We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial
Statements of APOLLO PIPES LIMITED ("the Company"), which
comprise the 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 the Standalone Financial
Statements, including 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 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, 2025 and
its profits, total comprehensive income, changes in equity 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 (SAs) 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
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 Companies Act, 2013 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
the Standalone Financial Statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional
judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial
statements of the current period.
We have not determined any matters to be the key audit matters
to be communicated in our report.
Information other than the Standalone Financial
Statements and Auditor's Report thereon
The Company's Board ofDirectors is responsible for the preparation
of 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 which is
expected to be made available to us after that date.
Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not
cover the other information and we will 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
identified above when it becomes available and, in doing
so, consider whether the other information is materially
inconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or our
knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be
materially misstated.
When we read the other information and if we conclude that
there is a material misstatement therein, we will communicate
the matter to those charged with governance and take necessary
action as per applicable laws and regulations.
Management's Responsibility 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, 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 of the assets of the Company and for preventing
and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and
application of appropriate implementation and maintenance
of 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 financial statement 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 also responsible for overseeing the Company's
financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the
Standalone Financial Statements
(a) 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.
(b) As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise
professional judgement 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 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 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 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 reasonable knowledgeable users 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.
I) 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 be reasonably be expected to outweigh the public
interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
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 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 Accounting Standards
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 31st March, 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 over financial reporting of the Company and
the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our
separate Report in "Annexure A". Our report expresses
an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating
effectiveness of the Company's internal financial
controls over financial reporting.
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, the
remuneration paid by the company to its director during
the year is in accordance with the provisions of section
197 of the Act.
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, 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 Standalone
Financial Statements (See Note 34 to the 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. The Company is not required to transfer any amount
to the Investor Education and Protection Fund.
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.
(d) (A) The final dividend proposed in the previous
year, declared and paid by the Company during
the year is in accordance with Section 123 of the
Act, as applicable.
(B) No interim dividend has been declared and paid
by the Company during the year and until the
date of this report.
(C) 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.
v. Based on our examination which included test
checks, the company has used an accounting
software for maintaining its books of account 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
tampered and the audit trail has been preserved by
the company as per the statutory requirements for
record retention.
2. 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 section 143 of the
Companies Act, 2013, we give in "Annexure B" a statement
on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order,
to the extent applicable.
For VAPS & Company
Chartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Registration Number: 003612N
Praveen Kumar Jain
Partner
Place : Noida Membership Number: 082515
Date : May 10, 2025 UDIN:25082515BMLILD1266
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