To,
The Members,
TAAL Enterprises Limited
Your Directors present herewith the Eleventh Annual Report along with
Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2025.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Rs. in Lakhs)
Particulars |
Standalone |
|
Financial Year |
|
2024-25 |
2023-24 |
Total Income |
1,057.45 |
345.07 |
Expenditure |
130.05 |
120.12 |
Profit/(Loss) after Tax |
896.23 |
165.78 |
OPERATIONS
During the year under review, the total income of the Company was Rs.
1057.45 Lakhs as compared to Rs. 345.07 Lakhs during the previous year. The Profit after
tax for the year was Rs. 896.23 Lakhs as compared to a profit of Rs. 165.78 Lakhs during
the previous year.
TRANSFER TO RESERVES
During the year, the Company has not transferred any amount to General
Reserves.
DIVIDEND
The Board of Directors of the Company had declared Interim Dividend
during the Financial Year 2024-25 as follows: 1st interim dividend of Rs. 25/-
(Twenty-Five Rupees only) on each fully paid 31,16,342 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each
amounting to Rs. 7,79,08,550/- during the Financial Year 2024-25.
The interim dividend was paid to those members of the Company whose
names appeared in the Register of Members of the Company as on August 23, 2024.
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL A. Directors
Your Company's Board of Directors as on the financial year ended
March 31, 2025 comprises of 4 (four) including 1 (One) Executive Director (25%) as a
Chairman, 3 (Three) Independent Directors (75%) including a Woman Director &
Non-Executive Directors of the Company had no pecuniary relationship or transactions with
the Company, other than sitting fees or reimbursement of expenses, if any incurred by them
for the purpose of attending meetings of the Board/ Committee of the Company.
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013
(Act') and the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Salil
Taneja retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for
re-appointment.
The Independent Directors of the Company had given a declaration
pursuant to Section 149(7) of the Act.
The annual performance evaluation has been done by the Board of its own
performance and that of its committees and individual Directors based on the criteria for
evaluation of performance of Independent Directors and the Board of Directors and its
Committees as approved by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee which the Board found
to be satisfactory.
The Board is of the opinion that the Independent Directors of the
Company possess adequate proficiency, experience, expertise and integrity to best serve
the interest of the Company.
The brief resume of the Directors proposed to be appointed/
re-appointed is given in the notice convening the AGM.
B. Key Managerial Personnel
Ms. Priya Chouksey resigned from the position of Company Secretary and
Compliance Officer with effect from September 30, 2024 and Mr. Aditya Shashikant Oza was
appointed and designated as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer with effect from
November 15, 2024.
The details of Key Managerial Personnel as on March 31, 2025 are as
below:
Sr. No. Name |
Designation |
1 Mr. Salil Taneja |
Chairman & Whole-Time |
|
Director |
2 Mr. Sudishkumar |
Chief Financial Officer |
Kuttappan Nair |
|
3 Mr. Aditya Shashikant Oza |
Company Secretary and |
|
Compliance Officer |
The Composition of Board of Directors of the Company and attendance at
the Board meetings is as follows:
Name of the Director |
Category |
No. of Board Meetings
attended during F.Y 2024-25 |
Mr. Salil Taneja |
Whole Time Director |
4 |
Mr. Arvind Nanda |
Independent Director |
4 |
Mr. Shyam Powar |
Independent Director |
3 |
Ms. Deepa Mathur |
Independent Director |
4 |
SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATE AND JOINT VENTURE COMPANIES
As oAs on 31st March, 2025, The Company had one (1) direct
and three (3) indirect subsidiaries. Pursuant to the approval of Scheme of Amalgamation of
Company with its wholly owned subsidiary Company i.e. TAAL Tech India Private Limited by
National Company Law Tribunal Bengaluru Bench with its order dated 21st May,
2025, TAAL Tech India Private Limited has been amalgamated with TAAL Enterprises Limited
w.e.f 27th June, 2025(Effective date) and The Company as on date of this report
has only three (3) Subsidiaries.
In accordance with Section 129(3) of the Act, a statement containing
salient features on performance and financial position of the subsidiaries in Form AOC-1
is provided in the Financial Statements forming part of this Annual Report. The Company
has framed a Policy for determining Material Subsidiaries which is available on its
website www.taalent. co.in.
TAAL Tech India Private Limited (TTIPL) was the largest operating
subsidiary of the Company and Post merger the business of this company will be coincided
completely with the TAAL Enterprises Ltd.
PUBLIC DEPOSITS
During the year under review, Your Company has not accepted any
deposits from the public falling within the purview of Section 73 of the Companies Act,
2013 read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS
Pursuant to the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 a separate section on
Management Discussion & Analysis is forming part of this Report.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT
Pursuant to Regulation 15(2) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, and amendments thereof, the provisions
relating to Corporate Governance Report were not applicable to the Company during the
Financial Year ended 2024-25.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The Company has duly complied with the Section 135 of the Act and the
applicable rules thereunder.
Annual Report on CSR Activities for the Financial Year ended March 31,
2025 forms the part of this Report as Annexure A'.
BOARD MEETINGS
During the year under review 4 Board Meetings were held as under:
Sr. No. |
Date of Meeting |
1 |
May 30, 2024 |
2 |
August 14, 2024 |
3 |
November 12, 2024 |
4 |
February 11, 2025 |
The intervening gap between the Meetings was within the period
prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
AUDIT COMMITTEE AND VIGIL MECHANISM
The present composition of Audit Committee is as follows:
Name of Director |
Chairman/ Member |
Mr. Shyam Powar |
Chairman |
Ms. Deepa Mathur |
Member |
Mr. Arvind Nanda |
Member |
The Whistle Blower Policy/Vigil Mechanism of the Company as established
by the Board is available on its website www. taalent.co.in.
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to Section 134(3)(c) read with Section 134(5) of the Act, your
Directors make the following statement: i. that in preparation of 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
& applied them consistently & made judgments & estimates, that are reasonable
& 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 March 31, 2025 and of the profit of the Company for that
period; iii. that the Directors have 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
& other irregularities; iv. that the Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a
going concern basis; v. that the directors have laid down Internal financial Controls to
be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were
operating effectively; and vi. that the directors have devised proper systems to ensure
compliance with provisions of all applicable laws & that such systems were adequate
& operating effectively.
ANNUAL RETURN
As per Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Annual Return
referred to in Section 92(3) has been placed on the website of the Company at
www.taalent.co.in.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY, ABSORPTION & FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS & OUTGO
The particulars as required under Section 134(3)(m) of the Act is
forming part of this Report as Annexure B'
NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY
The Nomination and Remuneration Policy of the Company on
Director's appointment and remuneration including criteria for determining
qualifications, positive attributes, independence of a Director and the criteria for
performance evaluation as laid down by Nomination and Remuneration Committee has been
defined in the Nomination and Remuneration Policy. The said policy is available on its
website at www.taalent.co.in Details pertaining to Section 197(12) of the Act read with
rules framed their under forms part of this report as Annexure C'. The
details of employees in terms of Rule 5(2) and (3) of the Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 forms part of this Report.
However, in terms of Section 136 of the Act, the Annual Report is being
sent to the members and others entitled thereto. The said statement is available for
inspection by the Members at the Registered Office of the Company during business hours on
working days up to the date of the ensuing AGM. If any Member is interested in obtaining a
copy thereof, such Member may write to the Company at secretarial@taalent. co.in.
AUDITORS
A. STATUTORY AUDITORS
Pursuant to Section 139 of the Companies the Act, 2013 (the
Act') and the Rules framed there under, the Shareholders of the Company at the
6th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on September 30, 2020, approved the appointment of
M/s. V P Thacker & Co., Chartered Accountants, (Firm Registration No. 118696W) as the
Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office for a period of 5 (five) consecutive
years till the conclusion of 11th AGM of the Company.
B. SECRETARIAL AUDITOR
Pursuant to Section 204 of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, the
Board of Directors had appointed Mr. Anuj Nema, Practicing Company Secretary for
conducting the Secretarial Audit of the Company for the financial year 2024- 25.
The Report of the Secretarial Audit in Form MR - 3 is annexed here with
as an Annexure D' to this Report. There are no qualifications,
reservations or adverse remarks made by the Secretarial Auditors in their audit report for
the year ended March 31, 2025. All the observations made by the Secretarial Auditor in the
said audit report, are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments.
C. REPORTING OF FRAUDS BY AUDITORS
During the year under review, neither the Statutory Auditors nor the
Secretarial Auditor have reported to the
Audit Committee, under Section 143(12) of the Act, any instances of
fraud committed against the Company by its officers or employees, the details of which
would need to be mentioned in the Board's report.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS
Particulars of Loans, Guarantees & Investments covered under
Section 186 of the Act has been given in Notes to Financial Statements forming part of
this Annual Report.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The Company has a robust risk management framework to identify and
mitigate risks arising out of internal as well as external factors.
INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS
The Internal Financial Controls with reference to the Financial
Statements are commensurate with the size and nature of business by virtue of internal
audit of the Company. Internal Audits are periodically conducted by an external firm of
Chartered Accountants who monitor and evaluate the efficiency and adequacy of internal
control systems in the Company, its compliance with operating systems, accounting
procedures and policies of the Company. Board also takes review of internal audit
functioning and accounting systems, in order to take suitable corrective actions in case
of any deviations.
During the year, such controls were tested by the Statutory Auditors
and no material weakness in control design of operations were observed by them.
CONTRACTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES
During the year under review, the Company has not entered into any
contract/ arrangement/ transaction with related parties which were either not at an
arm's length or not in the ordinary course of business & further could be
considered material in accordance with the policy of the Company on materiality of related
party transactions.
As stipulated by Section 134(3)(h) of the Act read with Rule 8(2) of
the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, particulars of Related Party Transactions are given
in Form No. AOC 2 as Annexure E' and the same form an integral
part of this report and particulars of Related Party Transactions in terms of Ind AS-24
are forming part of the enclosed financial statements.
SECRETARIAL STANDARDS
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs notified the Secretarial Standard on
Meetings of the Board of Directors (SS 1), Secretarial Standard on General Meetings
(SS2), Secretarial Standard on Dividend (SS3) and Secretarial Standard on
Report of the Board of Directors (SS-4). The Company complies with Secretarial Standards
and guidelines issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).
GENERAL
1. No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or
Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company's operations in
future except that the Hon'ble National Company Law Tribunal, Bengaluru Bench vide
order dated 21st May 2025 sanctioned the Scheme of Amalgamation of Taal Tech India Private
Limited (Transferor Company) with Taal Enterprises Limited (Transferee Company) with
effect from the appointed date of 1st April 2023 which became effective as on 27th June,
2025 after filing of the said order copy with Registrar of the Companies, Bengaluru by
both the Companies.
2. There was no change in the authorized as well as paid up share
capital of the Company during the year under review. Further Pursuant to the said Scheme
of Amalgamation of Taal Tech India Private Limited (Transferor Company) with Taal
Enterprises Limited (Transferee Company) coming into effect from 27th June,
2025, the authorized share capital of the Company has been increased to Rs. 6,00,00,000/-
divided into 60,00,000 (Sixty Lakhs) equity shares of Rs.10/- (Rupee Ten only) each and
consequently, the Capital Clause of the Memorandum of Association of the Company has also
been amended accordingly. The copy of Memorandum of Association and Articles of
Association of Company has been placed on the Website of the Company which can be accessed
from www.taalent.co.in
3. The provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Complaints
Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and
Redressal) Act, 2013 was not applicable to the Company during the year under review.
4. During the year under review, there were no cases filed pursuant to
the Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
5. In terms of provisions of Section 148 of the Act read with Rule 3 of
Companies (Cost Record and Audit) Rules, 2014, the Company is not required to maintain the
cost records for the Financial Year 2024-25.
6. It is to confirm that, No provisions of The Maternity Benefit Act,
1961, were applicable to the Company for the Financial Year 2024-25.
REGISTRAR AND SHARE TRANSFER AGENT
Shareholders may contact Registrar and Share Transfer Agent of the
Company at the following address:
MUFG Intime India Private Limited
Block No. 202, 2nd Floor, Akshay Complex, Near Ganesh
Temple, off. Dhole Patil Road, Pune 411001, Maharashtra Tel.: 020-46014473 Fax:
020- 26163503 E-mail: umesh.sharma@in.mpms.mufg.com, pune@in.mpms.mufg.com
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Directors take this opportunity to thank their Customers, Bankers,
Vendors, Aviation authorities, Government and regulatory authorities and all other
stakeholders for their valuable sustained support. The Directors also express their deep
appreciation to all the employees for their hard work, dedication and Commitment.
For and on behalf of Board of Directors
Date: August 04, 2025 Salil Taneja Place: Pune Chairman & Whole
Time Director