We have audited the accompanying financial statements of BhagwatiAutocast Limited (the ‘Company’) which comprise the Balance Sheetas at March 31, 2025, The Statement of Profit and Loss(includingOther Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Cash Flows and theStatement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and notes tothe financial statements, including a summary of material accountingpolicies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statements give theinformation required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the “Act”) in themanner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Sec. 133 of theAct read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015 as amended (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company asat March 31, 2025, and its profit, total comprehensive income, itscash flowsand the changes in equity 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 (SAs) specified under section 143(10)of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of the Companyin accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by Institute of CharteredAccountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements thatare relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisionsof the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled ourother ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidenceobtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion on the financial statements.
Emphasis of Matter
We draw attention to note no. 46 of the financial results regardingpending confirmation/ reconciliation and consequential adjustmentsin respect of trade receivables, creditors and advances.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of above 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 thecurrent period. These matters were addressed in the context of ouraudit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinionthereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.We have determined the matters described below to be the key auditmatters to be communicated in our report.
Key Audit Matter
Auditor’s Response
Fair Value Assessment of Trade Receivables
We have performed the following procedures in relation to the recoverability
The company has trade receivables amounting to Rs. 2935.17 Lakhs (i.e.
of trade receivables:
? Tested the accuracy of aging of trade receivables at year end on a
34.89% of total assets) at the Balance Sheet Date 31/3/2025.
sample basis.
All trade receivables of the company are pertaining to auto industry. The
? Obtained a list of outstanding receivables and assessed the
increasing challenges over the economy and operating environment in the
recoverability of the unsettled receivables on a sample basis through
auto industry during the year have increased the risks of default on
our evaluation of management’s assessment with reference to the credit
receivables from the company’s customers. In particular, in the event of
profile of the customers, historical payment pattern of customers,
insolvency of customers, the company is exposed to potential risk of financial
publicly available information and latest correspondence with
loss when the customers fail to meet their contractual obligations in
customers.
accordance with the requirements of the agreements.
? Tested subsequent settlement of trade receivables after the balance
Based on historic default rates and overall credit worthiness of customers,the company adopted a policy for assessing credit risk as per expected
sheet date on sample basis.
We found the key judgments and assumptions used by management in the
credit loss model for outstanding balances as on balance sheet date as per
recoverability assessment of trade receivables to be supportable based on
their ageing bucket and impairment allowance of Rs. 2.21 Lakhs made in
the available evidence.
respect of outstanding trade receivables as on March 31,2025.
We have drawn attention in Emphasis of Matters on trade receivables
Property. Plant & Equipment
which, in our judgment, are fundamental to the users' understanding of the
The value of property, plant & equipment and capital work-in-progressamounted to Rs. 4304.05 Lakh (i.e.51.17% of total assets) at the BalanceSheet Date 31/3/2025.
financial statements.
We tested controls in place over the property, plant & equipment cycle,
There are a number of areas where management judgment impacts the
evaluated the appropriateness of capitalization policies, performed tests of
carrying value of property, plant and equipment and capital work-in-
details on costs capitalized and assessed the timeliness of capitalization
progress and their respective depreciation profiles. These include :
from capital work-in-progress. We also reviewed the appropriateness of
- the decision to capitalize or expense costs;
estimated useful lives applied in the calculation of depreciation.
- review of estimated useful lives of assets
No issues were noted from our testing.
- The timeliness of transfers to property, plant & equipment from capitalwork-in-progress.
Information other than Financial Statements and Auditor’sReport thereon
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the OtherInformation. The Other Information comprises the information
included in the Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’s Report,but does not include the financial statements and our auditor’s reportsthereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the Other
Information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusionthereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, ourresponsibility is to read the other information identified above and, indoing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtainedin the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, basedon the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information, we are required to report thatfact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged withGovernance for the Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters statedin section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of thesefinancial statements that give a true and fair view of the financialposition, financial performance including other comprehensiveincome, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India,including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified underSection 133 of the Act.This responsibility also includes maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act, for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and applicationof appropriate accounting policies; making judgement and estimatesthat are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively or ensuring accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation ofthe financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible forassessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern,disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and usingthe going concern basis of accounting unless management eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing theCompany’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the FinancialStatements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether thefinancial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error and to issue an auditor’s report thatincludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ofassurance, but is not guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably beexpected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on thebasis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professionaljudgment 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, designand perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, andobtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting amaterial misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,L
forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controlrelevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls with reference to financial statements inplace and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting polices usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cast significantdoubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a goingconcern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists,we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report tothe related disclosures in the financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up tothe date of our auditor’s report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continue asa going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content ofthe financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the financial statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statementsthat, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economicdecisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financialstatements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materialityand qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work andin evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect ofany 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 andsignificant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement thatwe have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationships andother matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, 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 auditof the financial statements of the current period and are therefore thekey audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s reportunless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matteror when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweighthe public interest benefits of such communication.
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 andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief arenecessary for the purpose of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by lawhave been kept by the Company so far as it appears from ourexamination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss includingother comprehensive income, the Statement of Cash Flows andthe Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply withthe Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from thedirectors as on March 31, 2025 taken on record by the Boardof Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March31, 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section164(2) of the Act. (DIR-8 signed by all directors to be obtained)
(f) With respect to the adequacy of internal financial controls withreference to financial statements of the Company and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separatereport in “Annexure A”.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’sReport 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 accordingto the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid/providedby the Company to its directors during the year is in accordancewith the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to theCompanies Act, 2013.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’sReport in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Auditand Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and tothe best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us :
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigationson the financial position of its financial statements (ReferNote No.34to the financial statements);
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been delay in transferring the amounts requiredto be transferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company during the year under review.
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the best of itsknowledge and belief, as disclosed in the note no. 55 to thefinancial statements, no funds have been advanced orloaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kind of funds) by theCompany to or in any other person or entity, includingforeign entity (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether directly or indirectly, lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries.
(b) The management has represented that, to the best of itsknowledge and belief, as disclosed in the note no. 56 to thefinancial statements, no funds have been received by theCompany from any person or entity, including foreign entity(“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall,whether directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theultimate beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been consideredreasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under (a) and (b) above, contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. (a) The final dividend proposed in the previous year,declared and paid by the Company during the year is inaccordance with Section 123 of the Act to the extent it appliesto payment of dividend.
(b) The company has not declared or paid any interimdividend during the year.
(c) As stated in note no. 14.5 and 14.6 to the financialstatements, the Board of Directors of the Company haveproposed final dividend for the year which is subject toapproval of the members in the ensuing Annual GeneralMeeting. The amount of dividend proposed is in accordancewith Section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
2. The company has used accounting software for maintaining itsbooks of account which has a feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility and the same has been operated throughout theyear for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further,there are no instances of audit trail being tampered with.Additionally, the audit trail of prior year(s) has been preservedby the Company as per the statutory requirements for recordretention to the extent it was enabled and recorded in therespective years. (Refer Note No. 48 to the financial statements)
3. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020(the “Order”) issued by the Central Government of India in termsof sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013,we give in the “Annexure B” a statement on the matters specifiedin paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
Mahendra N. Shah & Co.
Chartered AccountantsFirm’s registration No. : 105775W
CA Chirag M. Shah
Partner
Membership No. : 045706UDIN: 25045706BMJAII5428
Place : AhmedabadDate : 23/05/2025