We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of Prestige Estates Projects Limited ("theCompany"), which includes 30 partnership entities, whichcomprise the Balance sheet as at March 31 2025, theStatement of Profit and Loss, including the statement ofOther Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Cash Flowsand the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year thenended, and notes to the standalone financial statements,including a summary of material accounting policies andother explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us and based onthe consideration of reports of other auditors on separatefinancial statements and on the other financial informationof the partnership entities, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013, as amended ("the Act") in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, itsprofit including other comprehensive income, its cash flowsand the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financialstatements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(SAs), as specified under section 143(10) of the Act.Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the 'Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements’ section of our report.We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe 'Code of Ethics’ issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India together with the ethical requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the financial statements underthe provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believethat the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on thestandalone financial statements.
We draw attention to Note 50 to the accompanying financialstatements in connection with certain ongoing legalproceedings related to real estate project and income taxsearch matters. Our opinion is not modified in respect of thismatter.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements for the financial year endedMarch 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the standalone financial statementsas a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we donot provide a separate opinion on these matters. For eachmatter below, our description of how our audit addressed thematter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be thekey audit matters to be communicated in our report. Wehave fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor’sresponsibilities for the audit of the standalone financialstatements section of our report, including in relation to thesematters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance ofprocedures designed to respond to our assessment of therisks of material misstatement of the standalone financialstatements. The results of our audit procedures, includingthe procedures performed to address the matters below,provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanyingstandalone financial statements.
Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Revenue recognition from Contract with Customers (as described in note 4.2, 35 and 56 of the standalone financialstatements)
In accordance with the requirements of Ind AS 115, Company’srevenue from sale of real estate inventory property (other thanprojects executed through joint development arrangementsdescribed below), is recognised at a point in time, which isupon the Company satisfying its performance obligation andthe customer obtaining control of the promised asset.
Our audit procedures included, among others, the following:
• We read the accounting policy for revenue recognition ofthe Company and assessed compliance of the policy interms of principles enunciated under Ind AS 115.
• We, on a sample basis inspected the underlying customercontracts and assessed the management evaluation ofdetermining revenue recognition from sale of real estateinventory property at a point in time in accordance withthe requirements under Ind AS 115.
For revenue contract forming part of joint development
• We understood and tested management process and
arrangements ('JDA’) that are not jointly controlled operations,
controls around transfer of control in case of sale of real
the revenue from the development and transfer of constructed
estate inventory property and further controls related
area/ revenue sharing arrangement and the corresponding
to determination of fair value of estimated construction
land/ development rights received under JDA is measured at
service rendered to the landowner in relation to projects
the fair value of the estimated construction service rendered
executed through JDA.
to the land owner. Such revenue is recognised over a period of
• We, on a sample basis inspected the sale deed and
time in accordance with the requirements of Ind AS 115.
handover documents, evidencing the transfer of control
For contracts involving sale of real estate inventory property,
of the property to the customer based on which revenue
the Company receives the consideration in accordance with
is recognised at a point in time.
the terms of the contract in proportion of the percentage ofcompletion of such real estate project and represents payments
• We on a sample basis inspected the underlying customercontracts to determine, whether the contracts with
made by customers to secure performance obligation of theCompany under the contract enforceable by customers. The
customers involved any financing element.
assessment of such consideration received from customers
• We obtained and examined the computation of the fair
involves significant judgment in determining if the contracts
value of the construction service under JDA.
with customers involves any financing element.
• We obtained the joint development agreements entered
Ind AS 115 requires significant judgment in determining
into by the Company and compared the ratio of constructed
when 'control’ of the property underlying the performance
area/ revenue sharing arrangement between the Company
obligation is transferred to the customer. Further, for projects
and the landowner as mentioned in the agreement to the
executed through JDA, significant estimate is undertaken by
computation statement prepared by the management.
management for determining the fair value of the estimated
• We compared the fair value of the estimated construction
construction service.
service, to the project cost estimates and mark up
As the revenue recognition involves significant estimates and
considered by the management.
judgement, we regard this as a key audit matter.
• We tested the computation for recognition of revenueover a period of time for revenue contracts formingpart of JDA and the Company’s assessment of stage ofcompletion of projects and project cost estimates on testcheck basis.
• We assessed the disclosures made in accordance withthe requirements of Ind AS 115.
Assessing the recoverability of carrying value of Property, plant and equipment (PPE), Capital work-in-progress (CWIP) andInvestment property (as described in note 4.9, 4.10, 4.H, 4.13, 7, 8 and 9 of the standalone financial statements)
As at March 31, 2025, the carrying value of PPE, CWIP
and Investment property is ' 4,491 million, ' 49 million and' 24,374 million respectively. The carrying value of PPE, CWIPand Investment property (collectively referred to as 'Assets’) is
• We read and evaluated the accounting policies withrespect to PPE, CWIP and Investment property.
calculated using land costs, construction costs, interest costs
• We evaluated management’s identification of CGU’s
and other related costs. The Company reviews on a periodical
and the methodology applied in assessing the carrying
basis whether there are any indicators of impairment of
value of each CGU in compliance with the applicable
Assets, i.e., ensuring that Assets are carried at no more than
accounting standards.
their recoverable amount.
• We examined the management assessment in
We considered the assessment of carrying value of Assets
determining whether any impairment indicators exist.
as a key audit matter due to significance of the balance and
• We assessed the Company’s valuation methodology and
significant estimates and judgement involved in impairmentassessment.
assumptions based on current economic and marketconditions, applied in determining the recoverable amount.
• We compared the recoverable amount of the Assets tothe carrying value in books.
• We assessed the disclosures made in the standalonefinancial statements in this regard.
Assessing the recoverability of carrying value of Inventory (as described in note 4.14 and 16 of the standalone financialstatements)
As at March 31,2025, the carrying value of inventory comprisingof Work in progress and Stock of units in completed projectsis ' 74,727 million. The inventory is valued at the lower of thecost and net recognized value ("NRV"). The determinationof the NRV involves estimates based on prevailing marketconditions and taking into account the estimated future sellingprice, cost to complete projects and selling costs.
We identified the assessment of the carrying value of inventoryas a key audit matter due to the significance of the balanceto the standalone financial statements as a whole and theinvolvement of estimates and judgement in the assessment.
• We evaluated the design and operation of internal controlsrelated to testing recoverable amounts with carryingamount of inventory, including evaluating managementprocesses for estimating future costs to completeprojects.
• We assessed the Company’s methodology based oncurrent economic and market conditions, applied inassessing the carrying value.
• We obtained and tested the computation involved inassessment of carrying value including the NRV.
• We made inquiries with management to understand keyassumptions used in determination of the NRV.
• We compared the total projected budgeted cost to thetotal budgeted sale value from the project.
• We compared the NRV to recent sales in the project or tothe estimated selling price, applied in assessing the NRV.
• We compared the NRV to the carrying value in books.
Assessing the recoverability of carrying value of Investments and loans and advances made by the Company in subsidiaries,joint ventures and associate (as described in note 4.16, 11, 12 and 21 of the standalone financial statements)
As at March 31, 2025, the carrying values of Company’sinvestment in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associateamounted to ' 39,793 million. Further, the Company hasgranted loans and advances to its subsidiaries, joint venturesand associate amounting to ' 80,243 million as at March 31,2025.
• We read and evaluated the accounting policies withrespect to investments and loans and advances.
• We examined the management assessment indetermining whether any impairment indicators exist.
Management reviews regularly whether there are anyindicators of impairment of the investments and loans andadvances by reference to the requirements under Ind AS.
• We assessed the Company’s methodology appliedin assessing the carrying value under the relevantaccounting standards.
For cases where impairment indicators exist, managementestimated the recoverable amounts of the investments, beinghigher of fair value less costs of disposal and value in use.Significant judgements are required to determine the keyassumptions used in determination of fair value/ value in use.
We focused our effort on those cases with impairmentindicators. As the impairment assessment involves significantassumptions and judgement, we regard this as a key auditmatter.
• We assessed the Company’s valuation methodology andassumptions based on current economic and marketconditions, applied in determining the recoverable/realisable amount.
• We compared the recoverable/ realisable amount of theinvestment and loans and advances to the carrying valuein books.
• We read the most recent audited financial statementsof component entities and performed inquiries withmanagement on the project status and future businessplan of component entities.
• We assessed the disclosures made in the standalonefinancial statements regarding such investments andloans and advances.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible forthe other information. The other information comprisesthe information included in the Annual report, but doesnot include the standalone financial statements and ourauditor’s report thereon. The Annual report is expected to bemade available to us after the date of this auditor’s report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether such other information ismaterially inconsistent with the financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND THOSECHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THE STANDALONEFINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financial statements thatgive a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, cashflows and changes in equity of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally accepted in India,including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specifiedunder section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and the design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone financial statements that givea 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’sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, asapplicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless management
either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those charged with governance are also responsible foroverseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the standalone financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalonefinancial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the standalone financial statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidencethat is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, orthe override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant tothe audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequateinternal financial controls with reference to financialstatements in place and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s useof the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditionsthat may cast significant doubt on the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern. If we concludethat a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor’s report to the relateddisclosures in the financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date of our auditor’s report. However, futureevents or conditions may cause the Company to ceaseto continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financialstatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
• For the partnership entities included in the standalonefinancial statements, which have been audited by otherauditors, such other auditors remain responsible for thedirection, supervision and performance of the auditscarried out by them. We remain solely responsible forour audit opinion.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were ofmost significance in the audit of the standalone financialstatements for the financial year ended March 31, 2025and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe thesematters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because theadverse consequences of doing so would reasonably beexpected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
We did not audit the financial statements and otherfinancial information as regards Company’s net sharein profits of partnership firm/ limited liability partnership
entities (post tax) amounting to ' 1,619 million for the yearended March 31, 2025, as considered in these standalonefinancial statements, in respect of 30 entities. Thesefinancial statements and other financial information of thesaid partnership firm/ limited liability partnership entitieshave been audited by other auditors, Our opinion on thestandalone financial statements, in so far as it relates tothe amounts and disclosures included in respect of thesepartnership firm/ limited liability partnership entities and ourreport in terms of sub-sections (3) of Section 143 of the Act,in so far as it relates to the these partnership firm/ limitedliability partnership entities, is based solely on the reports ofsuch other auditors. Our opinion is not modified in respectof this matter.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order,2020 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 ofthe Act, we give in the "Annexure 1 ” a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report, tothe extent applicable, that:
(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 Company,in electronic mode on servers physically locatedin India so far as it appears from our examinationof those books, except that - a) the backup of thebooks of account and other books and papersmaintained in electronic mode with respect toindividual hotel unit of the Company has notbeen maintained on servers physically locatedin India on daily basis as stated in note 55 to thestandalone financial statements; and b) for thematters stated in the paragraph (i)(vi) below onreporting under Rule 11(g);
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profitand Loss including the Statement of OtherComprehensive Income, the Statement of CashFlows and Statement of Changes in Equity dealtwith by this Report are in agreement with thebooks of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read withCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015, as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on March 31, 2025taken on record by the Board of Directors, none ofthe directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act;
(f) The modification relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewithare as stated in the paragraph (b) above onreporting under section 143(3)(b) and paragraph(i)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g);
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to standalonefinancial statements and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to ourseparate Report in "Annexure 2” to this report;
(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration forthe year ended March 31, 2025 has been paid/provided by the Company to its directors inaccordance with the provisions of section 197read with Schedule V to the Act;
(i) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014,as amended in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position inits standalone financial statements - Refernote 44 and 50 to the standalone financialstatements;
ii. The Company has made provision, as requiredunder the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses,if any, on long-term contracts includingderivative contracts - Refer note 34 to thestandalone financial statements;
iii. Following are the instances of delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company:
Particulars
Date of payment
Amount involved No of day's delay
Amount in the Unpaid Dividend Account relating toFY 2016-17
May 13, 2025
' 0.01 million 161 days
a) The management has represented that,to the best of its knowledge and belief,other than as disclosed in the note 59(v)to the standalone financial statements,no funds have been advanced or loanedor invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to or inany other persons or entities, 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”)
b)
The management has representedthat, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, as disclosed in the note59(vi) to the standalone financialstatements, no funds have beenreceived by the Company from anypersons or entities, 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 provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
or provide any guarantee, securityor the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
c)
Based on such audit proceduresperformed that have been consideredreasonable and appropriate in the
circumstances, nothing has come toour notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under sub¬clause (a) and (b) contain any materialmisstatement.
v. The final dividend paid by the Company duringthe year in respect of the same declaredfor the previous year is in accordance withsection 123 of the Act to the extent it appliesto payment of dividend.
As stated in note 25.6 to the standalonefinancial statements, the Board of Directorsof the Company has proposed final dividendfor the year which is subject to the approvalof the members at the ensuing AnnualGeneral Meeting. The dividend declared is inaccordance with section 123 of the Act to theextent it applies to declaration of dividend.
vi. Based on our examination which includedtest checks, the Company has usedaccounting software for maintaining itsbooks of account which has a feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log) facility andthe same has operated throughout theyear for all relevant transactions recordedin the software except for - a) audit trailfeature is not enabled for direct changes to
data when using certain access rights, andb) in respect of individual hotel unit of theCompany wherein its accounting softwaredid not have the audit trail feature enabledthroughout the year, as described in note55 to the standalone financial statements.Further, during the course of our auditwe did not come across any instance ofaudit trail feature being tampered with, inrespect of accounting software where theaudit trail has been enabled. Additionally,the audit trail of the relevant prior year hasbeen preserved by the Company as per thestatutory requirements for record retentionto the extent it was enabled and recorded inthe respective year.
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Place: Bengaluru, IndiaDate: May 29, 2025