We have audited the accompanying standalonefinancial statements of BlueStone Jewellery andLifestyle Limited (formerly known as BlueStoneJewellery and Lifestyle Private Limited) ("theCompany”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at31 March 2025, and the Statement of Profit and Loss,including Other Comprehensive Income, Statementof Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flowsfor the year then ended, and notes to the standalonefinancial statements, including material accountingpolicy information and other explanatory information(hereinafter referred to as the "standalone financialstatements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid standalone financial statements givethe information required by the Companies Act,2013 ("the Act’) in the manner so required and givea true and fair view in conformity with the IndianAccounting Standards prescribed under section 133of the Act read with Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015, as amended ("Ind AS”) andother accounting principles generally acceptedin India, of the state of affairs of the Companyas at 31 March 2025, and its loss (including othercomprehensive loss), changes in equity and its cashflows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financialstatements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of theAct. Our responsibilities under those Standards arefurther described in the ‘Auditor’s Responsibilitiesfor the Audit of the standalone financial statements’section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethicsissued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia ("ICAI”) together with the ethical requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the standalonefinancial statements under the provisions of theAct and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilledour other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the Code of Ethics. Webelieve that the audit evidence obtained by us issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion.
INFORMATION OTHER THAN THESTANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANDAUDITOR'S REPORT THEREON
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsiblefor the other information. The other informationcomprises the Director’s report but does notinclude the standalone financial statements andour auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statementsdoes not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalonefinancial statements, our responsibility is to read theother information and, in doing so, consider whetherthe other information is materially inconsistentwith the standalone financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit or otherwiseappears to be materially misstated. If, based on thework we have performed, we conclude that there isa material misstatement of this other information,we are required to report that fact. We have nothingto report in this regard.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF BOARD OFDIRECTORS FOR THE STANDALONEFINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsiblefor the matters stated in section 134(5) of theAct with respect to the preparation of thesestandalone financial statements that give a trueand fair view of the financial position, financialperformance, changes in equity and cash flows ofthe Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, includingthe Accounting Standards specified under section133 of the Act. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting recordsin accordance with the provisions of the Actfor safeguarding of the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds andother irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; makingjudgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent;and design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracyand completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of thestandalone financial statement that give a true andfair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements,the Management and Board of Directors isresponsible for assessing the Company’s abilityto continue as a going concern, disclosing, asapplicable, matters related to going concern andusing the going concern basis of accounting unlessthe Board of Directors either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible foroverseeing the Company’s financial reportingprocess.
AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEAUDIT OF THE STANDALONE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assuranceabout whether the standalone financial statementsas a whole are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error, and to issue anauditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not aguarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatementwhen it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud orerror and are considered material if, individually or inthe aggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken onthe basis of these standalone financial statements.
We give in “Annexure A” a detailed description ofAuditor’s responsibilities for Audit of the standalonefinancial statements.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report)Order, 2020 ("the Order”), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub-section (11)of section 143 of the Act, we give in “AnnexureB” a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extentapplicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, wereport that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all theinformation and explanations which tothe best of our knowledge and belief werenecessary for the purposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of accountas required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from our
examination of those books except forthe matters stated in paragraph 2(h)(vi)below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profitand Loss including other comprehensiveincome, the Statement of Changes inEquity and the Statement of Cash Flowdealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements comply with theAccounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on 31March 2025 taken on record by the Boardof Directors, none of the directors aredisqualified as on 31 March 2025 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section164 (2) of the Act.
(f) The reservation relating to the maintenanceof accounts and other matters connectedtherewith are as stated in paragraph 2(b)above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b)and paragraph 2(h)(vi) below on reportingunder Rule 11(g).
(g) With respect to the adequacy of theinternal financial controls with referenceto standalone financial statements of theCompany and the operating effectivenessof such controls, refer to our separateReport in “Annexure C”.
(h) With respect to the other matters tobe included in the Auditor’s Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in ouropinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given tous:
i. The Company does not have anypending litigations which wouldimpact its financial position.
ii. The Company did not have any long¬term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which wererequired to be transferred to theInvestor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. (1) The Management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, no funds have beenadvanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any othersources or kind of funds) bythe 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 identifiedin any manner whatsoever byor on behalf of the Company("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security orthe like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
(2) The Management has represented,that, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, no funds have beenreceived by the Company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (Funding Parties),with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise,as on the date of this audit report,that the Company shall, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by oron behalf of the Funding Party("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security orthe like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
(3) Based on the audit proceduresperformed that have beenconsidered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances,and according to the informationand explanations provided to usby the Management in this regardnothing has come to our noticethat has caused us to believethat the representations undersub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e)as provided under (1) and (2)above, contain any material mis¬statement.
v. The Company has neither declared nor
paid any dividend during the year.
vi. Based on examination which includedtest checks, the Company has usedcertain accounting software(s) formaintaining its books of account(managed and maintained by athird-party software service provider)which has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and thesame has been operated throughoutthe year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software except thatwe are unable to comment on audittrail at database level due to absenceof SOC I Type II report, as explainedin Note 51 to the standalone financialstatements.
Further, the Company migratedto a new accounting software onOctober 1, 2024 for maintainingits books of account (managedand maintained by a third-partysoftware service provider), whichhas a feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility except that we areunable to comment on audit trailat database level due to absence ofadequate coverage in SOC 1 Type IIreport, as explained in Note 51 to thestandalone financial statements.
Further, except for above, audit trailfeature has operated throughoutthe year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the accounting software.Also, during the course of our audit,we did not come across any instanceof audit trail feature being tamperedwith except for above. Additionally,the audit trail of prior year hasbeen preserved by the Company asper the statutory requirements forrecord retention to the extent it wasenabled and recorded in respectiveyears.
Based on our examination whichincluded test checks, the Companyhas used certain accountingsoftware(s) for maintaining its booksof accounts, which is managed andmaintained by a third-party softwareservice provider as explained innote 51 to the standalone financialstatements. However, in absenceof sufficient and appropriate auditevidence including SOC I Type IIreport we are unable to commentwhether the accounting software hasa feature of recording audit trail (edit
log) facility and whether the samehas operated throughout the yearfor all relevant transactions recordedin the software or whether there is 3.any instance of audit trail featurebeing tampered with. Additionally,we are unable to comment whetherthe audit trail of prior year(s) hasbeen preserved by the Company asper the statutory requirements forrecord retention prescribed under
Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Auditand Auditors) Rules, 2014.
In our opinion, according to information,explanations given to us, the remunerationpaid by the Company to its directors is withinthe limits laid prescribed under Section 197read with Schedule V of the Act and the rulesthereunder.
Chartered AccountantsICAI Firm Registration No. 105047W
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Place: Bengaluru Membership No. 159694
Date: April 24, 2025 UDIN: 25159694BMLWGT7265