PFA file
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The Board of Muzali Arts Ltd approved the audited standalone and consolidated financial results for FY24 on December 7, 2024. The auditor issued a Disclaimer of Opinion on the consolidated results because the holding company could not obtain financial data from its 80%-owned subsidiary Jalan & Jalan Collection Inc; consolidated statements were prepared using stale data (April–September 2022). On the standalone side, the auditor flagged multiple Disclaimer of Opinion qualifications covering lack of documentation for write-offs (~Rs 37 lakhs in creditors/advances written off), Q4 sales missing invoices and e-waybills, no GST reconciliation, unrecorded expenses (electricity, warehouse rent, PF), and absence of independent balance confirmations for trade receivables (~Rs 1.83 cr) and loans given (~Rs 5.08 cr). FY24 revenue collapsed to Rs 61.68 lakhs from Rs 143.96 lakhs in FY23, with a net loss of Rs 106.94 lakhs (EPS negative Rs 0.18) and negative operating cash flow of Rs 70.35 lakhs. The company has also acknowledged no secretarial compliance for two years, no compliance officer, and no active operations since October 2022. Management has reclassified the subsidiary investment to zero due to loss of control following a minority shareholder dispute.
These are unusually severe red flags — multiple audit disclaimers, repeated losses, collapsing revenue, weak internal controls, and dormant operations suggest serious governance and going-concern concerns; retail investors should approach with high caution as this could weigh heavily on the stock price and trigger regulatory scrutiny.