We have audited accompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements of Zenith Exports Limited("the Company”), which comprise of the balance sheet as at March 31,2025, the statement of Profitand Loss (Including other comprehensive income), statement of changes in equity and statement ofcash 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, theaforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements give the information required by The CompaniesAct, 2013 ("The Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with theIndian accounting standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015 as amended, ("Ind AS’’) and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2025, Profit and total compre¬hensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities un¬der 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 withthe Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the indepen¬dence requirement that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the rules made there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsi¬bilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the auditevidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on standalonefinancial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance inour audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressedin the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon,and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Key Audit Matter : Revenue Recognition and Valuation of Foreign Trade Receivables
Description of the Matter :
How the Matter Was Addressed in the Audit :
The company derives a substantial portion of itsrevenue from export sales of textile fabrics andleather goods. Revenue is recognized based onthe customs exchange rate at the time of ship¬ment, and year-end trade receivables are reval¬ued at prevailing bank exchange rates, with for¬eign exchange differences recorded in the State¬ment of Profit and Loss in accordance with IndAS 21. As at March 31, 2025, a significant por¬tion of the Company's trade receivables is de¬nominated in foreign currencies. This area isconsidered a key audit matter due to the materi¬ality of export sales and receivables, the use ofjudgment in determining the timing of revenuerecognition and the applicable exchange rates,complexity in revaluing trade receivables at year-end, and the risk of default or delay in collectionfrom international customers.
Our audit procedures included assessing the de¬sign and implementation of internal controls re¬lated to export revenue recognition and foreignexchange revaluation, testing a sample of exporttransactions to confirm the recognition date withsupporting documents and verifying applicationof the appropriate customs exchange rate, ex¬amining the year-end revaluation of outstandingforeigntrade receivables using bank exchangerates and independently verifying those rates, per¬forming a detailed aging analysis of trade receiv¬ables and assessing the reasonableness of pro¬visions for expected credit losses, and evaluat¬ing compliance with the relevant disclosure re¬quirements under Ind AS 1, 21, 107, and 109,and " SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. Basedon the above procedures, we found the revenuerecognition policies and valuation of trade receiv¬ables to be in compliance with the applicable fi¬nancial reporting framework and supported byappropriate documentation.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon The company’s Boardof Directors are responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information com¬prises of the information included in the management discussion and analysis, Board’s report includ¬ing Annexure to Board’s Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholders information, but does notinclude the standalone financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do notexpressany form of assurance or conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the standalonefinancial statements, our responsibility is toread the other information and in doing so, consider whetherthe other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or other infor¬mation obtained during the course of our audit or otherwiseappear to be materially misstated.If, basedon the work we have performed, weconclude that there is a material misstatement of this other infor¬mation; weare required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theCompanies Act, 2013 ("the Act’) with respect to the preparation of thesestandalone Ind AS financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, total compre¬hensive income, changesin equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the accounting Standards specified under section 133of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accor¬dance with the provisions of the Act for safe guarding of the assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate implementationand maintenance of accounting policies; making judgments andestimates that are reasonable andprudent; 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 preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair viewand are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liqui¬date the Company or tocease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. The Board ofDirectors are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial state¬ments as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error, and to issue anauditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but isnot a guarantee thatan audit conducted in accordance with Standards on Auditing (SAs) will alwaysdetect 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 influencethe economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone Ind As financial statements.We also :
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain profes¬sional skepticism throughout the audit.
• 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 appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Therisk of not detecting amaterial misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resultingfrom error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, orthe override of internal control.
• Obtainan understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit proce¬dures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Companies Act,2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequateinternal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls. •
• Evaluatethe appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccountingestimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of account-
ing and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related toevents or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as agoing concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we arerequired to draw attentionin our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evi¬dence obtained up to the date of our auditor’sreport. However, future events or conditions maycause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financialstatements,including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the under¬lying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicatewith those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, theplannedscope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficien¬cies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also providethose charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate withthem all relationships andother matters that may reasonably be thought to bearon our independence, and where applicable,related safeguards from the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we deter¬mine those matters that were of most significance inthe audit of the standalone financial statementsof the current period and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’sreport unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremelyrare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interestbenefits of such communication.
We did not audit the financial statements/information of Units of Zenith Textiles, Mysore & ZenithSpinners-Ahmadabad included in the financial statements of the company whose financial state-ments/financial information reflects total assets Rs. 273316469/- as at 31st March 2025 (PY 301399354/-) and total Income of Rs.111072208/- (PY 150609168/-) for the year ended on that date, as consid¬ered in the Ind As Financial statements/information of these units have been audited by the unit audi¬tors whose reports have been furnished to us, and our opinion in so far as itrelates to the amounts anddisclosures included in respect of units, is basedsolely on the report of such unit auditors.
As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order”) CARO,2020, issued bythe 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 mattersspecified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of theOrder, to the extent applicable.
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 knowl¬edge and belief were 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 faras it appears from our examination of those books.
c) The reports on the accounts of the units of the Company audited under Section 143(8) of the Actby unit auditors have been sent to us and have been properly dealt with by us in preparing thisreport.
d) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including other comprehensive income, thestatement of change in equity, and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
e) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements comply with the Indian Ac¬counting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under Section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 (as amended) and other relevant provisions of theAct.
f) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Com¬pany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “AnnexureB”.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report under section 197(16) ofthe Act, in our opinion and as per the information and explanations provided to us, the Companyhas paid/ provided for managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals man¬dated by provision of section 197 read with schedule V to the Act.
i) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations given to us:
(i) The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financial posi¬tion.
(ii) The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting stan¬dards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contractsincluding derivativecontracts.
(iii) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
(iv) As per the management representation we report,
a. no funds have been advanced orloaned or invested by the company to or in any otherperson(s) or entities, including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understand¬ing that the intermediary shall whether directly or indirectly lend or invest in other per¬sons or entities identified in any manner by or on behalf of the company (UltimateBeneficiaries) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of ultimate benefi¬ciaries.
b. No funds have been received by the company from any person(s) or entitiesincludingforeign entities ("Funding Parties”) with the understanding that such company shallwhether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the fundingparty (ultimate beneficiaries) or pro¬vide guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate beneficiaries.
c. Basedon the audit procedures performed, we report that nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe that the representations given undersub-clause (i)and (ii) of Rule 11(e) as provided under clause (a) and (b) above contain any materialmis-statement.
(v) Based on our examination, which included test checks, the company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (EditLog) facility and that has operated throughout the financial year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the said software. During the course ofperforming our procedures, we did notnotice any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with for the period the audit trail wasenabled and thatit is preserved in accordance with the prescribed rules.
For and on behalf of
V. Goyal & Associates
Chartered AccountantsFirm's registration number: 312136E
(Vinod Kumar Goyal)
Partner
Place : Kolkata Membership Number: 050670
Dated : 30 05 2025 UDIN: 24050670BKHGWC8412