IIFL Finance Limited
Report on the Audit of the Standalone financial statements.
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of IIFL Finance Limited (the "Company"), which comprise Balance Sheet as at March 31,2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to standalone financial statements, including a summary of material 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 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 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, 2025, and its loss, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SAs") specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of 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 standalone 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 ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on standalone financial statements.
Emphasis of Matter
We draw attention to Note 44.3 to the standalone financial statements, which describe the matter relating to excess remuneration as compared to minimum remuneration specified under schedule V to the Act, to the extent of Rs. 9.88 crore paid to the Managing Director of the Company as a result of inadequate profit for the year, and subsequent resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the Company ratifying the same. As stated therein, approval by the Board of Directors is subject to approval by the shareholders of the Company, which is proposed to be taken at the ensuing Annual General Meeting by way of a special resolution. Excess remuneration paid is accounted as expenses for the year and pending the approval, the Managing Director is holding the amount in trust for the Company.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of 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 determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters.
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Key Audit Matters
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How our audit addressed the Key Audit Matters
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Information technology (IT) systems used in financial reporting process.
The Company's operational and financial processes are dependent on IT systems due to large volume of transactions that are processed daily. The gaps in the IT general control environment could result in a misstatement of the financial accounting.
Proper IT general and application controls are essential to ensure accurate, complete, and consistent data processing for reliable financial reporting.
We therefore identified IT systems and controls with reference to standalone financial statements as a key audit matter for the Company.
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We obtained an understanding of the Company's IT control environment relevant to the audit.
We tested the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of the Company's General IT controls over the key IT systems which are critical to financial reporting. For these elements of the IT infrastructure the areas of our focus included access security (including controls over privileged access), program change controls, database management and network operations. In particular:
1. We tested the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of the Company's general IT controls over the IT systems relevant to financial reporting. This included evaluation of Company's controls over segregation of duties and access rights being provisioned / modified based on duly approved requests, access for exit cases being revoked in a timely manner and access of all users being recertified during the period of audit.
2. We also tested key automated business cycle controls and logic for the reports generated through the IT infrastructure that were relevant for financial reporting or were used in the exercise of internal financial controls with reference to financial statements. Our tests included testing of the compensating controls or alternate procedures to assess whether there were any unaddressed IT risks that would materiality impact the Financial Statements.
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Allowances for Expected credit loss on Loans ("ECL"):
As on March 31, 2025, the carrying value of the loan assets measured at amortised cost and fair value through other comprehensive income aggregated to Rs. 22,867 crores (net of allowance of expected credit loss of Rs. 437 crores) out of the total assets amounting to Rs. 32,114 crores. Since the loans and advances form a major portion of the Company's assets, and due to the significance of the judgments used in classifying loans and advances into various stages and identifying loans which are measured at fair value through other comprehensive income as stipulated in Ind AS 109 and the management estimation of the related impairment provisions, this is considered to be a key audit matter.
The Company's impairment allowance is derived from estimates including the historical default and loss ratios. Management exercises judgement in determining the quantum of loss based on a range of factors.
The most significant areas are:
- Segmentation of loan book
- Identification of loans to be measured at fair value through other comprehensive income
- Determination of exposure at default
- Qualitative and quantitative factors used in staging criteria for loans
- basis of estimation and calculation of probability of default / Loss given default for each segment
- Consideration of probability weighted scenarios and forward looking macro-economic factors
The application of ECL model requires several data inputs. This increases the risk of completeness and accuracy of the data that has been used to create assumptions in the model.
Refer Note 38A.3 to standalone financial statements for disclosures.
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Our audit approach was a combination of test of internal controls and substantive procedures which included the following:
1. Evaluating the Company's accounting policies, as approved by the Board of Directors, for impairment of loans.
2. Obtained an understanding of the modelling techniques / models adopted by the Company including the key inputs and assumptions.
3. We assessed the design and implementation of key internal financial controls with respect to computation of provisioning requirements in terms of RBI guidelines
4. Tested the design and effectiveness of controls related to:
Ý The completeness and accuracy of Exposure at Default (EAD) and the classification of such exposure into stages, as per the Board-approved policy.
Ý The accuracy and relevance of information used in estimating Probability of Default (PD) and Loss Given Default (LGD).
Ý Tested the ECL model, including assumptions, underlying computation of ECL provision performed by the Company on sample basis to assess the arithmetical accuracy.
Ý Completeness and accuracy of the staging of the loans and the underlying data based on which the ECL estimates were computed.
Ý We also made enquiries with the management in respect of justification and quantum of the management overlay.
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Information Other than standalone 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 Annual report but does not include standalone financial statements and our report thereon. Annual report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this report.
Our opinion on standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance or conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the other information, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to those charged with governance as required under SA 720 "The Auditors Responsibilities Relating to Other Information".
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Ind AS. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of 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 standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing 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 the management either
intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Management and the Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of standalone financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether 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 financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
Ý Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of 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.
Ý Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls 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.
Ý Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
Ý 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 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.
Ý Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of standalone financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of 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 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 standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our report unless any 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.
Other Matter
The standalone financial statements includes the comparative financial information for the year ended March 31, 2024 which were audited by one of the joint auditors and one of the predecessor auditors and they have issued
unmodified opinion vide their report dated June 15, 2024.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this other matter.
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 in terms of section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure A" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. 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 and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit of standalone financial statements.
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), the Statement of changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account maintained for the purpose or preparation of standalone financial statements.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of the 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 on March 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 the standalone financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B".
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, we report that the remuneration paid to the managing director is in excess of the limit laid down under section 197 of the Act. In this regard we invite attention to note no 44.3 to the standalone financial statements and Emphasis of Matter section of this report.
h) 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 ("the Rules"), 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 its financial statements- Refer Note No 39 of standalone financial statements.
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts.
iii. There has not been any delay in transferring amounts which requires to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year.
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 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-(Refer note no.41(iv) (A))
(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 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- (Refer note no.41(iv)(B)); and
(c) In our opinion and based on the audit procedures, we have 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 (a) and (b) contain any material misstatement.
v. During the year the Company has not declared / paid any dividend, hence reporting under rule 11 (f) of the Rules is not applicable to that extent.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software for maintaining its books of accounts for the financial year ended March 31,2025, which has a feature of recording Audit Trail (edit log facility) and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tempered with and the audit trail (edit log) has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
Signed by the Joint Statutory Auditors of the CompanyFor Sharp & Tannan Associates For G. M. Kapadia & Co.Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Reg. No. 109983W ICAI Firm Reg. No. 104767W
By the hand of By the hand of
Parthiv S. Desai Atul Shah
Partner Partner
Membership No. 042624 Membership No. 039569
Place: Mumbai Place: Mumbai
Date: May 8, 2025 Date: May 8, 2025
UDIN: 25042624BMOCYA4695 UDIN: 25039569BMLNCI2790
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