We have audited the accompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements of Elcid Investments Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2026, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the statement of Cash Flows and the statement of changes in equity for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statement including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (herein after referred to as "standalone Ind AS financial statements").
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanation given to us, the aforesaid Ind AS standalone financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India including the Ind AS, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2026, and its Profit including loss in other total
comprehensive income, its cash flows and the change in equity for the year ended on that.
Basis for Opinion
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified
under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards 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 together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 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
Key Audit Matters
4. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report
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Valuation of Investments and Assessment of Carrying Cost
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Key Audit Matter Description
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How the Matter was Addressed in the Audit
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Investments constitute the most significant asset on the Balance Sheet, the net carrying value of total investments stood at Rs.6,90,763.51 lakhs, representing approximately 99.5% of the Company's total assets of Rs. 6,94,363.85 lakhs.
The investment portfolio comprises:
• Quoted equity shares at FVTPL and FVOCI - principally Asian Paints Limited (2,83,13,860 shares; carrying value Rs. 6,13,051.70 lakhs).
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Our Audit Procedures Included:
1. Understanding and Evaluating Controls
We obtained an understanding of the Company's processes and internal controls over recording, valuation and disclosure of investments. We tested the design and operating effectiveness of key controls including authorization of transactions, period- end fair valuation procedures, and review
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Valuation of Investments and Assessment of Carrying Cost
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Key Audit Matter Description
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How the Matter was Addressed in the Audit
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• Unquoted equity, CCPs and corporate bonds at FVOCI.
• Mutual Fund units (direct and regular plans) across debt, equity and hybrid categories at FVTPL.
• Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) at FVTPL.
• Investments in subsidiary companies carried out at cost (amortised cost basis).
Why It Is a Key Audit Matter
The determination of fair values for Level 2 and Level 3 instruments (unquoted equity, CCPs, AIFs, corporate bonds) and the assessment of carrying cost of subsidiaries involves significant management judgment.
The key risks are:
i) fair values of unquoted/Level 3 instruments;
ii) carrying cost of subsidiaries may not be recoverable;
iii) portfolio movements may not be accurately captured; and
iv) disclosures under Ind AS 107 and Ind AS 113 may be incomplete.
Accordingly, we determined investment valuation and carrying cost assessment to be the most significant Key Audit Matter for the year ended 31st March 2026.
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processes over AIF and unquoted investment valuations.
2. Quoted Equity Shares - Fair Value Verification
We independently verified closing market prices as at 31st March 2026 from Consolidated Account Statement ("CAS") as generated and shared by the NSDL. We confirmed the valuation of the Company's dominant holding in Asian Paints Limited (2,83,13,860 shares; carrying value Rs. 6,13,051.70 lakhs) by reference to published stock prices and verified holdings against depository statements.
3. Unquoted Equity and CCPs - Valuation Assessment
For unquoted investments including CCPs and corporate bonds, we: (i) evaluated the appropriateness of valuation as per the valuation reports provided; (ii) verified against valuation reports / NAV statements from fund managers; and (iii) reviewed fair value hierarchy classification under Ind AS 113.
4. Mutual Funds - NAV Verification
We verified NAVs as at 31st March 2026 from the CAS reports. We reconciled unit holdings to CAMS/depository statements and recomputed carrying values.
5. AIF Investments - Fund Manager NAV Statements
We obtained and reviewed fund manager NAV statements as at 31st March 2026 for major AIF investments and assessed the reasonableness of any unadjusted gains/(losses) reported (net unadjusted loss of Rs. 33.52 lakhs as at 31.03.2026).
6. Carrying Cost of Subsidiaries - Impairment Assessment
For investments in subsidiary companies carried at cost, we reviewed net assets and financial performance to assess impairment indicators. No indicators of impairment were identified.
7. Completeness, Cut-off and Disclosures
We reviewed investment transactions around year-end for cut-off; agreed the investment schedule to the general ledger and to Note 6. We assessed adequacy of disclosures on fair value hierarchy, basis of valuation and classification per Ind AS 107 and Ind AS 113.
Conclusion: Based on our procedures, we found the valuation of investments and carrying cost to be appropriately stated. The net investment value
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Valuation of Investments and Assessment of Carrying Cost
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Key Audit Matter Description
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How the Matter was Addressed in the Audit
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of Rs. 6,90,763.51 lakhs are fairly stated and disclosures in Note 6 are adequate.
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Information other than the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements and auditor's report thereon
5. 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 financial statements and our auditors' report thereon.
6. Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
7. 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 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 on in this regard.
Management's Responsibility for the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
8. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these standalone Ind AS 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 (Ind As) specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with relevant rules issued thereunder. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act; for safeguarding the assets of the Company; for preventing and detecting frauds and other
irregularities; selection and application of appropriate implementation and maintenance of 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 Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
9. In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
10. Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditors Responsibility for the Audit of the
Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
11. 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.
12. 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 control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to 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 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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 auditors' 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
16. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (the "Order") issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure I" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
17. As required by Section143(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 Company has no branch office and hence the company is not required to conduct audit under section 143 (8) of the Act;
d. The Standalone IND AS Balance sheet, the standalone statement of profit and loss including other comprehensive income, the statement of cash flow and the statement of changes in equity dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account.
e. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind As) specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with relevant rule issued thereunder.
f. During our audit we did not come across any financial transaction or matters which might have an adverse effect on the functioning of the company.
g. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2026 and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2026 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act;
h. We do not have any qualification, reservation or adverse remark relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith.
i. We have also audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting (IFCoFR) of the Company as on 31st March 2026 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date and our report as per Annexure II expressed.
18. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditors' Report under Section 197(16) of the Act: In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
19. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors' Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which may impact on its financial positions in its standalone Ind AS 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 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 (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;
(b) 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;
(c) 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 (a) and (h) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. The final dividend paid by the company during the year is in respect of the dividend declared for the previous year and is in accordance with section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to payment of dividend.
The Board of Directors of Company have proposed a final dividend for the current year ended 31st March 2026 which is subject to the approval of the members at ensuring Annual General Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordance with section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to declaration of dividend.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software for maintaining its books of accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 2026, which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit, we were not able to verify any instance of the audit trail being tampered.
For V K Beswal & Associates
Chartered Accountants Firm Registration No. 101083W
CA Kunal V. Beswal
Partner M No-131054
UDIN No.: 26131054N KOWOL5444
Place: Mumbai Date: 25-05-2026
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