We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of APOLLO SINDOORI HOTELS LIMITED (the“Company”), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Standalone Statement ofProfit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive income), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and theStandalone Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, including a summary of the significant accountingpolicies and other explanatory information. (hereinafter referred to as “Standalone Financial Statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidStandalone Financial Statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“Act”) in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed underSection 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“IndAS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March31,2025, its profit (including other comprehensive income), the changes in equity, and its cash flows for the yearended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10)of the Act. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the “Auditor’s Responsibilities forthe Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements” section of our report. We are independent of the Company inaccordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) together withthe ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisionsof the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit ofthe standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our auditof the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide aseparate opinion on these matters.
We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Response to Key Audit Matter
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Revenue Recognition:
The Company has multiple revenuestreams such as food and beverage,management services, hospitality andother incomes. Considering the nature ofoperations and the inherent risks involvedwe have determined revenue recognitionto be a key audit matter.
Principal Audit Procedures:
Our audit procedures included:
- Evaluation of key internal controls governing revenuerecognition
- Test of details including testing the revenue recognisedwith contractual terms, co-relating the billing data as perthe front-end software with the books of accounts
- Analytical procedures including trend analysis.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Company’s Annual Report, but does not include the Standalone FinancialStatements and our Auditors’ report thereon. The other information is expected to be made available to us afterthe date of this Auditors’ report.
Our opinion on the Standalone 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 Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other informationis materially inconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, orotherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other 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 respectto the preparation of these Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance (including Other Comprehensive Income), changes in equity and cash flows of the Companyin accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the accounting standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Act for the safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation, andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern andusing the going concern basis of accounting unless Board of Directors 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 Standalone Financial Statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error and to issue an auditor’s report that includesour opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conductedin accordance with 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 SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Standalone Financial Statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidencethat is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting 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.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible forexpressing our opinion on whether the Company has an adequate internal financial controls system in placeand the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions thatmay cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosuresin the Standalone Financial Statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, futureevents or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure, and content of the Standalone Financial Statements, includingthe disclosures, and whether the Standalone Financial Statements represents the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the StandaloneFinancial Statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planningthe scope of our audit work and evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identifiedmisstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that weidentify during our 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.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were ofmost significance in the audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period and are therefore thekey audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes publicdisclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in “Annexure-A” a statement on the mattersspecified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the said Order, to the extent 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 knowledgeand 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 far as itappears from our examination of those books;
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), theStatement of Changes in Equity, and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account;
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the Directors as on March 31,2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the Directors is disqualified as on March 31,2025 from beingappointed as a Director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act. There is no qualification, reservation, oradverse remark relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith;
f. With respect to adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to Standalone FinancialStatements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, we give our report in“Annexure-B”. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectivenessof the Company’s internal financial controls over financial reporting with reference to Standalone FinancialStatements;
g. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with the requirementsof section 197 (16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisionsof section 197 of the Act;
h. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors’ 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 given to us:
i. The impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its Standalone Financial Statementshas been disclosed in Note No. 38
ii. The Company is not required to recognize any provision as at March 31,2025 under the applicableLaw or Accounting Standards, as it does not have any material foreseeable losses on long termcontracts. The Company does not have any derivative contracts
iii. There has been no delay noted in transferring unpaid dividend amount, required to be transferred,to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company;
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed
in the notes to accounts, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate)have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premiumor any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person or entity,including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest inother 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;
(b) 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 the Companyfrom any person or entity, including foreign entity (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly,lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, 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 dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year is in compliance with theprovisions of Companies Act, 2013 to the extent applicable.
vi. Based on our examination which includes test checks, the company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log)facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded inthe software. Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of audittrail feature being tampered with. The audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per thestatutory requirements for record retention.
Chartered AccountantsFRN: 000580S/S200066
PartnerM. No 244016
UDIN: 25244016BMHPEW1654
Place : ChennaiDate : May 15, 2025