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TO
THE MEMBERS,
Your directors take pleasure in presenting the 12th Annual Report on
the performance of the Company together with the Audited Financial Statements for the
Financial Year ('FY') ended March 31,2025.
1. Financial Results:
| PARTICILARS |
Year Ended 31.03.2025 |
Year Ended 31.03.2024 |
| Revenue from Operations |
32130.58 |
35270.82 |
| EBITDA |
3699.85 |
4627.37 |
| Less: Depreciation |
793.73 |
916.66 |
| Finance Costs |
656.01 |
889.77 |
| Profit / (Loss) before tax |
2250.11 |
2820.94 |
| Tax expenses |
593.23 |
736.86 |
| Profit /(Loss) after tax |
1656.88 |
2084.08 |
2. State of the Company's Affairs:
With consistent performance and sheer dedication, the Company was
stable in performance. Not only, the Company was able to continue the momentum of earning
profit by reaching the bottom-line profits of Rs. 2250.11 Lakhs as compared to Rs. 2820.94
Lakhs in the previous financial year.
The Revenue from Operations for FY 2024-25 was Rs. 32,130.58 Lacs and
reported a profit after tax for FY 2024-25 of Rs 1,656.88 Lacs in comparison with a Profit
aftertax of Rs.2,084.08 Lacs for FY 2023-24.
3. Dividend andTransfer to Reserves:
In order to plough back resources, your directors do not recommend any
payment of dividend for the financial year. Further the Company has not transferred any
amount to Reserves during the year.
4. Share Capital:
The paid-up Equity Share Capital of the Company as on March 31,2025, is
Rs. 10,50,00,000/- comprising 1,05,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs 10/- each. We would like to
inform our shareholders that there is no change in the paid-up equity capital of the
Company during FY 2024-25.
5. Employees Stock Options Scheme:
During the year, your company has not issued any shares under the
Employees Stock Options Scheme to its employees.
6. Credit Rating:
During the year under review the Company has received following credit
rating:
| Facilities |
Ratings |
Remarks |
| Cash Credit |
CRISIL BBB/Stable |
Assigned |
| Proposed Fund Based Bank Limits |
CRISIL BBB/Stable |
Assigned |
| Term Loan |
CRISIL BBB/Stable |
Assigned |
7. Management Discussion & Analysis:
In terms of Regulation 34(2)(e) of the Listing Regulations, 2015 read
with other applicable provisions, the detailed review of the operations, performance and
outlook of the Company and its business is given in the Management's Discussion and
Analysis Report (MDA) which forms part of this Annual Report as Annexure A and is
incorporated herein by reference and forms an integral part of this report.
8. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT:
In terms of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015, a Report on "Corporate Governance" is attached as an Annexure
B and forms part of this report.
9. CHANGE INTHE NATURE OF BUSINESS
There is no change in the nature of business, of the Company during the
financial year under review.
10. Directors' Responsibility Statement:
Based on the framework of internal financial controls and compliance
systems established and maintained by the Company, the work performed by the internal,
statutory, secretarial auditors and external consultants including the audit of internal
financial controls over financial reporting by the statutory auditors and the reviews
performed by management and the relevant board committees, including the audit committee,
the Board is of the opinion that the Company's internal financial controls were adequate
and effective during FY 2024-25.
Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Act, the Board of Directors, to the
best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that:
i. In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed and there are no material departures.
ii. They 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 the end of the
financial year and of the loss of the Company for that period.
iii. They have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding
the assets of the Company and for preventing and Detecting Fraud and other irregularities.
iv. They have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.
v. They have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by
the Company and such internal financial controls are adequate and operating effectively.
vi. They have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the
provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating
effectively.
11. Directors and Key Managerial Personnel:
In accordance with the requirements of the Act and the Company's
Articles of Association, Mr.
Sanjaybhai Bhuva, (DIN: 06616078) retires by rotation and being
eligible, offers himself for reappointment. Relevant resolutions (Ordinary or Special, as
applicable) seeking shareholders' approval forms part of the Notice of ensuing AGM.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Act, the Key
Managerial Personnel of the Company as on March 31,2025, are:
Mr. Bhupat bhai Bhuva - Managing Director
(DIN: 06616061)
Mr. Sanjaybhai Bhuva -Whole time Director
(DIN: 06616086)
Mr. Dineshbhai Bhuva -Whole time Director
(DIN: 06616078)
Ms. Jinal Naria -Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Bharat PTrivedi -Company Secretary and
Compliance Officer
Number of Meetings of the Board:
Seven (7) meetings of the Board were held during the year under review.
For details of meetings of the Board, please refer to the Corporate Governance Report as
Annexure B, which forms a part of the Annual Report.
12. Performance Evaluation of Board, Committee & Directors:
The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own
performance, board committees, and individual Directors pursuant to the provisions of the
Act and SEBI Listing Regulations. The performance of the Board was evaluated by the Board
after seeking inputs from all the Directors on the basis of criteria such as the Board
Composition and Structure; Degree of fulfillment of key responsibilities towards
stakeholders (by way of monitoring corporate governance practices, participation in the
long- term strategic planning, etc.); Effectiveness of board processes, information and
functioning, etc.; Extent of co-ordination and cohesiveness between the Board and its
Committees; and Quality of relationship between Board Members and the Management.
The performance of the committees was evaluated by the Board after
seeking input from the committee members based on criteria such as the composition of
committees, effectiveness of committee meetings, etc.
In a separate meeting of Independent Directors, performance of
Non-Independent Directors, the board as a whole and the Chairman of the Company was
evaluated, considering the work/contribution of Executive Directors and Non-Executive
Directors.
The Board and the NRC reviewed the performance of individual Directors
based on criteria such as the contribution ofthe individual Director to the Board and
committee meetings like preparedness on the issues to be discussed, meaningful and
constructive contribution and inputs in meetings, etc.
The above criteria are broadly based on the Guidance Note on Board
Evaluation issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India on January 5, 2017. At the
Board Meeting that followed the meeting of the Independent Directors and meeting of NRC,
the performance of the Board, its committees, and individual directors was also discussed.
Performance evaluation of Independent Directors was done by the entire Board, excluding
the independent director being evaluated. The Directors expressed their satisfaction with
the evaluation process.
13. Vigil Mechanism:
The Company has established the necessary vigil mechanism for directors
and employees in confirmation with Section 177(9) of the Act and Regulation 22 of SEBI
Listing Regulations, to report concerns about unethical behavior. The details ofthe policy
are also available on www.scplco.com.
14. Internal Financial Controls:
The Company has an internal financial control system commensurate with
the size and scale of its operations and the same has been operating effectively.The
Internal Auditor evaluates the efficacy and adequacy of internal control system,
accounting procedures and policies adopted by the Company for efficient conduct of its
business, adherence to Company's policies, safeguarding of Company's assets, prevention
and detection of frauds and errors and timely preparation of reliable financial
information etc. Based on the report of internal audit function, process owners undertake
corrective action in their respective areas and thereby strengthen the controls.
Significant audit observations and corrective actions thereon were presented to the Audit
Committee of the Board.
15. Audit Committee:
The details including the composition of the Audit Committee, Meeting
details, attendance at the Meetings and terms of reference are included in the Corporate
Governance Report as Annexure B, which forms a part of the Annual Report.
16. Statutory Auditors:
At the 7th AGM held on December 28, 2020, the Members approved
appointment of M/s. H.B. Kalaria & Associates, Chartered Accountants (Firm
Registration No. 104571W) as Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office for a period
of five years from the conclusion of the 7th Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of
the 12th Annual General Meeting to be held in the year 2025, further they have been
Re-appointed by the Board of Director for tenure of next 5 years subject to approval of
shareholders till 17th Annual General meeting to be held for Financial Year 2029-2030.
17. Corporate Social Responsibility:
Your Company has always laid emphasis on progress with social
commitment. We believe strongly in our core values of empowerment and betterment of not
only the employees but also our communities. The Company has developed the policy on
Corporate Social Responsibility ('CSR') and was recommended by the CSR Committee and
approved by the Board and the same can be accessed on the Company' s website at
https://www.scplco.com/wp- content/uploads/2023/08/corporate-social-
responsibility-policy.pdf.
The brief outline of the CSR policy of the Company and the initiatives
undertaken by the Company on CSR activities during the year under review are set out in Annexure
D of this report in the format prescribed in the Companies (Corporate Social
Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2021.
18. Auditor's Report and Secretarial Audit Report:
The Statutory Auditor's Report and the Secretarial Auditor's Report are
part of this annual report. Secretarial Auditor's Report is attached to this report as Annexure
E.
In the Statutory Auditors' Report on the financial statements of
the Company for the financial year ended on 31st March 2025, there is no Qualified/Adverse
Opinion from Statutory Auditor during the financial year under review.
19. Risk Management:
The Company has formulated the Risk Management Policy in order to
safeguard the organization from various risks through timely actions. It is designed to
mitigate the risk in order to minimize the impact of the risk on the Business. The
Management is regularly reviewing the risk and is taking appropriate steps to
mitigate the risk.
In the opinion of the Board there has been no identification of an
element of risk that may threaten the existence of the Company.
20. Company Particulars of Loans, Guarantees or Investments:
During the year, your Company has not given any loans, provided
guarantees or made investments in terms of the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies
Act, 2013.
21. Related PartyTransactions:
In line with the requirements of the Act and the SEBI Listing
Regulations, the Company has formulated a Policy on Related Party Transactions and the
same can be accessed on the Company's website at https://www.scplco.com/wp-
content/uploads/2023/07/RELATED-PARTY- TRANSACTIONS-RTP-POLICY.pdf.
During the year under review, all Related Party Transactions that were
entered into were in the Ordinary Course of Business and at Arms' Length Basis. All
transactions entered with related parties were approved by the Audit Committee.
Further in FY 2024-25, there were no material transactions of the
Company with any of its related parties. Therefore, the disclosure of Related Party
Transactions as required under Section 134(3)(h) of the Act in Form AOC-2 is not
applicable to the Company for FY 2024-25 and hence the same is not provided.
22. Annual Return:
In line with the requirement of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017,
effective from 31st July 2018, the extract of annual return is no longer required to be
part of the Board Report. However, for the Compliance of Conditions of Section 92 and
Section 134, draft copy of the Annual Return for the financial year ended 31st March 2025
and other policies of the Company shall be placed on the Company's website
https://www.scplco.com/wp- content/uploads/2023/08/mgt-7-fy-2024-2025.pdf.
23. Particulars of Employees:
Details Pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under
Section 197 (12) of the Companies Act read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is attached as Annexure F of
this report.
24. Deposits from Public:
During the year under review, your Company has not accepted any deposit
within the meaning of Sections 73 and 74 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the
Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 (including any statutory modification(s) or
reenactments) for the time being in force).
25. Material changes and commitment affecting the financial position of
the Company:
There is no material change and commitment which has occurred between
the end of the financial year and the date of the report which affects the financial
position of the Company.
26. Details of significant and material orders passed by the
regulators, courts, tribunals impacting the going concern status and company's
operations in future.
During the year under review, no significant material orders were
passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals impacting the going concern status and the
Company's operations.
27. Cost Auditors:
In terms of Section 148 of the Act, the Company is required to have the
audit of its cost records conducted by a Cost Accountant. In this connection, the Board of
Directors of the Company has on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, approved the
appointment of M/s. Tadhani & Co. as the cost auditors of the Company for the year
ending 31st March 2026.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 148(3) of the Act read
with Rule 14 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, the remuneration payable
to the Cost Auditors as recommended by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board has
to be ratified by the members of the Company. Accordingly, appropriate resolution forms
part of the Notice convening the AGM. M/s. Tadhani & Co. have vast experience in the
field of cost audit and have been conducting the audit of the cost records of the Company
for the past several years.
MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS:
The Directors of the Company to the best of their knowledge and belief
state that the Company has maintained adequate Cost records as required to be maintained
by the Company under the provisions of Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with
the relevant Rules framed thereunder.
mitigate the risk.
In the opinion of the Board there has been no identification of an
element of risk that may threaten the existence of the Company.
20. Company Particulars of Loans, Guarantees or Investments:
During the year, your Company has not given any loans, provided
guarantees or made investments in terms of the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies
Act, 2013.
21. Related PartyTransactions:
In line with the requirements of the Act and the SEBI Listing
Regulations, the Company has formulated a Policy on
| (l) The steps taken or impact on conservation of energy; |
The Company has taken measures and applied strict control
systems to monitor day to day power consumption, to endeavor to ensure the optimal use of
energy with minimum extent possible wastage as far as possible. The day-to-day consumption
is monitored, and various ways and means are adopted to reduce the power consumption as an
effort to save energy. |
| (ii) The steps taken by the company for utilizing alternate
sources of energy; |
Company has Incorporated the Solar panel energy to produce
the Electricity in an alternate manner. |
| (iii) The capital investment on energy conservation equipment |
The Company has established ground mounted 1.2 MW solar
photovoltaic power project atTehsil, Chittal in Amreli district and 1.5 MW and 1.25 MW
windmills at Kutch which have been generating electricity since April 01, 2021. By
installing this solar and wind power plant company saved 66,66,038 units in electricity
bill by captive consumption of such units. |
(B) Technology Absorption:
| (l) The efforts made towards technology absorption; |
Company has always been making best effort towards technology
absorption, adaptation, and innovation to improve the quality. |
| (ii) the benefits derived like product improvement, cost
reduction, product development or import substitution |
It improves the quality of company's products being
manufactured and reduces the cost of production. |
| (iii) in case of imported technology (imported during the
last three years reckoned from the beginning of the financial year:- |
N.A. |
| (a) the details of technology imported; |
N.A. |
| (b) the year of import |
N.A. |
| ? whether the technology been fully absorbed |
N.A. |
| (d) if not fully absorbed, areas where absorption has not
taken place, and the reasons thereof; |
N.A. |
| (iv) the expenditure incurred on Research and Development |
NIL |
| (v) Foreign Exchange Earning: Foreign Exchange Outgo: |
NIL |
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NIL |
30. Subsidiary, Joint Venture and Associate Company:
There has been no company or Institution which became or ceased to be
Subsidiary, Joint venture or Associate Company during the reporting period.
31. Compliance of Secretarial Standard:
Your Company has complied with all Secretarial Standards issued by the
Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and approved by Central Government from
time to time.
32. POLICY ON DIRECTORS'APPOINTMENT ANDPOLICY ON REMUNERATION:
Pursuant to the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013, the policy on
appointment of Board Members and policy on remuneration of the Directors, KMPs and other
employees is attached as Annexure C to this report.
33. Explanations or comments by the Board on every qualification,
reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer made statutory auditor or secretarial auditor:
The management has noted the Secretarial Auditor's report
qualification regarding registration of charge for borrowing made from Axis Bank Where in
management would like to clarify that Company hasn't filed the CHG-1 in prescribed
time due to non-cooperation from earlier Banker Bank of Baroda.
34. Other Disclosures:
Few statutory disclosures the Company is required to do are as under:
The Company has not paid any commission to any of its Directors and
hence, the provision of disclosure of commission paid to any Director as mentioned in
Section 197 (14) is not applicable.
There has been no instance of any revision in the Board's Report or the
financial statement under Section 131(1) of the Act.
No application made, or any proceeding is pending under the Insolvency
and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 during the financial year ended March 31,2025.
All the recommendations made by the Audit Committee were accepted by
the Board of Directors.
The Company does not have any scheme or provision of money for the
purchase of its own shares by employees/ Directors or by trustees for the benefit of
employees/ Directors.
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.
The financial statements have been prepared to comply in all material
aspects with the accounting standards notified under Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, as
amended from time to time and other relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and in
conformity with Indian GAAP requires the Management to make estimates and assumptions
considered in the reported amounts of assets and liabilities (including contingent
liabilities) and the reported income and expenses during the year.
There are no unclaimed dividends lies with the company required to be
transferred into the Investor Education and Protection Fund.
There is no fraud reported by auditors under sub-section (12) of
section 143 other than those which are reportable to the Central Government:].
There are no instances with respect to the time of one-time settlement
with the Banks or Financial Institutions. The company has complied with the provisions of
Maternity Benefit Acts.
35. INSURANCE:
The properties and assets of the Company are adequately insured.
36. Acknowledgment:
The Board thanks the Company's distributors, dealers, stockiest,
customers, vendors, investors, banks, employees and other stakeholders for their
continuous support.
The Board also thanks the Government of India, Governments of various
states in India and concerned Government departments and agencies for their co-operation.
The Directors appreciate and value the contribution made by all our
employees and their families and the contribution made by every other member of the SCPL
family for making the Company what it is.
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