We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Ascensive Educare Limited(Formerly known as Ascensive Educare Private Limited) ("the Company"), which comprisethe Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, and the Statement of Profit and Loss and theCash Flow Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accountingpolicies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous, the aforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act,2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006, as amended ("Accounting Standards") and otheraccounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company asat March 31, 2024, its profit/loss and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibility for the Audit of the Financialstatements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) togetherwith the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statementsunder the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled ourother ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code ofEthics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial statements.
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 andAnalysis and Directors Report (the "Reports"), but does not include the financialstatements and our auditor's report thereon.
• Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we donot express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read theother information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the courseof our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
• If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We havenothing to report in this regard.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) ofthe Act with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true andfair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows in accordance withthe Accounting Standards and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance withthe provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, thatwere operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statement that give atrue and fair view and are 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, matters relatedto going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless managementeither intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financialreporting process.
Auditor's Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statementsas a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ofassurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs willalways detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraudor error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment andmaintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements,whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to thoserisks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud ishigher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery,intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevant to the audit in order todesign audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the
Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists,we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures inthe financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion.Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up tothe date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individuallyor in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factors in(i) planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identifiedmisstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have compliedwith relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with themall relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit, we report that:
A. We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the bestof our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
B. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
C. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statementdealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant books of account.
D. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act.
E. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March31, 2024 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on March 31, 2024 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164(2) of the Act.
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 A". Our report expresses an unmodified opinionon the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's internal financialcontrols over financial reporting.
G. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in
accordance 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 in
accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as
amended in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact itsfinancial position.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required 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 have been advanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds)by the Company to or in any other persons or entities, including foreignentities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall:
• directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by oron behalf of the Company.
• provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds have been received by the Company from any persons orentities, including foreign entities("Funding Parties"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theCompany shall:
• directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by oron behalf of the Funding Party or
• provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us tobelieve that the representations under sub clause (d) (i) and (d) (ii)contain any material mis-statement.
v. That no dividend declared or paid during the year by the Company is incompliance with Section 123 of the Act.
I. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has usedaccounting softwares for maintaining its books of account for the financial yearended March 31, 2024 which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facilityand the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the softwares. Further, during the course of our audit we did not comeacross any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, asproviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable fromApril 1, 2023, reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)Rules, 2014 on preservation of audit trail as per the statutory requirements forrecord retention is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31, 2024.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued bythe Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "AnnexureB" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
For Goyal Goyal& Co.
Chartered Accountants
(Firm's Registration No. -015069C)
Hemant Goyal(Partner)
(m. No. 405884)
(UDIN - 24405884BKCOJG6573)
Place :Kolkata
Date : May 13, 2024