We have audited the standalone financial statements ofDigicontent Limited (“the Company"), which comprisethe Balance sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statementof Profit and Loss, including the statement of OtherComprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement and theStatement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended,and notes to the Standalone financial statements, includinga summary of material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013, as amended (“the Act") in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2025, its lossincluding other comprehensive income, its cash flows andthe changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statementsin accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs), asspecified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilitiesunder those Standards are further described in the 'Auditor'sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements' section of our report. We are independent ofthe Company in accordance with the 'Code of Ethics' issued
by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India togetherwith the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit ofthe financial statements under the provisions of the Act andthe Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements andthe Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouraudit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements for the financial year endedMarch 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the standalone financial statementsas a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we donot provide a separate opinion on these matters. For eachmatter below, our description of how our audit addressedthe matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be thekey audit matters to be communicated in our report. Wehave fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor'sresponsibilities for the audit of the standalone financialstatements section of our report, including in relation to thesematters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance ofprocedures designed to respond to our assessment of therisks of material misstatement of the standalone financialstatements. The results of our audit procedures, includingthe procedures performed to address the matters below,provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanyingstandalone financial statements.
Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Impairment assessment of investment in subsidiary(Refer note 5 of the financial statements)
The Company has investment amounting to Rs 11,333 lakhsin its wholly owned subsidiary which forms a significant partof the Company's balance sheet.
The carrying values of the Company's investments insubsidiary is assessed annually by management forpotential indicators of impairment as required under Ind AS36 “Impairment of Assets".
Our audit procedures included the following:
• Discussed with management and evaluated the keyjudgements/assumptions underlying management'sassessment of potential indicators of impairment.
• Obtained an understanding of the impairment assessmentprocess and evaluated the design and tested the operatingeffectiveness of the controls in respect of the same.
• We assessed the Company's valuation methodology appliedin determining the value in use.
For the purpose of above impairment testing, management
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We assessed the assumptions used in cash flow forecast
has determined the value in use and the fair value less costs
including the discounting rates, expected growth rates and
to sell as applicable. Value in use has been determined by
terminal growth rates used.
forecasting and discounting future cash flows. Furthermore,
We assessed historical accuracy of management's budgets
the value in use is sensitive to changes in some of the inputssuch as discounting rates, expected growth rates and terminal
and forecasts by comparing them to actual performance.
growth rate used for forecasting the future cash flows.Accordingly, we identified the assessment of potential
We assessed the recoverable value headroom by performingsensitivity of key assumptions used.
impairment of investment in subsidiary as a key audit
We tested the arithmetical accuracy of the model.
matter considering the quantum, indicators of impairment
Read and assessed the relevant disclosures made in the
and significant degree of management judgement involvedin determining the key assumptions.
standalone financial statements.
We have determined that there are no other key audit matters to communicate in our report.
Other Information
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Company's annual report, butdoes not include the standalone financial statements andour auditor's report thereon. The Company's annual reportis expected to be made available to us after the date of thisauditor's report.
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 otherinformation identified above when it becomes available and,in doing so, consider whether such other information ismaterially inconsistent with the financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
When we read the Company's annual report, if we concludethat there is a material misstatement therein, we arerequired to communicate the matter to those charged withgovernance and take necessary actions, as applicable underthe relevant laws and regulations.
Responsibilities of the Management for theStandalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financial statements thatgive a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, cash
flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally accepted in India,including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specifiedunder section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of theAct for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and the design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone financial statements that givea true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements,management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, asapplicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless management eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, orhas no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeingthe Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of theStandalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the standalone financial statements as a whole
are 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 whenit exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error andare considered material if, individually or in the aggregate,they could reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalonefinancial 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 misstatementof the standalone financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidencethat is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, orthe override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant tothe audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequateinternal financial controls with reference to financialstatements in place and the operating effectivenessof such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's useof the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditionsthat may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If we concludethat a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor's report to the relateddisclosures in the financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date of our auditor's report. However, future
events or conditions may cause the Company to ceaseto continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financialstatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were ofmost significance in the audit of the standalone financialstatements for the financial year ended March 31, 2025and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe thesematters in our auditor's report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because theadverse consequences of doing so would reasonably beexpected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
Other Matters
The financial statements of the Company for the year endedMarch 31, 2024, included in these standalone financialstatements, have been audited by the predecessor auditorwho expressed an unmodified opinion on those statementson May 02, 2024.
Report on Other Legal and RegulatoryRequirements
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 the “Annexure 1” a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report to
the extent applicable, 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 as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far asit appears from our examination of those booksexcept for the matters stated in the paragraph (vi)below on reporting under Rule 11(g);
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profitand Loss including the Statement of OtherComprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statementand Statement of Changes in Equity dealtwith by this Report are in agreement with thebooks of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read withCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015, as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on March 31, 2025taken on record by the Board of Directors, none ofthe directors is disqualified as on March 31,2025from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act;
(f) The modification relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewithare as stated in paragraph (b) above on reportingunder section 143(3)(b) and serial number (vi) ofparagraph (i) below on reporting under Rule 11(g).
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to standalonefinancial statements and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to ourseparate Report in “Annexure 2” to this report;
(h) The provisions of section 197 read with ScheduleV of the Act are not applicable to the Company forthe year ended March 31, 2025;
(i) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,
2014, as amended in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position inits financial statements - Refer Note 39 tothe financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contractsfor which there were any materialforeseeable losses;
iii. There were no amounts which were requiredto be transferred to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company;
iv. a) The management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,as disclosed in the Refer Note 36 (vi) tothe standalone financial statements, nofunds have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to orin any other person or entity, includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries"),with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the Company (“UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b) The management has represented that,to the best of its knowledge and belief,as disclosed in the Refer Note 36 (vii)to the standalone financial statements,no funds have been received by theCompany from any person or entity,including foreign entities (“FundingParties"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Company shall,whether, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever
by or on behalf of the FundingParty (“Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security orthe like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit procedures
performed that have been consideredreasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has cometo our notice that has caused us tobelieve that the representations undersub-clause (a) and (b) contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. No dividend has been declared or paidduring the year by the Company.
vi. Based on our examination which included
test checks, the Company has used
accounting software for maintaining itsbooks of account which has a feature of
recording audit trail (edit log) facility andthe same has operated throughout the yearfor all relevant transactions recorded in thesoftware, except that the audit trail featurewas enabled at database level from June 1,2024. Further, for a sub-system supportingrevenue process, in the absence of ServiceOrganization Controls (SOC) report coveringthe audit trail feature at a database level,we are unable to comment on whether audittrail feature was enabled and operatedthroughout the year (refer Note 38 to thefinancial statements). Further, duringthe course of our audit we did not comeacross any instance of audit trail featurebeing tampered with. Additionally, theaudit trail of prior year has been preservedby the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention to theextent it was enabled and recorded in thoserespective year.
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Date: May 26, 2025 UDIN: 25504274BMOAWS3563