We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of MALLCOM (INDIA) LIMITED (“the Company”),which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025, theStatement of Profit and Loss, (including other ComprehensiveIncome), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changesin Equity for the year then ended, and notes to the standalonefinancial statements, including a summary of significantaccounting policies and other explanatory information. (Hereinafter referred to as “Standalone Financial Statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act,2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the State of Affairs of the Company as at 31stMarch, 2025, its Profit (including other comprehensive income), itsCash Flows and the statement of changes in equity for the yearended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further describedin the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalonefinancial Statements section of our report. We are independentof the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued bythe Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with theethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalonefinancial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rulesthereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilitiesin accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics.We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the financial statementsas a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do notprovide a separate opinion on these matters. In addition, we havedetermined the matters described below as Key Audit Mattersand our description of how our audit addressed the matter isprovided in that context.
(i) Key Audit Matter that requires to be communicated in our report:
Completeness, existence and accuracy of Revenue Recognition (Refer to Note 3.14 and 23 to the standalone financial statements)
Key Audit Matters
How the matter was addressed in our audit
Revenue is one of the key profit drivers and is thereforesusceptible to misstatement. Cut-off is the key assertion in sofar as revenue recognition is concerned since an inappropriatecut-off can result in material misstatement of results for the year.The Company manufactures and sells a number of products toits customers. The Company reviews it sales contracts as perAS-115 for determining the principles for recognizing revenue inaccordance with the new standard.
Principal audit procedures:
a) Our audit procedures with regard to revenue recognitionincluded testing controls, automated and manual, arounddispatches/deliveries, inventory reconciliations andcircularization of receivable balances, substantive testingfor cut-offs and analytical review procedures.
b) Selected a sample of contracts and through inspectionof evidence of performance of these controls, tested theoperating effectiveness of the internal controls relating tothe identification of performance obligations and timing ofrevenue recognition.
c) Selected a sample of contracts and reassessed contractualterms to determine adherence to the requirements of thenew accounting standard.
The Company’s major part of inventory comprises Raw
In view of the significance of the matter, we applied the following
Material/ Accessories/ Work-in-Progress/ finished goods
audit procedures in this area, among others to obtain sufficient
which are geographically spread over multiple locations such as
appropriate audit evidence:
factories producing difference products. These inventories arealso procured at many times as per customer specification andorder requirement and customized as such. The whole inventoryis counted by the Company on a cyclical basis and accordinglyprovision for obsolescence of inventories is assessed andrecognized by the management in the financial statementsbased on management estimation as at end of reporting period.
a)
Obtaining an understanding of and assessing thedesign, implementation and operating effectiveness ofmanagement’s key internal controls relating to physicalverification of inventories by the management and theinternal auditors of the Company, identification of obsoleteand slow-moving inventories, inventories with low ornegative gross margins, monitoring of inventory ageing and
The Company manufactures and sells goods which may
assessment of provisioning and of net realizable values.
be subject to changing consumer demands and productdevelopments. Significant degree of judgment is therebyrequired to assess the net realizable value of the inventoriesand appropriate level of provisioning for items which may
b)
Assessing whether items in the inventory ageing reportprepared by the management were classified within theappropriate ageing bracket;
be ultimately sold below cost. Such judgment includes
c)
Performing a review of the provisions for inventories by
management’s expectations for future sale volumes, inventory
examining movements in the balance during the current
liquidation plans and future selling prices less cost to sell.
year and new provisions made for inventory balances as
Based on above, existence and valuation of inventories has beenidentified as a key audit matter.
at 31 March 2025 during the current year to assess thehistorical accuracy of management’s inventory provisioningprocess;
d)
Assessing, on a sample basis, the net realizable value ofslow-moving and obsolete inventories and inventorieswith low or negative gross margins as calculated bymanagement with reference to prices achieved and coststo sell after the financial year end.
e)
Attending cyclical inventory counts at various godowns &factories at regular intervals during the reporting period andevaluating the results of the cycle counts performed by themanagement throughout the year to assess management’sestimation of the provisioning.
The Company’s board of directors is responsible for thepreparation of the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Board’s Report includingAnnexures to Board’s Report, Business Responsibility Report butdoes not include the standalone financial statements and ourauditor’s report thereon. The aforesaid documents are expectedto be made available to us after the date of this auditor’s report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover 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 when it becomesavailable and, in doing so, consider whether the other informationis materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements,or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit orotherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there isa material misstatement of this other information, we are requiredto report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the mattersstated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”)with respect to the preparation of these standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance including other comprehensive income,cash flows and the statement of changes in equity of the Companyin accordance with the accounting principles generally acceptedin India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS)specified under section 133 of the Act, read with Companies (IndianAccounting Standard) Rules, 2015 as amended. This responsibilityalso includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of theassets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraudsand other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateimplementation and maintenance of accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevantto the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial
statement 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 isresponsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as agoing concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing theCompany’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee thatan audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arisefrom fraud or error and are considered material if, individually orin the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influencethe economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of thestandalone 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 appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resultingfrom error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the auditin order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act,2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion onwhether the company has adequate internal financial controlssystem in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and thereasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management.
Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of thegoing concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists relatedto events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we concludethat a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attentionin our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the standalonefinancial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the auditevidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However,future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of thestandalone financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the standalone financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in financialstatements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probablethat the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeableuser of the financial statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning thescope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work;and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in thefinancial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding,among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the auditand significant audit findings, including any significant deficienciesin internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationshipsand other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where 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 statementsof the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law orregulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when,in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1) As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020(“the Order”), issued by the Central Government of India interms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the CompaniesAct, 2013, we give in the Annexure A, a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to theextent applicable.
2) As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required bylaw have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books.
c) The standalone Balance Sheet, the standaloneStatement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the standalone Statementof changes in Equity and the standalone Cash FlowStatement dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financialstatements comply with the Accounting Standards
specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7of the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015 as amended.
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on 31st March, 2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on 31st March, 2025 from being appointedas a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of internal financialcontrols over financial reporting of the Company andthe operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to ourseparate Report in “Annexure B”.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor’s Report in accordance with the requirements ofsection 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information andexplanations given to us and based on our examinationof the records of the Company, the Company has paid/provided for managerial remuneration in accordancewith the requisite approvals mandated by the provisionsof Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in ouropinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations as at 31st March 2025 on itsfinancial position in its standalone Ind AS financialstatements, refer note 31 to the standalone Ind ASfinancial statements;
(ii) The Company has made provision for materialforeseeable losses on long-term derivativecontracts, as required under the applicable laws orInd AS in these standalone financial statements;
(iii) There has been no delay in transferring amounts,required to be transferred, to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the company, duringthe year.
(iv) (a) The Management has represented that, to
the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds(which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kind of funds)by the Company to or in any other person orentity, including foreign entity (“Intermediaries”),with the understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, tothe best of its knowledge and belief, no funds(which are material either individually or inthe aggregate) have been received by theCompany from any person or entity, includingforeign entity (“Funding Parties”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Company shall, whether,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have beenconsidered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) ofRule 11(e), as provided under (i) and (ii) above,contain any material misstatement.
(v) (a) The final dividend proposed in the previous
year, declared and paid by the Company duringthe year is in accordance with Section 123 ofthe Act, as applicable.
(b) The Board of Directors of the Company haveproposed final dividend for the year which issubject to the approval of the members at theensuing Annual General Meeting. The amountof dividend proposed is in accordance withsection 123 of the Act, as applicable.
(vi) Based on our examination which included testchecks, the Company has used an accountingsoftware system for maintaining its books ofaccounts for the financial year ended 31st March2025 which has a feature of recording audit trail (editlog) facility and the same has operated throughoutthe year for all relevant transactions recorded in thesoftware system. Further, during the course of ouraudit we did not come across any instance of audittrail feature being tampered with and the audit trailhas been preserved by the Company as per thestatutory requirements for record retetntion.
For S. K. SINGHANIA & CO.
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS,(Firm Registration No. 302206E)
(RAJESH KR. SINGHANIA
19A, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, M. NO. 052722)
Kolkata - 700 087. PARTNER
Dated : 19th May, 2025 . ICAI UDIN: 25052722BMJOZU2124