We have audited the financial statements ofIRM Energy Limited (“the Company”), which comprisethe balance sheet as at 31st March 2025, the statement ofProfit and Loss (including other comprehensive income),the statement of changes in equity and the statementof cash flows for the year ended, and notes to thefinancial statements, including a summary of significantaccounting policies and other explanatory information.
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”) inthe manner so required and give a true and fair viewin conformity with the Indian Accounting Standardsprescribed under section 133 of the Act read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015,as amended, (‘Ind AS’) and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of theCompany as at 31st March, 2025, and profit and othercomprehensive income, changes in equity and its cashflows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standardson Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) ofthe Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards arefurther described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for theAudit of the Standalone Financial Statements sectionof our report. We are independent of the Companyin accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together withthe ethical requirements that are relevant to our auditof the financial statements under the provisions of theAct and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled ourother ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe thatthe audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in ourprofessional judgement, were of most significance inour audit of the standalone financial statements for thefinancial year ended March 31, 2025. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the standalonefinancial statements as a whole and in forming ouropinion thereon, and we do not provide a separateopinion on these matters. For each matter below, ourdescription of how our audit addressed the matter isprovided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to bethe key audit matters to be communicated in our report.We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in theAuditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the standalonefinancial statements section of our report, including inrelation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit includedthe performance of procedures designed to respond toour assessment of the risks of material misstatement ofthe standalone financial statements. The results of ouraudit procedures, including the procedures performedto address the matters below, provide the basis forour audit opinion on the accompanying standalonefinancial statements.
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Key Audit MatterNo
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
1. Revenue recognition on contracts with customer
Principal Audit Procedures
The Company is in the business of distribution
Our approach was a combination of test of
internal
of natural gas. The Company has major types of
controls, analytical and substantive procedures which
customers such as industrial, commercial, non-
included the following: -
commercial, domestic and CNG.
- Evaluated the design of internal control
Revenue from sale of natural gas is considered
- For evaluation of operative effectiveness of
as key audit matter as there is a risk of accuracy
control:
of recognition and measurement of gas sales inthe Standalone Financial Statements consideringfollowing aspects: -
- Different pricing structure for different types of
• Verified samples of gas sales invoices with relevantagreements executed with the customers, accuracyof pricing, consumption quantity, tax amount ofinvoices of major types of customers
customers and frequency of price change
• Visited site to understand actual operations
- Voluminous number of customers
- Capturing Gas Consumption data in billing
- Estimating unbilled revenue at the year-end
- Extensive use of ERP and other IT systems formanaging the billing operation
- Performed analytical procedures to verify number ofbills generated during the year for each major type ofcustomers as per their respective billing cycle
- On sample basis, verified:
• Updation of Daily Contracted Quantity of gas ofIndustrial customers in the billing system.
• Updation of prices of gas for all major types ofcustomers in the billing system.
• Sales invoices- Verified subsequent realization ofinvoices generated for the month of March 2025
- Evaluated the appropriateness of accounting policies,related disclosure made and overall presentation in theStandalone Financial Statements in terms of Ind AS 115.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Board’s Report and OtherRelevant Information contained therein, but does notinclude the standalone financial statements and ourauditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements doesnot cover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the otherinformation is materially inconsistent with the financialstatements or our knowledge obtained during thecourse of our audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated. If, based on the work we have performed, weconclude that there is a material misstatement of thisother information, we are required to report that fact. Wehave nothing to report in this regard.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible forthe matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act withrespect to the preparation and presentation of thesestandalone financial statements that give a true andfair view of the financial position, financial performance,changes in equity and cash flows of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the accounting Standardsspecified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibilityalso includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Actfor safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate implementationand maintenance of accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation 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 financial statements, managementis responsible for assessing the Company’s ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable,matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless management eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations,or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible foroverseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assuranceabout whether the standalone financial statements asa whole are free from material misstatement, whetherdue to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report thatincludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a highlevel of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements canarise from fraud or error and are considered material if,individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonablybe expected to influence the economic decisions ofusers taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
a) Identify and assess the risks of materialmisstatement of the financial statements, whetherdue to fraud or error, design and perform auditprocedures responsive to those risks, and obtainaudit evidence that is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of notdetecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud is higher than for one resulting from error,as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal control.
b) Obtain an understanding of internal control relevantto the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Undersection 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, weare also responsible for expressing our opinionon whether the company has adequate internalfinancial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
c) Evaluate the appropriateness of accountingpolicies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management.
d) Conclude on the appropriateness of management’suse of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whethera material uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern.If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists,we are required to draw attention in our auditor’sreport to the related disclosures in the financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. Our conclusions are based onthe audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor’s report. However, future events or conditionsmay cause the Company to cease to continue asa going concern.
e) Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events ina manner that achieves fair presentation.
f) Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidenceregarding the financial information of theCompany to express an opinion on the StandaloneFinancial Statements.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in thefinancial statements that, individually or in aggregate,makes it probable that the economic decisions ofa reasonably knowledgeable user of the financialstatements may be influenced. We consider quantitative
materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning thescope of our audit work and in evaluating the results ofour work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identifiedmisstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scopeand timing of the audit and significant audit findings,including any significant deficiencies in internal controlthat we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance witha statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and tocommunicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order,2020 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Government ofIndia in terms of sub-section (ll) of section 143 of the Act,we give in the “Annexure A” a statement on the mattersspecified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to theextent applicable.
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 requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss,the Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changesin Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with Indian AccountingStandards specified under section 133 of theAct, read with Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015, as amended.
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on 31st March, 2025 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols over financial reporting of the Companyand the operating effectiveness of such controls,refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.
g) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditors' Report in accordance with the
requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, asamended, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanationsgiven to us, the remuneration paid by the Companyto its Directors during the year is in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 of the Act.
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, inour opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigation on its financial position in itsfinancial statement.
ii. The Company has made provision as requiredunder the applicable law or accountingstandard, on material foreseeable losses, if anyon long-term derivative contracts.
iii. There are no amounts which are required to betransferred to Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the company.
iv. (a) The management has represented that,
to the best of it’s knowledge and belief,no funds have been advanced or loanedor invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sourcesor kind of funds) by the company to or inany other persons or entities, includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries”), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented that,to the best of it’s knowledge and belief, nofunds have been received by the companyfrom any persons or entities, including
foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by oron behalf of the Funding Party (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries; and
(c) Based on such audit procedures thatwe have considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has caused usto believe that the representations givenunder (a) and (b) above, contain anymaterial mis-statement.
v. The dividend declared and paid during the yearby the company is in compliance with section123 of the Act.
vi. Based on the representation and explanationprovided by the Company and based on ourexamination, which included test checks, theCompany has used accounting software formaintaining its books of account that has afeature of recording an audit trail (edit log)facility and the same has operated throughoutthe year. Further, during the course of our auditwe did not come across any instance of audittrail feature being tampered with.
For Mukesh M. Shah & Co.,
Chartered AccountantsFirm Registration No.: 106625W
Harsh P. Kejriwal
Partner
Place: Ahmedabad Membership No.:128670
Date: 15/05/2025 UDIN: 25128670BMOBFP1033