The Directors’ present their 33rd Report on the business and operations of your Company for the year 2024-25.
1) FINANCIAL RESULTS AND OPERATIONAL REVIEW:
Particulars
Year Ended
31.03.2025
31.03.2024
Gross Income
276.09
176.62
Less Depreciation
3.08
0.02
Profit/(Loss) before Tax
8.19
164.44
Taxes/Deferred Taxes
0.87
42.64
Profit/(Loss) After Taxes
7.32
121.80
P& L Balance b/f
11
(110.843)
Profit/ (Loss) carried to Balance Sheet
14.93
11.00
2) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY’S WORKING DURING THE YEAR/STATE OFCOMPANY’S AFFAIR:
During the year under review, the Company has generated profit of Rs.7.32 lacs as compared to profit ofRs.121.80 lacs of previous year. The directors of the Company assure you to efforts are being made toimprove the performance of the Company.
3) CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS:
During the reporting period there was no change in the nature of business activities, since Company has insame chemical segment.
4) DIVIDEND:
The Board of Director of the company has recommended final dividend of 0.5% Rs.0.05 per equity share ofRs.10/- each face value for the financial year 2024-25, subject to the approval of shareholders in the ensuing33rd Annual General Meeting.
5) TRANSFER OF UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTIONFUND:
The company does not have any amount which required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund (IEPF).
6) TRANSFER TO RESERVES:
The Board of Directors of the company has carried Profit of Rs.7.32/- lacs to Reserve & surplus.
7) CHANGES IN SHARE CAPITAL:
The paid-up Equity Share Capital of the Company as on March 31, 2025 is Rs. 3,35,00,000/-
During the year under review, the Company has not issued any shares with differential voting rights.
During the year under review, the Company has not issued any sweat equity shares.
The Company has no scheme of provision of money for purchase of its own shares by employees or bytrustees for the benefit of employees. Hence the details under rule 16 (4) of Companies (Share Capital andDebentures) Rules, 2014 are not required to be disclosed.
The Company has not borrowed loan from any Bank or Financial institution during the year under review.
The Company does not have any shares in the demat suspense account or unclaimed suspense account.Hence, Disclosures with respect to demat suspense account/ unclaimed suspense account are not required tomention here.
The Company does not have Subsidiaries, Associate and Joint Venture Companies. Hence, details for thesame are not required to mention here.
Mr. Raghvendra Kulkarni (06970323), Director retires by rotation at the forthcoming Annual GeneralMeeting and being eligible, offer himself for reappointment.
a) Key Managerial Personnel:
The following are the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company.
Mr. Raghvendra Kulkarni
Managing Director & CFO
Mrs. Hiral Baldaniya
Company
officer*
Secretary
&
Compliance
Mr. Maheshkumar Amritlal Patel
officer#
*Resigned on 24th April, 2025#Appointed on 21st January, 2025
b) Director:
Ms. Sonal Gandhi
Non-Executive Independent Director
Mr. Divyakantbhai Gandhi
Mr. Vipulbhai Jana
During the year the Company has accepted resignation of Mrs. Hiral Baldaniya from the post ofCompany Secretary of the Company w.e.f. 24th April, 2025 and appointed Mr. MaheshkumarAmritlal Patel as Company Secretary of the Company w.e.f. 21st January, 2025, there were no otherchanges has been occurred during the year under review.
The meetings of the Board of Directors are held at periodical intervals and are generally at the registeredoffice of the Company, Ahmedabad. The meeting dates are decided well in advance and the agenda andnotes on agenda are circulated in advance to the directors. All material information is incorporated in thenotes on agenda for facilitating meaningful and focused discussion at the meeting. Where it is not perusableto attach supporting or relevant documents to the agendas, the same is tabled before the meeting. In case ofbusiness exigencies or urgency of matters, resolutions are passed by circulation. Senior Managementpersons are often invited to attend the Board Meetings and provide clarifications as and when required.
During the year 2024-25, 07 (Seven) Board Meetings were convened and duly held on:
27/05/2024
12/08/2024
05/09/2024
13/11/2024
21/01/2025
11/02/2025
29/03/2025
The Board of Directors of the Company were present at the following Board Meeting held during the yearunder review:
Name of Director
Board MeetingHeld
Meetings
attended
Attendance atlast AGM
7
Yes
Mr. Divyakant Gandhi
A separate Meeting of Independent Directors of the company was held on 26/03/2025.
As required under Regulation 36(3) of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, particulars of Directorsseeking appointment/ re-appointment at the ensuing Annual General Meeting are annexed to this noticeconvening Thirty-One Annual General Meeting.
All Independent Directors have given declarations that they meet the criteria of Independence as laid downunder Section 149 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 25 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations andDisclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The terms and conditions of the Independent Directors areincorporated on the website of the Company www.nirbhaycolours.com
15) STATEMENT INDICATING THE MANNER IN WHICH FORMAL ANNUAL EVALUATIONHAS BEEN MADE BY THE BOARD OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE AND THAT OF ITSCOMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS:
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirement), Regulations, 2015, the Board has carried out an annual performance evaluation of its ownperformance, the directors individually as well as the evaluation of the working of its Audit, Nominationand Remuneration Committees.
During the year, the Board adopted a formal mechanism for evaluating its performance and as well as thatof its committees and individual Directors, including the Chairman of the Board. The exercise was carriedout through a structured evaluation process covering various aspects of the Boards functioning such ascomposition of the Board & committees, experience & competencies, performance of specific duties &obligations, governance issues etc. Separate exercise was carried out to evaluate the performance ofindividual Directors including the Board Chairman who were evaluated on parameters such as attendance,contribution at the meetings and otherwise, independent judgment, safeguarding of minority shareholdersinterest etc.
The evaluation of the Independent Directors was carried out by the entire Board and that of the Chairmanand the Non-Independent Directors were carried out by the Independent Directors. The Directors weresatisfied with the evaluation results, which reflected the overall engagement of the Board and itsCommittees with the Company.
16) PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES & EMPLOYEE REMUNERATION:
The table containing the names and other particulars of employees in accordance with the provisions ofSection 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment andRemuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is provided as “Annexure- A” to the Board’s report.
None of the employees of the Company drew remuneration of Rs.1,02,00,000/- or more per annum andRs.8,50,000/- or more per month during the year. No employee was in receipt of remuneration during theyear or part thereof which, in the aggregate, at a rate which is in excess of the remuneration drawn by themanaging director or whole-time director or manager and holds by himself or along with his spouse anddependent children, not less than two percent of the equity shares of the company. Hence, no information isrequired to be furnished as required under Rule, 5(2) and 5(3) of The Companies (Appointment andRemuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
17) CHANGE OF NAME:
During the year under review, the company has not changed its name.
18) STATUTORY AUDITORS:
In the Annual General meeting held in the year 2020, Company has appointed M/s A L Thakkar & Co(FRN: 120116W), Chartered Accountants, Ahmedabad as statutory Auditor of the Company to fill casualvacancy caused due to resignation of M/s H. A. Jain & Associates (FRN: 145473W), CharteredAccountants, from the conclusion of the AGM held in the year 2020 until the conclusion of the AnnualGeneral Meeting which will be held in the year 2025.
The Board of Directors, based on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, has proposed thereappointment of M/s. A L Thakkar & Co., Chartered Accountants (FRN: 120116W), as Statutory Auditorsof the Company for a second term of five consecutive years, from the conclusion of the 33rd Annual GeneralMeeting till the conclusion of the 38th Annual General Meeting to be held in the year 2030.
The Cost audit of the Company has not been conducted for the financial year 2024-25 as provisions ofSection 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 are not applicable on the Company.
Further, the Board of Directors in its board meeting held on 29th March, 2025 has appointed Mrs. RupalPatel, Practicing Company Secretary, Ahmedabad as Secretarial Auditors of the Company for period of fiveyears commencing from financial year 2025-26. Further, the Company has received consent letter regardingsuch appointment in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Act and Rules framed thereunder.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and The Companies (Appointmentand Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company has appointed CS Rupal Patel, PCS,Ahmedabad, to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company. The Secretarial Audit Report is annexedherewith as “Annexure -B”.
• Although Company has not published notice of meeting of the board of directors where financial resultsshall be discussed and declared, the same has been uploaded on the website of the company.
There were no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by Auditors in their respective reports.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company comprises 3 (three) Members. as well asthose in section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and include the reviewing of quarterly, half-yearly andannual financial statements before submission to the Board, ensure compliance of internal control systemsand internal audit, timely payment of statutory dues and other matters.
During the year under review, 4 meetings of the committee were held 27/05/2024, 12/08/2024, 13/11/2024and 11/02/2025. The composition of committee and attendance at its meetings is given below:
Sr.
No.
Name
Position
Category
Number ofmeetingAttend
1
Chairman
Non-Executive -Independent Director
4
2
Mr. Vipul Jana
Member
3
Non-Executive-Independent Director
The Board accepted the recommendations of the Audit Committee whenever made by the Committee duringthe year.
The Company has a vigil mechanism named Whistle Blower Policy to deal with instances of fraud andmismanagement, if any. The company has adopted a Whistle Blower Policy, which affords protection andconfidentially to Whistle blowers. The Audit Committee Chairman is authorized to receive ProtectedDisclosures under this Policy. The Audit Committee is also authorized to supervise the conduct ofinvestigations of any disclosures made whistle blowers in accordance with policy.
No personnel have been denied access to the Audit Committee. As of March 31, 2025, no ProtectedDisclosures have been received under this policy.
The Board of Directors of the company have constituted a Nomination & Remuneration Committee ofDirectors mainly for the purposes of recommending the Company’s policy on Remuneration Package forthe Managing/Executive Directors, reviewing the structure, design and implementation of remunerationpolicy in respect of key management personnel.
The Nomination & Remuneration Committee consisted of 3 members. During the year under review, 01(one) meetings of the committee were held on 21/01/2025. The name of members, Chairman and theirattendance at the Remuneration Committee Meeting are as under Committee of Board:
The Stakeholders Relationship Committee consisted of 3 members. During the year under review, 4meetings of the committee were held 19/04/2024, 16/07/2024, 17/10/2024 and 23/01/2025. The name ofmembers, Chairman and their attendance at the Stakeholders Relationship Committee are as underCommittee of Board:
The status of shareholders’ complaints received so far/number not solved to the satisfaction ofshareholders/number of pending share transfer transactions (as on March 31, 2025 is given below): -
Complaints Status: 01.04.2024 to 31.03.2025
Number of complaints received so far
0
Number of complaints solved
Number of pending complaints
Mr. Maheshkumar Amritlal Patel, is Compliance Officer of the company for the purpose of complying withvarious provisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Listing Agreement with StockExchanges, Registrar of Companies and for monitoring the share transfer process etc.
a) Share Transfer System:
All the transfers are received and processed by share Transfer agents and are approved by sharetransfer committee. Share Transfer requests received in physical form are registered within 30 daysand demat requests are confirmed within 15 days.
b) Dematerialization of shares and liquidity:
Details of Registrar and Share Transfer agent of the Company for dematerialization of shares:
Name : MCS Share Transfer Agent Limited
Address : 201, Shatdal Complex, 2nd Floor
Ashram Road, Ahmedabad-380009Tel : 079-26582878
Fax : 079-25681296
Email : mcsstaahmd@gmail .com
Risk management is embedded in your company’s operating framework. Your company believes thatmanaging risk helps in maximizing returns. The company’s approach to addressing business risk iscomprehensive and includes periodic review of such risks and a framework for mitigating controls andreporting mechanism of such risks. The risk management framework is reviewed periodically by the Boardand the Audit Committee. Some of the risks that the company is exposed to are:
The Company is exposed to the risk of price fluctuation of raw material as well as finished goods. Thecompany proactively manages these risks through forward booking, Inventory management and proactivevendor development practices. The Company’s reputation for quality, product differentiation and service,coupled with existence of powerful brand image with robust marketing network mitigation the impact theimpact of price risk on finished goods.
The company is exposed to risks attached to various statues and regulations including the company Act. Thecompany is mitigating these risks through regular review of legal compliances carried out through internalas well as external compliance audits.
Retaining the existing talent pool and attracting new talent are major risks. The company has initialedvarious measures including rolling out strategic talent management system, training and integration oflearning and development activities.
Strategic Risks
Emerging businesses, capital expenditure for capacity expansion, etc., are normal strategic risk faced by thecompany. However, the company has well-defined processes and procedures for obtaining approvals forinvestments in new business and capacity expansion etc.
27) EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN:
Pursuant to Sub-section 3(a) of Section 134 and Sub-section (3) of Section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013read with Rule 12 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the copy of the draftAnnual Return of the Company for the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2025 in Form MGT-7 isuploaded on website of the Company and can be accessed at www.nirbhaycolours.com
28) MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS, IF ANY, AFFECTING THE FINANCIALPOSITION OF THE COMPANY WHICH HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN THE END OF THEFINANCIAL YEAR OF THE COMPANY TO WHICH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTSRELATE AND THE DATE OF THE REPORT:
There are no any Material changes occurred subsequent to the close of the financial year of the Company towhich the balance sheet relates and the date of the report.
29) DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS ORCOURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY’SOPERATIONS IN FUTURE:
There is no significant and material order passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the goingconcern status and company’s operations in future during the year under review.
30) PROCEEDINGS UNDER INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016:
During the year under review, there were no proceedings that were filed by the Company or against theCompany, which are pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 as amended, before NationalCompany Law Tribunal or other Courts.
31) DETAILS OF ONE TIME SETTLEMENT AND VALUATION THEREOF
During the year under review, there were no instances of onetime settlement with any Banks or FinancialInstitutions and hence no difference between amount of the valuation done at the time of one-timesettlement and the valuation done while taking loan from the Banks or Financial Institutions.
32) DETAILS IN RESPECT OF ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS WITHREFERENCE TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
The Company has adequate and proper internal financial controls with reference to the Financial Statementsduring the year under review.
33) DEPOSITS:
Your Company has not accepted / renewed any deposits from the public/share holders during the year underreview.
34) PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS UNDER SECTION 186:
The Company has not made interest free Loans to other body Corporate within the limits prescribed undersection 186 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Company has not made other Guarantees and Investmentscovered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 during the review of the company.
35) PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES:
All transactions entered into by the Company with its related parties during the year were in ordinary courseof business and on arm’s length basis and in compliance of the provisions of Section 177 read with Section188 of the Act as mentioned in Note no. 39 of the Audited Financial Statement for the period ended onMarch 31, 2025.
During the financial year 2024-25, the Company had not entered into any arrangement/transaction withrelated parties which could be considered material as stipulated under the provisions Section 188(1) of theAct read with relevant rules made thereunder and accordingly, no information is required to be given in theprescribed form AOC-2.
Further, the details of the related party transactions as per IND-AS 24 are set out in Notes to the StandaloneFinancial Statements of the Company.
36) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
As per SEBI circular no: CFD/POLICYCELL/7/2014 dated 15th September, 2014, (Regulation 27(2) ofSEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 shall not be mandatory to thefollowing class of companies:
Companies having paid up equity share capital not exceeding Rs.10 crore and Net Worth not exceedingRs.25 crore, as on the last day of the previous financial year;
Provided that where the provisions of (Regulation 27(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015 becomes applicable to a company at a later date, such company shallcomply with the requirements of (Regulation 27(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015 within six months from the date on which the provisions becameapplicable to the company.
Accordingly, it may be noted that the paid-up share capital of the Company is below Rs. 10 crore and NetWorth of the Company has not exceeded Rs.25 crore, as on 31st March, 2025 and hence CorporateGovernance is not applicable to the Company.
37) MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:
The Management Discussion and Analysis forms part of this Annual Report for the year ended 31st March,2025 and annexed as “Annexure-C”.
38) DETAIL OF FRAUD AS PER AUDITORS REPORT:
There is no fraud in the Company during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2025. This is also beingsupported by the report of the auditors of the Company as no fraud has been reported in their audit report forthe financial year ended 31st March, 2025.
39) OBLIGATION OF COMPANY UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN ATWORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013:
The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace and has adopted a policy againstsexual harassment in line with the provisions of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the rules framed there under.
During the financial year 2024-25, the company has not received any complaints on sexual harassment andhence no complaints remain pending as of 31st March, 2025.
40) MATERNITY BENEFIT PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY UNDER MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT1961:
The Company declares that it has duly complied with the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. Alleligible women employees have been extended the statutory benefits prescribed under the Act, includingpaid maternity leave, continuity of salary and service during the leave period, and post-maternity supportsuch as nursing breaks and flexible return-to-work options, as applicable. The Company remains committedto fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment that upholds the rights and welfare of its womenemployees in accordance with applicable laws.
41) CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGEEARNINGS AND OUTGO:
The information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgostipulated under Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule, 8 of The Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014, During the year under review it is NIL.
42) SECRETARIAL STANDARDS:
The Directors State that applicable Secretarial Standards i.e. SS-1 and SS-2 relating to ‘Meetings of the Board ofDirectors’ and General Meetings’, respectively, have been duly followed by the Company.
43) CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSILIBILTY (CSR):
The Provision of Section 135 of the Company Act, 2013 are not applicable since the company does not fallunder Category of Rule 9 of the Corporate Responsibility Rules 2014.
44) DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
The Directors’ Responsibility Statement referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of theCompanies Act, 2013, shall state that—
a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed alongwith proper explanation relating to material departures;
b) The directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs ofthe company at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the company for that period;
c) The directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventingand detecting fraud and other irregularities;
d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; and
e) The directors, had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that suchinternal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
f) The directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicablelaws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
The Directors State that applicable Secretarial Standards i.e. SS-1 and SS-2 relating to ‘Meetings of theBoard of Directors’ and General Meetings’, respectively, have been duly followed by the Company.
The Company confirms that it has paid the Annual Listing Fees for the year 2024-25 to BSE where theCompany’s Shares are listed.
Your Company maintains a website www.nirbhaycolours.com where detailed information of the Companyand specified details in terms of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations & DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015 has been provided.
In January 2015, SEBI notified the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulation, 2015 which came intoeffect from May, 2015. Pursuant thereto, the Company has formulated and adopted a new code forPrevention of Insider Trading.
The New Code viz. “Code of Internal Procedures and Conduct for regulating, Monitoring and reporting ofTrading by Insiders” and “Code of Practices and Procedures for fair Disclosure of Unpublished priceSensitive Information” has been framed and adopted. The Code requires pre-clearance for dealing in theCompany’s shares and prohibits purchase or sale of Company shares by the Directors and designatedemployees while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information in relation to the Company andduring the period when the Trading Window is closed. The Company is Responsible for implementation ofthe Code.
Your directors thank the various Central and State Government Departments, Organizations and Agenciesfor the continued help and co-operation extended by them. The Directors also gratefully acknowledge allstakeholders of the Company viz. customers, members, dealers, vendors, banks and other business partnersfor the excellent support received from them during the year. The Directors place on record their sincereappreciation to all employees of the Company for their unstinted commitment and continued contribution tothe Company.
By Order of the Board of DirectorsFor Nirbhay Colours India LimitedDate: 25/08/2025 (Formerly Known As “Parth Industries Limited”)
Place: Ahmedabad
Sd/- Sd/- Sd/-
Raghvendra Kulkarni Sonal Gandhi Maheshkumar
Managing Director Director Patel
DIN: 06970323 DIN: 07351479 Company secretary