We have audited the accompanying standalonefinancial statements of Chemfab Alkalis Limited
(the "Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheetas at 31 March 2026, and the Statement of Profit andLoss (including Other Comprehensive Income), theCash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changesin Equity for the year ended on that date, and notesto the financial statements, including a summary ofmaterial accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation .
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 Standardsprescribed under section 133 of the Act, ("Ind AS")and other accounting principles generally acceptedin India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at31 March 2026, its profit and other comprehensiveincome, its cash flows and the changes in equity forthe year ended on that date.
BASIS FOR OPINION
We conducted our audit of the standalone financialstatements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing ("SA"s) specified under section 143(10) ofthe Act. Our responsibilities under those Standardsare further described in the Auditor's Responsibilityfor the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statementssection 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 the Actand the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilledour other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics.We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us issufficient 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 ourprofessional judgment, were of most significance inour audit of the standalone financial statements ofthe current period. We have determined that there areno key audit matters to communicate in our report.
INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS AND AUDITOR'S REPORTTHEREON
• The Company's Board of Directors is responsiblefor the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in theManagement Discussion and analysis, Board'sreport including annexures to the Board's reportand Corporate Governance, but does notinclude the consolidated financial statements,standalone financial statements and our auditor'sreport thereon. The Management Discussion andanalysis, Board's report including annexures tothe Board's report and Corporate Governanceis expected to be made available to us after thedate of this auditor's report.
• Our opinion on the standalone financialstatements does not cover the other informationand will not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the standalonefinancial statements, our responsibility is to readthe other information identified above when itbecomes available and, in doing so, considerwhether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financialstatements or our knowledge obtained duringthe course of our audit or otherwise appears tobe materially misstated.
• When we read the Management Discussion andanalysis, Board's report including annexures to theBoard's report and Corporate Governance, if weconclude that there is a material misstatementtherein, we are required to communicate thematter to those charged with governance asrequired under SA 720 The Auditor's responsibilitiesRelating to Other Information.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT ANDBOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE STANDALONEFINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible forthe matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act withrespect to the preparation of these standalonefinancial statements that give a true and fair view ofthe financial position, financial performance includingother comprehensive income, cash flows andchanges in equity of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally accepted in
India, including Ind AS specified under section 133 ofthe Act. This responsibility also includes maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordance withthe provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting fraudsand other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent;and design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevantto the preparation and presentation of the financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror.
In preparing the standalone financial statements,management and Board of Directors are responsiblefor assessing the Company's ability to continue asa going concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless the Board of Directorseither intend to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors is also responsiblefor overseeing the Company's financial reportingprocess.
AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUDIT OFTHE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of materialmisstatement of the standalone financialstatements, whether due to fraud or error, designand perform audit procedures responsive tothose risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higherthan for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financialcontrols relevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act,we are also responsible for expressing our opinionon whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls with reference to standalonefinancial statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accountingpolicies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness ofmanagement's use of the going concern basisof accounting and, based on the audit evidenceobtained, whether a material uncertainty existsrelated to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern. If we conclude thata material uncertainty exists, we are requiredto draw attention in our auditor's report to therelated disclosures in the standalone financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are basedon the audit evidence obtained up to the dateof our auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the standalone financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether thestandalone financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a mannerthat achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in thestandalone financial statements that, individually orin aggregate, makes it probable that the economicdecisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of thestandalone financial statements may be influenced.We consider quantitative materiality and qualitativefactors in (i) planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) toevaluate the effect of any identified misstatements inthe standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged withgovernance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scope and timing of the audit and significantaudit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal financial controls that we identify during ouraudit.
We also provide those charged with governance witha statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, andto communicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on
our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORYREQUIREMENTS
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on
our audit, we report 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 ourexamination of those books, except for notkeeping backup on a daily basis of suchbooks of account maintained in electronicmode (with regards to payroll) in a serverphysically located in India (refer Note 51(xiii)to the standalone financial statements) andnot complying with the requirement of audittrail as stated in (i)(vi) below.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profitand Loss including Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Cash Flow Statement andStatement of Changes in Equity dealt withby this Report are in agreement with therelevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements comply with the Ind ASspecified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on 31 March2026 taken on record by the Board ofDirectors, none of the directors is disqualifiedas on 31 March 2026 from being appointedas a director in terms of Section 164(2) of theAct.
f) The modifications relating to themaintenance of accounts and other mattersconnected therewith, are as stated inparagraph (b) above.
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 separate Reportin "Annexure A". Our report expresses anunmodified opinion on the adequacy andoperating effectiveness of the Company'sinternal financial controls with reference tostandalone financial statements.
h) With respect to the other matters tobe included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with the requirements ofsection 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in ouropinion and to the best of our information
and according to the explanations given tous, the remuneration paid/provided by theCompany to its directors during the year isin accordance with the provisions of section197 of the Act.
i) With respect to the other matters to beincluded in the Auditor's Report in accordancewith Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in ouropinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given tous:
i. The Company has disclosed the impactof pending litigations on its financialposition in its standalone financialstatements - Refer Note 38 to thestandalone financial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long¬term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been a delay in transfer ofamounts, required to be transferred, tothe Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company of Rs. 2.87 Lakhswhich has not yet been transferredto said fund - Refer Note 26 to thestandalone financial statements.
iv. (a) The Management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, as disclosed in the note51(viii) to the financial statementsno funds have been advanced orloaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premiumor any 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 inany 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 knowledgeand belief, as disclosed in the note5l(ix) to the financial statements,no funds have been received bythe Company from any person(s)or entity(ies), including foreignentities ("Funding Parties"), withthe understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise,that the Company shall, directly
or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Funding Party ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit proceduresperformed that have beenconsidered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice thathas caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause(i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as providedunder (a) and (b) above, containany material misstatement.
v. The final dividend proposed in theprevious year, declared and paid bythe Company during the year is inaccordance with section 123 of the Act,as applicable.
As stated in note 50 to the standalonefinancial statements, the Board ofDirectors of the Company has proposedfinal dividend for the year which is subjectto the approval of the members at theensuing Annual General Meeting. Suchdividend proposed is in accordancewith section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
vi. Based on our examination, whichincluded test checks, the Company hasused accounting software systems formaintaining its books of account forthe financial year ended 31 March 2026which have the feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and thesame has operated throughout the yearfor all relevant transactions recordedin the software systems except that in
respect of a software managed by athird party software service providerfor maintaining payroll records by themanagement,
a) the feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility was not enabledfor two days (from 01 April 2025 to02 April 2025).
b) in the absence of an independentauditor's report covering the audittrail requirement for the audit/examination period from 01 January2026 to 31 March 2026, we are unableto comment whether the audit trailfeature of the said software wasenabled and operated for the auditperiod01 January 2026 to 31 March2026, for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software related topayroll or whether there was anyinstance of the audit trail featurebeen tampered with.
Further, during the course of ouraudit we did not come across anyinstance of the audit trail featurebeing tampered with and theaudit trail has been preserved bythe Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention(from 1 April 2023) for the softwaresystem where the audit trail wasenabled and operating. (Refer Note51 (xiii) to the financial statements).
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report)Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the CentralGovernment in terms of Section 143(11) of theAct, we give in "Annexure B" a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of theOrder.
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