We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Coromandel Agro¬
Products and Oils Limited (the “Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,
2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement
of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date and 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 prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the
Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS”) and other
accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at
March 31, 2024 and its net profit, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash
flows for the year ended on that date.
2. Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards
on Auditing (“SA”s) 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 made thereunder, and we have fulfilled
our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI’s Code of
Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide
a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
3. Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significant
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 in
forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
We have to identify the matters depending on the facts and circumstances of the entity. Based on
the audit performed there are no key audit matters to communicate as there are no significant
audit judgements relating to areas in the Standalone Financial Statements that involved
significant management judgement including accounting estimates that have been identified as
having high estimation and uncertainty.
4. Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other
information comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis,
Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’s Report, Business Responsibility Report,
Corporate Governance and Shareholder’s Information, but does not include the standalone
financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the standalone financial
statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance
conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read
the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially
inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the
course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, on the other information obtained prior to the date of
this auditor’s report we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information,
we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
5. Management’s Responsibilities for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the
Act with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and
fair view of the financial position, financial performance, including other comprehensive
income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and
other accounting principles generally accepted in India. 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, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the
standalone financial statements that give a 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’s ability to 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 responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting
process.
6. Auditor’s Responsibilities for the 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 arise 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 higher than for one resulting
from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or
the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial 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 internal
financial controls system 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 the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’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 ability 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 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. However, 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.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that,
individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably
knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced. We consider
quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in
evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements
in the standalone financial statements.
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 about the matter or when, in
extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should 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.
7. Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our
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 the Company so
far as it appears from our examination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income,
Statement of Changes in Equity and the 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 Ind AS specified
under Section 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2024
taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,
2024 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 financial
statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate
Report in “Annexure A”.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report 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 according to the explanations given to us,
remuneration paid/payable by the Company to its directors is in accordance with the provisions
of the Act.
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 explanations given to us:
i. the company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in the
standalone financial statements- Refer Note No.2.30 to the standalone financial statements.
ii. The Company has no long term contract including derivative contracts requiring disclosure of
material foreseeable losses.
iii. There are amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by
the Company and the Company has transferred the same as per the provisions stipulated.
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 or share premium or any other
sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other persons or entities, 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 (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) by or on behalf of the Company or
- provide any guarantee, security or the like to or 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 persons or entities, including foreign entities (“Funding
Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company
shall:
- directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner
whatsoever (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) by or on behalf of the Funding Party or
- provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
and
c. Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriate in the
circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the
representations under sub-clause (iv) (a) and (iv) (b) contain any material misstatement.
v. As stated in note no 2.9 and 2.15 to the standalone financial statements
a. The Company has not declared any interim dividend during the year
b. The Board of Directors of the Company have proposed final dividend for the year which
is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The
amount of dividend proposed is in accordance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
vi. Reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors ) Rules , 2014 is
applicable from 1st April, 2023.
Based on our examination which included test check and as communicated by the
company, the accounting software has feature recording audit trial (edit log) facility and
the same has operated throughout the year and the audit trial is not disabled at the data
base level and the application layer of the accounting software relating to revenue, trade
receivables and general ledger.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the
Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure B” a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
For NATARAJA IYER & CO.
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
ICAI FRN : 002413S
Sd/-
(E.SRI RANGANATH)
Place : Hyderabad PARTNER
Date : 29.05.2024 ICAI Membership No. 013924
UDIN : 24013924BKFHGB2379
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