We have audited the financial statements of BENCHMARK COMPUTER SOLUTIONS LIMITED(here in after referred to as “the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025,and the Statement of Profit & Loss and Statement of Cash flows for the year then ended, and notes tothe financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation (collectively referred to as ‘Financial Statements’).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid Financial Statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (here in afterreferred to as “the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs (financial position) of theCompany as at March 31, 2025, and profits (financial performance), and its cash flows for the yearended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent ofthe Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountantsof India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statementsunder provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the auditevidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Other Information
The Company’s Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the annual report, but does not include the financial statementsand our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with thefinancial statement or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatementof this other information, we are required to report the fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the FinancialStatements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financialposition,
financial performance, and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, including the accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detectingfrauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financialstatement that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the Company’sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern andusing the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate theCompany or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Thus, Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’ s report thatincludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that anaudit 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 theaggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on thebasis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of notdetecting 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 overrideof internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat 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 systemin place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accountingand, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to eventsor conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a goingconcern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in ourauditor’ s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up tothe date of our auditor’ s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company tocease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and eventsin a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of thefinancial 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 evaluatethe effect of any identified misstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the plannedscope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by theCentral Government of India in terms of Sub-section (11) of Section 143 of the Act and on thebasis of such checks of the books and records of the Company as we considered appropriateand according to the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure-A astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company,so far as appears from our examination of those books;
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statement dealt withby this report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) In our opinion, the Financial Statements comply with the Accounting Standards specifiedunder Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014;
e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025, andtaken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,2025, from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;
f) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, we report thatthe remuneration paid/provided to the Directors during the year ended March 31, 2025 is inaccordance with the provisions of Section 197 of Companies Act, 2013 read with Schedule Vto the Act;
g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in“Annexure B”;
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with theRule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best ofour information and according to the explanations given to us, we report that:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial positionin the financial statements (Refer Note 28 of the Financial Statements).
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the InvestorsEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) As per the information and explanation given to us by the management, no fundshave been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the company to or in any otherperson or entity, including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directlyor indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) As per the information and explanation given to us by the management, nofunds have been received by the company from any person or entity, includingforeign entities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or
on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) On the basis of above representations, nothing has come to our notice that hascause us to believe that the above representations contained any material mis¬statement.
v. Based on the information and explanation provide to us, no dividend has been declaredor paid during the year by the company.
vi. Based on our examination, which include test checks, the company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of accounts which has a feature of recording audittrail (edit log) facility and the same has been operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software. Further during the course of our audit, we did notcome across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with.
As per proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Act, the audit trail has been preserved by the Companyas per the statutory requirements for record retention.
For Valawat & AssociatesChartered AccountantsFirm Reg. No. 003623C
Priyansh Valawat Place: Mumbai
Partner Date: May 23, 2025
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