We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of M/s Som Distilleries & Breweries Limited, New Delhi ("the Company”), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including standalone other comprehensive Income), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended on that date, and notes to the Standalone financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (herein after 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, as amended ("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 Profit including 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 ("SA”s) as specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended ("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 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 obtained by us 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 standalone financial statements for the financial year ended March 31,2025. 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. For each matter provided below, description of how our audit has 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 standalone 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 standalone 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 standalone financial statements.
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Key audit matters
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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Revenue from Operations
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(Refer Note No. 2.03 "Revenue Recognition" and Note No. 25 "Revenue from operations" of standalone financial statements)
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Revenue from contracts with
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Our procedures included the
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customers is recognized when control of the goods or services
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following:
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are transferred to the customer
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- Understood the nature
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at an amount that reflects the
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of revenue transactions
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consideration to which the
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and evaluated the
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company expects to be entitled
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appropriateness
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in exchange for those goods or
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of the accounting
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services.
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policy adopted by the management in
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Revenue is recognized to the
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accordance with IND AS
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extent it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the
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115.
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company and the revenue can
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- Understood, evaluated
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be reliably measured, regardless
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and tested the design and
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of when the payment is being
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operating effectiveness
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received. Revenue is measured at
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of key internal controls
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the fair value of the consideration
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over recognition
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received or receivable net of
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and measurement of
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returns, discounts and breakage,
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revenue.
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and taking into account
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- On a sample basis, tested
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contractually defined terms of
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revenue transactions
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payment and excluding taxes or duties collected on behalf of the Government.
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recorded during the year and transactions near year end date,
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Based on the Educational
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inspected the underlying
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Material on Ind AS 115 issued
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accounting documents
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by the Institute of Chartered
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relating to revenue
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Accountants of India ("ICAI”),
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accrual.
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the recovery of excise duty flows to the Company on its own account and hence is a liability of the manufacturer which forms
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- Tested the adequacy of accruals made for various rebates and discounts
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part of the cost of production,
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during the year
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irrespective of whether the
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- Performed analytical
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goods are sold or not. Since the
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procedures on revenue.
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recovery of excise duty flows to the Company on its own account,
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- Evaluated adequacy of
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revenue includes excise duty.
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the disclosures made
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However, sales tax/value added
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in the accompanying
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tax (VAT), goods and services tax
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financial statements
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are not received by the Company
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in respect of revenue
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on its own account and are taxes
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recognition in
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collected on value added to the
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accordance with
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commodity by the seller on behalf
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applicable financial
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of the government. Accordingly, these are excluded from revenue.
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reporting framework.
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Other Information
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for 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.
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 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 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 Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in sub section (5) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 ("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, cash flows and changes in equity 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, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. 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 the 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 statements 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.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the 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 control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, 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 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 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.
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 financial year ended March 31, 2024 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 issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub¬ section (11) of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we provide "Annexure-A”, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the said order.
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 purpose of our audit.
b) In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of those books.
c) The Standalone Balance Sheet and Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including Standalone Other Comprehensive Income), Standalone Cash Flow Statement and Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity 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 Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.
e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025, from being appointed as a director in term of sub-section (2) of section 164 of the Companies Act, 2013.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company with reference to these standalone financial statements and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B” to this report.
g) According to the information and explanations given by the management and audit procedures performed by us, the remuneration paid/provided by the company to its directors is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matter to be included in the Auditor's report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rule, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to explanation given to us:
(a) According to the information provided by the management, there is no pending litigation which may impact the financial position of the Company. As referred in Note No. 35 and Note No. 44 of the standalone financial statements.
(b) The company does not have long term contracts including derivative contracts for which there are any material foreseeable losses.
(c) There has been no delay in transferring amount, required to be transferred, to the investor education and protection fund by the company. Except, there is an unpaid dividend for the financial year 2015-16 & 2016-17 amounting to Rs.12.13 Lakhs and Rs. 12.55 Lakhs respectively, which is pending to be transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund by the company. (Refer note no. 22 of the standalone financial statements
(d) (i) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in the notes to accounts to the Standalone Financial Statements, 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;
(ii) 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;
(iii) 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 (i) and (ii) above, contain any material misstatement.
(e) The company has not declared any interim or final dividend during the year.
(f) Based on our examination, which included test checks and on the basis of management representation, the Company has used accounting software's for maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended 31 March 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's. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with and the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
For AKB Jain & Co.,
Chartered Accountants Firm Registration No. 003904C
Sd/-
Rahul Dewani
Partner
BHOPAL Membership No. 435066
Dated: 28.05.2025 UDIN :25435066BMKPXR3794
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