Your Directors have pleasure in presenting herewith the 30th Annual Report of Company together with the AuditedAccounts for the financial year ended 31st March, 2025.
PARTICULARS
31.03.2025
31.03.2024
Revenue from operations
12361.59
9784.65
Other Income
530.59
534.98
Total Income
12892.18
10319.63
Expenses
12622.96
10545.48
Net profit before tax
269.22
-225.85
Tax
220.36
140.37
Profit after tax
48.86
-366.22
During the financial year under review the overall performance of the Company was good and the overallturnover of the Company was 12892.18 Lakhs as compared to Rs. 10319.63 Lakhs Previous year and the NetProfit Rs. 48.86 Lakhs as compared to Loss of Rs. 366.22 Lakhs in previous year.
The Board of Directors of the Company has not recommended for transfer of any amount to the GeneralReserve for the Financial Year ended March 31,2025.
Your Directors do not recommend any Dividend for the Financial Year 2024-25 as the profits are planned to beploughed back into the business operations.
During the year Company did not have any Holding, subsidiary or joint venture or associate company.
The Company has neither accepted nor renewed any deposits falling within the provisions of Section 73 and 76of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 from its memberand public during the Financial Year.
During the Financial year under Review there is no change in the nature of the Business
During the year under review, 6 (Six) board meetings were held on,
28.05.2024
14.08.2024
28.08.2024
28.09.2024
11.11.2024
14.02.2025
The maximum time-gap between any two consecutive meetings was within the period prescribed under theCompanies Act, 2013.
The Board of Directors evaluated the annual performance of the Board as a whole, its committee's and thedirectors individually in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Securities andExchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 in the followingmanner
i. Structured evaluation forms, as recommended by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, aftertaking into consideration inputs received from the Directors, covering various aspects of the Board'sfunctioning such as adequacy of the composition of the Board and its Committees, Board culture, executionand performance of specific duties, obligations and governance, for evaluation of the performance of theBoard, its Committee's and each director were circulated to all the members of the Board along with theAgenda Papers.
ii. The members of the Board were requested to evaluate by filling the evaluation forms and the duly filled inevaluation forms were required to be sent to the Company Secretary in a sealed envelope or personallysubmitted to the Chairman at the concerned meeting.
iii. Based on the individual evaluation of the Directors, the Board initiated a detailed discussion at theconcerned meeting on the performance of the Board / Committee/Individual Director and formulated a finalcollective evaluation of the Board. The Board also provided individual feedback to the concerned director onareas of improvement, if any.
A separate meeting of Independent Directors was held on 14th February 2025 to evaluate the performanceevaluation of the Chairman, the Non-Independent Directors, the Board and flow of information frommanagement.
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Articles of Association of the Company,Mrs. Satyavathi Perla, retires by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offersherself for re-appointment.
Mr. P. V. Sreedharan (DIN: 03453379) resigned from the office of Independent Director of the Company witheffect from the closing hours of September 28, 2024. Mr. Mallikarjunarao Voleti (DIN: 10792672), wasappointed as an Independent Director by the Board of Directors under section 161(1) of the said Act and inaccordance with the Articles of Association of the Company, effective 28th September, 2024.
For Directors seeking appointment/re-appointment in the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of theCompany; the particulars as required to be disclosed in accordance Regulations 17 to 27 of Securities andExchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and Para C, D& E of Schedule V Companies Act-2013.
Pursuant to the requirement of Section 134(3) (c) of the Companies Act, 2013, and subject to disclosures in theAnnual Accounts, as also on the basis of the discussion with the Statutory Auditors of the Company from time totime, and to the best of their knowledge and information furnished, the Board of Directors states:
( i) That in preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2025, all the applicableAccounting Standards Prescribed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India have been followedalong with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any.
(ii) That the Directors have adopted such accounting policies, as selected in consultation with StatutoryAuditors, and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financialyear and of the profit of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2025.
(iii) That the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, for safeguarding the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
(iv) That the Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2025, has been prepared on a going concernbasis.
(v) Those proper internal financial controls were in place and that the financial controls were adequate andwere operating effectively.
(vi) That systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws were in place and wereadequate and operating effectively
The Board of Directors based on the recommendation of Audit Committee considered the re-appointment ofM/s. Ramasamy Koteswara Rao & Co LLP, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad (RegistrationNo.010396S/S200084) as Statutory Auditors of your Company from the conclusion of 28th Annual GeneralMeeting till the conclusion of 33rd Annual General Meeting of the members of the Company.
M/s. Ramasamy Koteswara Rao & Co LLP has given their consent to act as Statutory auditors of the Companyand also conveyed they are not disqualified as per the Companies Act, 2013.
The Statutory Auditors were present in the last AGM.
The Board of Directors based on the recommendation of the Audit Committee has reappointed KRNA &Associates, Chartered Accountants, as the Internal Auditors on your Company. The Internal Auditors aresubmitting their Reports on quarterly basis pursuant to the provisions of section 138 and rule 13 of companies(Accounts) rules, 2014.
Maintenance of Cost records and requirement of Cost audit as prescribed under the provisions of Section148(1) of the Act are not applicable for the business activities carried out by the Company.
During the Financial Year under review the Statutory Auditors of the Company have not reported any incident offraud to the Board of Directors of the Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 177 (9) and read with all other applicable provisions of the Companies Act,2013 and the Companies (meetings of board and its powers) Rules, 2014 (including any statutorymodification(s) or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force) and Regulation 22 Securities and ExchangeBoard of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 the Company has aWhistle Blower Policy framed to deal with instance of fraud and mismanagement, if any in the Group. Thedetails of the Policy are explained in the Corporate Governance Report and also posted on the website of theCompany and the web link is http://www.ambicaagarbathi.com.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 134 (3) (n) and read with all other applicable provisions of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactmentthereof for the time being in force) and as per SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 the Risk management is Notapplicable to the Company.
The Board of Directors, on recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee framed aNomination and Remuneration policy for selection, appointment and remuneration of Directors, KMP and SeniorManagement and matters covered u/s 178(3) of the Companies Act 2013. The details of the same are providedin the Corporate Governance Report and website of the company.
Aspects of Management Discussion and Analysis are enclosed as “Annexure -1”to this report.
Report on Corporate Governance including Auditor's Certificate on Compliance with Regulations 17 to 27 andclauses (b) to (i) of sub-regulation 2 of Regulation 46 and Para C, D & E of Schedule V of the SecuritiesExchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 in the followingmanner is enclosed as "Annexure - II" to this report
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules framed there under, the Board ofDirectors, on recommendation of the Audit Committee, appointed M/s P S Rao and Associates, PracticingCompany Secretaries to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company. The secretarial audit report issued byM/s P S Rao and Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries for the financial year ending 31st March, 2025 isgiven in the FORM NO: MR - 3 is herewith annexed as "Annexure (III)” attached hereto and forms part of thisReport. There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by the secretarial auditor and theobservation made is self explanatory and requires no further explanation from the Board.
All related party transactions that were entered into during the financial year were on an arm's length basis andwere in the ordinary course of business. There are no materially significant related party transactions made bythe Company with Promoters, Directors, Key Managerial Personnel or other designated persons which mayhave a potential conflict with the interest of the Company at large. All related party transactions are placed beforethe Audit Committee as also the Board for approval. Prior omnibus approval of the Audit Committee is obtainedas per Regulation 23 SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) 2015 for the transactions which areof a foreseen and repetitive nature. The Company has developed a Policy on Related Party Transactions for thepurpose of identification and monitoring of such transactions.
The particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties referred to in sub-section (1) of Section 188 ofthe Companies Act, 2013 in Form AOC-2 is herewith annexed as "Annexure IV” to this report.
In accordance with Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, a copy of Annual Return in the prescribedformat i.e., Form MGT-7 is placed on the website of the Company and be accessed at the linkwww.ambicaagarbathi.com
The information required pursuant to Section 197 (12) read with Rule 5 (1) of the Companies (Appointment andRemuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, in respect of employees of the Company is herewithannexed as “Annexure V".
In terms of Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014,the Company does not have any employee who is employed throughout the financial year and in receipt ofremuneration of Rs 1,02,50,000 per annum, or employees who are employed for part of the year and in receiptof Rs 8,50,000 per month.
The Company has not provided any loan to any person or body corporate or given any guarantee or providedsecurity in connection with such loan or made any investment in the securities of any body corporate pursuantto Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Company has given advance against salary to someemployees in terms of the applicable policies of the Company.
As per the provisions of section 135 (1) and read with all other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013and the Companies (Corporate social responsibility policy) Rules, 2014 (including any statutory modification(s)or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force). Not Applicable to the Company.
There are no significant material orders passed by the Regulators / Courts which would impact the goingconcern status of the Company and its future operations.
There have been no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company whichhave occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company to which the financial statements relateand the date of the report.
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
A. Conservation of Energy: The present operation of the Company does not involve high energyconsumption. However steps being taken to minimize energy consumption where ever possible.
B. Research & Development: The Research and Development division of Agarbathies department continuesto focus on introducing of new brands.
C. Technology Absorption: Not Applicable
2024-25
2023-24
Foreign Exchange earnings
Nil
Foreign Exchange outgo
Your Company strongly supports the rights of all its employees to work in an environment, free from all forms ofharassment. The Company has adopted a Policy on Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of SexualHarassment at workplace as per the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,
Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the Rules made thereunder. The policy aims to provide protection toemployees at the workplace and prevent and redress complaints of sexual harassment and for mattersconnected or incidental thereto, with the objective of providing a safe working environment, where employeesfeel secure. The Company has also constituted an Internal Committee, known as Anti Sexual HarassmentCommittee to address the concerns and complaints of sexual harassment and to recommend appropriateaction.
The Company has not received any complaint on sexual harassment during the year.
No application was made or any proceedings pending under the IBC, 2016 during the year ended on 31stMarch, 2025.
Not Applicable
During the year under review, the company has complied with the Secretarial Standards issued by the Instituteof Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) on Board Meetings SS-I), General Meetings (SS-II).
Your Directors place on record, their appreciation for the co-operation and support from the Bankers, FinancialInstitutions, the stockiest and distributors, Supplier and Customers.
Your Directors would also like to place on record their sincere appreciation and gratitude to the Shareholders,Central and State Government agencies etc for their support and co-operation. Your Directors express theirheartfelt gratitude to the employees for their exceptional commitment and loyalty to the Company.
Place: EluruDate: 02.09.2025