We have audited the standalone financial statementsof Computer Age Management Services Limited (“theCompany”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss, including thestatement of Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash FlowStatement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the yearthen ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements,including a summary of material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013, as amended (“the Act”) in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2025, its profitincluding other 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 (SAs), asspecified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilitiesunder those Standards are further described in the 'Auditor'sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements' section of our report. We are independent of
the Company in accordance with the 'Code of Ethics' issuedby the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India togetherwith the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit ofthe financial statements under the provisions of the Act andthe Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements andthe Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence wehave obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements for the financial year endedMarch 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in the contextof our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole,and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide aseparate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, ourdescription of how our audit addressed the matter is providedin that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be thekey audit matters to be communicated in our report. Wehave fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor'sresponsibilities for the audit of the standalone financialstatements section of our report, including in relation to thesematters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance ofprocedures designed to respond to our assessment of therisks of material misstatement of the standalone financialstatements. The results of our audit procedures, includingthe procedures performed to address the matters below,provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanyingstandalone financial statements.
Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Revenue from contract with customers (refer notes 3(a), 19 and 32 of the standalone financial statements)
Revenue recognised by the Company as servicing fee on a
Our audit procedures included the following:
standalone basis was INR 1,33,390.02 lakhs for the year endedMarch 31, 2025. As disclosed in note 32 of the standalonefinancial statement, servicing fee revenue involves revenuestreams from data processing, customer care, recoverableand miscellaneous services. Revenue is a key performance
• We evaluated the Company's accounting policiespertaining to revenue recognition and assessedcompliance with the policies in terms of Ind AS 115 -Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
measure for the Company. Revenue is recognised as per
• We have obtained an understanding of the process,
the terms of the contract with the respective customers and
performed walkthrough and evaluated and tested the
when it meets the recognition criteria as per Indian Accounting
design and operating effectiveness of management's key
Standards (Ind AS) 115 on “Revenue from contracts withcustomers”.
controls over revenue recognition.
There are multiple contracts and performance obligations as
• We tested sample revenue contracts using statistical
per of the terms of agreements with customers resulting in
sampling approach for management analysis of
voluminous transactions. Management exercises judgment to
compliance with Ind AS 115 with focus on determination
determine the measurement and timing of revenue recognition
of progress of completion based on contractual terms
including evaluation of whether the Company is acting as a
agreed with the customers.
principal or an agent. Revenue may also be recorded in anincorrect period or on a basis which is inconsistent with thecontractual terms agreed with the customers. Further, there
• Tested on a sample basis using statistical samplingmethod, specific revenue transactions including creditnotes recorded before and after the financial year end
exists a risk on revenue not being recognized in proportion tothe service performed in relation to data processing, customercare, and miscellaneous revenue considering the factors
date to check revenue recognition in the correct financialperiod;
mentioned above.
• We performed analytical procedures of disaggregateddata of revenue transactions during the audit period to
Considering the above, revenue recognition is considered asa key audit matter.
identify any unusual trends.
• Assessed the reasonableness of assumptions, judgementand estimates considered for recognition of revenue.
• We assessed that the contractual positions and revenuefor the year were presented and disclosed in thestandalone financial statements with accordance withInd AS and Schedule III of Companies Act.
Impairment of investment in subsidiaries and joint venture (refer notes 3(c), 3(f) and 5 of the standalone financialstatements)
The carrying amount of investments in subsidiaries and a jointventure as at March 31, 2025 amounts to ' 30,899.11 lakhs
(net of allowance for impairment). The said investments arecarried at cost less allowance for impairment.
• We read the Company's accounting policy for impairmentof investments in Subsidiaries and Joint venture andassessed compliance with Ind AS 36 - Impairment of
These investments are held in 6 direct subsidiaries (which
Assets;
includes 2 step subsidiaries) and 1 joint venture. These
• We performed walkthroughs of the Company's impairment
investments are tested for impairment on an annual basis.
testing process and tested the design and operatingeffectiveness of internal controls over the impairment
The inputs to assessment of impairment which require exerciseof significant judgement include the following:
assessment process;
• Assessed the Company's determination of CGUs based
• Projected future cash inflows;
on our understanding of the nature of the Company andtheir operations, and assessed whether this is compliant
• Expected growth rate, discount rate, terminal growth rate
with Ind AS 36 - Impairment of assets;
and gross margin percentage;
• We assessed the actual performance in the year againstthe budgets to evaluate historical forecasting accuracy
Accordingly, we identified the assessment of impairment as akey audit matter.
and understood the reasons for significant variances;
• We evaluated the future cash flow forecasts, and theprocess by which they were drawn up, including testingthe underlying inputs, assumptions and calculationsand comparing them to budgets approved by themanagement;
• We challenged the key assumptions such as revenuegrowth rates, gross margin percentage, capitalexpenditure, working capital requirements in the forecastsby comparing them to historical results;
• We evaluated the Company's valuation methodologyapplied in determining the recoverable amount. In makingthis assessment, we also assessed the objectivity andindependence of Company's specialists involved in theprocess.;
• Involved internal experts to test the valuation model andcomputations including forward looking micro and macro¬economic factors that affect the recoverable amount;
• Assessed the recoverable value headroom by performingsensitivity analysis of key assumptions used;
• Tested the arithmetical accuracy of the computation ofrecoverable amounts of investments;
• Assessed the adequacy of the disclosures in theStandalone Financial Statements;
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Chairman's Message, Director's Reportincluding annexures, Management and Discussion Analysis,Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, CorporateGovernance Report but does not include the standalonefinancial statements and our auditor's report thereon. Thesereports are expected to be made available to us after the dateof this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether such other information ismaterially inconsistent with the financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect tothe preparation of these standalone financial statements thatgive a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, cashflows and changes in equity of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally accepted in India,
including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specifiedunder section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and the design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone financial statements that givea true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, managementis responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters relatedto going concern and using the going concern basis ofaccounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
Those Charged with Governance are also responsible foroverseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether 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 includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalonefinancial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• I dentify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the standalone financial statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidencethat is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant tothe 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 expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls with reference to standalone financialstatements in place and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's useof the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions thatmay cast significant doubt on the Company's abilityto continue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required to drawattention in our auditor's report to the related disclosuresin the financial statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions arebased on the audit evidence obtained up to the date ofour auditor's report. However, future events or conditionsmay cause the Company to cease to continue as agoing concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financial
statements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statementsfor the financial year ended March 31,2025 and are thereforethe key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor'sreport unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances,we determine that a matter should not be communicated inour report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interestbenefits 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 ofthe Act, we give in the “Annexure 1” a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report to theextent applicable, that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of our knowledgeand belief were necessary for the purposes ofour audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far asit appears from our examination of those books,except that as stated in note 37(i) to the standalonefinancial statements, on account of migrationfrom legacy systems, (a) the back-up of books ofaccount and other books and papers maintained inelectronic mode was not kept in servers physicallylocated in India on a daily basis for a limited period
till April 24, 2024 and (b) the matters stated in theparagraph 2(i)(vi) below on reporting under Rule
11(g);
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding the Statement of Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Cash Flow Statement and Statementof Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read withCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015, as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2025 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on March 31,2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section164 (2) of the Act;
(f) The modification relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewith areas stated in the paragraph (b) above on reportingunder Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph (i)(vi) belowon reporting under Rule 11(g);
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financialstatements and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure2” to this report;
(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for theyear ended March 31,2025 has been paid / providedby the Company to its directors in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 read with Schedule Vto the Act; and
(i) 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 - Refer note36 to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company has made provision, as requiredunder the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses,if any, on long-term contracts includingderivative contracts - Refer Note 36 to thestandalone financial statements;
iii. There were no amounts which were requiredto be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company;
iv. a) The management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief, asdisclosed in the note 43 to the standalonefinancial statements, no funds havebeen advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the Company to or in anyother person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries”), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever byor on behalf of the Company (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
b) The management has represented that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, asdisclosed in the note 43 to the standalonefinancial statements, no funds havebeen received by the Company fromany person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (“Funding Parties”), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party(“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit proceduresperformed that have been consideredreasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has cometo our notice that has caused us to
believe that the representations undersub-clause (a) and (b) contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. The final dividend paid by the Company duringthe year in respect of the same declaredfor the previous year is in accordance withsection 123 of the Act to the extent it appliesto payment of dividend.
The interim dividend declared and paid by theCompany during the year and until the date ofthis audit report is in accordance with section123 of the Act.
As stated in note 44 to the standalonefinancial statements, the Board of Directorsof the Company have proposed final dividendfor the year which is subject to the approvalof the members at the ensuing AnnualGeneral Meeting. The dividend declared is inaccordance with section 123 of the Act to theextent it applies to declaration of dividend.
vi. Based on our examination which included testchecks, the Company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of accountwhich has a feature of recording audit trail (edit
log) facility and the same has operated for allrelevant transactions recorded in the softwareduring the period April 7, 2024 to March 31,2025 at application level and April 25, 2024 toMarch 31,2025 at database level, as describedin note 37(ii) to the standalone financialstatement. Further, during the course of ouraudit we did not come across any instanceof audit trail feature being tampered with, inrespect of accounting software(s) where theaudit trail has been enabled. Additionally, theaudit trail of relevant prior years and currentyear have been preserved by the companyas per the statutory requirements for recordretention, to the extent and period it wasenabled and recorded in those respectiveyears, as stated in note 37(ii) to the standalonefinancial statements.
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Place of Signature: Mumbai Membership Number: 210934Date: May 05, 2025 UDIN: 25210934BMLCFZ9151