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0 | Auditor's Report (Fulford (India)) | Year End : Dec '12 |
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Fulford (India)
Limited (the ''company''), as at 31st December, 2012, and the related
Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for the year ended
on that date annexed thereto, which we have signed under reference to
this report. 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 the 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 by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004
(together the ''Order'') issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of The Companies Act, 1956''
of India (the ''Act'') and on the basis of such checks of the books
and records of the company as we considered appropriate and according
to the information and explanations given to us, we give in the
Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of
the Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
above, 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 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, 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, Statement of Profit and Loss and
Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the
accounting standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of
the Act;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as on 31st December, 2012 and taken on record by the Board
of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st
December, 2012 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
(g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said financial statements together
with the notes thereon and attached thereto give in the prescribed
manner the information required by the Act and give a true and fair
view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in
India:
(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
company as at 31 st December, 2012;
(ii) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the loss for
the year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
[Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors'' Report of even date to
the members of Fulford (India) Limited on the financial statements as
of and for the year ended 31st December, 2012]
1. (a) The company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the management
according to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a
period of three years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having
regard to the size of the company and the nature of its assets.
Pursuant to the programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been
physically verified by the management during the year and no material
discrepancies have been noticed on such verification.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
of by the company during the year.
2. (a) The inventory has been physically verified by the management
during the year. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is
reasonable.
(b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification of
inventory followed by the management are reasonable and adequate in
relation to the size of the company and the nature of its business.
(c) On the basis of our examination of the inventory records, in our
opinion, the company is maintaining proper records of inventory. In our
opinion, the discrepancies noticed on physical verification of
inventory as compared to book records were not material.
3. (a) 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 Act. Accordingly, the provisions of Clauses
4(iii)(b) to 4(iii)(d) of the Order are not applicable to the company.
(b) 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 Act. Accordingly, the provisions of Clauses
4(iii)(f) and 4(iii)(g) of the Order are not applicable to the company.
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the explanation that except for certain
items of inventory purchased which are of special/proprietary nature
for which suitable alternative sources do not exist, 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 goods. Further, on the basis of
our examination of the books and records of the company and according
to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come
across nor have we been informed of any continuing failure to correct
major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.
5. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we
are of the opinion that the particulars of all contracts or
arrangements that need to be entered into the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Act have been so entered.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, in respect of the transactions made in pursuance of such
contracts or arrangements and exceeding the value of Rupees Five Lakhs
in respect of any party during the year, we are unable to comment
whether these transactions have been made at prices which are
reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the
relevant time as there are no comparable market prices available since
these transactions are of specialised/proprietary nature.
6. The company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Section 58A of the Act and the rules framed there under.
7. In our opinion, the company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
8. We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
company in respect of the products where, pursuant to the Rules made by
the Central Government of India, the maintenance of cost records has
been prescribed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of
the Act and are of the opinion that prima facie, the prescribed
accounts and records have been made and maintained. We have not,
however, made a detailed examination of the records with a view to
determine whether they are accurate or complete.
9. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
the records of the company examined by us, in our opinion, the company
is generally regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues in respect
of provident fund, investor education and protection fund, income- tax,
sales tax and service tax though there has been a delay in a few cases
and is regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues including
employees'' state insurance, wealth tax, customs duty, excise duty and
other material statutory dues, as applicable, with the appropriate
authorities. The extent of the arrears of provident fund outstanding
as at 31st December, 2012, for a period of more than six months from
the date they became payable are as follows -
Name of the Nature of dues Amount
statute Rs.
The Employees'' Provident Fund 6,324
Provident
Funds and
Miscellaneous
Provisions Act,
1952
Name of the Statute Period to which Due date Date of
the amount payment
relates
The Employees July 2012 16th August, 16th February,
Provident 2012 2013
Funds and
Miscellaneous
Provisions Act,
1952
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the company examined by us, there are no dues of wealth-tax,
service tax, customs duty and excise duty which have not been deposited
on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of income- tax and
sales tax as at 31st December, 2012 which have not been deposited on
account of a dispute, are as follows -
Name of the Nature of Amount*
statute dues Rs.
The Income-tax Income-tax 29,654,169
Act, 1961 including interest, as
applicable
130,696,878
The Central Sales tax 18,677,968
Sales Tax Act, including
1956 and Local interest, as
Sales Tax Acts applicable
771,484
Name of the Statute Period to which the Forum where the
amount relates dispute is pending
The Income-tax Act,
1961 Assessment Years Appellate Authority -
2002-2003 and up to Commissioner''s
2006-2007 level
Assessment Years Tribunal
1997-1998, 1999-2000,
2004-2005, 2005-2006,
2007-2008 and 2008-2009
The Central Sales
Tax Act,1956 and
Local Sales Tax Acts Several demands Appellate Authority -
pertaining to the up to Commissioner''s
period 1992-1993 to level
1995-1996, 2000-2001,
2003-2004, 2005-2006,
2007-2008, 2008-2009
and 2009-2010
Several demands Tribunal
pertaining to the period
2001-2002 and 2004-2005
* Net of amounts paid including under protest.
10. The company has no accumulated losses as at the end of the
financial year and it has incurred cash losses in the financial year
ended on that date but has not incurred any cash losses in the
immediately preceding financial year.
11. As the company does not have any borrowings from any financial
institution or bank nor has it issued any debentures as at the Balance
Sheet date, the provisions of Clause 4(xi) of the Order are not
applicable to the company.
12. The company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xii) of the Order are not
applicable to the company.
13. As the provisions of any special statute applicable to chit
fund/nidhi/mutual benefit fund/societies are not applicable to the
company, the provisions of Clause 4(xiii) of the Order are not
applicable to the company.
14. 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 Order are not applicable to the
company.
15. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from
banks or financial institutions during the year. Accordingly, the
provisions of Clause 4(xv) of the Order are not applicable to the
company.
16. The company has not raised any term loans. Accordingly, the
provisions of Clause 4(xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the
company.
17. 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.
18. The company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause
4(xviii) of the Order are not applicable to the company.
19. The company has not issued any debentures during the year and does
not have any debentures outstanding as at the beginning of the year and
at the year end. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4 (xix) of the
Order are not applicable to the company.
20. The company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xx) of the Order are not
applicable to the company.
21. During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
material fraud on or by the company, noticed or reported during the
year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the management.
For Lovelock & Lewes
Firm Registration No. 301056E
Chartered Accountants
Himanshu Goradia
Partner
Mumbai, 25th February, 2013 Membership No. 45668 |
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