Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements Opinion
We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements of Uflex Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, and the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and Standalone Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended, notes to the Standalone Financial Statements, including 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 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, its profit, other comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the 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 ‘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 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 obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Emphasis of Matter
Attention is drawn to the note no. 40 of the standalone financial statements in respect of additions made by the Income Tax Department in an order passed under section 143 (3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in May 2024 for the Assessment Year (AY) 2020-21 and another order of AY 2021-22 passed during the current year, including the impact of search proceedings conducted on the Company under section 132 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, in the month of February 2023. The Company has preferred appeals against the above stated order of demands as stated in the said note. As the proceedings under the aforesaid section 132 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for the relevant AYs are pending/ going on, the impact of the matter on the standalone financial statements, cannot be assessed, is currently undetermined. As stated in note, the management of the Company after considering all available information, available judicial pronouncement on the similar issues and facts as on date, is confident that no material tax liability will devolve on 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 the Standalone Financial Statements for the current year. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
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Key audit matters
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How our audit addressed the key audit matters
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Revenue including receivables
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The Company derives its revenues from multiple products and services including flexible packaging activities, engineering and related activities etc. Revenue from sale of goods is recognised at a point in time when the control has been transferred subject to the terms with the customers, which generally coincides with dispatch of goods to customers. Revenue, from the service contract is recognized when the related services are performed.
Revenue including receivables is identified as a key audit area due to the significance as regards the time and efforts in assessing the appropriateness of revenue recognition covering the aspects of completeness, occurrence, cut off, rights and obligations, etc.
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Our audit procedures in respect of this area included:
• Assessed the appropriateness of the Company’s revenue recognition accounting policies in compliance with Ind AS 115 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”.
• Verified the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of key internal controls over the revenue process as regard the timing, occurrence and value of the revenue recognised.
• Verified sales transaction testing based on a representative sample to ensure that the related revenues are recorded appropriately taking into consideration the terms and conditions for the sale orders, including the shipping terms, etc. Also performed procedures regarding the sales returns, trade discounts, rate differences, volume rebates and other factors, having bearing on the revenue recognition.
• Performed sales cut off procedures by matching dispatches/ deliveries occurring around the year end to support the documentation to establish that sales are properly recorded in the correct period.
• Verified the customers with overdue receivables with marginal or no movement to determine the level of provisioning required in the receivable.
• Verified the adequacy of disclosure relating to revenue in the financial statements in compliance with Ind AS 115.
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Capitalisation of property, plant and equipment including capital work in progress (CWIP) (refer note 2A and 47)
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The Company continues to invest in significant capital projects with capital expenditure during the current year.
The significant level of capital expenditure requires consideration of the determination of the timing of when the asset is ready for its intended use by the management and the nature of costs incurred to ensure that capitalisation of property, plant and equipment meets the specific recognition criteria in Ind AS 16, ‘Property, Plant and Equipment’, specifically in relation to assets constructed/installed by the Company and the direct incidental cost capitalised.
Further, capitalisation of property, plant and equipment including CWIP has a material impact, and also involves greater amount of subjectivity and estimation uncertainty as a result of the long-term nature and complexity of the specific capital projects and hence identified as Key Audit Matter.
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Our audit procedures in respect of this area included:
• Assessed the appropriateness of the Company’s accounting policies with respect to ‘Property plant and equipment’ in compliance with Ind AS 16 "Property, Plant and Equipment".
• Understood and verified the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of controls in respect of the timing and amounts capitalised.
• Performed substantive procedures to verify the validity of amounts capitalised and evaluating whether assets capitalised meet the recognition criteria set out in Ind AS 16.
• Verified on sample basis the costs capitalised during the year focusing on items significant due to their amount or nature, to check whether such costs had been appropriately capitalised under the correct asset category.
• Verified the timing of the capitalisation in terms of criteria met by the Company for the intended use of the Property, Plant and Equipment.
• Verified that capitalisation of assets ceased when the asset is in the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by the Company.
• Assessed the adequacy and appropriateness of the disclosures made in the standalone financial statements in compliance with the requirements of Ind AS 16 "Property, Plant and Equipment".
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Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon
The Company’s Management and 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 standalone and consolidated financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone 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 standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether such other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone 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 Standalone Financial Statements
The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are 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 including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act. 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 the standalone 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, the Management and Board of Directors are 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.
Those 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
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.
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 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 internal financial controls with reference to standalone 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 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 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 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 the standalone financial statements for 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.
Other Matter
The audited standalone financial statements of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2024, were audited by one of the predecessor joint auditor with Vijay Sehgal & Co. who have jointly expressed an unmodified opinion vide their reports dated May 28, 2024.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of above 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 of India in terms of sub-section (11) of Section 143 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.
(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 (read with our comment on audit trail in paragraph 2 (i) vi below).
(c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Cash Flow Statement 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 Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act.
(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 are 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 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 maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith, reference is made to our remarks in paragraph 2 (i) vi below on reporting under Rule 11(g) ofthe Rules.
(h) As required by The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017, in our opinion, according to information, explanations given to us, the remuneration paid/provided by the Company to its directors during the year, is within the limits laid prescribed under Section 197 of the Act, read with Schedule V of the Act and the rules thereunder.
(i) 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 on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 33(A) and 33(C) to the standalone financial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, 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 it’s 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(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, as on the date of this audit report, 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 it’s knowledge and belief, 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, as on the date of this audit report, 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, and according to the information and explanations provided to us by the Management in this regard 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 iv(a) and iv(b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. (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 Companies Act 2013, as applicable.
(b) 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 (Refer Note 13(D) to the standalone financial statements).
vi. 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 except (a) for accounting software in respect of certain transactions tables at the application level and (b) at the database level. Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, where the audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled in the previous year, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
For LODHA & CO LLP For VIJAY SEHGAL & CO.
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No.: 301051E/E300284 Firm Registration No.: 000374N
Shyamal Kumar S.V. Sehgal
Partner Partner
Membership No. 509325 Membership No. 080329
UDIN: 25509325BMINTO7479 UDIN: 25080329BMULAW1804
Place: NOIDA Place: NOIDA
Date: May 17, 2025 Date: May 17, 2025
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