To The Members of
Fratelli Vineyards Limited
[Formerly known as Tinna Trade Limited]
Your Directors take pleasure in presenting the 16th Annual
Report of your Company, together with the Audited Financial Statements for the Financial
Year ended March 31,2024.
1. FINANCIAL RESULTS
(Rs. In Lacs)
Particulars |
F.Y. 2023-24 |
F.Y. 2022-23 |
Revenue from Operations |
24,535.36 |
29,412.30 |
Other Income |
108.43 |
84.38 |
Total Income |
24,643.80 |
29,496.68 |
Total Expenses |
24,623.54 |
29,778.81 |
Profit before exceptional items and tax |
20.26 |
(282.13) |
Less: prior Period items |
- |
- |
Profit before tax (PBT) |
20.26 |
(282.13) |
Less: Tax Expenses (deferred tax) |
8.76 |
(18.60) |
Profit after tax (PAT) |
11.50 |
(263.52) |
2. FINANCIAL REVIEW AND STATE OF COMPANY'S AFFAIRS
During the year under review, the Company has total income of Rs.
24,643.80 lakhs as compare to the previous year income of Rs. 29,496.68/-. The Company has
a profit before tax of Rs. 20.26 Lakhs during the current financial year as compare to the
Loss before tax of Rs. 282.13 during the previous financial year. The Company has a profit
after tax of Rs. 11.50 Lakhs during the current financial year as compare to the Loss
after tax of Rs. 263.52 during the previous financial year.
3. CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS
There has been no change in the nature of business of the Company
during the period under review.
4. TRANSFER TO RESERVES
The Company does not propose to transfer any amount to the specific
Reserve.
5. DIVIDEND
The Board of Directors do not recommend any dividend during the
financial year 2023-24.
6. FUTURE OUTLOOK
During the period under review, the company was engaged in trading of
agri. and non-agri. products. After the conclusion of the year under review, i.e. in
FY2025, the Company strategically entered the business of wine making through the
acquisition of Fratelli Wines Private Limited under a shareholder-approved process. The
focus and outlook of the company therefore will reflect the strategic interest in growing
presence in the wine, wineries and vineyard tourism businesses. The integration with
Fratelli Wines is on track and as a part of the revamped business approach the erstwhile
trading business of Tinna Trade is being wound down.
Fratelli Wines' growth vision focuses on augmenting its capacities
and capabilities to drive significant growth in business in the coming years. In the near
term, this will include raising the winery capacity from the existing 4.5 mn litres to 5.6
mn litres and adding distribution reach, especially in Tier II and Tier III towns. The
business will also make brand introductions in the premium and luxury category backed by
select, international grape varietals adapted to Indian terroir. Plans will also include
increasing the addressable market with such innovative offerings like
wine-in-a-can/ready-to-drink. The long-term strategy includes scaling up vineyard tourism
activities through hospitality partnerships in order to sharpen focus on premium and
luxury categories within wine.
7. SUBSIDIARY, JOINT VENTURE AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES
The Company does not have any subsidiary, joint venture or associate
companies as on 31.03.2024.
8. SHARE CAPITAL
During the period under report, there is no change in share capital of
the Company during the period under review. The Company's paid up capital remain of
Rs. 85,64,750/- comprises of 856475 fully paid up equity shares of Rs. 10/- each.
A. ISSUE OF EQUITY SHARES WITH DIFFERENTIAL RIGHTS
The Company has not issued any equity shares with differential voting
rights during the year under report.
B. ISSUE OF SWEAT EQUITY SHARES
The Company has not issued any sweat equity shares during the year
under report.
C. ISSUE OF EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION
The Company has not issued any share under Employee Stock Options
during the year under report.
D. PROVISION OF MONEY BY COMPANY FOR PURCHASE OF ITS OWN SHARES BY
EMPLOYEE OR BY TRUSTEES FOR THE BENEFIT OF EMPLOYEES
The Company has not made any provisions of money for purchase of its
own shares by employees or by trustee for the benefit of employee during the year under
report.
9. DISCLOSURES NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
During the year 5 (Five) Board of Directors meetings were convened and
held, the details of meetings along with attendance of respective Directors, are given in
the corporate governance report annexed separately in the Annual Report. The intervening
gap between such meetings was within the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013,
as amended from time to time.
10. AUDITORS AND AUDITOR'S REPORT
A. STATUTORY AUDITORS
In terms of the provisions of section 139 of the Act, read with
provisions of the Companies (Audit and auditors) rules, 2014 (as amended), M/s A S H M
& Associates, Chartered Accountants, (Firm Registration No. 529041), was appointed as
Statutory Auditors of the Company for a period of 5 years to hold office from the
conclusion of 15th Annual General
Meeting held on June 30, 2023, till the conclusion of the Annual 20th
annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in the year 2028.
The Report given by the Statutory Auditors on the financial statements
of the Company is part of this Integrated Annual Report. There has been no qualification,
reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer given by the Auditors in their Report. During
the year under review, the Auditors have not reported any fraud under Section 143(12) of
the Act
The auditor's report are self-explanatory and does not require any
explanation or comments from the Board, under Section 134(3)(f) of the Companies Act, 2013
B. COST AUDITORS
Neither maintenance of cost record not audit thereof in term of Section
148 of the Act is applicable to the Company.
C. INTERNAL AUDITORS
Pursuant to Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 13 of
the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, as amended, the Board of Directors in their meeting
held on May 25, 2023, on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, appointed Mr. Ganesh
Pandey, as Internal Auditor of the Company for the financial year 2023-24.
The scope of work and authority of the Internal Auditors is as per the
terms of reference approved by Audit Committee. The Internal Auditors periodically
monitors and evaluates the efficiency and adequacy of internal control system in the
Company, its compliance with operating systems, accounting procedures and policies of the
Company.
D. SECRETARIAL AUDITOR
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013
read with Rule 9 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014, as amended, the Board of Directors in their meeting held on May 25, 2023,
appointed M/s. Ajay Baroota & Associates (Membership No. 3495 and COP No. 3945),
Company Secretaries, to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company for the financial
year 2023-24.
The Report of the Secretarial Audit in the Form No. MR-3, carried out
is annexed herewith as "Annexure-C".
The secretarial audit report are self-explanatory and does not require
any explanation or comments from the Board, under Section 134(3)(f) of the Companies Act,
2013
11. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act,
2013, Mr. Gaurav Sekhri (DIN: 00090676), Managing Director, retires by rotation at the
forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.
The proposal for his re- appointment is placed for the approval of shareholders in as per
notice of AGM.
Mr. Nawal Kishore Mishra, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, has
resigned with effect from close of business hours on 12th August, 2023 and Mr.
Shivesh Kumar, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, was appointed on 12th
August, 2023.
The disclosure pursuant to the provisions of (i) the SEBI (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and (ii) Secretarial Standard
on General Meetings ("SS-2"), issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of
India and approved by the Central Government is given in the Notice of Annual General
Meeting/ Corporate Governance Report.
12. DECLARATION GIVEN BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS UNDER SUB-SECTION (6) OF
SECTION 149 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
The Independent Directors have given declaration that they meet the
criteria of independence as specified in Section 149(6) of The Companies Act, 2013 and
Regulation 16(1)(b) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. The Board is of the opinion that the
Independent Directors appointed during the year and other Independent Directors is of
integrity and possess the requisite expertise and experience (including the proficiency).
13. FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAMME FOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
The Company proactively keeps its Directors informed of the activities
of the Company, its management and operations and provides an overall industry perspective
as well as issues being faced by the industry on regular basis. The policy on
familiarization programmes is available on the Company's website www.tinnatrade.in.
14. COMPANY'S POLICY ON DIRECTORS' APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION AND
OTHER DETAILS
The policy on Directors' appointment and remuneration and other matters
provided in Section 178(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 has been disclosed in the Corporate
Governance Report, which forms a part of this report and is available on the website of
the Company www.tinnatrade.in
15. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES AND DIRECTORS
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (LODR)
Regulations, 2015, the Board carried out an annual performance evaluation of its own
performance, the individual Directors as well as the working of the Committees of the
Board. The performance evaluation of the Independent Directors was carried out by the
entire Board. The performance evaluation of the Chairman and the Non-Independent Directors
was carried out by Independent Directors. The Board of Directors. expressed their
satisfaction with the evaluation process.
16. PARTICULARS REGARDING CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION
AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
Information in accordance with the provisions of Section 134(3)(m) of
the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 regarding
conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo is
given in the statement annexed hereto as "Annexure-C" and forms a part of this
report.
17. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVES
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013,
Every company having net worth of rupees five hundred crore or more, or turnover of rupees
one thousand crore or more or a net profit of rupees five crore or more during the
immediately preceding financial year is required to incur at least 2% of the average net
profits of the preceding three financial years towards Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR).
We wish to inform you that as per audited financial statements for the
year ended on 31 March, 2023, the company did not met the threshold prescribed by law.
Hence, the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 regarding CSR was not applicable to the
Company.
18. DEPOSITS
The company has not accepted any deposits from public and no amount of
principal or interest on deposits from public was outstanding as on date of balance sheet.
No disclosure or reporting is required related to the public deposits under Chapter V of
the Companies Act, 2013 as there is no transaction during the year under report.
19. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The statement containing names of top ten employees in terms of
remuneration drawn and the particulars of employees as required under Section 197(12) of
the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is also provided in the Annexure -D
forming part of this Report
20. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN
In accordance with the provisions of Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies
Act, 2013, the extract of the annual return in Form No. MGT-9 is available on the website
of the company at www.tinnatrade.in .
21. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Your Company has complied with the requirements of SEBI (Listing
Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, with regard to Corporate
Governance practices. A report on the Corporate Governance practices and Certificate from
Company Secretary conrming compliance is included in the Annual Report.
22. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS
The Management Discussion and Analysis report on the operations of the
company, as required under the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements),
2015 is provided in the Annual Report as Annexure-A to the board Report.
23. DISCLOSURE ON COMPLIANCE OF SECRETARIAL STANDARDS
The Directors state that applicable Secretarial Standards, i.e. SS-1
and SS-2, relating to Meetings of the Board of Directors' and General
Meetings', respectively issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, have
been duly followed and complied by the Company. The Company has devised proper system to
ensure compliances and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.
24. DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to the requirements under Section 134(3(c) and 134(5) of the
Companies Act, 2013, your Directors hereby state and confirm that:
a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed and there was no material departure.
b) Such accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently
and judgements and estimates have been made, that are reasonable and prudent to give a
true and fair view of the Company's state of affairs as at March 31, 2024 and of the
Company's profit or loss for the year ended on that date.
c) Proper and sufficient care has been taken 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 annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
e) That internal financial controls to be followed by the Company had
been laid down, and that such internal financial controls were adequate and were operating
effectively.
f) Your directors had devised proper to ensure compliance with the
provisions of all the applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating
effectively.
25. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS UNDER SECTION 186
The details of Loans, guarantees and investments covered under the
provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the relevant notes to
the Financial Statements forming part of this report.
26. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
All transactions entered into with Related Parties as defined under the
Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 23 of the Listing Regulation during the financial year
were in the ordinary course of business and on an arms length pricing basis and do not
attract the provisions of Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013. In compliance of
applicable laws, your company has formulated a policy on dealing with related party
transactions and details of the policy is available on the website
http://www.tinnatrade.in.
As per SEBI Listing Regulations the Related Party Transactions summary
are placed before the Audit Committee for review and approval periodically. Prior omnibus
approval is obtained for Related Party Transactions for transactions which are of
repetitive nature and / or entered in the ordinary course of business and are at Arm's
Length.
During the year under review, the Company has not entered into any
contracts/arrangements/ transactions with related parties outside the purview of
applicable provisions of Act and Regulations and Company policy on related party
transactions. Accordingly, the disclosure of Related Party Transactions as required under
Section 134(3)(h) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts)
Rules, 2014 in Form AOC-2 is attached. The details of the related party transactions as
per Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) are set out in Note no. 6 of the Standalone
Financial Statements of the Company
27. RISK MANAGEMENT
The Company has well defined process to ensure risks are identified and
steps to treat them are put in place at the right level in the management. The operating
managers are responsible for identifying and putting in place mitigation plan for
operational and process risks. Key strategic and business risks are identified and managed
by the senior leadership team in the organization. The Company's approach to address
business risks is comprehensive and includes periodic review of such risks and has
established a framework for mitigating controls and reporting mechanism of such risks.
Some of the risks that the Company is exposed to are Financial Risk, Regulatory Risks,
Human Resources Risks, strategic Risks and foreign exchange fluctuation risks. The Company
has devised and implemented a mechanism for risk management and has developed a Risk
Management Policy and is available on the website of the Company
www.tinnatrade.in. The risk management policy of the company aims at
identifying, analyzing, assessing, mitigating, monitoring and governing any risk or
potential threat in the achievement of strategic objectives of the company.
28. VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY
The Company has formulated and published a Whistle Blower Policy to
provide Vigil Mechanism for employees including Directors of the Company to report genuine
concern and the same is available on the website of the Company www.tinnatrade.in. During
the year under review no compliant was received.
29. INTERNAL CONTROLS, INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND AUDIT OVERVIEW
The Company has a proper and adequate system of internal control,
commensurate with the size and nature of its business, forms an integral part of the
Company's corporate governance policies. Some of the significant features of internal
control systems includes:
Ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, standards and
internal procedures and systems.
De-risking the Company's assets, resources and protecting them
from any loss and providing trainings for other related safety measures.
Ensuring the accounting system's integrity proper and authorized
recording and reporting of all transactions.
Preparing and monitoring of annual budgets for all operating and
service functions.
Ensuring the reliability of all financial and operational
information.
Forming an Audit committee of the Board of Directors. The Audit
Committee regularly reviews audit plans, significant audit findings, controls and
compliance with accounting standards and so on.
Continuous up-gradation of IT Systems.
The internal control systems and procedures are designed to assist in
the identification and management of risks, the procedure-led verification of all
compliance as well as an enhanced control consciousness
30. DISCLOSURE UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORK PLACE
(PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013
As per the requirement of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013 ("POSH Act") and Rules made
thereunder, the Company has formed Internal Complaints Committee for various work places
to address complaints pertaining to sexual harassment in accordance with the POSH Act. No
complaint for any sexual harassment has been received during the year.
31. MATERIAL ORDER / CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING FINANCIAL
POSITION BETWEEN THE END OF FINANCIAL YEAR AND DATE OF REPOR
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 stated elsewhere in the annual report.
During the year there was no material changes and commitments,
affecting the financial positions of the Company, except mentioned elsewhere in the annual
report.
32. DETAILS IN RESPECT OF FRAUD REPORTED BY AUDITORS:
Pursuant to provisions of Section 143 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013
there were no frauds reported by the Auditors of the Company during the year under review,
to the Audit Committee or the Board of Directors, therefore no disclosure is required to
be made under Section 134 (3)(ca) of the Companies Act, 2013.
33. HUMAN RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Company strongly believes that people are its greatest asset and this
has been the focal point of all its Human Resource Management (HRM) practices. It
emphasizes on the freedom to express views, competitive pay structure, performance-based
reward system and growth opportunities. It has well-documented and disseminated employee
friendly policies to enhance transparency, create a sense of teamwork and trust among
employees and align employee interests with organizational strategic goals.
The Company also provide necessary training to enhance the skills of
its employees, as per industry requirements. It promotes a work environment that is
characterized by fair and equal treatment for all employees. FVL is committed to maintain
the highest standards of ethics, learning environment and growth opportunities for all its
employees.
34. APPRECIATION
Your Directors take this opportunity to express their appreciation for
the cooperation and assistance received from the concerned departments of Central and
State Governments, financial institutions, banks and shareholders, and other stakeholders
during the year under review. The Directors also wish to place on record their
appreciation of the devoted and dedicated services rendered by all employees of the
Company
For Fratelli Vineyards Limited |
|
[Formerly known as Tinna Trade Limited] |
|
Gaurav Sekhri |
Aditya Brij Sekhri |
Managing Director |
Director |
DIN NO. 00087088 |
DIN No. 08712221 |