Cambridge Solutions
BSE: 532616 | NSE: CAMBRIDGE | ISIN: INE692G01013 | Computers - Software Medium/Small
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| Auditor's Report | Year End : Dec '08 |
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Cambridge Solutions
Limited (the Company) as at December 31, 2008 and also the Profit and
Loss account and the cash flow statement for the nine months period
ended on that date annexed thereto. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
3. Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 29 to the
financial statements. As at December 31, 2008, the Company has net
receivables (after eliminating payables) from Scandent USA (formerly
Albion Inc.) and Cambridge Network Europe Limited (formerly Scandent
Network Europe Limited), its wholly owned subsidiaries, of Rs 973
million (net of payable of Rs 392 million) and Rs 72 million (net of
payable of Rs 289 million), respectively. The Company based on the
future funding plans believes that these dues will be recovered in due
course.
4. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956, we enclose
in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4
and 5 of the said Order.
5. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we
report that:
i. We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
audit; ii. 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;
iii. The balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash flow
statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
iv. In our opinion, the balance sheet, profit and loss account and ash
flow statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the
Companies Act, 1956. v. On the basis of the written representations
received from the directors, as on December 31, 2008, and taken on
record by the Board of Directors, we report that none of the directors
is disqualified as on December 31, 2008 from being appointed as a
director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of
the Companies Act, 1956
vi. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information
required by the Companies Act, 1956, in the manner so required and give
a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India;
a. in the case of the balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at December 31, 2008;
b. in the case of the profit and loss account, of the profit for the
nine months period ended on that date; and
c. in the case of cash flow statement, of the cash flows for the
period ended on that date.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF OUR REPORT OF EVEN DATE
Re: Cambridge Solutions Limited (the Company)
i) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
The Company has a regular program of physical verification of fixed
assets in a phased manner such that all categories of fixed assets are
physically verified over a period of two years which, in our opinion,
is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature
of its assets. Accordingly, during the period, fixed assets have been
physically verified by the management and as informed, no material
discrepancies were identified on such verification.
There was no substantial disposal of fixed assets during the period.
ii) Considering the nature of business of the Company, Clause 4 (ii) of
the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) pertaining to
physical verification of inventory and records maintained for inventory
are not applicable to the Company.
iii) As informed, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or
unsecured to companies, firms or other parties covered in the register
maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
As informed, the Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured
from companies, firms or other parties covered in the register
maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Accordingly, Clause 4 (iii) (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g) of the Companies
(Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the
Company.
iv) 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
purchase of fixed assets and sale of services. During the period, the
Company has made improvements in its internal control system with
respect to tracking time for billing purposes in its BPO division for
it to be commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of
its business at the period end. During the course of our audit,
weakness noticed in the internal control system, have been rectified as
at the Balance Sheet date.
Considering the nature of business of the Company, the Clause 4 (iv) of
the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) to the extent
pertaining to internal control system for purchase of inventory and
sale of goods is not applicable to the Company.
v) According to the information and explanations provided by the
management, there are no transactions that need to be entered into the
register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
viii) To the best of our knowledge and as explained, the Central
Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost records under clause
(d) of sub-section (1) of section 209 of the Companies Act, 1956 for
the products of the Company.
ix) 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 material statutory dues, applicable to it, have generally been
regularly deposited with the appropriate authorities.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, investor
education and protection fund, employees state insurance, income-tax,
wealth-tax, service tax, sales-tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and
other undisputed statutory dues were outstanding, at the period end,
for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
According to the records of the Company, the dues outstanding of
income-tax on account of any dispute are as follows:
Amount
Name of the statute Nature of dues (Rs in
millions)
Income Tax Act, 1961 Transfer pricing adjustment 126.33
- Reduction in carry forward
of losses
Income Tax Act, 1961 Income tax payable on 3.01
Transfer pricing adjustment
Income Tax Act, 1961 Income tax payable on 119.32
Transfer pricing adjustment
Period to which the Forum where dispute is
amount relates pending
AY 2003-04 Commissioner of Income-tax
(Appeals)
AY 2004-05 Commissioner of Income-tax
(Appeals)
AY 2005-06 Commissioner of Income-tax
(Appeals)
- Net of Rs 2.81 million paid to the Income-tax authorities.
According to the information and explanation give to us, there are no
dues of sales-tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty, excise duty
and cess which have not been deposited on account of any dispute.
x) The Companys accumulated losses at the end of the financial period
are less than fifty percent of its net worth. The Company has not
incurred cash losses during the period. In the immediately preceding
financial year the Company had incurred cash losses.
xi) Based on our audit procedures and as per the information and
explanations given by the management, we are of the opinion that the
Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to financial
institutions and banks. The Company does not have any borrowings by way
of debentures.
xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and
based on the documents and records produced to us, the Company has not
granted loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of
shares, debentures and other securities.
xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi /
mutual benefit fund / society. Therefore, the provisions of clause
4(xiii) of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as amended)
are not applicable to the Company.
xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause 4(xiv) of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order,
2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has given guarantee for loans taken by its subsidiary companies
from banks, the terms and conditions whereof in our opinion are not
prima-facie prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
xvi) Based on information and explanations given to us by the
management, term loans were applied for the purpose for which the loans
were obtained other than for a term loan of Rs 230 million, which has
been funded to a subsidiary company and as represented by the
management, utilized for recouping previous capital expenditure
deployed out of internal accruals at such subsidiary. We are unable to
verify the end use of the funds at the subsidiary.
xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet and cash flow statement of
the Company, we report that the Company has used funds raised on short-
term basis for long- term investment. The Company has a loan balance
of Rs 860 million receivable from its subsidiary which was sourced out
of short-term funds of the Company.
xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties or companies covered in the register maintained under section
301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
period.
xx) The Company has not raised money by public issues.
xxi) Based upon the audit procedures performed for the purpose of
reporting the true and fair view of the financial statements and as per
the information and explanations given by the management, we report
that no fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during
the course of our audit
For S.R. BATLIBOI a ASSOCIATES
Chartered Accountants
per Prashant Singhal
Partner
Membership No.: 93283
Place : Gurgaon, India
Date : March 27, 2009
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