We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of BODAL CHEMICALS LIMITED ("the Company"),which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 st March 2025, and theStatement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement ofChanges in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary ofsignificant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act,2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standardsprescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS")and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, ofthe state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March 2025, andits profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and thechanges in equity for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statementsin accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified undersection 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibility forthe Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of ourreport. We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountantsof India (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements underthe provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe thatthe audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financialstatements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgement, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements of the current period. We havedetermined that there are no key audit matters to communicatein our report.
We draw attention to Note 50 of the standalone financialstatements, which describes the loss due to a fire incident thatoccurred at the Company's manufacturing unit during the year.
The Company has recognised the loss in the financial statementsand has also disclosed the related insurance claim under process.Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
• The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Board's Report includingAnnexures to Board's Report, Corporate GovernanceReport and Management Discussion & Analysis, but doesnot include consolidated financial statements, standalonefinancial statements, and our auditor's reports thereon.These reports are expected to be made available to us afterthe date of this auditor's report.
• Our opinion on the standalone financial statements doesnot cover the other information and we will not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the otherinformation is materially inconsistent with the standalonefinancial statements or our knowledge obtained during thecourse of our audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
• When we read the other information identified above, if weconclude that there is a material misstatement therein, weare required to communicate the matter to those chargedwith governance as required under SA 720 'The Auditor'sresponsibilities Relating to Other Information.'
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the mattersstated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparationof these standalone financial statements that give a true and fairview of the financial position, financial performance includingother comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity ofthe Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India. This responsibility alsoincludes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding theassets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraudsand other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates thatare reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone financial statement that givea true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management isresponsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as agoing concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee thatan audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arisefrom fraud or error and are considered material if, individually orin the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influencethe economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exe rcise professionaljudgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout theaudit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe standalone financial statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsiveto those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Therisk of not detecting a material misstatement resultingfrom fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controlrelevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequateinternal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue asa going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the standalone financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's
report. However, future events or conditions may cause theCompany to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financialstatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalonefinancial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makesit probable that the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the standalone financial statementsmay be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality andqualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate theeffect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financialstatements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding,among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statementsof the current period and are therefore 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, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit,we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations 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 bylaw have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit andLoss including Other Comprehensive Income, theStatement of Cash Flows and Statement of Changesin Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on 31st March, 2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directorsis disqualified as on 31st March, 2025 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) ofthe Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols over financial reporting of the Company andthe operating effectiveness of such controls, referto our separate Report in "Annexure A". Our reportexpresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacyand operating effectiveness of the Company's internalfinancial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with the requirementsof section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinionand to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us, the remuneration paidby the Company to its directors during the year is inaccordance with the provisions of section 197 of theAct.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014,as amended in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations givento us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts,required to be transferred, to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that,to the best of it's knowledge and belief,other than as disclosed in the notes to theaccounts, no funds have been advanced orloaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any other sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to or inany other person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities ("Intermediaries"), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, directly or indirectly lend or investin other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented, that, tothe best of it's knowledge and belief, nofunds have been received by the Companyfrom any person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities ("Funding Parties"), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Companyshall, directly or indirectly, lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures that has beenconsidered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to ournotice 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 final dividend proposed in the previous year,declared and paid by the Company during theyear is in accordance with section 123 of the Act,as applicable.
As stated in note 18.2 to the financial statements,the Board of Directors of the Company haveproposed final dividend for the year which issubject to the approval of the members at theensuing Annual General Meeting. The amount ofdividend proposed is in accordance with section123 of the Act, as applicable.
vi. Based on our examination which included testchecks, the company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of accountwhich has a feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software except that
• no audit trail enabled at the database levelfor accounting software (Except Unit XII)and
• no audit trail enabled in respect of payrollsoftware
Further, during the course of our audit we did notcome across any instance of audit trail featurebeing tampered with and the audit trail has beenpreserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure B"a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4of the Order.
For Naresh J Patel & Co.
Chartered AccountantsFirm Registration No.: 123227W
Chintan N Patel
Partner
Membership No.: 110741 Place: Ahmedabad
UDIN No.: 25110741BM LCSR2892 Date: May 27, 2025