We have audited the accompanying financial statements of ASSAMBROOK
LIMITED ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March
31, 2014, the Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for
the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting policies
and other explanatory information.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation of these financial
statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,
financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with
the accounting principles generally accepted in India including
Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of
the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act") read with the General Circular
15/2013 dated 13 September 2013 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in
respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act,2013.This responsibility
includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control
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.
Auditors' Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance
with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India. Those Standards require that we comply with
ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
from material misstatements.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures
selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of
the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether
due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor
considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and
fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's
internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness
of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
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 Act in the manner so required and give a
true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India: subject to Note No.26 regarding
non-provision of interest and penalties on account of non-payment of
Provident Fund Dues, the impact of which is presently not ascertainable
(a) In the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31,2014;
(b) In the case of the statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit for
the year ended on that date; and
(c) In the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirement
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 ("the
Order") issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (4A) of section 227 of the Act, we give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.
2. As required by section 227(3) of the Act, we report that:
a. We have 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 has been
kept by the Company so far as appear from our examination of those
books.
c. The Balance Sheet, 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 Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss,
and Cash Flow Statement comply with the Accounting Standards referred
to in subsection (3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956; read
with the General Circular 15/2013 dated 13 September 2013 of the
Ministry of Corporate Affairs in respect of Section 133 of the
Companies Act, 2013; and
e. On the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on March 31, 2014, and taken on record by the Board of Directors,
none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2014, from being
appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of
section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.
ANNEXURE TO INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT:
Referred to in paragraph 1 under the heading of "Report on Other Legal
and Regulatory Requirement" of our report of even date
1. In respect of its Fixed assets:
a. The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars
including quantitative details and situation of its fixed assets on the
basis of available information.
b. As explained to us, all the fixed assets of the Company have been
physically verified by the management in phased periodical manner,
which in our opinion, is reasonable, having regard to the size of the
Company and nature of its assets. No material discrepancies have been
noticed on such physical verification.
c. In our opinion, the Company has not disposed off a substantial part
of its fixed assets during the year and the going concern status of the
Company is not affected.
2. In respect of its inventories:
a. The inventories of the Company have been physically verified during
the year by the management. In our opinion, the frequency of
verification is reasonable.
b. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories
followed by the management are reasonable and adequate in relation to
the Company and the nature of its business.
c. The Company has maintained proper records of inventories. As far as
ascertained, discrepancies noticed on verification between the physical
stocks and the book records were not material and the same have been
properly dealt with in the books of accounts.
3. In respect of the loans, secured or unsecured, granted or taken by
the Company to/from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956:
a. The Company has neither given nor taken any loan during the year
from companies, firms or other parties covered in the Register
maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. Consequently,
the requirements of Clauses (iii) (a) to (iii) (g) of paragraph 4 of
the Order are not applicable.
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business for the
purchases of inventory and fixed assets and for the sale of goods.
During the course of our audit, we have not observed any continuing
failure to correct major weaknesses in internal control system.
5. In respect of the contracts or arrangements referred to in Section
301 of the Companies Act, 1956:
a. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there have been no transactions made in pursuance of
contracts or arrangements that need to be entered in the register
maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
6. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not accepted any deposit from the public. Therefore, the
provisions of Clause (vi) of paragraph 4 of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
7. In our opinion, the present internal audit system of the Company
requires to be strengthened to make it commensurate with the size and
nature of its business.
8. The Central Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost
records under Section 209(1) (d) of the Companies Act, 1956 for any of
the product of the Company.
9. In respect of statutory dues:
According to the records of the Company, undisputed statutory dues
including Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund,
Employees' State Insurance, Income- Tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service
Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other statutory dues have been
generally regularly deposited with the appropriate authorities.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of the aforesaid dues were
outstanding as at March 31, 2014 for a period of more than six months
from the date of becoming payable except the followings:
Sr. Nature of Dues Amount (Rs.)
No.
1. Green Leaf Cess 15,06,007
2. Profession Tax 5,14,409
3. Sales Tax 11,24,000
As regards amount of Provident Fund Dues which relates to earlier years
the office of P.F. Commissioner, The Board of Trustee vide their letter
no. PF (L)/2009/D-96/D-37/D- 51/D-35/D-31/3252-59 Dated: 01/09/2009 had
granted installment for payment of arrear due and the same are to be
paid in 60 monthly installments from November 2009. The installments
during the year are generally paid regularly by the company, and the
outstanding amount of P.F. Dues as on the date of Balance sheet is Rs.
3,10,30,845.
10. The Company has accumulated losses of Rs. 9,84,98,000 at the end of
the financial year. The Company has not incurred cash losses during the
financial year covered by the audit and in the immediately preceding
financial year.
11. Based on our audit procedures and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we are of the opinion that the Company has
not defaulted in repayment of dues to financial institutions and banks.
12. In our opinion and according to the explanations given to us and
based on the information available, no loans and advances have been
granted by the Company on the basis of security by way of pledge of
shares, debentures and other securities.
13. In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund/nidhi/mutual benefit
fund/society. Therefore, the provisions of clause (xiii) of paragraph
4 of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
14. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
company is not a dealer or trader in securities.
15. The Company has not given any guarantees for loans taken by others
from banks and financial institutions.
16. According to the information and explanations given to us and on an
overall examination, the term loan has been applied for the purpose for
which they were obtained.
17. According to the information and explanations given to us and on an
overall examination of the Balance Sheet of the Company, we are of the
opinion that there are no funds raised on short-term basis that have
been used for long-term investment.
18. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the Register maintained under
Section301 of the Companies Act, 1956 during the year.
19. The Company has not issued any debenture during the year.
20. The Company has not raised any monies by way of public issues
during the year.
21. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, no material fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or
reported during the year.
For TIWARI & COMPANY
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
Firm Regn No. 309112E
Place: Kolkata
Dated: 30 May 2014 (P. Tiwari)
(Partner) (M.N.16590) |