Dear Members,
Your Directors have the pleasure of presenting the 53rd Annual Report of the Company
together with the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended March 31,2025.
Financial Highlights
The financial performance of your Company, for the year ended March 31,2025, is
summarised below;Rs. in lakh
Particulars |
Current Year 2024-2025 |
Previous Year 2023-2024 |
Total Revenue |
5961.36 |
6512.59 |
Earnings Before Interest, Depreciation, Taxes, Amortization and
exceptional items (EBIDTA) |
2451.10 |
3134.16 |
Depreciation |
502.76 |
487.00 |
Finance Cost |
166.88 |
104.62 |
Profit Before Tax |
1781.46 |
2542.54 |
Current Tax |
375.49 |
531.84 |
Deferred Tax |
6.29 |
(43.49) |
Net Profit for the year |
1399.68 |
2054.19 |
Other Comprehensive Income for the year, net of tax |
(8.80) |
(1.59) |
Total Comprehensive Income |
1390.88 |
2052.60 |
Performance and state of Company's affairs
The Company achieved revenue of? 5961.36 lakh as compared to ? 6512.59 lakh in the
previous year. Earnings before Interest, Depreciation, Tax and Amortization (EBIDTA) were
? 2451.10 lakh as compared to? 3134.16 lakh last year. The Net Profit is? 1399.68 lakh as
compared to ? 2054.19 lakh last year.
Future Prospects
Indian tourism and hospitality industry is emerging as the one of the key growth
drivers amongst service sectors in India. Further, massive development of infrastructure
and improved connectivity is likely to result in an exponential growth of tourism
industry. The Company's cash reserves are very strong and is presently looking at
opportunities to expand byway of both greenfield projects as well as acquiring existing
properties on lease. Your directors are confident of achieving higher topline and
bottomline in the coming years.
Change in the nature of Business
During the year under review, there has been no change in the nature of the business of
the Company.
Dividend
Your directors are pleased to recommend a dividend of 40% (? 0.80 per equity share of?
2 each) on the capital comprising of 5,12,60,000 equity shares of ? 2 each for the year
2024-25.
The Dividend if approved by the shareholders will amount to ? 410.08 lakh.
The dividend pay-out is in accordance with the Dividend Distribution Policy of the
Company which is uploaded on the Company's website at
https://www.sinclairsindia.com/investor/ oolicies/Dividend-Distribution-Policv.Ddf
Transfer to Reserves
Yourdirectorsdonot propose transferring any amountto reserves for the financial year
2024-25.
Share Capital
There is no change in the Share Capital during the year under review. The Company has
not issued any shares with differential voting rights, stock options or sweat equity
shares.
Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
The details of the Directors and Key Managerial Personnel of the Company as on March
31,2025, are as follows:
Name |
Designation |
1 Mr. Navin Chand Suchanti |
Promoter and Non-Executive Chairman |
2 Dr. Niren Suchanti |
Promoter and Non-Executive Director |
3 Ms. Pramina Suchanti |
Promoter and Non-Executive Director |
4 Ms. Kumkum Gupta (till 09.11.2024) |
Independent Director |
5 Mr. Sanjeev Khandelwal |
Independent Director |
6 Mr. Sushil Kumar Mor |
Independent Director |
7 Mr. Vivek Goenka (from 8.112024) |
Independent Director |
7 Mr. Swajib Chatterjee |
Manager and Chief Operating Officer |
8 Mr. B L Soni |
Chief Financial Officer |
9 Ms. Ananna Sarkar |
Company Secretary and Compliance Officer |
Ms. Pramina Suchanti (DIN: 00273736) Director retires by rotation at the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offer herself for reappointment. The Directors
recommend re-appointment of Ms. Pramina Suchanti to the Board. The notice convening the
53rd AGM to be held on August 6,2025, sets out the details.
Further, during the year under review, Mr. Vivek Goenka (DIN: 00042285), was appointed
as an Independent Director with effect from November 08,2024, for a term of five years
which was approved by the shareholders through postal ballot held on January 20,2025.
Ms Kumkum Gupta ceased to be a Director from November 09, 2024 in view of completion of
her 2nd tenure as Independent Director. The Board wishes to record its appreciation of the
guidance provided by Ms Gupta during her tenure as Independent Director of the Company.
Directors' Qualification Certificate
In accordance with Regulation 34(3) read with Schedule V Para-C Sub clause 10(i) of the
Securities Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015, a
Certificate from Mr. Arup Kumar Roy, Practicing Company Secretary dated May 20, 2025
certifying that none of the directors on the board of the Company have been debarred or
disqualified from being appointed or continuing as directors of the Companies by SEBI/
Ministry of Corporate Affairs or any such statutory Authority is attached as Annexure to
the Corporate Governance Report.
Declaration by Independent Directors
Declaration by Independent Directors that they meet the criteria of independence as
provided in sub-section (6) of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 has been received
from all the Independent Directors.
Meeting of Board of Directors
Five (5) Board Meetings were held during the financial year ended on March 31,2025. The
details of the board meetings, their dates, and the attendance of the directors are given
in the Corporate Governance Report.
Board Evaluation
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and other applicable provisions,
the review of Non-Independent Directors and the Board as a whole and its Committees were
undertaken in separate meetings of Independent Directors on January 31,2025 and March
27,2025, withoutthe attendance of Non-Independent Directors and members of the management.
At the meeting, the performance of the Chairman was reviewed. The meeting also assessed
the quality, quantity and timeliness of the flow of information required for the Board to
perform its duties properly. The Board of Directors separately evaluated the performance
of each of the Independent Director. The concerned Independent Director did not
participate in the meeting. The Directors have expressed their satisfaction with the
evaluation process.
Based on the findings from the evaluation process, the Board will continue to review
its procedures and effectiveness in the financial year ahead with a view to following the
highest standards of corporate governance.
Familiarisation Programme for Independent Directors
The details of the familiarisation programme for Independent Directors undertaken by
the Company during the year under review is available on the Company's investor
information website and a web link of the same is given in the Corporate Governance
Report.
Audit Committee
In accordance with Section 177 ofthe Companies Act, 2013, and Rules made thereunder and
Regulation 18 of SEBI (Listing Obligations Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, the
Company has duly constituted the Audit Committee, details of which are disclosed in the
Corporate Governance Report forming part of this Annual Report.
Nomination and Remuneration Committee
In accordance with Section 178 of Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 6 of Companies
(Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 and Regulation 19 of SEBI (Listing
Obligations Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, the Company has constituted a
Nomination and Remuneration Committee, details of which are disclosed in the Corporate
Governance Report forming part of this Annual Report.
Stakeholders'Relationship Committee
In accordance with Section 178 ofthe Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 6 of Companies
(Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 and Regulation 20 of SEBI (Listing
Obligations Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, the Company has constituted a
Stakeholders' Relationship Committee, details of which are disclosed in the Corporate
Governance Report forming part of this Annual Report.
Auditor(s) and their reports
(i) Statutory Auditor
The Shareholders at their 51st Annual General Meeting (AGM)held on July 17,2023, had
approved the re-appointment of M/s B S R &Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm
Registration No. 101248W/ W-100022) as Statutory Auditors ofthe Company, to hold office
from the conclusion ofthe 51st AGM up to the conclusion ofthe 56th AGM.
The Statutory Auditors' Report on the financial statements ofthe Company for the
financial year ended on March 31,2025, forms part of this Annual Report. The notes on
financial statements referred to in the Auditors' Report are self-explanatory and,
therefore, do not require further clarification. There are no qualifications, adverse
remarks or disclaimer made by the Auditors in their Report, and hence, no explanation or
comments of the board are required.
(ii) Secretarial Audit
In terms of Section 204 ofthe Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Appointment
and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, Mr. Arup Kumar Roy, Practicing
Company Secretary, had been appointed as Secretarial Auditor of the Company in Board
Meeting held on May 21,2024, to conduct secretarial audit for the financial year 2024-25.
The report ofthe Secretarial Auditor for the year ended March 31, 2025, in Form MR-3 is
given as Annexure 1 to this report. Further, Mr. Arup Kumar Roy, Secretarial Auditor has
issued Secretarial Compliance Report for the year ended March 31,2025, confirming
compliance of SEBI Regulations / guidelines / circulars issued thereunder and as
applicable to the Company. There is no qualification, adverse remark or disclaimer made by
the Secretarial Auditor in their Report and hence, no explanation or comments ofthe board
are required.
Board of Directors at its meeting held on May 20, 2025, has approved the appointment of
Mr. Arup Kumar Roy, Company Secretary in Practice (C. P. No: 9597) as Secretarial Auditor
ofthe Company for a period of five consecutive years commencing from Financial year (FY)
2025-26 till FY 2029-2030, subject to the approval ofthe shareholders on the Company at
the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The details pertaining to this is given in the notice
of AGM.
(Mi) Internal Audit
The Company had appointed M/s. Mookherjee Biswas & Pathak, Chartered Accountants,
as its Internal Auditor.The Internal Audit team is submitting their report regularly to
the Audit Committee.
Vigil Mechanism
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 177(9) & (10) ofthe Companies Act, 2013 read
with Regulation 22 ofthe SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015, a Vigil Mechanism for directors and
employees to report genuine concerns has been established. The Policy is available on the
Investor Information website ofthe Company at www.sinclairsindia.com/investor/Viqil
Mechanism.pdf
During the year ended March 31,2025, no complaints were received under the Policy.
Risk Management Policy
The policy on risk management is not applicable to the Company.
Disclosures of transactions of the listed entity with any person or entity belonging to
the Promoter/Promoter Group
During thefinancial year 2024-25, no such transaction took place with any person or
entity belonging to promoter/ promoter group.
Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting
The Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report is not applicable to the Company
for the period under review.
Internal Financial Control
Your Company has adequate internal control system, which is commensurate with the size,
scale and complexity of its operations. Your Company has designed and implemented a
process driven framework for Internal Financial Controls (IFC) within the meaning of the
explanation of Section 134(5) of the Act, SEBI Regulations, 2015 and other relevant
statutes applicable to your Company.
Your Company has a process in place to continuously monitor existing controls and
identify gaps and implement new and / or improved controls wherever the effect of such
gaps would have a material effect on your Company's operations.
A report on the internal financial controls of the Company, as required under clause
(i) of sub-section 3 of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, issued by M/s. B S R &
Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (ICAI Firm Registration No. 101248W/W-100022), forms part
of Independent Auditor's Report and the same is selfexplanatory.
Significant and material orders passed by the regulators, courts, and tribunals
impacting the going concern status and the Company's operations in the future
During the period under review, no significant material order has been passed by any
Regulators/Courts/Tribunals impacting the going concern status and the Company's
operations in future.
Company's Policy on Directors' Appointment and Remuneration and Senior Management
Appointment and Remuneration
In accordance with Section 178 of the Companies Act 2013 read with Regulation 19(4)
ofthe SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosures Requirement) Regulations 2015, the
Company's Nomination and Remuneration Committee has formulated a policy on Appointment and
Remuneration of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management.The policy has
been uploaded on the investor information website at
www.sinclairsindia.com/investor/policies/
Policy-on-Director-Appointment-and-Remuneration-and-Senior-
Manaqement-Appointment-and-Remuneration.pdf
Directors' Responsibility Statement
Pursuanttothe requirements of Section 134(5) ofthe Companies Act, 2013, we hereby state
and confirm that
i) In the preparation ofthe annual financial statements for the financial year ended
March 31,2025, the applicable accounting standards have been followed;
ii) The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently
and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a fair view
ofthe
state of affairs ofthe Company and ofthe profit for the year ended March 31,2025;
iii) The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 for
safeguarding the assets ofthe Company and preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities;
iv) The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
v) The Directors have laid down internal financial controls which are being followed by
the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating
effectively; and
vi) The Directors have devised proper system to ensure compliance with the provisions
of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
Reporting of Fraud by Auditors
During the year under review, the Auditors have not reported any instance of fraud
committed in the Company by its Officers or Employees, to the Audit Committee or to the
Board of Directors under Section 143(12) ofthe Companies Act, 2013.
Managerial Remuneration
The information required pursuant to Section 197(12) read with Rule 5(1) of the
Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Amendment Rules, 2016 in
respect of employees ofthe Company is attached as Annexure 2 and forms part ofthe
Directors' Report. There are no employees who are in receipt of remuneration in excess
ofthe limit specified under Rule 5 (2) and 5 (3) ofthe Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2016.
Particulars of Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings
and Outgo
The operations of your company do not require energy consumption of any significant
level. The company does not use any imported technology. Therefore, information regarding
conservation of energy and technology absorption as required under Section 134(3) (m)
ofthe Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 ofthe Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is not
applicable.
During the year, your Company earned ? 10.95 lakh in foreign exchange (previous year ?
2.01 lakh). There was expenditure in foreign currency of? 6.57 lakh (previous year ? 7.19
lakh).
Transfer to Investor Education and Protection Fund
Pursuant to Section 124 ofthe Companies Act 2013, and Investor Education and Protection
Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016, as amended, the
amount of dividend remaining unpaid or undaimed for a period of seven years from the due
date is required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF).
During the year under review, the Company had transferred on November 13,2024 ? 181,952/-
being the unpaid and unclaimed dividend amount pertaining to the Dividend for the
financial year 2016-2017.
In terms of the provisions of Section 124(6) ofthe Companies Act, 2013 and Investor
Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit,Transferand Refund) Amendment
Rules, 2017, the Company is required to transfer the shares in respect of which dividend
remains unpaid and unclaimed for a period of seven consecutive years to the Investor
Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Suspense Account. Accordingly, during the year under
review,
8045 equity shares have been transferred to IEPF on December 5, 2024, after giving
individual notices to concerned shareholders and advertisements in newspapers.
Thelistofshareholderswhosedividend remain unpaid/undaimed till date of previous Annual
General Meeting held on July 18,2024 have been uploaded in the Company's Investor
Information website
at www.sinclairsindia.com/invest or-information. php#unclaimed- dividend
Shareholders are requested to check their unpaid dividend from this list and contact
the Registrars and Share Transfer Agents to obtain duplicate dividend warrants.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
The key philosophy of the CSR initiative undertaken by the Company is to contribute in
the areas of education and healthcare of the underprivileged, irrespective of caste and
creed. The CSR policy as approved by the Board is available on the Company's investor
information website atwww.sinclairsindia.com/investor/
Dolicies/Policv-CorDorate-Social-ResDonsibilitv.Ddf Disclosures as required under Rule 9
of the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility) Rules, 2014 are given in Annexure 3 to
this report.
Particulars of Loans, Guarantees or Investments
There are no loans, guarantees, or investments made by the Company covered under the
provision of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013.
Public Deposits
During the year under review, the Company has not accepted any deposit from the public.
Related Party Transactions
The contracts, arrangements or transactions entered with related parties during
financial year 2024-25 were at an arm's length basis and were in the ordinary course of
business. There were no materially significant related party transactions with the
Promoters, Directors, Management or their relatives, which could have had a potential
conflict with the interests of the Company. The policy on related party transactions as
approved by the Board is available on the Company's website at
www.sinclairsindia.com/investor/ Dolicies/Policv-Partv-Transaction.Ddf No Material related
party transactions as per the materiality threshold of Regulation 23 of SEBI (Listing
Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, were entered during theyear
bytheCompany. Accordingly, the disclosure of transactions as required under Section
134(3)(h) of the Act, in Form AOC-2, is not applicable.
Corporate Governance
The Company has complied with all the corporate governance requirements under SEBI
(Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. A detailed report on
the Corporate Governance for the financial year 2024-25 together with Certificate from
Practising Company Secretary, confirming compliance with the conditions of Corporate
Governance is given as Annexure 4 to this report.
Secretarial Standards
The Company is in compliance with the mandatory applicable Secretarial Standards issued
by the institute of Company Secretaries of India and approved by the Central Government
under Section 118(10) of the Act.
Management Discussion and Analysis Report
The Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year
under review, as per Regulation 34 of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is annexed to this report.
Listing
Your Company's equity shares are listed on BSE Limited (BSE), National Stock Exchange
of India Limited (NSE) and Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) during the financial year under
review.
Listing and trading of equity shares of the Company has commenced at National Stock
Exchange of India Limited (NSE) from April 10,2024.
The Annual listing fees for financial year 2025-26 have been paid to all the stock
exchanges.
Annual Return
In accordance with provisions of Sections 92(3) and 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act,
2013, a copy of Annual Return is available on the Company's website at
https://www.sinclairsindia.com/investor- information.php#annual-return.
CEO and CFO certification
Pursuantto Regulation 17(8) ofthe SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the CEO and CFO certification as specified in Part B of
Schedule II thereof is annexed to the Corporate Governance Report.
Disclosures under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and
Redressal) Act, 2013
In accordance with the provisions of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, your Company
has adopted a "Policy on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace"to provide
equal employment opportunity and is committed to provide a work environment that ensures
every woman employee is treated with dignity and respect and afforded equitable treatment.
The Company has complied with the Information required under Sexual Harassment of Women
at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013. Further, the details of
complaint(s) under the'Policy on Prevention of Sexual HarassmentofWomen'ofthe Company
during the financial year 2024-25 have been provided in the Corporate Governance Report.
The company has complied with the rules under Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017,
wherever applicable.
Material Changes and Commitments
There have been no material changes or commitments affecting thefinancial position of
the Company since thee lose ofthefinancial year, i.e., since March 31,2025, and to the
date of this report.
Acknowledgements
The Directors place on record their appreciation for the co-operation extended by the
Government of West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Administration, Government of
Tamil Nadu, Government of Sikkim, Government of Rajasthan and other authorities, and look
forward to their continued support.
The Directors thankthe shareholders for their confidence and the employees for their
dedicated service. We thank our guests, vendors and bankers for their continued support
during the year.
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For and on behalf ofthe Board |
147 Block G New Alipore |
Navin Suchanti |
Kolkata 700053 |
Chairman |
May 20,2025 |
DIN:00273663 |
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