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CHOTHANI FOODS LTD.

25 February 2026 | 12:00

Industry >> Food Processing & Packaging

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ISIN No INE344X01016 BSE Code / NSE Code 540681 / CHOTHANI Book Value (Rs.) 15.09 Face Value 10.00
Bookclosure 30/09/2023 52Week High 47 EPS 0.13 P/E 89.92
Market Cap. 12.20 Cr. 52Week Low 12 P/BV / Div Yield (%) 0.78 / 0.00 Market Lot 2,500.00
Security Type Other

AUDITOR'S REPORT

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Year End :2025-03 

We have audited the accompanying Financial Statements of CHOTHANI FOODS LIMITED ("the
Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss
for the year ended on March 31, 2025, the Statement of Cash flow for the year ended & a summary
of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the
aforesaid Financial Statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 in the
manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Accounting Standards
prescribed under Section 133 of the Act & other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of
the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, its Profit 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 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 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 independence requirements that
are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provision of the Act, and the Rules
made 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 financial statements.

KEY AUDIT MATTERS

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, 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.

We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated
in our report.

S.No.

Key Audit Matter

1.

Assessment of Trade Receivables:

The company has trade receivables amounting to Rs. 482.59 Lakhs (i.e. 24.64% of total assets) at
the Balance Sheet Date March 31, 2025.

The increasing challenges over the economy and operating environment in the Trading &
manufacturing industry during the year have increased the risks of default on receivables from the
company's customers. In particular, in the event of insolvency of customers, the company is
exposed to potential risk of financial loss when the customers fail to meet their contractual
obligations in accordance with the requirements of the agreements.

Based on historical default rates and overall credit worthiness of customers, management believes
that no impairment allowance is required in respect of outstanding trade receivables as on March
31, 2025. Management had analysed trade receivables in depth and written off debts considered
to be non-recoverable.

For the purpose of impairment assessment, significant judgements and assumptions, including the
credit risks of customers, the timing and amount of realisation of these receivables, are required
for the identification of impairment events and the determination of the impairment charge.

Auditor Response to key Audit Matter:

Principal Audit Procedures:

Our audit procedures included:

• Evaluating the Company's policy on provisioning for doubtful debts and assessing its

compliance with applicable accounting standards.

• Reviewing the ageing of receivables and identifying material overdue balances.

• Discussing with management the status of significant overdue accounts and the rationale for

not making a provision.

• Testing subsequent collections received after the year-end to assess the recoverability.

• Evaluating the adequacy of disclosures in the financial statements.

Conclusion:

We found the key judgement and assumptions used by management in the recoverability
assessment of trade receivables to be supportable based on the available evidence. However, in
absence of confirmations, non-provisioning on debtors may be required as mentioned in
'Emphasis of Matter' paragraph 2.

2.

Non-identification of Suppliers under the MSMED Act, 2006

As at the balance sheet date, the Company has not identified or disclosed any dues to micro and
small enterprises as defined under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act,
2006. The determination of suppliers covered under the MSMED Act is required for compliance
with disclosure requirements under the Act and Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013.

This was considered a key audit matter due to the regulatory significance of the MSMED Act, the
risk of non-compliance with statutory disclosure requirements, and the judgment involved in
identification and confirmation of suppliers' status under the Act.

Auditor Response to key Audit Matter:

Our audit procedures included:

• Obtaining and reviewing management's process for identifying suppliers covered under the

MSMED Act.

• Reviewing vendor master data and assessing whether management had obtained requisite

declarations from suppliers regarding their MSME status.

• Examining correspondence, if any, with vendors and reviewing payments made to assess if

any delay beyond statutory timelines existed.

• Evaluating the appropriateness and completeness of disclosures made in the financial

statements in this regard.

EMPHASIS OF MATTER:

1. The company's process for identifying suppliers covered by the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Development Act of 2006 and the payment of interest in cases of delays in payment, appears to be
inadequate and unverifiable. As a result, we are unable to comment on MSMED Act 2006 compliance
or disclosure requirements under Schedule III of the Companies Act 2013.

2. The Company does not have confirmations and reconciliation of few balances from sundry debtors. The
effect of the adjustment arising from reconciliation and settlement of old dues and possible loss which
may arise on account of non-recovery or partial recovery of such dues is not ascertained. We are
unable to comment on the impact of non-provisioning for such loss on the result or financial position of
the Company.

Our Opinion is not modified in respect of the aforesaid matters.

INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AUDITOR'S REPORT THEREON.

The company's board is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information
comprises the information included Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including
Annexures to Board's Report, Business Responsibility Report 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.

MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies
Act, 2013 ("the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these Financial Statements to give a true and fair
view of the financial position, financial performance, & cash flows of the Company in accordance with
accounting standard & accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for
safeguarding of 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 Financial Statements that
give a true 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 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.

The board of directors are responsible for overseeing the company's financial reporting process.
AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 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 decision of users taken on the
basis of these financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional
scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

• identify and assess the risks of material misstatements of the 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 financial controls 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 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 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 financial statements, including
the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and
events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in
aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the
financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i)
planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the
effect of any identified misstatements in the 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.

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 best of 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 the Company so far
as it appears from our examination of those books;

c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss & Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this
Report are in agreement with the books of account;

d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the accounting standards 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 March 31, 2025,
taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,
2025, from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;

f) With respect to the adequacy of internal financial control over financial reporting of the company
& the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in Annexure "A”. Our
report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the
company's internal financial controls 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 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 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 explanation given to us:

(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its
financial statements.

(ii) The Company has made provision, as at March 31, 2025 as required under the applicable law
or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts
including derivative contracts.

(iii) The Company is not liable to transfer any amounts, to the Investor Education and Protection
Fund during the year ended March 31, 2025.

(iv) a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its 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 its 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;

(v) The company has not declared and paid any dividend during the year 2024-25.

(vi) Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has not used
accounting softwares for maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended March 31,
2025, which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has not been
operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the softwares.

As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable from April 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 for record retention is not applicable for the financial
year ended March 31, 2025.

2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (the "Order”) issued by the Central
Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure B” a statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

For Gupta Rustagi & Co.,

Chartered Accountants
FRN : 128701W

Sd/-

Meenakshi Gupta
Partner

M.NO. : 108097

UDIN : 25108097BMIXQD6416

Place : Mumbai

Date : 29.05.2025