We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Andhra Pradesh Tanneries Limited (“the
Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including
Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year
ended on that date, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and
other explanatory 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 to us, the aforesaid standalone
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 with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed u/s 133 of the Act read with
the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 as amended (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles
generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March 2024, its loss and total comprehensive
expense, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified
under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’s
Responsibilities for the Audit of the standalone financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the
Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the
provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance
with these requirements and the ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is
sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern
We draw attention to Note 1(1)(ii) in these financial statements, which indicates that the Company has incurred a net
loss of Rs. 27.13 lakhs during the year ended 31st March 2024 and as of that date, the Company’s net worth is fully
eroded and has negative net worth of Rs. 1,257.54 lakhs. These events and conditions, along with other matters as
set forth in Note 1 indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability
to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the
financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial
statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these
matters. Except for the matter described in the Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern section, no other Key
Audit Matter needs to be addressed in our report.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information
comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board’s Report including Annexures
to Board’s Report, and Shareholder’s Information, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor’s
report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of
assurance conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the
other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial
statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information,
we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibility of Management for the standalone financial statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the
preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial
performance, including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance
with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards
specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records
in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and
detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments
and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal
financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,
relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and
are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern
basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no
realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are
free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error and to issue an auditor’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 a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are
considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic
decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism
throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to
fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is
sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement
resulting from fraud is higher 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 control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(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 operating
effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and
related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on
the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast
significant doubt on the Company’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’s report to the related disclosures in the standalone
financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on
the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may
cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the
disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events
in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate,
makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial
statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of
audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the
standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing
of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify
during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical
requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may
reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most
significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We
describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or
when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because
the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such
communication.
Other Matter
The financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2023 was audited by another auditor, vide their audit report
dated 25th May 2023, whose report has been furnished to us by the management and which has been relied upon by
us for the purpose of our audit of the financial statements. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Report on legal and other regulatory requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government of
India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the Annexure A, a statement on the matters
specified in paragraphs 3 and 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 the best 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 the Company so far as
appears from our examination of those books;
(c) the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, Statement of
Changes in Equity and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of
account;
(d) in our opinion the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section
133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) on the basis of the written representations received from the directors, as on 31st March 2024, and taken on
record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2024 from being
appointed as a director, in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;
(f) with respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and
operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in Annexure B;
(g) With respect to the other matter to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with the requirements
of section 197(16) of the Act :
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the
remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is 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, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according
to the explanations given to us :
(i) the Company has disclosed the impact on pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone
financial statements;
(ii) the Company did not have any long term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were
any material foreseeable losses;
(iii) No amounts were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
Company.
(iv) (a) The management has represented that, to the best of it’s knowledge and belief, no funds (which
are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested
(either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the
Company to or in any other person or entity, including foreign entity (“Intermediaries”), with the
understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether,
directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever
by or on behalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or
the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented, that, to the best of it’s knowledge and belief, no funds
(which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Company
from any person or entity, including foreign entity (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding,
whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether directly or indirectly,
lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of
the funding party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on
behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on the audit procedures that we have considered reasonable and appropriate in the
circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the
representations under subclause (a) and (b) above, contain any material mis-statement.
(v) The Company has not declared any dividend during the year;
(vi) Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has not used accounting software
for maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024 which has a feature
of recording audit trail (edit log) facility.
For Bhogilal C. Shah & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm’s registration No. 101424W
Suril Shah
Partner
Membership No. 42710
UDIN : 24042710BKGWMR4013
Mumbai, 29th May, 2024
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