Frontline Financial Services Ltd Auditor Reports

TO THE MEMBERS OF FRONTLINE FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

I. Report on the Financial Statements

1. Opinion

A. We have audited the accompanying Financial Statements of FRONTLINE FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

B. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid 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, 2023, the profit and total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date

2. Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit of the Financial Statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditors 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 (ICAI) together with the independence requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAIs Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Financial Statements.

3. Emphasis of Matter

We draw your attention to Note to accounts regarding the balance of Sundry Creditors, Debtors, Loans and Advances, Deposits Current Liabilities, Unsecured Loan etc being not confirmed by the parties and hence we express our inability to state whether these balances are recoverable/ payable to the extent stated. Therefore, we are also unable to comment with respect to provisioning, if any required, on the value of referred assets. if such provision made then it impacts of companys profitability and also impact of the financial statements.

With Reference to Note no 9 regarding investment in Plot and Premises at Sanand, we have not received any documentation pertaining to the investment done in the companys name, and hence we express our inability to state whether these investments can be liquidated / recoverable to the extent stated. Therefore, we are also unable to comment with respect to provisioning, if any required, on the value of said asset, which may in turn impact the companys profit for year under consideration.

With Reference to Note no 11 regarding inventory, we have to state that we have not received any documentation pertaining to the valuation/ quantity of inventory available at site and also, we are unable to verify inventory at site and hence we express our inability to state whether the inventory can be liquidated / recoverable to the extent stated. Further, we are also unable to comment with respect to provisioning, if any required, on the value of said stock, which may in turn impact the companys profit for year under consideration

With Reference to Note no 13 regarding Bank Balance of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd-113150310875469, we have to state that we have not received any documentation pertaining to the Bank Statement, we are unable to verify the same and hence we express our inability to state whether the Bank Balance can be liquidated / recoverable to the extent stated. Further, we are also unable to comment with respect to provisioning, if any required, on the value of said Balance, which may in turn impact the companys profit/loss for year under consideration

4. Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the Financial Statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and 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.

The Key Audit matter	How our audit addressed the key audit matter
1 .Existence and Valuation of Inventory:	As part of our audit procedures:
The Company has an inventory balance of Rs. 2,15,00,480/- as disclosed note 11 of the accompanying financial statements, refer note 11 for the accounting policy adopted by the management with respect to inventory balance.	We have relied on managements representation with respect to:
We refer to Significant accounting policies on inventory and Note. No.VIII on inventory. Inventories are considered as Key Audit Matter due to nature of business, technical indicators governing inventory valuation, size of Balance sheet and because inventory valuation involves management judgment. According to accounting policy followed by the company, inventories are valued at lower of cost or market value. overheads.	1. The compliance of Accounting policy and applicable accounting standard for inventory.
	2. The inventory valuation process and practices.
	It is advisable for the company to maintain proper records for inventories to enable us to verify and carry out valuation of inventory for the purpose of Audit.
	We have to state that we have not received any documentation pertaining to the valuation/ quantity of inventory available at site , hence we express our inability to state whether the inventory can be liquidated / recoverable to the extent stated.
	Further, we are also unable to comment with respect to provisioning, if any required, on the value of said stock, which may in turn impact the companys profit for year under consideration

 

2. Previous Years Balances as at 31.03.2019 including Current Assets, Loans and Advances, Current Liabilities, Unsecured Loans etc.	1. We have relied on the Previous Years Auditors Report on the financial statements of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2019.
	2. No data is available with us to verify the opening balance pertaining to Loan and advance and we are unable to comment on the same.

5. Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditors Report Thereon

A. The Companys Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Boards Report including Annexures to Boards Report, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholders Information, but does not include the Financial Statements and our auditors 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

B. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the 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. We have nothing to report in this regard.

6. Managements Responsibility for the Financial Statements

A. The Companys Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

B. In preparing the Financial Statements, management is responsible for assessing the Companys 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.

The Board of Directors are responsible for overseeing the Companys financial reporting process.

7. Auditors Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

A. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Financial Statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors 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 Financial Statements.

B. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

i) Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the 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.

ii) 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 financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.

iii) Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.

iv) Conclude on the appropriateness of managements 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 Companys ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditors 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 auditors report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.

v) Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Financial Statements, including the disclosures, and whether the Financial Statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

C. Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the 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 Financial Statements.

D. 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.

E. 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.

F. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the 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

II. Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit 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. Except for effects/ possible effect of the matter stated in the basis of Qualified Opinion (Emphasis of Matter) section 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 including Other Comprehensive Income, Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant books of account.

D. Subject to the effect of the matter mentioned in the Basis for Qualified Opinion section, in our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

E. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2024 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 with reference to financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure A". Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Companys internal financial controls with reference to financial statements.

G. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors 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 remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.

H. 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, as amended in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:

The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its Financial Statements

The Company has not made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses as mention in Emphasis of Matter, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts

There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.

2. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2016 ("the

Order") issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure B" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, and the records of the companies examined by us, there are disputed dues of GST, income tax, custom duty, service tax, wealth tax, Value added tax, excise duty and cess which have been disclosed as under.

Sr.No	Particulars	Assessment year	Demand u/s	Demand Amount
1	Income Tax	2009-20	147	87,14,360/-
2	Income Tax	2010-11	154	10,54,530/-
3	Income Tax	2010-11	271(1)( C)	5,87,100/-
4	Income Tax	2009-10	271(1)( C)	27,19,200/-
5	Professional Tax	2020-21	-	19,000/-

 

For J S SHAH & CO

Chartered Accountants

Firm Registration Number: 132059W

SD/-

CA JAIMIN S SHAH

Partner

Membership Number:138488

Date: 30.05.2024

UDIN: 24138488BKBHNW5049