sarthak industries ltd Management discussions

Industrial Structure and Developments

Your Company is primarily engaged in manufacturing of LPG Cylinders. The LPG Cylinders are supplied to Oil Companies like Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. etc. and also to Private Companies. Apart from this, Company is also engaged in trading of agri-commodities, non agri-commodities and other businesses on opportunity basis. As a major of diversification, the Company also decided to enter into IT sector through acquisition by equity investment in existing IT Company. The Company searching out suitable investment opportunities in existing IT Sector Company.

During the year 2022-23, the Companys performance showing decreasing trend in turnover and in profitability as compared to last year. Looking at global economic slowdown and other factors, the performance of Company is satisfactory. The Management is hopeful that Companys future is bright in the coming years.

Opportunities and Threats

Just as the world was on the mend post multiple waves of COVID, the continuation of Russia-Ukraine conflict induced a trail of irreversible economic, social and political effects. Accordingly as of 31^st March 2023, based on the facts and circumstances existing as of that date, the Company does not anticipate any material uncertainties which affects its liquidity position and also ability to continue as a going concern. The management will continue to closely monitor the evolving situation and assess its impact on the business of the Company.

Depending on market opportunities the Company is undertaking Merchant Trading activities of various commodities.

The future performance of your Company would depend to a large extent on its ability to successful diversification, market of commodities. We are hopeful that through the combination of market developments and expansion activity, there will be healthy growth over the next few years. Due to COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war, the situation is uncertain and it is difficult to predict when economies will fully normalize. Hence, FY24 is likely to be a challenging year.

Segment-wise or product-wise performance

Your Company has identified two business segments in line with the Accounting Standard on Segment Reporting. These are:

Cylinders - Manufacturing and repairing of LPG cylinders

Merchant Trading - Trading of various commodities, materials etc.

The segment wise performance in detail is given in Note 42 to the audited accounts of the Company as available in this Annual Report. Outlook

Post multiple waves of COVID pandemic and continuation of Russia-Ukraine war, the financial year 2023-24 will be a challenging year for the global economy as well as Indian economy. The Management is hopeful that in future, the Company will grow its manufacturing and trading activities and will get good orders for the manufacturing of cylinders as well as repairing of old cylinders.

Risk and concerns

Profitability may be affected on account of competition from existing and prospective manufacturers of the Companys products. The Company is exposed to risks from Change in policy of similar companies which are major buyers for the Companys product, further increase in input costs, higher levies, and changes in Govt. Policies/laws of land, etc. may affect profitability of the Company.

Internal control system and their adequacy

The Company maintains adequate internal control systems, which provide reasonable assurance of recording the transactions of its operations in all material respects and of providing protection against significant misuse or loss of Company assets and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, etc.

The adequacy of the same has been reported by the statutory auditors of your Company in their report.

Financial Performance

The performance of the Company for the financial year 2022-23 is summarized below:

(Rs. in Lacs)

Balance Sheet	As at March 31,2023	As at March 31,2022
Property, Plant and Equipment	429.57	478.17
Right-of-use assets	1.78	1.88
Capital Work-in-progress	149.38	149.38
Intangible assets	0.19	0.36
Financial assets	332.55	453.66
Deferred tax assets (net)	21.05	1.78
Other Non-current assets	1090.63	1529.64
Current assets	4867.63	5293.61
Total Equity	3881.24	3949.49
Non- current liabilities	61.67	84.86
Current liabilities	2949.87	3874.13

Summarized Profit and Loss Account

(Rs. in Lacs except EPS)

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Particulars	2022-23	2021-22
Revenue from operations	5827.58	16364.52
Other Income	337.36	247.62
Profit/ (Loss) before Depreciation, Finance Cost, Exeptional items & Tax Expenses	268.12	431.46
Less: Depreciation	70.88	80.19
Profit/ (Loss) before Finance Cost, Exceptional Items and Tax Expenses	197.24	351.27
Less: Finance Cost	93.81	122.84
Profit/ (Loss) before Exceptional Items and Tax Expenses	103.43	228.43
Add/ (Less): Exceptional items	-	-
Profit/ (Loss) before Tax Expenses	103.43	228.43
Less: Tax Expenses	27.53	60.51
Profit/ (Loss) after Taxation	75.90	167.92
Add/(Less): Other Comprehensive Income	(144.15)	20.97
Total Comprehensive Income /(Loss)	(68.25)	188.89
Balance brought forward from previous year	3252.60	3063.71
Amount available for appropriation	3184.36	3252.60
APPROPRIATION (Issue of bonus shares from securities premium account)	232.30	--
Amount Carried to Balance sheet	2952.06	3252.60
Paid Up Equity Share Capital	929.18	696.89
Earnings Per share [EPS] (Rs.10/- each) Basic & Diluted (in Rs.)	0.82	1.81

Material development in Human Resources / Industrial Relations front

Your Company considers the quality of its human resources to be the most important asset and constantly endeavors to attract and recruit best possible talent. Our training programs emphasize on general management perspective to business. The Company continues to empower its people and provide a stimulating professional environment to its officers to excel in their respective functional disciplines.

The industrial relations of the Company continue to remain harmonious and cordial with focus on improving productivity and quality.

The number of permanent employees on the rolls of Company as on 31.03.2023 is 26.

KEY FINANCIAL RATIOS ANALYSIS

Details of key financial ratios are as follows:

S. No.	Particulars	FY 2023	FY 2022	Remarks
1	DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO	3.38	10.79	Debtors turnover ratio decreased due to reduction in sales
2	INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO	10.42	20.12	Inventory turnover ratio also decreased due to lower sales
3	INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO	14.16	30.06	ratio decreased during the year due to reduction in profit
4	CURRENT RATIO	1.65	1.37	Current ratio improved during the year due to reduction in current liabilities.
5	DEBT EQUITY RATIO	0.08	0.10	Ratio improved due to reduction in outstanding loan.
6	OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN (%)	-2.40%	0.63%	Reduction in operating ratio due to decrease in operating income
7	NET PROFIT MARGIN (%)	1.30%	1.03%	Increased due to increase in other income during the year
8	RETURN ON NET WORTH (%)	1.96%	4.25%	Decreased due to lower profitability during the year.

Cautionary Statement

Statements in this Management Discussion and Analysis Report describing the Companys objectives, projections, estimates and expectations may constitute "forward looking statements" within the meaning of applicable laws and regulations. Actual results might differ materially from those either expressed or implied.