We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Konstelec Engineers Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary of significant 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, as amended ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024, its profit, 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 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.
Emphasis of Matter
The management has computed unbilled receivables using the percentage of completion method, where revenue is recognized
based on the stage of completion of the contract activity. The stage of completion is determined by comparing costs incurred to date with the estimated total costs of a contract. The determination of revenues under this method involves making estimates by management. Contract assets and unbilled revenue are recognized when there is an excess of revenue earned and/or accrued over billings on contracts. Contract assets are classified as unbilled receivables and unbilled revenue is included in Revenue (pending only invoicing) when there is an unconditional right to receive cash, and only the passage of time is required, as per contractual terms. We have relied solely on management's estimates for the total costs and estimated project margin. We have performed audit procedures specifically addressing these matters, as described in the Key Audit Matter section below.
These matters are of such importance that they have been disclosed in note 2.1 vii and 18 to the standalone financial statements and have been subjected to specific audit procedures. However, we emphasize that our opinion on the standalone financial statements is not modified with respect to these matters.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2024. 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 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 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 of our audit opinion on the accompanying standalone financial statements.
Revenue recognition
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The Key Audit Matter
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How the Key Audit Matter was addressed in our audit
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Revenue from works contracts represents significant amount of the total revenue from operations of the Company.
Revenue from these contracts is recognised on satisfaction of the performance obligations over a period of time and in accordance with the requirements of relevant accounting standards.
Revenue recognition involves significant estimates related to measurement of costs for completion, valuation of claims and penalties / liquidated damages and in turn evaluation of the related receivables and liabilities at each reporting date. Penalties / liquidated damages specified in the contracts are inherent in the determination of transaction price and forms part of variable consideration.
Overstatement of revenue is considered to be a significant audit risk as revenue is the key driver of returns to investors and incentives linked to performance for a reporting period.
Due to significant judgment involved in the estimation of the total revenue, costs to complete and the revenue that should be recognized and significant audit risk of overstatement, we have considered measurement of contract revenue as a key audit matter.
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In view of the significance of the matter we applied the following
audit procedures:
a) Assessed compliance of the Company's policies in respect of revenue recognition with the applicable accounting standards;
b) Evaluated the design and implementation and tested operating effectiveness of key internal controls around revenue recognition and recording of contract costs;
c) Selected a sample of contracts to test, based on the below mentioned criteria:
- significant revenue recognised during the year; or
- significantly high, low or
- negative profit margins.
d) For these selected contracts, we have assessed the estimated costs to complete, variations in contract price and contract costs and the adequacy of provision for penalties / liquidated damages arising from customer disputes. This assessment included:
- verification / reviewed the executed version of contracts and its amendments for key terms and milestones to verify the estimated total revenue and costs to complete and / or any changes thereto;
- compared costs incurred with Company's estimates of costs incurred to date to identify significant variation and evaluated whether those variations have been considered appropriately in estimating the remaining costs to complete the contracts;
- appropriate cut-off procedures for determination of revenue in the correct reporting period;
- compared revenue recorded during the year with the underlying contracts, milestones achieved and invoices raised on the customers;
- inquiries with the project and commercial departments about significant changes to estimated total revenue and costs to complete and settlement and recoverability of contract related receivables;
- sighted the correspondence with customers around recoverability of claims and penalties / liquidated damages.
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Recoverability of Trade Receivables
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The Key Audit Matter
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How the Key Audit Matter was addressed in our audit
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1. Trade Receivables include an amount receivable from KEPL EPC Nigeria Limited (Related Party of the Company incorporated in Nigeria) The significant balance of this receivable raises concerns regarding recoverability and potential implications on the financial position of the company.
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Our audit procedures included the following:
• Examined management's assessment of recoverability of receivables
• During the year the Company has recovered partial dues
• Obtained confirmation from KEPL EPC Nigeria Limited
• Obtained representations from management regarding the recoverability of the outstanding amount which states that the amount is outstanding due to huge foreign exchange rate fluctuation in Nigeria which once settled, the payments will be recovered
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Recoverability of Trade Receivables
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The Key Audit Matter
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How the Key Audit Matter was addressed in our audit
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2. Trade Receivables include an amount receivable from BCPL. The amount outstanding is held by BCPL and this significant balance of this receivable raises concerns regarding recoverability and potential implications on the financial position of the company.
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2. Our audit procedures included the following:
• Examined management's assessment of recoverability of receivables
• Obtained representations from management regarding the recoverability of the outstanding amount which states that the Company has preferred an appeal to MSME Facilitation Council and payment will be released when the Company receives favourable order from MSME Facilitation Council
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• Examined the submission done by the Company to MSME Facilitation Council
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Other Information
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 of Directors' Report including Annexures to Board of Directors' Report, Business Responsibility and Sustainability 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 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 the such other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone 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. The Management Discussion and Analysis, Board of Directors' Report including Annexures to Board of Directors' Report, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information are not made available to us at the date of this auditor's report. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibility of Management 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 standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2021 specified under section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. 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 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 Responsibility 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 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:
1. 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.
2. 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) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
3. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
4. 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.
5. 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 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
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 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 1" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the 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 it appears from our examination of those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and 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 Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2021 specified under section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2024, and 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 over financial reporting of the Company with reference to standalone financial statements and the
operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure 2" to this report;
(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 Company has passed special resolution in extra ordinary general meeting dated December 18, 2023 to increase the overall limit of maximum remuneration payable to the managing director and whole time directors of the Company in respect of any financial year upto 25% of the net profits of the Company from the existing limit of 11%. The remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is within the above overall limit of 25%.
(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 on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 25 to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company has made provision as required under applicable law or accounting standards for material foreseeable losses. Refer Note 9 to the Standalone Financial Statements. The Company did not have any long-term derivative contracts.
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(ies), 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 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, 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 (a) and (b) contain any material mis-statement.
v. The Board of Directors of the Company have not proposed any dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used 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 softwares. As, no separate audit trail report is available from the system, our test check examination is done at the entry level. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.
As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable from April 1, 2023, 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 for the financial year ended March 31, 2024.
For SHAH P M AND ASSOCIATES
Chartered Accountants ICAI Firm Registration No: 131576W
per MAULIN Y. SHAH
Partner
Place: Mumbai Membership No: 137282
Date: 27 June 2024 UDIN: 24137282BKBLZL2436
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