To the Members(s)
The Board of Directors hereby submits the report of the business and operations of
Amrapali Industries Limited
("the Company"), along with the audited financial statements, for the
financial year ended March 31, 2024.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
The financial performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2024 is
summarized below:
(AMOUNT IN LAKH)
Particulars |
F.Y. 2023-24 |
F.Y. 2022-23 |
Revenue from operations |
27,30,089.22 |
29,06,844.11 |
Other Income |
404.40 |
417.16 |
Total Income |
27,30,493.62 |
29,07,261.27 |
Operating expenditure before Finance cost, depreciation and
amortization |
27,29,720.32 |
29,06,402.17 |
Earnings before Finance cost, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) |
773.30 |
859.10 |
Less: Finance costs |
475.04 |
597.56 |
Less: Depreciation and amortization expense |
195.19 |
173.06 |
Profit/(Loss) before tax |
103.07 |
88.48 |
Less: Tax expense: |
|
|
Current tax |
45.20 |
13.81 |
MAT Credit |
(22.85) |
-- |
Deferred Tax |
(8.94) |
2.40 |
Profit/(Loss) for the year (PAT) |
89.66 |
72.27 |
YEAR AT A GLANCE Financial Performance
The revenue from operations is Decreased from Rs. 29,06,844.11 Lakh to Rs. 27,30,089.22
Lakh as compared to the previous Year. The revenue from operation was decreased by 6.08%
over the previous year.
The Profit before Tax for the current year is Rs. 103.07 Lakh as against the Profit
before Tax of Rs. 88.48 Lakh in the previous year resulted into Profit after tax of Rs.
89.66 Lakh as compared to Profit after tax of previous year of Rs. 72.27 Lakh.
Profit for FY 2023-24 as compared to previous year is due to Decrease in Operating
Expenditure.
Dividend
In order to reserve funds for business, your Directors regret to declare any dividend
for the financial year 2023-24. The Company does not have any amount of unclaimed or
unpaid Dividend as on March 31, 2024.
Amount Transferred To Reserve
During the year, the Company has not apportioned any amount to other reserve. The
profit earned during the year has been carried to the carry forward credit balance of
Profit and Loss account.
CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS
During the year, your Company has not changed its business or object and continues to
be in the same line of business as per main object of the Company.
SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATE AND JOINT VENTURE COMPANIES
The Company has a wholly owned subsidiary named Amrapali Industries Global IFSC Limited
(WOS). However, WOS has not yet commenced operations.
Further, the Company does not have any joint venture or associate companies.
SHARE CAPITAL
The Capital Structure of the Company for the financial year ending March 31, 2024 is as
tabled below:
Particulars |
Amount (in Rs.) |
Authorized Share Capital: |
|
5,20,00,000 Equity Shares of 5/- each |
26,00,000,000 |
Total Authorized Capital |
26,00,000,000 |
Issued Capital |
|
5,14,10,564 Equity Shares of 5/- each |
25,70,52,820 |
Subscribed & Paid up Capital |
|
5,14,10,564 Equity Shares of 5/- each |
25,70,52,820 |
Total Paid up Capital |
25,70,52,820 |
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL Constitution of Board
The Constitution of the Board of Directors and other disclosure related to the Board of
Directors are given in the Report on Corporate Governance.
Board Meeting
Regular meetings of the Board are held at least once in a quarter, inter-alia, to
review the quarterly results of the Company. Additional Board meetings are convened, as
and when required, to discuss and decide on various business policies, strategies and
other businesses. The Board meetings are generally held at corporate office of the
Company.
During the year, The Board of Directors of the Company met 06 (Six) times, viz April
20, 2023, May 30, 2023, August 14, 2023, September 06, 2023, November 10, 2023, &
February 13, 2024.
The details of attendance of each Director at the Board Meetings and Annual General
Meeting are given in the Report on Corporate Governance
Declaration of Independent Directors
All Independent Directors have given declarations that they meet the criteria of
independence as laid down under Section 149 (6) of the Act. In the opinion of the Board,
they fulfil the conditions of independence as specified in the Act and the Rules made
there under and are independent of the management.
None of Independent Directors have resigned during the year.
Evaluation of Boards Performance:
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Rules issued
thereunder and the Listing Regulations (including any statutory modification(s) or
re-enactment(s) for the time being in force), the process for evaluation of the annual
performance of the Directors/ Board/ Committees was carried out.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the board of directors, to the
best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that: (a). In preparation of annual accounts
for the year ended March 31, 2024, the applicable accounting standards have been followed
and that no material departures have been made from the same; (b). The Directors had
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 the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of
the Company for the year;
(c). The Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate
accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, for
safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities; (d). The Directors had prepared the annual accounts for the year ended
March 31, 2024 on going concern basis; (e). The Directors had laid down the internal
financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such
Internal Financial Controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and
(f). The Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions
of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
INSURANCE
The assets of your Company have been adequately insured.
PROCEEDINGS INITIATED/PENDING AGAINST YOUR COMPANY UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY
CODE, 2016:
There are no proceedings initiated/pending against your Company under the Insolvency
and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 which materially impact the Business of the Company.
COMMITTEES OF BOARD
The Board of Directors, in line with the requirement of the act, has formed various
committees, details of which are given hereunder.
1. Audit Committee
2. Nomination and Remuneration Committee
3. Stakeholders Relationship Committee
4. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
The composition of each of the above Committees, their respective role and
responsibility are detailed in the Report on Corporate Governance annexed to this Report.
VIGIL MECHANISM
The Company has established a vigil mechanism and accordingly framed a Whistle Blower
Policy. The policy enables the employees to report to the management instances of
unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of Companys Code of
Conduct. Further the mechanism adopted by the Company encourages the
Whistle Blower to report genuine concerns or grievances and provide for adequate safe
guards against victimization of the Whistle Blower who avails of such mechanism and also
provides for direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee, in exceptional cases.
The functioning of vigil mechanism is reviewed by the Audit Committee from time to time.
None of the Whistle blowers, has been denied access to the Audit Committee of the Board.
The Whistle Blower Policy of the Company is available on the website of the Company at
www.amrapalispot.com/investors/upload/policy/Whistle_Blower_Policy.pdf
REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS
The details of remuneration/sitting fees paid during the financial year 2023-24 to
Executive Directors/Directors of the Company is provided in Form MGT-7 available on our
Website, i.e. www.amrapalispot.com. and in Report on Corporate Governance which is the
part of this report.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEE
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with
Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility) Rules, 2014 and Schedule VII as amended from
time to time, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee of the Board is in place
comprising of the two Executive Director and one Non-Executive Independent Director of the
Company. The said Committee has been entrusted with the responsibility of formulating and
recommending to the Board, a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy (CSR Policy), from
time to time indicating the activities to be undertaken by the Company, monitoring the
implementation of the framework of the CSR Policy and recommending the amount to be spent
on CSR activities. The Annual Report for the year 2022-23 on CSR activities is annexed
with this report as an Annexure A.
The CSR Policy may be accessed at the web link:
www.amrapalispot.com/investors.php
PUBLIC DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted any deposits from Shareholders and Public falling within
the ambit of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made there under. There were
no deposits, which were claimed and remained unpaid by the Company as on March 31, 2024.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS
Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section
186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statement for the
year ended on March 31, 2024.
ANNUAL RETURN
Pursuant to Section 92(3) read with Section 134(3) (a) of the Act, the Annual Return as
on March 31, 2024 is available on the Companys website on www.amrapalispot.com.
TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
During the year under review, transactions with related party were executed in terms of
Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 which were in ordinary course of business and on
Arms Length Basis, details of which are as under;
Sr. No. |
Particulars |
RPT 1 |
1. |
Name(s) of the related party and nature of relationship |
Amrapali Capital & Finance Service Ltd - Associate Concern |
2. |
Nature of contracts/ arrangements/ transactions |
Sales & purchases |
3. |
Duration of the contracts / arrangements/ transactions |
F.Y. 2023-24 |
4. |
Salient terms of the contracts or arrangements or transactions
including the value, if any |
In ordinary Course of Business and at arms length basis at
Market Rate. Total Transaction Value of Sale & purchases Rs. 52.16 Lakh & 15.31
respectively |
5. |
Date(s) of approval by the Board |
April 20, 2023 |
6. |
Amount paid as advances, if any |
- |
There was no contracts, arrangements or transactions which was executed not in ordinary
course of business and/or at arms length basis.
Further, there were no related party transactions with the Companys Promoters,
Directors, Management or their relatives, which could have had a potential conflict with
the interests of the Company.
INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL (IFC) SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY
The Internal Financial Controls with reference to financial statements as designed and
implemented by the Company are adequate. During the period under review, no material or
serious observation has been received from the Internal Auditors of the Company for
inefficiency or inadequacy of such controls.
M/s. B.B. Gusani & Associates, Chartered Accountants (FRN: 140785W), the statutory
auditors of the Company have audited the financial statements included in this annual
report and has issued a report annexed as an Annexure B to the Audit Report of the Company
on our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in section 143 of Companies
Act, 2013.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENT
There are no material changes and commitments, affecting the financial position of the
Company, have occurred between the ends of financial year of the Company i.e. March 31,
2024 to the date of this Report.
PARTICULAR OF EMPLOYEES
The ratio of the remuneration of each director to the median of employees
remuneration as per Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(1) of the
Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is annexed to
this Report as Annexure B.
The statement containing top ten employees in terms of remuneration drawn and the
particulars of employees as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5 of
the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is
provided in a separate annexure forming part of this report.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE
The company has taken utmost care and formulated policy to prevent sexual harassment at
work place. Pursuant to the provisions of "The Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013" and rules made
thereunder, the Company has formed an Internal Complaint Committee and adopted a
"Policy on Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at Workplace". There
was no case filed during the year under the sexual harassment of women at workmen
(Prevention, prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has instituted a
Complaints Committee for redressal of sexual harassment complaint (made by the victim) and
for ensuring time bound treatment of such complaints
RISK MANAGEMENT
The Company has adopted a Risk Management Policy for a systematic approach to control
risks. The Risk Management Policy of the Company lays down procedures for risk
identification, evaluation, monitoring, review and reporting. The Risk Management Policy
has been developed and approved by the Senior Management in accordance with the business
strategy..
ENERGY CONSERVATION, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO A.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY i.) The steps taken or impact on conservation of energy: Company
ensures that the operations are conducted in the manner whereby optimum utilisation and
maximum possible savings of energy is achieved. ii.) The steps taken by the Company for
utilizing alternate sources of energy: No alternate source has been adopted. iii.) The
capital investment on energy conservation equipment: No specific investment has
been made in reduction in energy consumption.
B. TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION i.) The effort made towards technology absorption: Not
Applicable. ii.) The benefit derived like product improvement, cost reduction, product
development or import substitution: Not Applicable iii.) in case of imported
technology (imported during the last three years reckoned from the beginning of the
financial year) - a. The details of technology imported: Nil. b. The year of
import: Not Applicable.
c. Whether the technology has been fully absorbed: Not Applicable. d. If not
fully absorbed, areas where absorption has not taken place, and the reasons thereof: Not
Applicable. iv.) The expenditure incurred on Research and Development: Nil
C. FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS & EXPENDITURE: i.) Details of Foreign Exchange
Earnings: Nil ii.) Details of Foreign Exchange Expenditure: Nil
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Your Company strives to incorporate the appropriate standards for corporate governance.
As stipulated in Schedule V of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015, Report on Corporate Governance and Certificate of the Practicing
Company Secretary with regards to compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance
is annexed to the Boards Report as Annexure C.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated
under Schedule V of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015, is presented in a separate section forming part of this Annual Report
as Annexure - D.
STATUTORY AUDITOR AND THEIR REPORT AUDITORS A) Statutory Auditor:
M/s. B.B. Gusani & Associates, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as Statutory
auditors of the Company at the 34th Annual General meeting to hold office till
the conclusion of the ensuing 39th Annual General Meeting of the Company. The
Report given by the Auditors on the financial statement of the Company is part of this
Annual Report. There has been no qualification, reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer
given by the Auditors in their Report.
B) Cost Auditor:
As the cost audit is not applicable to the Company, therefore the Company has not
appointed the Cost Auditor pursuant to Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with
the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Amendment Rules, 2014.
C) Internal Auditor:
The Company has appointed the M/s S.P. Thakkar & Associates, Chartered Accountants,
Ahmedabad as Internal Auditor pursuant to the provision of section 138 of Companies Act,
2013 read with rule 13 of The Companies (Accounts) Rule, 2014 and other applicable
provisions (including any modification or enactment thereof), if any, of the Companies
Act, for the financial year 2023-24.
D) Secretarial Auditor:
The Company has appointed CS Bhumika Ranpura, Practicing Company Secretaries, Ahmedabad
as Secretarial Auditor to conduct secretarial audit for FY 2023-24 pursuant to the
provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013. The secretarial audit of the Company
has been conducted on a concurrent basis in respect of the matters as set out in the said
rules and Secretarial Audit Report given by CS Bhumika Ranpura, Practicing Company
Secretaries, Secretarial Auditor of the Company forms part of this report and is marked as
Annexure E.
REPORTING OF FRAUD
The Auditors of the Company have not reported any fraud as specified under Section
143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013.
MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORD
Since the company is not falling under prescribed class of Companies, our Company is
not required to maintain cost record.
INDIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS (IND AS)
Your Company had adopted Ind AS with effect from April 1, 2017 pursuant to Ministry of
Corporate Affairs notification dated February 16, 2015 notifying the Companies (Indian
Accounting Standard) Rules, 2015. Your Company has provided Ind AS Financials for the year
ended March 31, 2024 along with comparable as on March 31, 2023.
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE SECRETARIAL STANDARDS
The Company has devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all
applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India
and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively. During the year under
review, the Company has complied with the applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the
Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi.
GENERAL DISCLOSURE
Your Directors state that the Company has made disclosures in this report for the items
prescribed in section 134 (3) of the Act and Rule 8 of The Companies (Accounts) Rules,
2014 and other applicable provisions of the act and listing regulations, to the extent the
transactions took place on those items during the year. Your Directors further state that
no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were no
transactions on these items during the year under review or they are not applicable to the
Company; (i) Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act; (ii) Issue
of Equity Shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise; (iii) Issue
of shares (including sweat equity shares) to employees of the Company under any scheme
save and ESOS; (iv) There is no revision in the Board Report or Financial Statement; (v)
No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals
which impact the going concern status and Companys operations in future; (vi) One
time settlement of loan obtained from the Banks or Financial Institutions.
APPRECIATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors wish to convey their gratitude and place on record their appreciation
for all the employees at all levels for their hard work, solidarity, cooperation and
dedication during the year. Your Directors sincerely convey their appreciation to
customers, shareholders, vendors, bankers, business associates, regulatory and government
authorities for their continued support.
Registered office: |
For and on behalf of Board of Directors |
Unit No. PO5-02E, 5th Floor, |
Amrapali Industries Limited |
Tower A WTC Gift City, |
CIN: L91110GJ1988PLC010674 |
Gandhinagar-382355 |
|
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|
Yashwant Amratlal Thakkar |
Rashmikant Amratlal |
Date: 07/09/2024 |
Chairman and Managing |
Thakkar |
Place: Ahmedabad |
Director |
Executive Director |
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DIN:00071126 |
DIN:00071144 |