MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

13.04.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

FOURELL APPLIANCES PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

8-3-1087, Plot No.48, Srinagar Colony, Hyderabad-500073, Andhra Pradesh

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

17.05.1985

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

01-5533

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U29300AP1985PTC005533

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

HYDF00023C

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Refillable Butane Candles.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 60000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established and reputed company having satisfactory track. Directors are reported as experienced and respectable businessmen. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

The company can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

8-3-1087, Plot No.48, Srinagar Colony, Hyderabad-500073, Andhra Pradesh, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-25536660

E-Mail :

fourell@vsnl.com

 

 

Head Office :

144-145, Raheja Arcade, Koramangala, Bangalore-560095, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-25536660/ 25522965

Fax No.:

91-80-25536660/ 25522965

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Vijay Ladha

Designation :

Director

Address :

836, 12th Main, 4th Block, Koramangala, Bangalore-560034, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

15.08.1959

Date of Appointment :

17.05.2005

 

 

Name :

Mrs. Sheela Ladha

Designation :

Director

Address :

836, 12th Main, 4th Block, Koramangala, Bangalore-560034, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

08.01.1961

Date of Appointment :

17.05.1985

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ganesh Das Ladha

Designation :

Director

Address :

302, Jawahar Marg, Indore-452004, Madhya Pradesh, India

Date of Birth/Age :

16.01.1922

Date of Appointment :

17.05.1985

 

 

Name :

Mr. G K Kabra

Designation :

Director

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Chandrasekhar

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. Laxmipathy

Designation :

Accountant

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Mr. Vijay Ladha

1436

Mrs. Sheela Ladha

300

Ms. Neha Ladha

900

Mr. Nipun Ladha

500

Mr. Gopikishan Ladha

1

Mr. Ganeshdas Ladha

5

Mr. Bharat Kumar Ladha

5

Mr. Sharad Kumar Ladha

5

Mr. Ashok Kumar Ladha

50

Mrs. Shobha Ladha

100

Ms. Bhanu Ladha

50

Mr. Rahul Ladha

50

Mr. Ravi Ladha

100

Total

3502

 

All the shares are held by directors and their relatives.

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturers and Exporters of Refillable Butane Candles.

 

 

Products :

Product Description

ITC Code

Gas Appliances

73211201

L P Gas

27112900

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

About 25

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Surendra Kumar Kabra

Chartered Accountants

Address :

3-5-378/1, Metro Towers, Vitthalwadi X Roads, Narayanguda, Hyderabad-500029, Andhra Pradesh, India

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

5000

Equity Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.0.500 million

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

3502

Equity Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.0.350 million

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

0.350

0.350

2] Share Application Money

 

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

16.266

14.662

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

 

16.616

15.012

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

0.000

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

 

0.000

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

 

0.000

0.000

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

16.616

15.012

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

2.738

2.852

Capital work-in-progress

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

14.912

11.788

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

0.045

0.002

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

0.914

0.501

 

Sundry Debtors

 

0.280

1.690

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

5.716

5.320

 

Other Current Assets

 

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

 

14.960

16.613

Total Current Assets

 

21.870

24.124

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

21.991

23.037

 

Provisions

 

0.958

0.715

Total Current Liabilities

 

22.949

23.752

Net Current Assets

 

(1.079)

0.372

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

16.616

15.012

 


KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

 

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

 

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

 

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

1.38

1.58

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

0.95

1.01

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Website Details :

 

Subject is a reputed manufacturer and exporter of refillable Butane candles in India. They are the only manufacturers of refillable butane candles. These butane filled candles come in a variety of exotic colors and designs. While the idea is traditional and old, its presentation is appealing and contemporary.


Today, candles are usually used for their aesthetic value (especially the flame, but they are decorative even when not burning), particularly to set a soft, warm, or romantic ambience, and for emergency lighting during electrical power failures. This little flame is the emblem of hope, life, truth, virtue, wisdom & in religious observance, of the love of God.


Gone are the days when during a power cut you would have to be scampering in the darkness to look for a messy wax candle and then try to locate a match box. Look no further the new all in one gas candle with its glow in the dark knob is just an arm's length away. These candles have an automatic ignition, needs no matchstick, making them easier to light.


Prior to the domestication of electricity, candles were common sources of lighting in addition to the oil lamp.

 
Butane Candles

 

Leaving the candle unattended increases the danger because of change in flame size and distortion in the wind catches fire to adjacent objects. This is not the case with the Fourell gas lamps because they come with a glass chimney to protect them against the wind and along with a stand to keep them stable.


These oil lamps use butane to burn and use roughly 4 grams of gas per burning hour. Hence, these are economical and easily refillable. Their capacity varies from 55 to 150 grams and come in sturdy metallic containers, powder coated in a variety of eye pleasing shades.


These butane candles and gas lamps are a bright gift idea, ideal for any reason in any season. For the discerning corporate business houses, it makes a perfect gift for trade schemes, consumer schemes annual general meetings, employee gifting, festive gifting, anniversary gifting and all such business and personal occasions.




Unique Product Features

 

These are brighter than conventional wax candles and do not exhibit melting and messing. These are easy to carry and can be kept anywhere. These candle lamps come with flint based sparker system, easily refillable in minutes using any butane refiller, lasts a life time, chimney protected flame, luminous knob, can be customized for gifting in choice of colors printed with logo/brand/message to suit the occasion. Candle plus is truly what a candle should be.


Product Usage

 

For those sudden powercuts, fuse blown, travel accessory, during picnics and hiking, whenever you need bright light CANDLE PLUS is the ultimate choice. It makes an ideal gift for all occasions, like birthday, housewarming, anniversary, best wishes and such personal occasions. It is practically useful and aesthetically appealing for the corporate gifting for trade, consumer and employee. Ideal for product launches, public relations, press meetings etc. it can be easily customized in the choice of colors with printed logo, brand and message. Also, it is attractively packed in individual round cartons and can be easily transported. It is easily refillable and reusable using any butane canister available for filling lighters.


Production Facility

 

Their production facility is located at Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The product is a metal body, which is finished in-house on automatic conveyerized powder coating plant and the assemblies are machined in-house on automatic machines. The product goes through quality control at each stage of production. The features and production facilities are regularly revamped to meet the quality standards. They also make and supply customized products to suit the buyers' needs.

 

Their Customer

 

Their customers include individuals and coporates. The product is a must for each and every household for those sudden moments of darkness. The convenient and no mess Candleplus is the modern appliance to replace the messy, diry, unsafe wax candle in each household.

 

Corporates, looking for new gift ideas for their trade schemes, consumer schemes, employee gifting, PR exercise can have customized candles for them in their choice of shape and colour, printing and logo to make the occasion bright anytime. No quantity is too big or too small for us. Call us for details and samples and you would know. They have been supplying customized candles for gifting to various companies, viz., LIC, Coca-Cola, Ramoji Film City, Shaw Wallace and Godfrey Phillips and many more.


Their Mission

 

Candle Plus is the candle without any hassels of wax candle. Their mission is "to provide aesthetically appealing, practically useful, easy to use and easy to refill product for giving brighter alternative source of light to the consumer."

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.42.30

UK Pound

1

Rs.84.11

Euro

1

Rs.57.33

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

5

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

4

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

5

--LEVERAGE

1~10

5

--RESERVES

1~10

5

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

46

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

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