We have audited the accompanying Financial Statements of Fusion Finance Limited (Formerly Fusion Micro Finance Limited) (‘the Company'), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2026, and the Statement of Profit And Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date, and notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of material accounting policy and other explanatory information (‘the 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, as amended, (‘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 31 March 2026, and its Profit and Other 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 Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs 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 (‘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 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 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 year. 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. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report. We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements. The results of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying financial statements.
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Key Audit Matter
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How the Key Audit Matter was addressed in our audit
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Provisioning based on Expected Credit Loss model (ECL) under IND AS 109 and testing of Impairment
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of assets, more particularly the Loan Book of the Company
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Subjective estimates:
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Our key audit procedures included:
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Under Ind AS 109, "Financial Instruments”,
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• Review of Board approved policy and approach
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allowance for loan losses are determined using
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note concerning the assessment of credit and other
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expected credit loss (‘ECL') estimation model.
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risks and ascertainment/ageing of ‘default” by the
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The estimation of ECL on financial instruments
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borrowers and procedures in relation to stages and
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involves significant Judgement and estimates
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ECL computation.
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and therefore increased levels of audit focus in
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• Assessing the design, implementation and operating
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the Company's estimation of ECLs, which are as
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effectiveness of key internal financial controls
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under:
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including monitoring process of overdue loans
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• Data inputs - The application of ECL model
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(including those which became overdue after the
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requires several data inputs. This increases
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reporting date), measurement of provision, stage-
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the risk of completeness and accuracy
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wise classification of loans, identification of NPA
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of the data that has been used to create
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accounts, assessing the reliability of management
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assumptions in the model.
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information.
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• Model estimations - Inherently Judgmental
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• Understanding management's approach,
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models are used to estimate ECL which
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interpretation, systems and controls implemented
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involves determining Probabilities of Default
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in relation to probability of default and stagewise
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("PD”), Loss Given Default ("LGD”), and
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bifurcation of product-wise portfolios for timely
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Exposures at Default ("EAD”). The PD and
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ascertainment of stress and early warning signals.
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the LGD are the key drivers of estimation
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• Testing and review of controls over measurement
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complexity in the ECL and as a result are
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of provisions and disclosures in the Financial
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considered the most significant Judgmental aspect of the Company's modelling
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Statements.
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approach.
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• Understanding of models and general economic indicator criteria used for regression testing over
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• Economic scenarios - Ind AS 109 requires the Company to measure ECLs on an unbiased
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data of the loan book.
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forward-looking basis reflecting a range
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Substantive verification
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of future economic indicators. Significant
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• Sample testing over key inputs, data and
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management judgement is applied in
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assumptions impacting ECL calculations to assess
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determining the economic scenarios used
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the completeness, accuracy and relevance of data
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and the probability weights applied to them. • The effect of these matters is that, as part
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and reasonableness of economic forecasts, weights, and model assumptions applied.
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of our risk assessment, we determined
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• Model calculations testing through selective re¬
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that the impairment of loans and advances
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performance, wherever possible.
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to customers, involving estimations and
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• Assessing disclosures - Assessed whether the
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judgements, with a potential range of
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disclosures on key Judgements, assumptions and
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reasonable outcomes greater than our
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quantitative data with respect to impairment of
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materiality for the Financial Statements as a
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loans (including restructuring related disclosures)
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whole.
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in the Financial Statements are appropriate and sufficient as also aligned to regulatory requirements.
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Key Audit Matter
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How the Key Audit Matter was addressed in our audit
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Information Technology
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IT systems and controls
The Company's financial reporting processes are dependent on technology considering significant number of transactions that are processed daily across multiple and discrete Information Technology (‘IT') systems. The financial accounting system of the Company is interfaced with several other IT systems including Loan Management & Originating systems and several other systemic workflows.
IT general and application controls are critical to ensure that changes to applications and underlying data are made in an appropriate manner.
Adequate controls contribute to mitigating the risk of potential fraud or errors as a result of changes to the applications and data.
These includes implementation of preventive and detective controls across critical applications and infrastructure.
Due to the pervasive nature of role of information technology systems in financial reporting, in our preliminary risk assessment, we planned our audit by assessing the risk of a material misstatement arising from the technology as significant for the audit, hence the Key Audit Matter.
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In course of audit, we obtained an understanding of the Company's business and IT environment and key changes if any during the audit period that may be relevant to the audit.
We performed a range of audit procedures, which included:
• Deployed our internal experts to carry out IT general controls testing and identifying gaps, if any
• Testing of the system generated reports and accounting entries manually for core financial reporting matters (i.e. verification around the computer system)
• Evaluating the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of the significant accounts- related IT automated controls which are relevant to the accuracy of system calculation, and the consistency of data transmission and were considered as key internal controls over financial reporting
• Tested the Company's periodic review of access rights and also tested requests of changes to systems for approval and authorization.
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Other Matters
1. As stated in Note 61 to the financial Statement, the predecessor auditors, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, vide their audit report dated 23 May 2025 have issued qualified opinion for the comparative information presented in the Statement which has been reproduced below:
The Company has not evaluated whether any of the expected credit allowances recognised in the year ended 31 March 2025 should be retrospectively adjusted to previously reported amounts in any of the prior period presented because of impracticability described in Ind AS 8, Accounting Policies, Change in Accounting Estimates and Errors. In the absence of
sufficient and appropriate evidence, we are unable to comment on the Company's basis of impracticability to evaluate and determine whether any retrospective adjustment should have been made to previously reported amounts in any of prior period presented.
2. Attention is drawn to the fact that the audit of financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2025 were carried out by the predecessor auditors, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, whose report dated 23 May 2025, expressed a modified opinion on those financial results.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of these matters.
Other Information
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Company's annual report but does not include the Financial Statements and our auditors' 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 in the 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 State of Affairs, profit and Other Comprehensive Income, Changes in Equity and Cash Flows of the Company in conformity with the Ind AS prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended 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 of the appropriate accounting software for ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations including those related to retention of audit logs; 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, the Board of Directors 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 Board of Directors is 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, 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:
• 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) 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 the 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.
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 year 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 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 Act, we give in the ‘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, to the extent applicable, 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 Changes in Equity and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Financial Statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act read with the relevant rules thereunder.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March 2026 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2026 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 B'.
g) According to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid to director is in excess by Rs. 14.83 crores compared to the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act for which approval has been obtained by the Company in the Annual General Meeting held on 22 July 2025.
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 has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2026 on its financial position in its Financial Statements - Refer Note 52(d) to the 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 -Refer Note 52(e) to the financial statements;
iii. There were no amount which required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented, to best of
their knowledge and belief, that 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(ies), including foreign entities (‘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, to best of their knowledge and belief, that no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (‘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 such audit procedures, that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, performed by us, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representation under para iv) a) and iv) b) above contain any material misstatement.
v. In our opinion and according to information and explanation given to us, the Company has not declared or paid dividend during the year, accordingly compliance with section 123 of the Act by the Company is not applicable.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company, in respect of financial year commencing on 1 April 2025, has used accounting software for maintaining its books of account which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same have been 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 with.
Furthermore, audit trail feature for two accounting software was not maintained for the year ended March 31, 2024, hence reporting under Rule 11(g) of the companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 on preservation of audit trail as per the statutory requirements for record retention is not applicable in respect to those software.
For B.K. Khare & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No: 105102W
Sd/-
Shirish Rahalkar (Partner)
Place: Gurugram Membership l\lo. : 111212
Date: 15 May 2026 UDIN: 26111212UCOBBT4051
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