We have audited the accompanying Financial Statements of Advance Lifestyles Limited ("theCompany"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2025, the Statement of Profit andLoss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statementof Cash Flows for the year ended on that date and notes to the Financial Statements, including asummary of material accounting policies and other explanatory information (herein after referred toas "the Financial Statements").
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 (herein afterreferred to as "the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 as amended (herein after referred as "the Ind AS") andother accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at31st March, 2025 and its profit, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows forthe year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of Financial Statements in accordance with the Standard on Auditing (hereinafter referred to as "SAs") specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under thosestandards are further described in the auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the Codeof Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (herein after referred as "ICAI")together with ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of Financial Statements under theprovisions of the Act and Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidencewe have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance inour audit of the Financial Statements of the current year. These matters were addressed in the contextof our audit of the Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we donot provide separate opinion on these matters.
We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicatedin our report.
Sr. No.
Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
1.
Liability towards the Employees:
The company has recognized liabilitiestoward the employees, including provisionsfor benefits such as Gratuity, RetrenchmentCompensation, and others. Management'sestimation of these liabilities involvessignificant judgments and assumptions,particularly regarding the measurement offuture cash outflows, discount rates, anddemographic factors. The liability toward theemployees constitutes a substantial portionof the company's obligations and is inherentlycomplex due to the long-term nature ofemployee benefit arrangements and theuncertainty surrounding future events. Themeasurement of such liabilities involvesinherent subjectivity, and the outcomes aresensitive to changes in key assumptions.Moreover, given the lack of definitivemeasures and reliance on management'sjudgments and estimates, it needs to betested appropriately and should also conformto Ind AS covenants. It is therefore key auditmatter. Refer Note Nos. 17, 34 & 35.
The audit procedures adopted to testthe judgements of the management, theappropriateness of historical data forquantification and application of Ind AScovenants are:
• Review of past practices supported byfactual evidence that the company'sprevious actions have given rise toexpectations in the market leading to aconstructive/legal obligation as of thedate of the balance sheet
• Review of relevant documents thatsupport the management Judgementthat an obligation exists and that willentail the outflow of the company'seconomic resources
• Assessment of past practices andhistorical data as being eligible to formthe basis for the provision/ accountingestimates
• Assessment of adequacy of disclosuresmade and compliance with Ind AScovenants. Our review of the provisionscreated by the company does not revealany material discrepancy in theprovisioning as well as theirquantification.
2.
Liability towards the Borrowings:
As of March 31st, 2025, the Company'scurrent financial liabilities encompassunsecured borrowings from two entities,totaling Rs. 462.69 Lakhs (compared to Rs.462.69 Lakhs as of March 31st, 2024).Notably, confirmations/ statements fromthese entities have not been received due to
In response to this matter, we haveperformed alternative audit proceduresto gather sufficient appropriate auditevidence to address the risks associatedwith these borrowings. These procedureinclude, but are not limited to:
• Evaluation of Internal Controls:
their current involvement in the CorporateInsolvency Resolution Process (CIRP). Theseliabilities have remained outstanding for aconsiderable period. Consequently, wecannot provide any comment on anynecessary adjustments to the carrying valueof these balances and any potential impact onthe accompanying financial results.
We have assessed the effectiveness ofthe Company's internal controls overthe recording and measurement ofthese liabilities, including proceduresrelated to monitoring and evaluating thefinancial health of the entities.
• Review of Events Subsequent to theReporting Period:
We have considered events occurringafter the reporting period, including anydevelopments in the CIRP process, todetermine the appropriateness of thecarrying value of these balances as ofthe reporting date.
Despite these procedures, due to theinherent limitations associated with theabsence of external confirmations andthe uncertainty surrounding thepayment of the borrowings, we areunable to assure the accuracy andcompleteness of the carrying value ofthese liabilities and any potential impacton the accompanying financial results.
3.
Contingent Liabilities:
Contingent Liabilities are for ongoinglitigations and claims before variousauthorities and third parties. These relate toindirect tax and claims not acknowledge asdebt. Contingent liabilities are considered askey audit matters as the amount involved issignificant and it also involves significantmanagement judgement to determinepossible outcome and future cash outflows ofthese disputes.
In the course of performing our auditprocedure in relation to this matter, we:
• Obtained details of disputed claimsfrom the management as on March 31,2025.
• Discussed with the management aboutthe significant judgment considered indetermining possible outcome andfuture cash outflows of these disputes.
• Verified relevant documents related tothe disputes.
• Evaluated the appropriateness of theaccounting policies, related disclosuremade and overall presentation in theStandalone Financial Statements interms of Ind AS 37.
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the preparation of the other information. Theother information comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis,
Board's Report, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, Corporate Governance andShareholder's Information, but does not include the Financial Statements, Consolidated FinancialStatements and our auditors' report thereon.
Our opinion on the Financial Statements does not cover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent withthe Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of thisother information; we are 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 the Act,with respect to the preparation of these Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cashflows of the Company in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified underthe Section 133 of the Act and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detectingfrauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentationof the Financial 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 is responsible for assessing the Company's abilityto continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and usingthe going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company orto cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Financial Statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's reportthat includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guaranteethat an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or inthe aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users takenon the basis of these Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether dueto fraud 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 theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act,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.
• 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 of accountingand, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related toevents or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Company to continue asa going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to drawattention 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 auditevidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditionsmay cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, includingthe disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the plannedscope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships andother matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable,related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those mattersthat were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law orregulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, wedetermine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits ofsuch communication.
1. A. 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 ourknowledge 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 Companyso far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c) The balance sheet, the Statement of profit and loss including Other Comprehensive Income,Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Financial Statements comply with the Ind 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 record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31stMarch, 2025, from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over the financial reporting ofthe Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Reportin "Annexure A". Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operatingeffectiveness of the Company's internal financial control over with reference to the FinancialStatements of the Company.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance withthe requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion, and to the best of our information and according to the information given tous, the remuneration paid by the company to its directors during the year is in accordancewith the provisions of section 197 of the Act read with Schedule V of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance withRule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best ofour information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The company has disclosed the impact of pending litigation on its Financial Statement. ReferNote - 30 to the Financial Statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for whichthere were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. During the year, there were no amounts which are required to be transferred, to the Investor'sEducation and Protection Fund by the company.
iv. i) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds(Which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind 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 entities identified in anymanner whatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or on behalf of the Holding
Company or its subsidiary companies incorporated in India or
• provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries
ii) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds(which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by theCompany to or any other person or entity, including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall:
• directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other person or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or on behalf of the Funding Parties or
• provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries
iii) Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material misstatement.
v. The company or its holding company has not declared and paid any dividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (editlog) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tampered with. The audit trail has been preserved by theCompany as per the statutory requirements for record retention
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order"), issued by theCentral Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give inthe "Annexure B" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, tothe extent applicable.
For Piyush J. Shah & Co.
Chartered Accountants
FRN: 121172W
Viral R. Sanghvi
Partner
M. No: 191046
UDIN: 25191046BMHXFG5741
Place: Ahmedabad
Date: 27th May, 2025