We have audited the financial statements of Aspire &Innovative Advertising Limited, which comprise theBalance Sheet as at 31 March 2025, the statement ofProfit and Loss and the statement of Cash Flows, for theyear then ended, and notes to the financial statements,including a summary of significant accounting policiesand other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidfinancial statements give the information required bythe Act in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of theCompany as at March 31, 2025, and profit for the yearended on that date and its cash flows on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with theStandards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilitiesunder those Standards are further described in theAuditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independentof the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethicsissued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the financial statements underthe provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rulesthere under, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the Code of Ethics. We believe that the auditevidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion.
Information Other than the Financial Statementsand Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Management Discussion andAnalysis, Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’sReport, Business Responsibility and SustainabilityReport, Corporate Governance and Shareholder’sInformation, but does not include the consolidatedfinancial statements, Standalone Financial Statementsand our 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 Standalone FinancialStatements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether theother information is materially inconsistent with theStandalone Financial Statements or our knowledgeobtained during the course of our audit or otherwiseappears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we concludethat there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation, we are required to report that fact. Wehave nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibility of Management and Those Chargedwith Governance for Standalone FinancialStatements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act,2013 ("the Act”) with respect to the preparation of thesefinancial statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance and cash flowsof the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including theaccounting Standards specified under section 133 ofthe Act. This responsibility also includes maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting fraudsand other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgments andestimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectivelyfor ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the financial statement that give a trueand fair view and are free from material misstatement,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.
That Board of Directors are also responsible foroverseeing the company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of theFinancial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assuranceabout whether the financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud 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. Misstatementscan arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these financialstatements.
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 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.
• 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.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accountingpolicies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made bymanagement.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’suse of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whether amaterial uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, weare required to draw attention in our auditor’s reportto related disclosures in the financial statementsor, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modifyour opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit
evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’sreport. However, future events or conditions maycause the Company to cease to continue as a goingconcern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and eventsin a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in theStandalone Financial Statements that, individuallyor in 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 work andin evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluatethe effect of any identified misstatements in theStandalone 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 bearon our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
From the matters communicated with those chargedwith governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe thesematters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when,in extremely rare circumstances, we determine thata matter should not be communicated in our reportbecause the adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interestbenefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we reportthat:
a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for thepurposes of our audit;
b) In our opinion, proper books of account asrequired by law have been kept by the Companyso far as it appears from our examination ofthose books;
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit andLoss and the Statement of Cash Flows dealtwith by this Report are in agreement with thebooks of accounts;
d) In our opinion,theaforesaid financialstatementscomply with the Accounting Standards specifiedunder Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, to theextent applicable;
e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on 31st March,2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors,none of the directors is disqualified as on 31stMarch, 2025 from being appointed as a directorin terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls over financial reporting ofthe Company 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 over financialreporting;
g) With respect to the other matters to beincluded in the Auditor’s Report in accordancewith the requirements of section 197(16) ofthe Act, as amended, in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the remuneration paidby the Company to its directors during the yearis in accordance with the provisions of section197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
i) The Company does not have any pendinglitigations which would impact its financialposition.
ii) The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeablelosses.
iii) There were no amounts which were requiredto be transferred to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company.
iv) (a) The management has represented
that, to the best of it’s knowledge andbelief, other than as disclosed in thenotes to the accounts, no funds havebeen advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the company to or in anyother person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities ("Intermediaries"), withthe understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether, directlyor indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, securityor the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented,that, to the best of it’s knowledge andbelief, other than as disclosed in thenotes to the accounts, no funds havebeen received by the company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreignentities ("Funding Parties"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provideany guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;and
(c) Based on audit procedures which weconsidered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances, nothing has cometo their notice that has caused themto believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (i) and (ii) contain anymaterial mis-statement.
v) The company has not declared or paid anydividend during the year in contraventionof the provisions of section 123 of theCompanies Act, 2013.
vi) Based on our examination, which includedtest checks, the Company has usedaccounting software for maintaining itsbooks of account for the financial yearended March 31, 2025 which has a featureof recording audit trail (edit log) facility andthe same has operated throughout the yearfor all relevant transactions recorded in thesoftware. Further, during the course of ouraudit we did not come across any instanceof the audit trail feature being tamperedwith.
The Company is preserving the audit trail (edit log)for future also as per record retention requiredprescribed under Companies Act, 2013 and rulesmade thereunder.
2. 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 Companies Act, 2013, we giveAnnexure-B, a statement on the matters specifiedin the paragraph 3 and 4 of the order.
For S I G M A C & Co.
Chartered AccountantsFirm Regn. No. - 116351WRajeev GuptaMembership No.: 513388UDIN: 25513388BMIQRH2326
Date: 30-May-2025
Place: Gurugram, Haryana