1. We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements of Sanghvi BrandsLimited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, theStatement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended, andnotes to the Standalone Financial Statements, and a summary of significant accountingpolicies and other explanatory information.
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous, the aforesaid financial statements, give the information required by the Act, in themanner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accountingstandards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with Companies Rules 2014 asamended and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairsof the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its profit and cash flows for the year ended onthat date.
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified undersection 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those standards arefurther described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe code of ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ("the ICAI")together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financialstatements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilledour other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Codeof Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion.
4. We draw attention to following matters in notes to the Statement:
As detailed in Note 31 to the Standalone Financial Statements, no provision is presentlyconsidered for diminution in value of the investments and carrying value of the loans andadvances granted to the subsidiary- Sanghvi Beauty and Salons Private Limited for thereasons stated therein, despite of significant accumulated losses, negative net-worth as ofthe balance sheet date. In the opinion of the management these are temporary disruptions,and management is confident of the revival of the business operations.
As detailed in Note 32 to the standalone financial statements, no provision is presentlyconsidered for diminution in value of the investments and carrying value of the loans andadvances granted to the subsidiary- Sanghvi Fitness Private Limited for the reasons statedtherein, despite significant accumulated losses, negative net-worth as of the balance sheetdate. In the opinion of the management these are temporary disruptions, and managementis confident of the revival of the business operations.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of the above matters
5. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of mostsignificance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, andin forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.We have determined the matters below to be the key audit matters to be communicated inour report.
Key audit matter
Response to Key audit matter
Testing of carrying value of Investment in
Our audit approach was a combination of test
Subsidiaries was considered as key
of controls and substantive procedures which
audit matter as it involved significant
included the following:
management judgement and relianceon future projections.
The Company has 100% investmentSanghvi Beauty and Salons Pvt Ltd and97.5% in Sanghvi Fitness Pvt Ltd. Theseentities are engaged in the business ofproviding beauty, fitness and spatreatment.
At March 31, 2025, the net worth ofabove-mentioned subsidiaries hascompletely eroded.
The existence of the above impairmentindicator required management to
i. Obtained understanding of theCompany's policy on the assessment ofimpairment of investment/advances insubsidiaries and assumptions used by themanagement including design andimplementation of the controls.
ii. Assessed the methodology used by themanagement to estimate the recoverablevalue of each investment/advances andconsistency with accounting standards.
iii. Based on our audit procedures, we notedno reportable matters regarding
investments except stated in paragraph 4above.
estimate the recoverable amount of the
Company's investment in subsidiariesalong with loans and advancesprovided.
6. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other
information comprises the information included in the Company's board report but doesnot include the Standalone Financial Statements and our Auditor's Report thereon.
7. Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not cover the other informationand we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
8. In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is toread the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information ismaterially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit,or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
9. If based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatementof this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report inthis regard.
10. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters in section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these Financial Statements that give a true and fair viewof the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India.
11. This responsibility also includes the maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provision of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting the frauds and other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of internal financial control, thatwere operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Standalone Financial Statementsthat give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error.
12. In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, management is responsible for assessingthe Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
13. Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financialreporting process.
14. 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 highlevel of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAswill always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise fromfraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese financial statements.
15. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
a. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Standalone FinancialStatements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive 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 misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
b. Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevant to the audit in order todesign audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3) (i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether theCompany has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
c. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
d. Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability 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 theStandalone Financial Statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify ouropinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to ceaseto continue as a going concern.
e. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone FinancialStatements, including the disclosures, and whether the Standalone Financial Statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
16. Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements thatindividually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably
knowledgeable user of the Standalone Financial Statements may be influenced. Weconsider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of ouraudit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of anyidentified misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements.
17. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters,the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
18. We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have compliedwith relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate withthem all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
19. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020, issued by the CentralGovernment of India in term of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act (the "Order"), andon the basis of such checks of the books and records of the Company as we consideredappropriate and according to the information and explanations given to us, we give in theAnnexure A, a statement on the matters specified in the paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, tothe extent applicable.
20. 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 ofour 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 theCompany so far as appears from our examination of those books;
c) the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statement dealtwith by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with theAccounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act;
e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025,taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as onMarch 31, 2025, 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 FinancialStatements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate report in Annexure B.
g) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations givento us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is inaccordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters included in the Auditor's Report in accordance withRule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended) in our opinionand to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial positionin its Financial Statements- Refer Note 33A to the Financial Statements
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contractsfor which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds orshare premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in anyother person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall,whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified inany 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 have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit procedures that we considered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under sub-clause (a) and (b) contain any materialmisstatement.
v. The Company has not declared and paid any dividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, Company has used anaccounting software for maintenance of books of accounts which has a feature ofrecording audit trail(edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout theyear for all relevant transaction recorded in the software. Further during the courseof our audit, we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature beingtampered with. Additionally, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company asper Statutory requirements for record retention.
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