We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of M/s. CES 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 Cash Flows and the Statement of
Changes in Equity 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 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
profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on
that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the 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 Auditor's Responsibility 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 (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are
relevant to our audit of the 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 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. These matters were addressed in the
context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and
we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
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, Report on Corporate Governance, 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.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the 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 including other comprehensive income, cash flows and
changes in equity 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 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 the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the
Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial
reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements
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, we exercise professional judgment and maintain
professional scepticism 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 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 with reference to financial statements 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 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.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in
aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the
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 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 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.
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,
the Statement of Cash Flows and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report
are in agreement with the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid 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". Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the
adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's internal financial controls with
reference to financial statements.
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, the company being a private limited company,
provision of section 197 of the act are not applicable.
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, as amended in our opinion and
to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for
which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education
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 or share
premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other
person(s) or entity, 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 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, 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 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 performed 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.
v. No dividend has been declared / paid during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of
section 123 of the Act are not applicable.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used an
accounting software for maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended
March 31, 2024 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
the audit trail feature being tampered with.
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 N G RAO & ASSOCIATES
Charted Accountants
FRN: 009399S
Place: Hyderabad Parsa Kiran
Date: May 30th, 2024 Partner
Membership No: 220629
UDIN: 24220629BKEZNN6203
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