Kothari Products Limited
REPORTON THE AUDITOFTHE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements of Kothari Products Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31,2023, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to Standalone 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("lnd AS") prescribed under section 1 33 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 201 5, as amended and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2023 and its profit (including other comprehensive income), the changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basisfor Opinion
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statement in accordance with the 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 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 framed thereunder, and we have fulfil led 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 audit opinion onthe Standalone 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 Standalone Financial Statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole, and informing our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report.
Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor's Report thereon
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information comprises the information included in Annual Report, but does not include the Standalone Financial Statements, Consolidated Financial Statements and our Auditor's report thereon. The Annual Report is expected to be made available to us afterthe date of this report.
Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not coverthe other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusionthereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude thatthere is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to Those Charged With Governance and take necessary actions as applicable under the relevant laws and regulations. Management's and Those Charged with Governance Responsibilities for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 1 34(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of the Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, changes in equity, cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles gene rally accepted in India, including I nd AS and relevant provisions 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, relevantto the preparation and presentation ofthe Standalone Financial
Statements that give a true and fair view and a re free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, the Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company's abilityto 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 forthe 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 a rise 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 higherthanforone 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 interna I financial controls system with reference to Standalone 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 and Board of Director'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 abilityto 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. Flowever, 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.
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 Standalone 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 aboutthe matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determinethat a mattershould 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 the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Government of India in terms of section 1 43(11) of the Act, we give in the "Annexure A", a statement on the matters specified in the paragraph 3 and 4 of the said Order.
2. As required by section 143(3)oftheAct,we reportthat:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessaryforthe purposes of ouraudit;
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 ofthose books;
c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (Including OtherComprehensive Income), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Statement of Cash Flows 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 Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act, read with relevant rules issued thereunder and relevant provisions of the Act;
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2023 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,2023 from being appointed as a director in terms ofsection 1 64(2) ofthe Act;
f) With respect to the adequacy ofthe internal financial controls with reference to Standalone Financial Statements ofthe Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B", Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness ofthe Company's internal financial controls with reference to Standalone Financial Statements;
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements of section 1 97(1 6) ofthe Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingtothe explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions ofsection 1 97 ofthe Act; and
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 explanationsgivento us:
i. The Company has disclosed details of pending litigations, however, it does not have adverse impact on its financial position. Refer note 44 to Standalone Financial Statements;
ii. The Company does not have any long term contracts including derivative contracts requiring a provision for materialforeseable losses;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund bythe Company;
iv. (a) The Management has represented that no funds 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(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guara ntee,security orthe like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented that no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("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 ofthe Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,securityorthe like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing hascometo our noticethat has caused usto believethatthe representations undersubclause (i) and (ii) of rule 1 1 (e),as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year.
vi. Proviso to rule 3(1) ofthe Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 for maintaining books of accounts using accounting software which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility is applicable to the Company with effect from April 1,2023, and accordingly, reporting under rule 11 (g) ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31,2023.
For G. M. Kapadia & Co.
Chartered Accountants Firm Registration No.104767W
AtulShah
Partner
Place; Mumbai Membership No.039569
Date: 23rd May, 2023 UDIN: 23039569BGURJN8126
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