We have audited the accompanying financial Statements of J.A. Finance Ltd. (the Company”), which
comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 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 then ended on that date and notes to the Financial Statements including a summary of material
accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “Financial
Statements”).
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 (“the Act”) in
the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting
Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting
Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principle generally accepted in
India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024, the profit and total comprehensive
income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the financial statement in accordance with Standards on Auditing (SAs)
specified under section 143(10) of the Act. 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 ethical requirements that are
relevant to our audit of the Financial statements under the provisions of the Act and Rules thereunder
and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the
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.
Emphasis of Matters
As per Ind AS, the financial assets and financial liabilities are to be valued as per Indian Accounting
Standards. The Investments in shares being Financial Assets have been measured at Fair Value through
Other Comprehensive Income. We have not received the valuation certificate for the carrying value of
Investment in unquoted equity shares. We have relied on the valuation provided and confirmed by the
management.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
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.
Information other than the financial statements and Auditor’s Report thereon
The Company’s Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information
comprises the information included in the Management Discussion & Analysis, Board’s Report
including Annexure to Board’s Report, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance 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 informationis materially inconsistent with the
Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained in the 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 and Board of Director’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act
with respect to the preparation of these 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 accounting principles generally accepted in India,
including Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) prescribed 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 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 also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the 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 decisions of users taken on the
basis of this 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 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 with reference to financial statements 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 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.
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.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
(1) 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 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 (including Other Comprehensive Income), the
Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this report are in
agreement with the books of account;
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid Financial Statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind
AS) specified under section 133 of the Act read with relevant rules issued there under;
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2024, and
taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 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 with reference to financial statements of
the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in “Annexure
A”.
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 the other matters to be included inthe 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, we further report that:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its Financial
Statements - Refer Note - 30 on Contingent Liabilities to the Financial Statements;
(ii) The Company did not have any material foreseeable losses in long term contracts including
derivative contracts during the year ended March 31, 2024;
(iii) There has been no delay in transferring amounts required to be transferred to the Investor Education
and Protection Fund (IEPF) by the Company.
(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;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the
circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations
under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material
misstatement.
(v) . The company had not declared or paid any dividend during the year, therefore compliance with
section 123 of the Companies Act, 2013 is not applicable.
(vi). Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used an accounting
software for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log)
facility w.e.f. 14.04.2023 and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions
recorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of
audit trail feature being tampered with.
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, 2024.
2. 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 Companies Act, 2013, we give in
the Annexure “B”, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent
applicable.
For S K Naredi & Co
Chartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Regn. No -003333C
(Anand Harnathka)
Partner
M. No - 401726
UDIN- 24401726BKCRYP8300
May 29, 2024
Jamshedpur, India.
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