We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of M/S. SHANTIEDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES LIMITED (“the Company”), which comprises theBalance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the statement of Changes in Equity and Cash Flow Statement forthe year ended on that date, and a summary of significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory information (hereinafter referred to as the “standalone financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous, the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformitywith the Indian accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with thecompanies (Indian Accounting standards)Rule, 2015, as amended (“Ind AS”) and otheraccounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at31st March 2025 and its profit & total Comprehensive 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 Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards arefurther described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statementssection of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code ofEthics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions ofthe Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believethat the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key Audit Matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of mostsignificance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in formingour opinion thereon, and we do not provide separate opinion on these matters. Based on thecircumstances and facts of the audit and entity, there are no key audit matters to becommunicated in our report.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis,Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’s Report, Business Responsibility Report,Corporate Governance and Shareholder’s Information, but does not include the standalonefinancial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information andwe do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is toread the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information ismaterially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtainedduring the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
Based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a no material misstatementof this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in thisregard.
Responsibility of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the FinancialStatements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) ofthe Companies Act. 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation and presentation of thesestandalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance withthe provisions of Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing anddetecting frauds and other irregularities, selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgements and estimates that are responsible and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant tothe preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view andare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless managementeither intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternativebut to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company’s financialreporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of Financial Statement
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue anauditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
A further description of the auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statementsis included in Annexure A. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued bythe Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of theAct, we give in the Annexure B, statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to thebest of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit.
b) In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as appears from our examination of those books;
c) The Standalone Balance sheet, the statement of Standalone Profit and lossaccount, Standalone Statement of other comprehensive Income, StandaloneStatement of changes in Equity and the Standalone Cash Flow Statement dealtwith by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with theIndian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March31, 2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act; and
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financialreporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in “Annexure C”. Our report expresses an unmodifiedopinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company’s internalfinancial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report inaccordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the yearis in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, inour opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financialposition in its standalone financial statements.
ii) The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law oraccounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any.
iii) There is no fund which is pending to be transferred to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv) (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate)have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds orshare premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or inany other person or entity, including foreign entity (“Intermediaries”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company(“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate)have been received by the Company from any person or entity, includingforeign entity (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly,lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that hascaused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) ofRule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any materialmisstatement.
v) The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year incontravention of the provisions of section 123 of the Companies Act, 2013.
vi) The reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014 is applicable from 1 April 2023. Based on our examination which includedtest checks, the Company has used accounting software for maintaining its booksof account, which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and thesame has operated throughout the year.
For and on Behalf ofNahta Jain & AssociatesChartered AccountantsFirm Regn. No. 106801W
Place : Ahmedabad
Date: 21/05/2025 (CA. Gaurav Nahta)
UDIN: Partner
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