We have audited the standalone financial statements of Matrimony.com Limited (the “Company”) which comprise the standalonebalance sheet as at 31 March 2025, and the standalone statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensive income),standalone statement of changes in equity and standalone statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to thestandalone financial statements, including material accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fairview in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31March 2025, and its profit and other comprehensive loss, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of the Act.Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements 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 together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of thestandalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matter
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Existence and Accuracy of Revenue
See Note 2.2(h) and 21 to the standalone financial statements
The key audit matter
How the matter was addressed in our audit
The Company generates revenue primarily frommatchmaking services and receives upfront considerationfrom its customers.
In view of the significance of the matter we applied the followingaudit procedures in this area, among others to obtain sufficientappropriate audit evidence:
Such revenues are generated through online servicesand revenue from such services is recognized over theperiod of the contract as and when the Company satisfiesperformance obligations by rendering the promised servicesto its customers.
We have identified the computation and recognition ofrevenue as a key audit matter in our audit of the financialstatements for the year ended 31 March 2025, consideringthe volume of transactions in the matchmaking business.
• We performed a walkthrough to gain an understanding of therevenue process to develop an appropriate audit strategy.
• We assessed the appropriateness of the revenue recognitionaccounting policy and its compliance with applicableaccounting standards.
• We evaluated the design and implementation of key internalfinancial controls and operating effectiveness of the relevantkey controls with respect to existence and accuracy ofrevenue recognition.
• We selected a sample of transactions using statistical samplingand performed tests of details and assessed whether thecriteria for revenue recognition are met.
• Tested the completeness and accuracy of the data extractedfrom the system and reperformed the calculations to verifythe appropriateness of revenue recognized.
• We assessed the adequacy of disclosures made by themanagement in the standalone financial statements.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon
The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Company’s annual report, but does not include the financial statements and auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion 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 ourknowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, weconclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothingto report in this regard.
Managements and Board of Directors‘ Responsibilities for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act withrespect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs, profit/loss and other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of theAct. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Actfor safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication 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 for ensuring the accuracyand completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statementsthat 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 Management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, orhas no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities 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 free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detecta material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughoutthe audit We also:
• I dentify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the overrideof internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriatein the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by the Management and Board of Directors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management and Board of Directors use of the going concern basis of accountingin preparation of standalone financial statements and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a goingconcern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to therelated disclosures in 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, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant 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 requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought tobear on our independence, 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 describethese matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremelyrare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequencesof doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
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 interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the “Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2 A. 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 and beliefwere 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 except for the matters stated in the paragraph 2B(f) below on reportingunder Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
c. The standalone balance sheet, the standalone statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensiveincome), the standalone statement of changes in equity and the standalone statement of cash flows dealt withby this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133of the Act.
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors on 31 March 2025, 01 April 2025 and14 April 2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f. The modification relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are as statedin the paragraph 2A(b) above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b) of the Act and paragraph 2B(f) below onreporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.
B. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies
(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations
given to us:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2025 on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements - Refer Note 36(c) to the standalone financial statements.
b. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
c. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fundby the Company.
d. (i) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note
45(ii) to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (eitherfrom borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to orin any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(ii) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note 45(iii)to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s)or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Company shall directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Parties (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(iii) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i)and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (i) and (ii) above, contain any material misstatement.
e. The final dividend paid by the Company during the year, in respect of the same declared for the previousyear, is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to payment of dividend.The interim dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year and until the date of this audit report isin accordance with Section 123 of the Act.
As stated in Note 16 to the standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Company haveproposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing AnnualGeneral Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies todeclaration of dividend.
f. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company uses one core accounting software andmultiple ancilliary accounting software for maintaining its books of account. These accounting software havea feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has been operating throughout the year forall relevant transactions recorded in the software, except for an ancilliary accounting software that maintainscustomer subscription data, wherein the feature of recording the audit trail has been enabled from May 2, 2024.
Further, where audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled and operated throughout the year, we did not come acrossany instance of audit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, except where audit trail (edit log) facilitywas not enabled in the previous year, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
C. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor’s 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 Companyto its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remunerationpaid to any director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministry of CorporateAffairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) of the Act which are required to be commented uponby us.
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Date: 16 May 2025