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-1.3 (-1%)| Auditor's Report (Goodricke Group) | Year End : Dec '11 |
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Goodricke Group
Limited (the Company) as at 31st December, 2011, and the related
Profit and Loss Account 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 esponsibility 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, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account 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, 2011 and taken on record by the Board
of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st
December, 2011 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 31st December, 2011;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit 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.
ANNEXURE TO THE AUDITORS'' REPORT
Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors'' Report of even date to the
members of Goodricke Group Limited on the financial statements for the
year ended 31st December, 2011.
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 between the book records and the physical inventory have
been noticed.
(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 (excluding stocks with certain third parties) has
been physically verified by the Management during the year. Inventory
lying at third party warehouses and with consignee agents have been
substantially confirmed by them. 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. 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.
(b) The Company has taken unsecured loans, from three companies covered
in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act. The maximum
amount involved during the year and the year-end balance of such loans
aggregates to Rs. 10 crores and Rs. Nil respectively.
(c) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions
of such loans are not prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(d) In respect of the aforesaid loans, the Company is regular in
repaying the principal amounts as stipulated and is also regular in
payment of interest, where 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
purchase of inventory, 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 been informed of any continuing
failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control
system. The Company does not sell services.
5. (a) In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or
arrangements referred to in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in
the register required to be maintained under that section. (b) In our
opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us,
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 have been made at prices which are reasonable having
regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.
6. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA 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 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 the 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
as applicable with the appropriate authorities except delay in certain
cases for income tax, VAT and electricity duty. There is no amount
outstanding as at 31st December, 2011 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, the particulars of dues of
income-tax and sales-taxes at 31st December, 2011 which have not been
deposited on account of any dispute are given in Appendix 1. There are
no dues of wealth-tax, service-tax, customs duty, excise duty and cess
which have not been deposited on account of a dispute.
10. The Company has no accumulated losses as at 31st December, 2011
and it has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on
that date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
11. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any bank. There are no dues to any financial
institution or debenture holders as at the balance sheet date.
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.
13. The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund /
nidhi / mutual benefit fund/ societies are not applicable to the
Company.
14. In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments.
15. In our opinion and 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.
16. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, on an overall basis, the term loans have been applied for
the purposes for which they were obtained.
17. On the basis of an overall examination of the balance sheet of the
Company, in our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, there are no funds raised on a short-term
basis which 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.
19. The Company has not issued any debenture and hence no securities
have been created.
20. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
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
fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the Management.
22. The other clauses, (iii)(b) to (iii)(d)) of paragraph 4 of the
Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order 2003, as amended by the Companies
(Auditor''s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004,are not applicable in the
case of the Company for the year, since in our opinion there is no
matter which arises to be reported in the aforesaid Order.
For LOVELOCK & LEWES
Firm Registration No. 301056E
Chartered Accountants
Prabal Kr Sarkar
Kolkata Partner
27th February, 2012 Membership No. 052340 |
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