The Members,
The Directors present the 26th Annual Report together with the Audited
Statement of Accounts of the Company for the period ended on March 31,
2011.
1. FINANCIAL RESULT:
( Rs. In Lacs)
Particulars Year Ended Year Ended
31st March 2011 31st March 2010
Profit before Interest, Depreciation
and Taxation 1364.96 1408.69
Less: Interest 75.97 116.96
Less: Depreciation 346.97 317.33
Profit for the year before taxation 942.02 974.41
Less: Provision for Taxation
- Current Tax 384.48 395.43
- Deferred Tax 62.65 (103.09)
- Fringe Benefits Tax - -
Profit After Tax 494.89 682.07
Profit brought forward from the
Previous Year 1419.32 737.25
Profit carried to Balance Sheet 1914.21 1419.32
2. DIVIDEND:
With a view to conserve the resources, your Directors regret their
inability to recommend dividend on Equity shares of the Company.
3. OPERATIONS
During the financial year, the turnover was Rs. 69.03 Crores as
compared to Rs. 54.88 Crores.
During the current year the Company has completed and capitalized in
its books the expansion/modernisation of its plant to Rs. 284.18 Lacs.
The Company has also started diversifying activities such as trading
and manufacturing of Foundry Consumables and refractory materials for
which company has started first phase of testing and development
foundry lubricant i.e. Die lube. We are expecting to accelerate this
are in the coming years.
4. PUBLIC DEPOSIT:
The Company has not invited deposit from the public during the year
under report.
5. CAPITAL :
Company''s paid up capital stood at Rs. 2.8 Crores as on 31st March
2011. There is no change took place during the year under review.
6. STATUTORY DISCLOSURES
None of the Directors of your Company is disqualified as per the
provision of Section 274(1) (g) of The Companies Act 1956. Your
Directors have made necessary disclosures, as required under various
provisions of the Act.
The information given under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act 1956
to be read with The Companies (Disclosures of Particulars in the report
of the Board of Directors) Rules 1988 as amended is enclosed as
Annexure ''A''
In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as
amended, None of the employees are getting salary above the specified
limits hence not discloses here. However, Any member interested in
obtaining such particulars may write to the Company Secretary at the
registered office of the Company.
7. AUDITORS:
The Company''s Auditors M/s BSR & Co. to retire at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting and being eligible have offered themselves for
reappointment as statutory auditor. The notes of the Auditors and other
notes on accounts are also self-explanatory.
8. DIRECTORS:
Two of your Directors namely Mr. Sadanand V Shabde and Mr. Stuart Cox
retire by rotation in terms of the Articles of Association of the
Company. They, being eligible, have offered themselves for
reappointment.
9. FUTURE OUTLOOK
With the optimistic growth of the Indian economy the demand for the
Company''s product is expected to pick up. Further with the agreement
for providing services the company would get technical knowhow from the
parent company and is therefore expected to improve the quality of the
product significantly. The Directors are reasonably confident that with
these changes the performance of the Company would improve barring
unforeseen circumstances. Considering the same fact your company has
entered into an agreement with The Morgan Crucible Company Plc UK for
providing management services in the area of planning, sales, accounts,
HR policies and various other commercial aspects. The benefit is seen
in the year under review. Your Directors have also executed an
agreement with The Morgan Crucible Company Plc UK for use of trade mark
logo and GBU charges.
10. DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Pursuant to the requirement of Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act,
1956, with respect to Directors'' Responsibility Statement, it is hereby
confirmed:
(i) that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation
relating to material departures;
(ii) that the Directors have selected such accounting policies and
applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are
reasonable and prudent, so as to give a true and fair view of the state
of affairs of the Company at 31st March, 2011 being end of the
financial year 2010-11 and of the profit of the Company for the year;
(iii) that the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Companies Act,1956 for safeguarding the assets of the
Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities;
(iv) that the Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going
concern basis.
11. Risk Management:
The Company''s properties continued to be adequately insured against
risks such as fires, riots etc.
12. Corporate Governance
A report on Corporate Governance has been provided as separate part of
this report. Management Discussion and Analysis Report is attached and
forming part of Annual Report.
13. Subsidiary Company Accounts
Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide their General Circular no. 2/2011
dated 08.02.2011 given general exemption to companies under section 212
from attaching subsidiaries accounts with holding company''s balance
sheet however consolidated accounts are provided with this report and
annual accounts of the subsidiary companies and the related detailed
information shall be made available to shareholders of the holding and
subsidiary companies seeking such information at any point of time and
also it will available at the head office of the company and will be
open for inspection on demand during office hours.
14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Your directors take this opportunity to offer their sincere thanks to
various Departments of the Central and State Governments, our Bankers,
Share holders, Customers, employees & consultants for their unstinted
support and assistance.
For and on behalf of the Board,
Place: Aurangabad Hitesh Saiwal Sadanand V. Shabde
Date: 12th Aug 2011 Director Director
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