We have audited the standalone financial statements of VMS INDUSTRIES LIMITED ("the Company"), which comprise the StandaloneBalance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (Including Other Comprehensive Income), the StandaloneStatement of Changes In Equity and the Standalone Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended and notes to the standalone financialstatements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "StandaloneFinancial Statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financial statements"except for non-provision for gratuity and other long term employee benefits as per Ind-As-19 "Employee Benefits" give the informationrequired by the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India including Indian Accounting Standards ('Ind AS') specified under Section 133 of the Act, of the stateof affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its profit and other comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for theyear ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilitiesunder those SAs are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of ourreport. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Indiatogether with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Actand the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code ofEthics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
We draw attention to the following matters in the Notes to the Financial Statements:
I. N ote No. 1(g) 2.2 regarding management contention that none of the employees of the company were eligible in respect of which the
company was required to make contribution as per the provisions relating to the Payment of Gratuity and accordingly no provision forgratuity was not required to be made.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financialstatements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as awhole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
The Key Audit Matter
How the matter was addressed in our audit
1. Litigations and Claims (Refer to Note No. 28 Relating to Contingent Liabilities)
The Company is/was subject to different Laws and Regulationswhich are subject to different implications and interpretationsthereof. In such regulatory environment, the Company is subjectto some legal and tax related claims which have been disclosedas contingent liabilities in the financial statements based on thefacts and circumstances of each case.
Taxation and litigations have been identified as a key audit matterdue to the status of legal proceedings, timescales involvedfor resolution and the potential financial impact of these onthe financial statements. Further, such tax litigations involvesignificant management judgment in assessing the exposure ofeach case and thus a risk that such cases may not be adequatelyprovided for or disclosed.
• N ained an understanding of the process of identification of claims,litigations and contingent liabilities and identified key controls inthe process.
• N btained the summary of Company's legal and tax cases andcritically assessed management's position through discussionswith the Legal Counsel, appropriate senior management andoperational management, on both the probability of success insignificant cases, and the magnitude of any potential loss.
• Nssessed management's estimate of the possible outcome ofthe litigations, the relevant disclosures made within the financialstatements to address whether they appropriately reflect the factsand circumstances of the respective tax and legal exposures andthe requirements of relevant accounting standards.
The Company's management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Annual Report, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained inthe audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with theIndian Accounting Standards (Ind AS), accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards specifiedunder Section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standard) Rules, 2015 as amended.
This responsibility also includes the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provision of the Act for safeguardingof the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting the frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial control, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, Management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company's abilityto continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company's Management and 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 whole are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a highlevel of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement whenit exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonablybe expected to influence 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 skepticism throughout the audit.We also:
• I dentify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design andperform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraudmay involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• 0 btain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Ovaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management and Board of Directors.
• Oonclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidenceobtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's abilityto continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion.Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence 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.
• Ovaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures, and whetherthe standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes itprobable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced.We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results ofour work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit andsignificant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significancein the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe thesematters in our auditors' report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rarecircumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. A s required by The Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 issued by The Central Government Of India in term of section 143 (11) ofThe Companies Act, 2013, we enclose in the Annexure-A hereto a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the saidorder, to the extent applicable to the company.
2. A s required by section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessaryfor the purposes of our audit;
b) I n our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examinationof those books;
c) Ahe Standalone Balance Sheet, Standalone the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, theStandalone Statement of Changes in Equity & the Standalone Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the books of account;
d) I n our opinion, aforesaid Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss including Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity & the Standalone Statement of Cash Flows except for effect of Ind-As-19"Employee Benefits" relating to Employee Gratuity [Refer to Emphasis Para of this report], comply with the Indian AccountingStandards prescribed under section 133 of the Act;
e) A n the basis of written representations received from the directors of the Company as on March 31, 2025, and taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025, from being appointed as a director in terms ofsub-section (2) of section 164 of Act;
f) W ith respect to the adequacy of internal financial control over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectivenessof such controls, refer to our separate report in Annexure-B to this report;
g) With respect to the other matters included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous:
i. T he Company had the following litigations pending as at the end of the financial year which may impact its financial positionon final disposal of the respective matters.
Sr.
No.
Name of The Party/Department
Brief Facts of the Case
Financial
Impact
1.
Commissioner of Income Tax, National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC),Income Tax Department for A.Y. 2014-15 Order U/s. 143(3) of Income TaxAct, 1961
Disputed Income TaxDemand for A.Y. 2014-15
8.28
2.
Commissioner of Income Tax, National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC),Income Tax Department for A.Y. 2019-20 Order U/s. 69C of Income Tax Act,1961
Disputed Income TaxDemand for A.Y. 2019-20
99.48
3.
Commissioner of Income Tax, National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC),Income Tax Department for A.Y. 2014-15 Order U/s. 147 of Income Tax Act,1961
12.25
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivatives contracts for which there were any materialforeseeable losses.
iii. As at 31st March, 2025 there were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
iv. A anagement Representation:
a. A he Management of the Company has represented to us that to the best of it's knowledge and belief, no funds (whichare material either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
b. Ahe management of the Company has represented, that, to the best of it's knowledge and belief no funds (which arematerial either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the company from any person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities ("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 entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
c. A ased on audit procedures which we considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come toour notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e) Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended) and provided in clauses (a) and (b) above contain any material mis¬statement.
v. The amount of dividend declared and paid during the current financial year:
a. Ahe final dividend proposed, declared and paid by the company during the current financial year is in accordance withthe provisions of section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
b. The company has not declared or paid any interim dividend during the current financial year.
c. The Board of Directors of the Company have not proposed any final dividend for the current financial year.
vi. Aased on our examination of books of account which included test checks, the company has used an accounting softwarefor maintaining its book of account for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 which has a feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility and the same has been operational for the financial year 2024-25 for all relevant transactions recorded inthe software. Further based on test check basis of transactions during the course of our audit, we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tampered with.
Further during the course of our audit which included test check of transactions for verifying whether audit trail has beenpreserved, we are of the opinion that the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirementsfor record retention.
3. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditors' Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directorsduring the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid to any director is not inexcess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details underSection 197(16) of the Act which are required to be commented upon by us.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OFS N SHAH & ASSOCIATES,
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS,FIRM REG. NO. 109782W
PARTNER
PLACE: AHMEDABAD M. No. 126770
DATED: 22ND MAY, 2025 UDIN: 25126770BMITGG7341