1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Centrum Capital
Limited (''the Company'') as at June 30, 2011 and also the Profit and Loss
account and the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date
annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of
the Company''s 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. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s 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.
4. The Company has long outstanding debtors amounting to Rs.
102,022,920/- , included in outstanding for more than 12 months, as
referred to in Note 17 of Schedule 16 to the financial statements, which
are subject to realization and upon which we are unable to comment on.
The ultimate shortfall, if any, on realization / on account of non
realization of such debtors, thereof cannot be quantified.
5. Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to the following:
(a) Note 18 of Schedule 16 to the financial statements in respect of
investments aggregating to Rs. 621,997,000/- (June 30, 2010: Rs.
621,997,000/-) in Centrum Broking Private Limited, an associate
Company. As more fully described in note 18 of Schedule16, the
Management is of the view that there is no permanent diminution to the
carrying value of the investments of Rs. 621,997,000/- in the associate
and hence no adjustment has been made in this regard in the
accompanying financial statements.
(b) Note 12(b) of Schedule 16 to the financial statements, wherein the
Company has incurred managerial remuneration of Rs. 7,717,801/- during
the year, which is in excess of the limits specified by the relevant
provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, by Rs. 1,270,079/- in respect of
its whole time director and managing director. As represented, the
Company is in the process of making application to Central Government
in this regard, for such excess remuneration paid to managerial
personnel. Pending application and consequent receipt of approval from
Central Government, no adjustments have been made to the accompanying
financial statements.
6. 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 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 June 30, 2011, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on
June 30, 2011 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, and subject to, adjustments, if any
arising on account of paragraph 4 above, the effects whereof is not
ascertainable, 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 June 30, 2011;
b) in the case of the profit and loss account, of the loss for the year
ended on that date; and
c) in the case of cash flow statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
Re: Centrum Capital Limited (''the Company'')
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) Fixed assets have been physically verified by the management during
the year and no material discrepancies were identified on such
verification.
(c) There was no disposal of a substantial part of fixed assets during
the year.
(ii) (a) The stock of bonds and securities have been confirmed by the
management with the holding statement provided by the Depository
Participants (DP) at reasonable intervals. In our opinion the frequency
of such verification is reasonable.
(b) All the stock of bonds and securities are held in dematerialized
form thus physical verification is not applicable. The procedures
followed by the management for periodic verification of stock of bonds
and securities with the demat statement are reasonable and adequate in
relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) The Company is maintaining proper records of inventory and no
material discrepancies were noticed.
(iii) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us,
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. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause 4(iii) (a) to (d) of the Order are not applicable
to the Company and hence not commented upon.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured from companies,
forms or other parties covered in the register maintained under section
301 of the Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly, the provisions of clause
4(iii)(e) to clause 4(iii)(g) of the Order are not applicable to the
Company and hence not commented upon.
(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 inventory and fixed assets and for the sale of bonds and
services. During the course of our audit, no major weakness or
continuing failure to correct major weakness in internal control system
of the company in respect of these areas.
(v) (a) According to the information and explanations provided by the
management, we are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or
arrangements referred to in section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 that
need to be entered into the register maintained under section 301 have
been so entered.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements exceeding value of Rupees five lakhs have been entered into
during the financial year at prices which are reasonable having regard
to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.
(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) (a) The Company is regular in depositing with appropriate
authorities undisputed statutory dues including provident fund,
investor education and protection fund, income-tax, wealth-tax, service
tax, employees'' state insurance, cess and other material statutory dues
applicable to it. The provisions relating to sales-tax, customs duty,
excise duty are not applicable to the Company.
Further, since the Central Government has till date not prescribed the
amount of cess payable under section 441 A of the Companies Act, 1956,
we are not in a position to comment upon the regularity or otherwise of
the company in depositing the same.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, employees''
state insurance, investor education and protection fund, income-tax,
wealth-tax, service tax, cess and other undisputed statutory dues were
outstanding, at the year end, for a period of more than six months from
the date they became payable. Undisputed dues in respect of profession
tax which were outstanding, at the year end for a period of more than
six months from the date they became payable are as follows:
Period to which the
Name of the Nature of the Amount (Rs.) amount relates
Statute dues
Profession
Tax Officer Profession tax 8,422 2006-10
Name of the statute Due Date Date of Payment
Profession Tax Officer 15 days from the end Not yet paid
of the month in which
it is payable
(c) According to the information and explanation given to us, there are
no dues of income tax, sales-tax, wealth tax, customs duty, excise duty
and cess which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. The
service tax and income tax dues outstanding on account of dispute are
as follows:
Period to which the
Name of the statute Nature of dues Amount (Rs.)
amount relates
The Finance Act, 1994 Service tax
payable 1,477,923 2002-2006
(Service tax provisions)
Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax 1,323,224 2007-2008
Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax 2,696,060 2008-2009
Name of the Statute Forum where dispute is
pending
The Finance Act,1994 Additional Commissioner
of Service tax
Income Tax Act,1961 ITAI-Mumbai
Income Tax Act,1961 Commissioner of Income
Tax(A)-4
(x) The Company has no accumulated losses at the end of the financial
year and it has not incurred cash losses in the current and immediately
preceding financial year.
(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 a financial
institution, bank or debenture holders.
(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 Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) is not
applicable to the Company.
(xiv) In respect of dealing/trading in shares, securities, debentures
and other investments, in our opinion and according to the information
and explanations given to us, proper records have been maintained of
the transactions and contracts and timely entries have been made
therein.
The shares, securities, debentures and other investments have been held
by the Company, in its own name.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has given guarantee for loans taken by others from bank or
financial institutions, 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.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report
that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term
investment.
(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
year.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money through a public issue during
the year.
(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 & Co.
Firm registration number: 301003E
Chartered Accountants
per Shrawan Jalan
Partner
Membership No.:102102
Place: Mumbai
Date: October 14, 2011 |