:
Longevity Risk: The present value of the defined benefit plan liability is calculated by reference to the bestestimate of the mortality of plan participants both during and after their employment. An increase in the lifeexpectancy of the plan participants will increase the plan’s liability.
Salary risk: The present value of the defined plan liability is calculated by reference to the future salaries ofplan participants. As such, an increase in the salary of the plan’s participants will increase the plan’s liability.
Market risk: Market risk is a collective term for risks that are related to the changes and fluctuations of thefinancial markets. One actuarial assumption that has a material effect is the discount rate. The discount ratereflects the time value of money. An increase in discount rate leads to decrease in Defined Benefit Obligation ofthe plan benefits & vice versa. This assumption depends on the yields on the corporate / government bonds andhence the valuation of liability is exposed to fluctuations in the yields as at the valuation date.
Legislative risk: Legislative risk is the risk of increase in the plan liabilities or reduction in the plan assets dueto change in the legislation /regulation. The government may amend the Payment of Gratuity Act thus requiringthe companies to pay higher benefits to the employees. This will directly affect the present value of the DefinedBenefit Obligation. The new labour code is a case in point and the same will have to be recognized immediatelyin the year when any such amendment is effective.
Liquidity risk: Employees with high salaries and long durations of service or those higher in hierarchy, accumulatesignificant level of benefits. If some of such employees resign / retire from the company there can be strain onthe cash flows.
1. Purchase of goods/assets includes Lakshmi Card Clothing Manufacturing Company P Ltd ' 31.23 Lakhs;(Previous year ' 26.82 Lakhs); LMW Ltd ' 19.51 lakhs (Previous year ' 1253.03 lakhs); Rajshree BiosolutionsLLP ' 1.07 lakhs (Previous year ' 0.75 lakhs)
2. Sale of Goods / assets include Lakshmi Card Clothing Mfg. Co.P.Ltd ' 0.89 Lakhs. (Previous year ' 1.04 Lakhs);Petal Home LLP ' 1.68 Lakhs.(Previous year ' 5.98 Lakhs); Premier Spg and Wvg Mills Pvt Ltd ' 49.73 lakhs(Previous year ' 54.51 lakhs); Rajshree Sugars and Chemicals Ltd ' 10.13 lakhs (Previous Year ' 11.06 lakhs)
3. Receiving of Services include Balakumar Shipping & Clearing Agency P.Ltd ' 11.45 Lakhs (Previous year ' 21.28Lakhs); Aloha Tours & Travels (India) Private Ltd ' 25.36 Lakhs (Previous year ' 35.45 Lakhs); Lakshmi CardClothing Manufacturing Company P Ltd ' 3.06 Lakhs (Previous year ' 3.36 Lakhs); Chakradhara Aerospace &Cargo P.Ltd ' 6.91 Lakhs (Previous year ' 13.38 Lakhs); Lakshmi Engineering and Warehousing Ltd ' 22.93Lakhs (Previous year ' 18.95 Lakhs); Major Corporate Services (India) LLP ' 28.60 lakhs (Prevoius year ' 19.58Lakhs) ; Petal Home LLP ' Nil lakhs (Previous year ' 9.44 lakhs) ;Super sales India Ltd ' 0.44 lakhs (previousyear ' 14.06 Lakhs)
4. Sitting fees paid to Directors - Sri.R.Santharam ' 1.90 lakhs (Previous Year ' 1.55 Lakhs), Sri.SanjayJayavarthanavelu ' 1.25 lakhs (Previous Year ' 0.75 lakhs), Sri.D.Rajendran ' 0.70 lakhs (Previous year' 1.70 lakhs), Sri.Satish Ajmera ' 1.05 lakhs (Previous Year ' 1.85 lakhs), Smt.Suguna Ravichandran' 2.05 lakhs (Previous year ' 1.05 lakhs), Sri. Vijay Venkataswamy ' 0.60 lakhs (previous year ' 0.60 lakhs),Sri.Aswin Chandran ' 0.95 lakhs (previous year ' Nil) Sri.K.Murali Mohan ' 1.35 lakhs.(previous year ' Nil),Sri.R.Varadarajan ' 1.10 lakhs(previous year ' Nil)
5. Rendering of Services include Lakshmi Card Clothing Manufacturing Company P.Ltd ' 18.62 Lakhs (Previousyear ' 17.86 Lakhs); Lakshmi Engineering and Warehousing Ltd ' 32.96 Lakhs (Previous year ' 31.39 Lakhs); Petal home LLP ' 0.88 lakhs (Previous year ' 0.92 Lakhs);Rajshree Biosolutions LLP ' 0.38 lakhs (Previousyear ' 0.36)
6. Remuneration to Key Managerial Personnel includes Sri. S. Pathy ' 112.15 Lakhs (Previous year ' 99.22 Lakhs);Sri Aditya Krishna Pathy ' 76.47 Lakhs (Previous year ' 68.29 Lakhs); Sri N.Singaravel ' 16.21 Lakhs (Previousyear ' 15.65 Lakhs); Sri A.Doraisamy ' 18.14 Lakhs (Previous year ' 17.62 Lakhs).
7. Contribution to Gratuity Fund includes Sri.S.Pathy ' 2.34 Lakhs (Previous year ' 2.22 Lakhs) ; Sri.AdityaKrishna Pathy ' 0.95 lakhs (Previous Year ' 0.86 lakhs) ; Sri.N.Singarvel ' 0.34 Lakhs (Previous year ' 0.29lakhs)
8. Contribution to Superannuation Fund includes Sri.S.Pathy ' 16.09 Lakhs (Previous year ' 14.34 Lakhs) ;Sri.Aditya Krishna Pathy ' 9.91 lakhs (Previous Year ' 8.81 lakhs).
9. Amount Receivable from other related parties includes Lakshmi Engineering and Warehousing Ltd ' 1.52Lakhs (Previous year ' 1.38 Lakhs);, Lakshmi Card Clothing Mfg.Co.P.Ltd ' 8.20 Lakhs (Previous year ' 12.63Lakhs) Petal Home LLP ' Nil (Previous year ' 2.43 Lakhs); Premier Spg and Wvg Mills Pvt Ltd ' Nil (Previousyear ' 4.64 lakhs); Rajshree Bio Solutions LLP ' 0.03 lakhs (Previous year ' 0.03 lakhs)
10. Amount payable for Post retirement employee benefit plan includes The Lakshmi Mills Co. Ltd. EmployeesGratuity Fund ' 585.00 Lakhs (Previous year ' 591.93 Lakhs).
11. Amount payable to other related parties include Aloha Tours & Travels (India) Private Ltd ' 7.22 Lakhs(Previous year ' 5.91 Lakhs); Lakshmi Engineering and Warehousing Ltd ' Nil (Previous year ' Nil); BalakumarShipping & Clearing Agency P.Ltd ' 2.82 Lakhs (Previous year ' 2.71 lakhs); Major Corporate Services (India)LLP ' 4.74 Lakhs (Previous Year ' 2.64 lakhs); Chakadhara aerospace & Cargo P Ltd ' Nil (Previous year ' 1.38lakhs), Lakshmi Card Clothing Manufacturing Company Ltd ' 11.82 lakhs (Previous year ' Nil). Super SalesIndia Ltd ' 0.11 lakhs (previous year ' 0.20 lakhs)
12. a) Capital Advance ' NIL (Previous year ' 35.80 lakhs) paid to related party LMW Ltd for supply of Machinery,(b) Commitments (Net of Advances): ' NIL (Previous year ' 36.32 lakhs) to related party LMW Ltd
note 33 - financial INSTRUMENTS
The Company’s capital management objectives are:
- to ensure the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern
- to create value for shareholders by facilitating the meeting of long term and short term goals of the Company.
The Company determines the amount of capital required on the basis of annual business plan coupledwith long term and short term strategic expansion plans. The funding needs are met through equity, cashgenerated from operations, long term and short term bank borrowings.
The Company monitors the capital structure on the basis of net debt to equity ratio and maturity profileof the overall debt portfolio of the Company. Net debt includes interest bearing borrowings less cash andcash equivalents and other bank balances (including non-current earmarked balances).
This section gives an overview of the significance of financial instruments for the Company and providesadditional information on balance sheet items that contain financial instruments. The details of significantaccounting policies, including the criteria for recognition, the basis of measurement and the basis on whichincome and expenses are recognised in respect of each class of financial asset, and financial liability aredisclosed in Note 2C (7) of Material Accounting Policies.
The Company uses the following hierarchy for determining and/or disclosing the fair value of financialinstruments by valuation techniques. The three levels are defined based on the observability ofsignificant inputs to the measurement, as follows:
Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset orliability, either directly (i.e., as prices) or indirectly (i.e., derived from prices).
Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservableinputs).
The Company’s activities expose it to certain financial risks. The Company’s primary focus is to foresee theunpredictability of such risks and seek to minimize potential adverse effects on its financial performance.
The Company has a risk management process and framework in place. This process is coordinated by theBoard, which meets regularly to review risks as well as the progress against the planned actions. The Boardseeks to identify, evaluate business risks and challenges across the Company through such framework.These risks include market risks, credit risk and liquidity risk.
The risk management process aims to:
- improve financial risk awareness and risk transparency
- identify, control and monitor key risks
- identify risk accumulations
- provide management with reliable information on the Company’s risk situation
- improve financial returns
The Company undertakes transactions denominated in foreign currencies and thus it is exposed to exchangerate fluctuations. The Company actively manages its currency rate exposures, arising from transactionsentered and denominated in foreign currencies, through its finance division and uses derivative instrumentssuch as foreign currency forward contracts to mitigate the risks from such exposures. The use of derivativeinstruments is subject to limits and regular monitoring by Management.
The Company, as its policy, does not undertake any trading in derivatives financial instruments forspeculation purpose.
The Company’s financial assets are carried at amortised cost and are at fixed rate only. They are, therefore,not subject to interest rate risk since neither the carrying amount nor the future cash flows will fluctuatebecause of a change in market interest rates.
Credit risk is the risk that a customer or counterparty to a financial liability will fail to perform or payamounts due to the Company causing financial loss. It arises from cash and cash equivalents, deposits withbanks, security deposits, loans and advances principally from credit exposures to customers relating tooutstanding receivables. The Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk is limited to the carrying amountof financial assets recognised at reporting date.
Credit risk on outstanding receivables is the exposure to billed receivable and are normally unsecured andderived from revenue earned from customers in India and abroad. Credit risk is managed by the companythrough credit approvals and continuously monitoring the credit worthiness of the customer to whichthe company grants credit in the normal course of business. The company applied simplified approachof estimated credit loss for trade receivables, which provide for expected credit loss based on life-timeexpected losses.
The Company evaluates the credit risk assocaited with each party on a regular basis and provides forimpairment wherever required. The credit risk for cash and cash equivalents, bank deposits and securitydeposits is considered negligible, since the counterparties are reputable organisations with high qualitycredit ratings.
The Company requires funds both for short-term operational needs as well as for long-term expansionprogrammes. The Company remains committed to maintaining a healthy liquidity ratio, deleveraging andstrengthening the balance sheet. The Company manages liquidity risk by continuously monitoring forecastand actual cash flows and by matching the maturity profiles of financial assets and liabilities.
The Company’s finance department is responsible for liquidity, funding as well as settlement management.In addition, processes and policies related to such risks are overseen by senior management.
The Company’s financial liability is represented significantly by long term and short term borrowings frombanks and trade payables. The maturity profile of the Company’s short term and long term borrowings andtrade payables based on the remaining period from the date of balance sheet to the contractual maturitydate is given in the table below. The figures reflect the contractual undiscounted cash obligation of the
equity price risk
Equity Price Risk is related to the change in market reference price of the investments in quoted equitysecurities. The fair value of some of the Company’s investments in quoted shares measured at fair valuethrough other comprehensive income exposes the Company to equity price risks. These investments aresubject to changes in the market price of securities. The fair value of Company’s investment in quotedequity securities as of March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024 was ' 83,915.79 Lakhs and ' 79,619.03 Lakhsrespectively.
A 5% change in equity price as of March 31, 2025 and March 31,2024 would result in an impact of ' 4,195.79Lakhs and ' 3,980.95 Lakhs respectively
1 The Company has not received any fund from any persons or entities, including foreign entities(Funding Party) with the understanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Companyshall:
a) directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
b) provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
2 The Company has not advanced or loaned or invested funds to any persons or entities, includingforeign entities (Intermediaries) with the understanding that the Intermediary shall:
a) directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
3 The company did not undertake transactions that were not recorded in the books of accounts andwhich have been surrendered or disclosed as income during the year in the tax assessments underthe Income Tax Act, 1961 (such as, search or survey or any other relevant provisions of the IncomeTax Act, 1961).
4 The Company does not have any charges or satisfaction which is yet to be registered with Registrarof Companies (ROC) beyond the statutory period.
5 The Company has not made investments in more than one layer of body corporate in accordancewith provisions of clause (87) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies(Restriction on number of Layers) Rules, 2017.
6 The Company has not been declared a Wilful Defaulter by its lenders.
7 No proceedings have been initiated against the company for holding any benami property under theBenami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 (45 of 1988) and rules made thereunder.
8 The company has not traded in cryptocurrencies or vitual currencies during the year.
9 The Company has not entered into transactions with Companies that have been struck off theRegister of Companies u/s 248 of the Companies Act, 2013 during the financial year.
10 The fair valuation of the investment property as disclosed in Note 4 has been done by a registeredvaluer as defined under rule 2 of Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Rules, 2017.
11 The details of quarterly statements of stock and book debts filed by the Company with the bankshave been given below together with the reason for the differences
34.11 All figures have been rounded off to Lakhs unless stated otherwise. Discrepancies, if any, in betweenthe totals and the sum of the items forming part of such totals are due to rounding off in the financialstatements. Wherever, figures are indicated as 0.00 lakhs, it represents value less than ' 0.01 lakhs due torounding off to the nearest lakhs.
34.12 The financial statements of Lakshmi Mills Company Limited were approved by the Board of Directors andauthorised for issue on 28th May 2025.
For Subbachar & Srinivasan
S. Pathy R. Santharam
3 Firm Registration No. 004083S
Chairman & Managing Director Vice Chairman
Chartered Accountants
DIN: 00013899 DIN: 00151333
T.S.V.Rajagopal
Place : Coimbatore N. Singaravel A.Doraiswamy Partner
Date : 28th May 2025 Company Secretary Chief Financial Officer Membership No. 200380