We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Axita Cotton Limited (“the Company”), whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to thestandalone financial statements, including material accounting policy information and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state ofaffairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and total comprehensive income (comprising of profit and othercomprehensive income), changes in equity and its cash flows for the year then ended.
BASIS FOR OPINION
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of theAct. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the “Auditor’s responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements” section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with theCode of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics.We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
EMPHASIS OF MATTER
We draw attention to Note 37 of the financial statements, which describes a subsequent event wherein an exportconsignment of sesame seeds amounting to Rs. 8.93 crore was rejected by the buyer due to quality concerns after thereporting date. The financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2025 remain unadjusted in this regard. The effectof this event will be reflected in the financial statements of the subsequent period. As stated in the said note, this is anon-adjusting event under the applicable financial reporting framework. Our opinion is not modified in respect of thismatter
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, and we do not provide a separate opinionon these matters. We have determined that there are no significant matters that are required to be disclosed here.
OTHER INFORMATION
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Annual Report, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor’sreport thereon. Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of standalone financial statements, ourresponsibility is to read the other information and in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of thisother information; we are required to report the fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THESTANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financialposition, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Actfor safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selectionand application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;and design, 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 thestandalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error. In preparing the standalone financial statements, management and board of directors are responsible forassessing the company’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 and board of directors either intends toliquidate the company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. The board of directors is alsoresponsible for overseeing the company’s financial reporting process.
AUDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUDIT OF THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are freefrom material 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 withStandards on Auditing (SAs) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise fromfraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with Standards on Auditing, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
i. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Standalone financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting 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.
ii. Obtain an understanding of the internal control 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 explaining our
opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
iii. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
iv. Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based onthe audit 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 materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in theStandalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusionsare based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
v. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the Standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events ina manner that achieves fair presentation.
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 duringour audit. 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.
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 Act, we give in the “Annexure A”, the statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extend 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 andbelief 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 far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books.
c) The balance sheet, the statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensive income) the Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books ofaccount.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specifiedunder Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors and taken on record by the Board ofDirectors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March, 2025 from being appointed as a director interms of section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company andthe operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B” to this report.
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 accordingto the explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financial position.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there wereany material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed inthe notes to the accounts,
I. No funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the company to or in any other person(s) orentity(ies), including foreign entities 'Intermediaries', with the understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, 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; and
II. No funds have been received by the company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreignentities 'Funding Parties', with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party 'Ultimate Beneficiaries'or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
III. Based on audit procedures carried out by us, that we have considered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) contain any material misstatement.
h) The dividend declared or paid during the year by the Company is in compliance with Section 123 of the Act.
i) Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used an accounting software formaintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the samehas operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during thecourse of our audit we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with.
For Mistry & Shah LLPChartered AccountantsF.R.N: - W100683
Malav ShahPartnerM.NO. 117101
UDIN: 25117101BMLWPY5701
Date: 26th May, 2025Place: Ahmedabad