We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Master Chemicals Limited (“the
Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit
and Loss (including Other Comprehensive income), the Cash Flow Statement for the year
then ended, and a summary of significant 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 Ind AS Financial Statements give the information required by the Act in the
manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March 2024, its
loss and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards on auditing specified under section
143 (10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further
described in the auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the 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 together with the ethical requirements that
are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the
rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with
these requirements and the code of ethics.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a
basis for our opinion.
Information other than the financial statements and auditors’ report thereon
The Company’s board of directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information.
The other information comprises the information included in the Board’s Report including
Annexures to Board’s Report, Business Responsibility Report but does 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 assurance conclusion 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 obtained during 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 are
required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors of the Company are responsible for the matters stated in
Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘the act’) with respect to the preparation of these
financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial
performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133
of the Act, read with rule 7 of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. This responsibility
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; design, implementation and
maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that are operating effectively for ensuring
the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and
presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the 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 also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting
process.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 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 financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, the provisions of the Act, the accounting and
auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the
provisions of the act and the Rules made there under, we exercise professional judgment 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, 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 control relevant to the audit in order to design audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the
Companies Act, 2013, 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 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
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 financial statements,
including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying
transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
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.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by
the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section143 of the Act,
we give in the Annexure a statement on the matters Specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of
the Order.
2. As required by section 143(3) of the Act, we further 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 purpose of our audit;
b) in our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the
Company so far as appears from our examination of those books;
c) the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss, and Cash Flow Statement dealt with
by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) in our opinion, the aforesaid Ind AS Financial Statements comply with the applicable
Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the
Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014;
e) on the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31,
2024, and 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) Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (1) of Sub-section 3 of section
143 of the companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) is enclosed as an annexure A to this
report;
g) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations
given to us, we report as under with respect to other matters to be included in the
Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)
Rules, 2014:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its
financial position;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative
contracts; as such the question of commenting on any material foreseeable
losses thereon does not arise;
iii. There has not been an occasion in case of the Company during the year under
report to transfer any sums to the Investor Education and Protection Fund.
The question of delay in transferring such sums does not arise;
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”), with
the 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 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 (which are material either individually or in the aggregate)
have been received by the Company from any person or entity, including
foreign entity (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded
in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or
indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner
whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or
provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate
Beneficiaries
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been 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 (i) and (ii) of
Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material
misstatement.
For Gupta Rustagi & Co.,
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No.128701W
Place - Mumbai
Date - 30th May, 2024
UDIN: 24100808BKDHXP7781
Niraj Gupta
Partner
Membership No. 100808
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