We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Limited(formerly known as Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services PrivateLimited) (the “Company”), which comprise the BalanceSheet as at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit andLoss including Other Comprehensive Income, Statementof Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for theyear then ended, and notes to the standalone financialstatements, including material accounting policy informationand other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to asthe “standalone financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidstandalone financial statements give the informationrequired by the Companies Act, 2013 (the “Act”) in themanner so required and give a true and fair view inconformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribedunder section 133 of the Act read with Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended (“Ind AS”)and other accounting principles generally accepted inIndia, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2024, and profit including other comprehensive income,changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended onthat date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financialstatements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act.Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the ‘Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Standalone financial statements' section of our report.We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India (“ICAI”) together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the financialstatements under the provisions of the Act and theRules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidenceobtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide abasis for our opinion.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements for the year ended March31, 2024. These matters were addressed in the context ofour audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole,and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not providea separate opinion on these matters. We have determinedthe matter described below to be the key audit matter to becommunicated in our report:
Revenue Recognition (Refer note 2.2 (A) of StandaloneFinancial Statements):
Revenue is a key performance measure for the Company.Revenue of the Company mainly comprise of program feesand sales of propel gift cards vouchers.
Revenue is recognised as per the terms of the contract withthe respective customers and when it meets the recognitioncriteria as per Ind AS 115 on “Revenue from contracts withcustomers”.
There exists a risk of revenue not being recognised inproportion to the service performed by the Company.Further, revenue may also be recorded in an incorrect periodor on a basis which is inconsistent with the contractual termsagreed with the customers.
In view of the above factors and given that the Companyand its stakeholders focus on revenue as a key performanceindicator, we have determined Revenue to be a key auditmatter.
How the Key Audit Matter was addressed in our audit:
1. Evaluated the appropriateness of the revenuerecognition accounting policies of the Company withthe principles of Indian Accounting standard 115 - ‘Revenue from contracts with customer' (‘Ind AS 115').
2. Evaluated the design, implementation and tested theoperating effectiveness of the relevant key controlswith respect to revenue recognition.
3. Performed Analytical procedures on revenuerecognised during the year to identify and inquireon unusual variances, if any and getting the reasonsfor variances confirmed from the management of theCompany.
4. Verified completeness and existence assertion byperforming substantive testing on selected samplesof revenue transactions recorded during the year bytesting the underlying documents including contracts,
invoices, gift voucher delivery communications andcustomer receipts, wherever applicable and obtainingindependent balance confirmation from the customersat the balance sheet date.
5. Verified cut off assertion by reviewing the Company'srevenue recognition policies, testing samples ofrevenue transactions near the end of the reportingperiod and verified supporting documents to verifythat the revenue is recorded in corrected accountingperiod.
6. Tested on a sample basis, manual journal entriesrelating to revenues to identify and inquire on unusualitems, if any.
7. Assessed the adequacy and appropriateness of thedisclosures made in the financial statements to verifythey are accurate, complete, and comply with therequirements of Ind AS 115 - ‘ Revenue from contractswith customer'.
INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE STANDALONEFINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AUDITOR’S REPORTTHEREON
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theManagement report, Chairman's statement, Director'sreport, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reportingetc. but does not include the standalone financial statementsand our auditor's report thereon. The Managementreport, Chairman's statement, Director's report, BusinessResponsibility and Sustainability Reporting etc. is expectedto be made available to us after the date of this auditor'sreport.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we will not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doingso, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
When we read the Management report, Chairman'sstatement, Director's report, Business Responsibility andSustainability Reporting etc., if we conclude that thereis a material misstatement therein, we are required tocommunicate the matter to those charged with governance
under SA 720 ‘The Auditor's responsibilities Relating toOther Information'.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND BOARDOF DIRECTORS FOR THE STANDALONE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
The Company's Management and Board of Directors isresponsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theAct with respect to the preparation of these standalonefinancial statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance, changes in equityand cash flows of the Company in accordance with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, includingthe Accounting Standards specified under section 133of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting frauds andother irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates thatare reasonable and prudent; and design, implementationand maintenance of adequate internal financial controls,that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracyand completeness of the accounting records, relevant tothe preparation and presentation of the financial statementthat give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Boardof Directors are responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, asapplicable, matters related to going concern and usingthe going concern basis of accounting unless the Boardof Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or tocease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Management and Board of Directors are also responsiblefor overseeing 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 fraudor 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 economic
decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalonefinancial statements.
We give in “Annexure A” a detailed description of Auditor'sresponsibilities for Audit of the Standalone financialstatements.
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 “Annexure B” a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order,to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for thepurposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account asrequired by law have been kept by the Companyso far as it appears from our examination ofthose books except for the matters stated in theparagraph 2 (h) (vi) below on reporting under Rule11(g).
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit andLoss including other comprehensive income,the Statement of Changes in Equity and theStatement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Reportare in 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.
(e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on March 31, 2024,taken on record by the Board of Directors, noneof the directors are disqualified as on March 31,2024 from being appointed as a director in termsof Section 164 (2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to standalonefinancial statements of the Company and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in “Annexure C”.
(g) The reservation relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewith
are as stated in paragraph 2 (b) above on reportingunder Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph 2 (h) (vi)below on reporting under Rule 11(g).
(h) 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,in our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial positionin its standalone financial statements -Refer Note 30 to the standalone financialstatements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeablelosses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund bythe Company.
iv. (1) The Management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds have been advancedor loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium orany other sources or kind of funds)by the Company to or in any otherperson(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries”),with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall, directlyor indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, securityor the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
(2) The Management has represented,that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds have been receivedby the Company from any person(s)or entity(ies), including foreignentities (Funding Parties), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in
writing or otherwise, as on the dateof this audit report, that the Companyshall, directly or indirectly, lend orinvest 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.
(3) Based on the audit proceduresperformed that have been consideredreasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, and according to theinformation and explanations providedto us by the Management in this regardnothing has come to our notice thathas caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i)and (ii) of Rule 11(e) as provided under(1) and (2) above, contain any materialmis-statement.
v. The Company has neither declared nor paid anydividend during the year.
vi. The Company has upgraded its accountingsoftware on August 25, 2023, to the Edit Logversion software from an earlier version of theaccounting software it operated for maintaining itsbooks of account during the year ended March 31,2024. Based on our examination, we are unableto comment whether the earlier version of theaccounting software had a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and whether it wasenabled therein. However, the upgraded EditLog version software has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility, which was enabled inthe software and the same has been operatedeffectively throughout the period from August 25,2023, to March 31, 2024. Further, we did not comeacross any instance of the audit trail feature beingtampered with during this period in the upgradedEdit Log version software.
3. In our opinion, according to information, explanationsgiven to us, the remuneration paid / provided bythe Company to its directors is within the limits laidprescribed under Section 197 read with Schedule V ofthe Act and the rules thereunder.
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Place: Hyderabad Place: Hyderabad
Date: May 23, 2024 Date: May 23, 2024