shiv om invesment consultancy ltd Directors report


To

The Members

Your Directors have pleasure in presenting their 33rd Annual Report together with the Audited Financial statements of the Company for the Year ended March 31, 2023

1. FINANCIAL SUMMARY OR HIGHLIGHTS/PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY

The key highlights of financial results for Shivom Investment & Consultancy Limited for the financial year 2022-2023 are tabulated below:

(Amount in Lacs)

Particulars 2022-23 2021-22
Gross Income 351.69 317.72
Profit Before Interest and Depreciation (4747.32) 17.30
Finance Charges 153 -
Depreciation - -
Profit Before Tax & Exceptional Items (4900.70) 17.30
Exceptional Items
Profit Before Tax
Tax Expenses:
Current Year Tax - 3.00
Deferred Tax - 144.42
MAT Credit - -
Net Profit After Tax 4900.70 130.012
Balance of Profit brought forward (70.0587) (1.8601)
Profit for the period

2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANYS STATE OF AFFAIRS:

During the year under review the Company has suffered huge losses.

3. STATUTORY RESERVE FUND:-

The Company has not transfer to Statutory Reserve Fund during the financial year 2022-23.

4. DIVIDEND:-

The Board does not recommend any dividend for the financial year 2022-23. due to heavy losses of the Company

SHARE CAPITAL:-

The paid up equity capital as on March 31, 2023 was Rs. 69,95,13,250/- (Rupees Sixty Nine Crore Ninety Five Lacs Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Only). There was no public Issue, right issue, bonus issue or preferential issue etc. during the year. The Company has not issued shares with differential voting rights, sweat equity shares nor has it granted any stock options.

5. CHANGES IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS:-

There has been no Change in the nature of the business of your Company.

6. PUBLIC DEPOSITS:

Your Company has not accepted any deposits within the meaning of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 for the financial year 2020-21.

7. DELISTING OF SHARES OF THE COMPANY.

The Companys Shares was delisted from BSE on 29th February, 2023.The Company with the permission of the members make application for delisting of its Shares from Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Limited and Calcutta Stock Exchange.

OUTSTANDING LISTING FEES, PENALTIES OF SEBI, BSE, MSE, NSDL, CDSL & R & T:

The Board of Directors of the Company has taken note of Outstanding listing fees of SEBI BSE, MSE, NSDL, CDSL & R & T of the Company. The Board of director also take note of penalty imposed by SEBI on the Company and Ex Directors of the Company.

REVOCATION OF SUSPENSION OF TRADING AT BSE:

The Company has appointed Company secretary and Compliance Officer Mr. Nitin S. Shah for to take necessary steps for revocation of its trading from BSE.

8. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS:

Details of Loans, Guarantees or Investments under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements. The NBFC Companies are exempted from Section 186(2) of Companies Act 2013.

9. INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY:

Your Company has an adequate Internal Control System, commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of its operations. The scope of work includes review of process for safeguarding the assets of the Company, review of operational efficiency effectiveness of systems and processes, and assessing the internal control strengths in all areas.

10. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) INITIATIVES:

In pursuance of the provision of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, the CSR provisions are not applicable to your Company.

11. WRITTEN OFF LOANS

During the year under the review, the Company has written off loans of Rs. Which were not recoverable for more than three years and after making all efforts by the Company.

13. DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARY/JOINT VENTURES/ASSOCIATE COMPANIES (IF ANY)

Your Company does not have any subsidiary/joint ventures/ Associates Company.

14. DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

In terms of Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Directors would like to state that:

i) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed.

ii) The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that were reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the Company for the year under review.

iii) The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

iv) The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

v) The Directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.

vi) The Directors had devised proper system to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such system were adequate and operating effectively.

15. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS & OUTGOINGS:-

The provisions of Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 with respect to particulars of conservation of energy, technology absorption etc are not applicable to the Company.

During the period under review there was no foreign exchange earnings or out flow.

16. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:

During the year under review, the Company had not entered into any contract/arrangement/ transaction with related parties which could be considered material as per listing agreement with stock exchanges. Further, there are no materially significant related party transactions during the year made by the Company with Promoters, Directors, Key Managerial Personnel or other designated persons.

17. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS:

No significant and material changes have occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company to which the financial statements relate and the date of the report.

18. DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS:

The Company has received the order from Securities and Exchange Board of India dated February 24, 2023 vide ref No: WTM/AB/CFID/CFID-SEC1/24081/2022-23 imposing a penalty of Rs.20,00,000/- on company and Rs.17,00,000/- on directors of the Company.

18. AUDITORS:

Mr. Prakash Mandhaniya, Chartered Accountants, partner of "ADV & Associates" Firm Registration No. - 128045W, Membership No. - 421679 has resigned w.e.f. 14-08-2023 and M/s. Deepak Saravagi & Co. Chartered Accountant (Membership No. 134193) has been recommend by Audit Committee and Board to appoint him as a Statutory Auditor of the Company subject to approval of the Member in the ensuing General Meeting, the Statutory Auditor who has been appointed as a New Statutory Auditor in ensuing AGM, who shall hold the office for 5 years, up to the 6th Annual General Meeting.

19. AUDITORS REPORT:

The observation made in the Auditors Report read together with relevant notes thereon are self explanatory and hence, do not call for any further comments under Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Auditors Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.

DIRECTORS TAKEN NOTE OF OBSERVATIONS

Directors of the Company has taken note of Auditors observations made by the Mr. Prakash Mandhaniya, Chartered Accountants . The Board of Directors of the Company has taken note it.

20. SECRETARIAL AUDIT:

The Board had appointed Mehul Raval, Practicing Company Secretary, (C.P No. 10555), to carry out secretarial audit Pursuant to provision of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014. The Secretarial Audit report is annexed herewith as "Annexure A"

The board has take note of the Observation and Remarks of the Secretarial Auditor in its meeting held on 14-08-2023.

DIRECTORS TAKEN NOTE OF OBSERVATIONS:

Directors of the Company has taken note of Statutory observations made by the Practising Company Secretary Mehul Raval. The Board of Directors has take note of it and is making every efforts for making payment of BSE dues, SEBI Penealty etc.

21. DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

The Company has received necessary declaration from each of the Independent Directors, under section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013, that he/she meets the criteria of independence laid down in section 149(6) of the companies Act, 2013.

22. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

The Board meets at regular intervals to discuss and decide on Company / business policies and strategies apart from other Board business. During the year, Board Meeting were held. The maximum time gap between any two consecutive meetings did not exceed 120 days. Detailed information is given in the Corporate Governance Report.

23. DIRECTORS REMUNERATION POLICY AND CRITERIA FOR MATTERS UNDER SECTION 178:

Information regarding Directors Remuneration Policy and criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes, independence of a director and other matters provided under sub-section (3) of Section 178 are provided in the Corporate Governance Report .

24. RISK MANAGEMENT:

In todays economic environment, Risk Management plays a very important part of business. The main aim of risk management is to identify, assess, prioritize, monitor and take precautionary measures in respect of the events that may pose risks to the business. The Company is not subject to any specific risk except risks associated with the general business of the Company as applicable to the industry as a whole.

At present the Company has not identified any element of risk which may threaten the existence of the Company.

25. VIGIL MECHANISM/WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY:

In line with the provisions of the Section 177(9) of the Act and the revised Regulation 22 of the SEBI (LODR) Regulation, the Company has adopted Whistle Blower Policy, as part of vigil mechanism to provide appropriate avenues to the Directors and employees to bring to the attention of the management any issue which is perceived to be in violation of or in conflict with the fundamental business principles of the Company.

This vigil mechanism provides for adequate safeguards against victimization of employees and directors who avail of the vigil mechanism and also provide for direct access to the chairperson of the Audit committee, in exceptional cases. The Company Secretary/Managing Director is the designated officer for effective implementation of the policy and dealing with the complaints registered under the policy.

26. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:

As required under the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, there are no employee falling under the above category, thus no information is required to be given in the report.

27. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS, IF ANY, AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION:

There have been no such material change and commitment affecting the financial position of the Company which have occurred between the end of the financial year to which the financial statements relate and the date of the report.

28. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS, COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS OF THE COMPANY:

The Company has received the order from Securities and Exchange Board of India dated February 24, 2023 vide ref No: WTM/AB/CFID/CFID-SEC1/24081/2022-23 imposing a penalty of Rs.20,00,000/- on company and Rs.17,00,000/- on directors of the Company.

29. BOARD EVALUATION:

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015, the Board has carried out an annual performance evaluation of its own performance, the directors individually as well as the evaluation of the working of its Audit, Nomination & Remuneration.

The result of the evaluation done by Independent Directors was reported to the Chairman of the Board. It was reported that the performance evaluation of the Board & Committees was satisfactory. The Chairman of the Board provided feedback to the Directors on an individual basis, as appropriate. The Directors expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.

30. APPOINTMENT/RESIGNATION OF DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL:

During the year under review The Following Appointment and Resignation are found as on 31.03.2023

S. No. Name of Person Designation Date of Appointment Date of Resignation
1. Ankit Gala Independent director / Non executive director. 15/09/2020 22-08-2022
2 Amit Somani Independent director / Non executive director . 03/09/2020 NIL
3. Bharat Shah Independent director / Non executive director 16/01/2023 NIL
4 Karan Shah Independent director / Non executive director 16/01/2023 NIL
5 Nitin Shah Company Secretary & Compliance Officer 20-03-2023 NIL

31. DISCLOSURE UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN:

Your Company is committed to provide and promote a safe, healthy and congenial atmosphere irrespective of gender, caste, creed or social class of the employees. During the year under review, there was no case filed pursuant to the sexual harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

32. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:

In terms of the provisions of Regulation 34 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Managements discussion and analysis is presented in a separate section forming part of the Annual Report.

33. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:

The Company has complied with the corporate governance code as stipulated under SEBI Listing Regulations with the Stock Exchanges. A separate section on corporate governance under the listing agreement, along with a certificate from the auditor confirming the compliance, is annexed and forms part of this Annual report as "Annexure C".

34. AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Details pertaining to composition of Audit Committee are included in the report on Corporate Governance. All the recommendations made by Audit Committee were accepted by Board.

35. TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND:

Your Company did not have any funds lying unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years. Therefore there were no funds which were required to be transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF).

36. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Your Directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the assistance and co-operation received from the financial institutions, banks, Government authorities, customers, vendors and members during the year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the committed services by the Companys executives, staff and workers.

Registered office: On behalf of the Board of Directors of
UNIT No.CG/76, Ground Floor, For Shivom Investment & Consultancy Limited
Carnival house Off. AK Vaidya ,
Marg, Malad east NA Mumbai
Mumbai City MH 400097 IN
Sd/- Sd/-
Place: Mumbai Amit S. Somani Chaitanya Pandya
Date: 14-08-2023 Director Director
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