1. We have audited the accompanying Ind AS standalone financial statements of Universal Arts Limited("the Company") which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2024, the Statement of Profit andLoss including Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement, the Statement of Changes inEquity for the year ended on that date, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaccompanying standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act2013 ("the Act"), in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with Section 133of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS")and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at31st March, 2024, the Profit, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for theyear ended on that date.
3. We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards arefurther described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial StatementsSection 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 arerelevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rulesthereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
4. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in ouraudit of the standalone financial statements of the current year. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinionthereon, we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the mattersdescribed below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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5. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Board's Report including Annexures to Board'sReport, and Shareholder's Information, but does not include the standalone financial statements andour auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read theother information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistentwith 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 is a material misstatement of thisother information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
6. The Company's Board of Directors is 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 thefinancial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changesin equity of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraudand other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial control, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or tocease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
7. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statementsas a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor'sreport that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not aguarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatementwhen 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 userstaken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whetherdue to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting amaterial misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controlssystem in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If weconclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report tothe related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as agoing concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the plannedscope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships andother matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable,related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period andare 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, wedetermine 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 suchcommunication.
8. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the CentralGovernment in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act and on the basis of such checks of the books andrecords of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure I a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs3 and 4 of the Order.
9. (A) As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
1. We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations, which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
2. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far asit appears from our examination of those books.
3. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), theCash Flow statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this report are inagreement with the books of account.
4. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act.
5. On the basis of written representations received from the Directors as on 31st March, 2024, taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors are disqualified as on 31st March, 2024 frombeing appointed as a Director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
6. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial control over financial reporting of theCompany and the operative effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in "AnnexureII".
(B) With respect to the other matters included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to our best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigation.
ii. The Company does not have any long-term contracts including derivatives contracts for which therewere any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There are no amounts required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund bythe Company.
iv. As per the management representation we report,
(a) no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested by the company to or in any otherperson(s) or entities,including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"),with the understandingthat the intermediary shall whether directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner by or on behalf of the company (Ultimate Beneficiaries) orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate beneficiaries.
(b) no funds have been received by the company from any person(s) or entities, includingforeign entities ("Funding Parties"),with the understanding that the such company shallwhether directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the funding party (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or provideguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures performed, we report that nothing has come to our noticethat has caused us to believe that the representations given under sub-clause (i) and (ii) ofRule 11(e) by the management contain any material mis-statement.
v. Since the company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year, the question ofcommenting on whether dividend declared or paid is in accordance with Section 123 of the Actdoes not arise.
vi. Based on the audit procedures performed in terms of Proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014 for maintaining books of account using accounting software which has afeature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility with effect from 1st April 2023, we report that thecompany has maintained the books of accounts in the software which has a feature of recordingaudit trail of transactions entered in the software.
(C) With respect to the matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended,
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanation given to us, thecompany has not paid any remuneration to its directors during the year hence the provision of thisSection is not applicable to the company.
For and on behalf ofB L Dasharda & AssociatesChartered AccountantsF.R. No.:112615W
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Sushant MehtaPartner
Place: Mumbai M.No.: 112489
Dated: 28th May, 2024
UDIN NO: 24112489BKANXR6991