We have audited the accompanying Financial statements of Som Datt Finance Corporation Limited ("the Company"),which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025, the statement of Profit and Loss (including the statement of OtherComprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Cash flows ended on that date, and a summary ofmaterial 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 FinancialStatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a trueand fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, its loss including other comprehensive loss,changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilitiesfor the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with theCode of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the independence requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, andwe have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. Webelieve that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on thefinancial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financialstatements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as awhole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determinedthe matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
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Recognition of DeferredTax as per Ind AS 12.
Deferred Tax Asset(Net)includes a Deferred TaxAsset of Rs. 9,45,897/- onaccount of UnabsorbedCapital Loss of Rs.64,96,546/- and next year isthe last year in which thisloss can be used.
Also, Deferred Tax Asset(Net) includes a DeferredTax Asset of Rs. 21,20,231/-on account of carriedforward business Losspertaining to the CurrentYear of Rs. 72,81,013/-.
As per the management deferred tax assets taken in the Balance Sheet are realizableagainst future tax liabilities. The Company is expecting Long Term Capital Gains in thecoming financial year on account of its Investments reflecting in the Balance Sheet tothe extent of Rs. 26.9 Cr.
As per the management, the Company is in the process of starting its lending businessand expects to earn taxable profit at normal rates in the coming years. Hence, theDeferred Tax Asset of Rs. 21.2 Lakh recognized on carried forward business loss isexpected to be realized against future taxable business profits. Management hasassessed and considered the same to be recoverable based on future projections.Principal Audit Procedures: Obtained details of earlier and current year taxcomputations and returns filed for earlier assessment years. We involved our internalexperts to challenge the management's underlying assumptions in estimatingthe expected realization. As per the management, the company is expecting LongTerm Capital Gains in next financial year on account of its Investments reflectingin the Balance Sheet to the extent of Rs. 26.9 Cr. The company has Rs. 64.97 Lakh ofUnabsorbed Long Term Capital Loss. Deferred tax assets taken in the Balance Sheet onthis Unabsorbed Long Term Capital Loss of Rs. 64.97 Lakh can be realized against taxliabilities on account of Capital Gain, if any, depending upon treasury decisions in thecoming year.
As per the management, the company is in the process of starting its lending businessand expects to earn taxable profits. The company has Rs. 72.81 Lakh of UnabsorbedBusiness Loss. Deferred tax assets taken in the Balance Sheet on this UnabsorbedBusiness Loss of Rs. 72.81 Lakh can be realized against future tax liabilities on accountof Business Income, if any, depending upon company's performance in the comingyears.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report includingAnnexures to Board's Report, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, butdoes 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 assuranceconclusion 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 obtainedduring 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 arerequired to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company's Management and Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the CompaniesAct, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financialposition and financial Performance, including other comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows of the Companyin accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Financial Statements that give a true and fair view andare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is 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 materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assuranceis a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or inthe aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout 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, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher thanfor one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
? Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the 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 expressing our opinionon whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls.
? Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by management.
? Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significantdoubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, weare required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to thedate of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as agoing concern.
? Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probablethat the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of ourwork; 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 theaudit 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 requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto 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 significancein the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these mattersin our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rarecircumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences ofdoing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
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 andbelief 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 appearsfrom our examination of those books except for certain matters in respect of audit trail as stated in the paragraph1(i)(vi) below.
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including the Statement of Other Comprehensive Income,Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the relevant books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2025 taken on recordby the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2025 from being appointed asa director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f. The modifications relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith in respectof audit trail are as stated in the paragraph 1(b) above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b) of the Act andparagraph 1(i)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in 'Annexure A'. Our report expresses anunmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's internal financial controlswith reference to Financial Statements.
h. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements ofsection 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 managerialremuneration paid or provided by the company is per the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
i. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us:
i. There were no pending litigations which would impact the financial position of the financial statements.
ii. Provision has been made in the financial statements as required under the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long term contracts including derivative contracts.
iii. There is no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund 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"), withthe 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 mannerwhatsoever 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 (whichare material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Company from anyperson or entity, including foreign entity ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. The Company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year in contravention of the provisions ofsection 123 of the Companies Act, 2013.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, except for the instances mentioned below, the Companyhas used accounting software for maintaining its books of account, which have a feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in therespective software.
i. The feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility was not enabled at the database level to log anydirect data changes for the accounting software used for maintaining the books of account relating toPayroll, Property, Plant and Equipment and Other intangible assets.
Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature beingtampered with and the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements forrecord retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure B" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and4 of the Order.
Chartered Accountants
FRN: 000993N
Sd/-
Shradha Talwar
Partner
Date: 28/05/2025 M. No. 514698
Place: New Delhi
UDIN: 25514698BMMMVD7047