ಅಡಿಟರ್ಸ್ ರಿಪೋರ್ಟ್Fractal Analytics Ltd.

Mar 31, 2026

We have audited the standalone financial statements of Fractal
Analytics Limited (formerly known as Fractal Analytics Private
Limited) (the "Company”) which comprise the standalone
balance sheet as at 31 March 2026, and the standalone
statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensive
income), standalone statement of changes in equity and
standalone statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and
notes to the standalone financial statements, including material
accounting policies and other explanatory information.

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according
to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financial
statements give the information required by the Companies
Act, 2013 ("Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and
fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally
accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at
31 March 2026, and its profit and other comprehensive loss,
changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on
that date.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards
on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of the Act.
Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described in
the Auditor''s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone
Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent
of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued
by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together
with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of
the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the
Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other
ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements
and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we
have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for
our opinion on the standalone financial statements.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional
judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the
standalone financial statements of the current period. These
matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the
standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our
opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on
these matters.

Revenue recognition- Fixed price contracts where revenue is recognised using percentage of completion
method

See Note 2.18(g) and 27 to standalone financial statements

Internally generated intellectual property including intangible assets under development

See Note 2.18(j) and 6.1 to standalone financial statements

The key audit matter

How the matter was addressed in our audit

The carrying value of internally generated intellectual property

In view of the significance of the matter, we applied the following audit

including Intangible Assets under Development is C 560 million as at 31

procedures in this area, amongst others, to obtain sufficient appropriate

March 2026 (31 March 2025: C 154 million).

audit evidence:

The Company undertakes various product development and incurs

• Evaluating the accounting policy for capitalisation of development

cost for developing/upgrading the products to launch new service

costs by comparing it with the applicable accounting standards.

modules and functionality to provide an enhanced suite of services to

• Evaluating the design and implementation and testing the

its customers to generate future economic benefits for the Company.

operating effectiveness of key internal financial controls

The Company capitalises cost incurred during the development phase

implemented by the management to ensure compliance with

of products as intangible assets under development based on the

recognition and measurement criteria specified under Ind AS 38.

recognition criteria specified as per Ind AS 38.

• Obtaining project-specific list of intangible assets under

Because identifying whether the products are in the development stage

development to understand its nature and corroborate with our

requires a high degree of judgment and significant complexity involved

understanding of the Company''s business activities.

in assessing technical feasibility of such products, recognition and

• Assessing accuracy and existence of costs capitalised as intangible

measurement of internally generated intellectual property including

assets under development.

intangible assets under development is considered as a key audit matter.

• Assessing whether the costs capitalised by the Company relate
to the development phase by obtaining management''s technical
assessment for each asset to evaluate:

• Technical feasibility of completing the intangible asset.

• Intention and ability of the Company to complete and use
the intangible asset.

• whether intangible asset can generate probable future
economic benefits for the Company.

• Whether there is availability of adequate technical, financial
and other resources to complete the product development.

• Whether expenditure incurred with respect to development
projects can be reliably measured.

• Obtaining project wise ageing of intangible assets under
development to identify projects exceeding the originally
estimated costs or timelines for completion.

• Evaluating adequacy of the related disclosures in the standalone
financial statements.

The key audit matter

How the matter was addressed in our audit

The Company inter alia engages in Fixed-price contracts,

In view of the significance of the matter, we applied the following audit procedures

wherein performance obligations are satisfied over a period

in this area, amongst others, to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence:

of time and revenue is recognised using the percentage of

•

Evaluating the accounting policy for revenue recognition by comparing it

completion computed as per the input method. This is

with the applicable accounting standards.

based on the Company''s estimate of contract costs and

•

Obtaining an understanding of the systems, processes and controls

efforts for completion of contract.

implemented by the Company and evaluating the design and implementation

We identified revenue recognition of fixed price contracts

of internal financial controls for measuring revenue.

where the percentage of completion method is used as a

•

Involving internal Information technology (''IT'') specialists to test the design

key audit matter since -

and operating effectiveness of key IT controls over the IT environment in

• there is an inherent risk and presumed fraud risk

which the business systems operate.

around the accuracy and existence of revenues

•

Evaluating the design and implementation and testing operating

recognised that it may not be appropriate due to the

effectiveness of Company''s key manual and IT controls over:

contracts customised for different customers and

•

Computation of revenue recognition;

complex nature of these contracts and significant

•

Allocation of resources and budgeting systems which prevent the

inputs of IT systems for measurement of revenue;

unauthorised recording/changes to costs incurred; and

• application of revenue recognition using percentage

•

Estimation of total expected inputs to the satisfaction of the performance

of completion under accounting standard is

obligation in the contract.

complex. It involves estimation of the future cost-

•

For statistically selected samples of revenue from fixed price contracts:

to-completion of each contract which is used to

• Checking the approval for estimates of costs to completion by

determine the percentage of completion of the

appropriate personnel of the Company;

relevant performance obligation; and

• Carrying out a retrospective analysis of costs incurred with estimated

• these contracts may involve onerous obligations

costs to identify any significant variations. Challenging whether those

which requires critical estimates of foreseeable

variations are required to be considered in estimating the remaining

losses to be made by the Company; and

costs to complete the ongoing contracts;

• at year-end, significant amount of contract assets,

• Assessing the contract assets and unearned revenue on balance sheet

unearned and deferred revenue balances related to

date by evaluating the underlying contracts to identify possible delays

these contracts are recognised on the balance sheet.

in achieving milestones which require change in estimated costs to
complete the remaining performance obligations;

• Assessing underlying rationale and performing substantive procedures
over changes to budgeted costs to determine reasonableness; and

• Evaluating the adequacy and appropriateness of provision in respect
of onerous contracts, if any.

•

Assessing the appropriateness of the related disclosures in the standalone
financial statements.

Impairment of investments in subsidiaries and associate

See Note 2.18(i) and 7 to standalone financial statements

The key audit matter

How the matter was addressed in our audit

The carrying amount of the investment in subsidiaries

In view of the significance of the matter, we applied the following audit procedures

and associate of C 6,935 million represents 18.39% of the

in this area, amongst others, to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence:

Company''s total assets.

•

Assessing the appropriateness of accounting policy for impairment of

The investments in subsidiaries and associate are tested for

investment in subsidiaries as per the relevant accounting standards.

impairment whenever there is an indication of impairment

•

Evaluating the design and implementation of key internal financial controls

using discounted cashflow models of recoverable value

over impairment assessments and testing the operating effectiveness of

compared to the carrying value of the assets. A deficit between

such controls.

the recoverable value and carrying value would result in

•

Obtaining an understanding of and evaluating the methodology used by

impairment.

management to prepare its analysis including cash flow forecasts and the

The financial projections, basis which the future cash flows

appropriateness of the assumptions applied. In making this assessment,

have been estimated consider the impact of the economic

evaluating the competence, professional qualification, objectivity and

uncertainties on the discount rates, the projected growth

independence of Company''s specialists and personnels involved in the

rates and terminal values and subjecting these variables to

process.

sensitivity analysis.

•

Involving internal specialists to assist us in evaluating the valuation method

The impairment testing is considered as a key audit matter

and key assumptions used for impairment analysis such as revenue

because the assumptions on which the tests are based are

multiple, revenue growth rate, Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation

highly judgmental and are affected by future market and

and amortisation (EBITDA), terminal growth rate and discount rate.

economic conditions which are inherently uncertain, and

•

Assessing the historical accuracy of management''s forecast by comparing

because of the significance of the amount of investments to

actual financial performance to management''s previous forecasts.

the Standalone Financial Statements.

•

Analysing the consistency of cash flow forecasts used for impairment
assessment with Management''s latest estimates as approved by the Board
of Directors as part of the budget review process.

•

Performing sensitivity analysis of key assumptions used to determine
which changes to assumptions would change the outcome of impairment
assessment.

•

Testing the arithmetical accuracy of the impairment assessments models.

•

Evaluating the adequacy of the related disclosures in the standalone
financial statements.

Other Information

The Company''s Management and Board of Directors are
responsible for the other information. The other information
comprises the information included in the annual report, but
does not include the financial statements and auditor''s report
thereon. The annual report is expected to be made available to
us after the date of this auditor''s report.

Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not
cover the other information and we will not express any form of
assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the standalone financial
statements, our responsibility is to read the other information
identified above when it becomes available and, in doing
so, consider whether the other information is materially
inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our
knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be
materially misstated.

When we read the annual report, if we conclude that there is a
material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate
the matter to those charged with governance and take necessary
actions, as applicable under the relevant laws and regulations.

Management''s and Board of Directors''
Responsibilities for the Standalone Financial
Statements

The Company''s Management and Board of Directors are
responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act
with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial
statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs,
profit/ loss and other comprehensive income, changes in
equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the
Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section
133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions
of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and
for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;
selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;
making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of
adequate internal financial controls, that were operating
effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of
the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and
presentation of the standalone financial statements that give
a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,
whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the standalone financial statements, the
Management and Board of Directors are responsible for
assessing the Company''s ability to continue as a going concern,
disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and
using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of
Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease
operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the
Company''s financial reporting process.

Auditor''s Responsibilities for the Audit of the
Standalone Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and
to issue an auditor''s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable
assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that
an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a
material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise
from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually
or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to
influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of
these standalone financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise
professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism
throughout the audit. We also:

• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of
the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud
or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive
to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient
and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The
risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting
from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as
fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,
misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant
to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)
(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our
opinion on whether the company has adequate internal
financial controls with reference to financial statements in
place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used
and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and
related disclosures made by the Management and Board
of Directors.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management
and Board of Directors use of the going concern basis
of accounting in preparation of standalone financial
statements and, based on the audit evidence obtained,
whether a material uncertainty exists related to events
or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the
Company''s ability to continue as a going concern. If
we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are
required to draw attention in our auditor''s report to the
related disclosures in the standalone financial statements
or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our
opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence
obtained up to the date of our auditor''s report. However,
future events or conditions may cause the Company to
cease to continue as a going concern.

• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content
of the standalone financial statements, including the
disclosures, and whether the standalone financial
statements represent the underlying transactions and
events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

We communicate with those charged with governance
regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and
timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any
significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during
our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a
statement that we have complied with relevant ethical
requirements regarding independence, and to communicate
with them all relationships and other matters that may
reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where
applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with
governance, we determine those matters that were of most
significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements
of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.
We describe these matters in our auditor''s report unless law or
regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when,
in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter
should not be communicated in our report because the adverse
consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to
outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order,
2020 ("the Order”) issued by the Central Government
of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in
the "Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in
paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.

2 A. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we

report that:

a. We have sought and obtained all the information
and explanations which to the best of our
knowledge and belief were necessary for the
purposes of our audit.

b. I n our opinion, proper books of account as
required by law have been kept by the Company
so far as it appears from our examination of
those books, except:

- for the matter stated in the paragraph 2(B)
(f) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of
the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,
2014; and

- the back-up of software used for
maintaining payroll master which forms
part of the ''books of account and other
relevant books and papers in electronic
mode'' have not been maintained on the
servers physically located in India on a
daily basis till 21 May 2025.

c. The standalone balance sheet, the standalone
statement of profit and loss (including other
comprehensive income), the standalone
statement of changes in equity and the
standalone statement of cash flows dealt with
by this Report are in agreement with the books
of account.

d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial
statements comply with the Ind AS specified
under Section 133 of the Act.

e. On the basis of the written representations
received from the directors of the Company as
on 1 April 2026 taken on record by the Board of
Directors of the Company, none of the directors
of the Company is disqualified as on 31 March
2026 from being appointed as a director in
terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.

f. the modification relating to the maintenance
of accounts and other matters connected
therewith are as stated in the paragraph 2A(b)
above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b) of
the Act and paragraph 2B(f) below on reporting
under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and
Auditors) Rules, 2014.

g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal
financial controls with reference to financial
statements of the Company and the operating
effectiveness of such controls, refer to our
separate Report in "Annexure B”.

B. With respect to the other matters to be included in
the Auditor''s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of
the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in
our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us:

a. The Company has disclosed the impact of
pending litigations as at 31 March 2026 on its
financial position in its standalone financial
statements - Refer Note 39(b) to the standalone
financial statements.

b. The Company has made provision, as required
under the applicable law or accounting
standards, for material foreseeable losses, if
any, on long-term contracts including derivative
contracts - Refer Note 32 to the standalone
financial statements.

c. There were no amounts which were required
to be transferred to the Investor Education and
Protection Fund by the Company.

d (i) The management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledge and
belief, as disclosed in the Note 37(i) to
the standalone financial statements, no
funds have been advanced or loaned or
invested (either from borrowed funds or
share premium or any other sources or
kind of funds) by the Company to or in any
other person(s) or entity(ies), including
foreign entities ("Intermediaries”), with
the understanding, whether recorded in
writing or otherwise, that the I ntermedia ry
shall directly or indirectly lend or invest in
other persons or entities identified in any
manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the

Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or
provide any guarantee, security or the like
on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.

(ii) The management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,
as disclosed in the Note 37(ii) to the
standalone financial statements, no funds
have been received by the Company from
any person(s) or entity(ies), including
foreign entities ("Funding Parties”), with
the understanding, whether recorded in
writing or otherwise, that the Company
shall directly or indirectly, lend or invest in
other persons or entities identified in any
manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the
Funding Parties ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”)
or provide any guarantee, security or the
like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.

(iii) Based on the audit procedures that
have been considered reasonable and
appropriate in the circumstances, nothing
has come to our notice that has caused
us to believe that the representations
under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e),
as provided under (i) and (ii) above, contain
any material misstatement.

e. The Company has neither declared nor paid any
dividend during the year.

f. Based on our examination, which included test
checks, and considering reports of independent
auditor''s in relation to controls at the service
organisation for accounting softwares, except
for the instance mentioned below, the Company
has used accounting softwares for maintaining
its books of account which, along with privilege
access management tool, wherever applicable,
have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log)
facility and the same has operated throughout
the year for all relevant transactions recorded in
the respective softwares:

i. At the database level, in the absence of an
independent auditor''s report in relation to
controls at a service organization, for an
accounting software used for maintaining
general ledger, which is operated by third
party software service provider, we are

unable to comment whether the audit trail
feature for the said software was enabled
and operated throughout the year for all
the relevant transactions recorded in the
said software.

Further, where audit trail (edit log) facility
was enabled and operated, we did not
come across any instance of the audit
trail feature being tampered with, except
in case of application level for accounting
software used for maintaining general
ledger, in the absence of change log
over audit trail feature, we are unable to
comment whether audit trail feature has
been tampered with.

Additionally, where audit trail (edit log)
facility was enabled and operated in
the previous year, the audit trail has
been preserved by the Company as per
the statutory requirements for record
retention except in case of accounting
software used for maintaining the revenue
transactions, logs for any direct data
changes were not retained for more than
365 days at the database level.

C. With respect to the matter to be included in the
Auditor''s Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:

In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by
the Company to its directors during the current year
is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197
of the Act. The remuneration paid to any director is
not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197
of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not
prescribed other details under Section 197(16) of the
Act which are required to be commented upon by us.

For B S R & Co. LLP

Chartered Accountants
Firm''s Registration No.:101248W/W-100022

Rajesh Mehra

Partner

Place: Mumbai Membership No.: 103145

Date: 11 May 2026 ICAI UDIN:26103145OGQIIT1221

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