MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

19.05.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

24 B , Park Street, Kolkata – 700 016, West Bengal

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

13.05.1970

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

21-027727

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U45201WB1970PTC027727

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CALD00187F

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Provider of Engineering Consultancy Services

 

 

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 760000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory 

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well – established and reputed company meeting its normal commitments timeously. Trade relations are fair.

 

The company can be considered good for normal business dealings.

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

24 B , Park Street, Kolkata – 700 016, West Bengal, India

Tel. No.:

91-33-22497603 / 22267601 / 22267609

Fax No.:

91-33-22492340 / 22493338

E-Mail :

dcl@dclgroup.com

Website :

www.dcpl.net.in

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Sadhan Chandra Dutta

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

29.05.1921

Date of Appointment :

12.06.1970

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anil Chandra Banerjee

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

27.06.1926

Date of Appointment :

21.08.1999

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shanta Ghosh

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

10.10.1953

Date of Appointment :

01.03.1989

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jatish Chandra Chakrabarti

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

01.02.1927

Date of Appointment :

03.01.1997

 

 

Name :

Mr. Arun Kumar Guha

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

13.12.1938

Date of Appointment :

03.01.1997

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sandip Kumar Ghosh

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

01.02.1949

Date of Appointment :

03.01.1997

 

 

Name :

Mr. Iqbal Ali Mukkaddam

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

25.05.1943

Date of Appointment :

21.08.1999

 

 

Name :

Mr. Keshab Chandra Das

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

01.02.1929

Date of Appointment :

21.08.1999

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rabindra Nath Basu

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

30.11.1936

Date of Appointment :

03.08.2001

 

 

Name :

Mr. Dip Kumar Das

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

20.12.1947

Date of Appointment :

21.08.1999

 

 

Name :

Mr. Amalendu Dasgupta

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

14.05.1941

Date of Appointment :

16.08.2002

 

 

Name :

Mr. Subir Kumar Dasgupta

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

30.06.1935

Date of Appointment :

01.07.2003

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jiban Kumar Chaudhary

Designation :

Director

Date of Birth/Age :

10.04.1946

Date of Appointment :

22.04.2005

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS

 

Names of Shareholders (as on 31.03.2007)

 

No. of Shares

Mr. Sadhan Chandra Dutt

 

83815

Mrs. Bharati Dutt

 

2315

Mrs. Shanta Ghosh

 

20345

Mr. S C Dutt Associates

 

13325

Mr. G C Nundy

 

200

 

Total

120000

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Provider of Engineering Consultancy Services

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

·         Maharashtra State Power Generation Company limited

·         Hindalco Industries limited

·         Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited

·         Haldia Petrochemicals Limited

·         EMCO Limited

·         Burnpur Cement Limited

·         Chitrapur Coal and Power Limited

·         Tamil Nadu  Electricity Board

·         Wardha Power Company Private Limited

·         Uranium Corporation of India

·         MRF Limited

·         Toyo Engineering India Limited

·         Bharat Aluminium Company Limited

·         Utility Energy Tech Engineers Private Limited

·         Reliance Energy Limited

 

 

Bankers :

·         UCO Bank

·         Indian Overseas Bank

·         Oriental Bank of Commerce

·         Bharat Overseas Bank Limited, 3 B, lal Bazar Street, Kolkata – 700 001, West Bengal, India

·         Standard Chartered Bank

·         State Bank of India

·         Industrial Development Bank Of India, 44 Shakespeare Sarani, Calcutta – 700 017

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory 

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

N Chaudhari and Company

Chartered Accountants

Address :

10, Old Post Office street, 2nd Floor, Room No. 61, Kolkata – 700 001, West Bengal, India

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

·         DC Industrial Plant Services Private limited

{U45202WB1983PTC36391}

 

·         World Trade Center (Calcutta) Development Private limited

 {CIN :  U72900WB1996PTC076522}

 

·         Data core (India )Private limited

{U72200WB1992PTC055395}

 

·         D C Properties Private limited

{U70101WB1981PTC034201}

 

·         Kontest Chemicals Limited

{U24332WB1972PTC028446}

 

·         D I Laboratories Limited

{U24239WB1986PTC041034}

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

5000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 50.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1200100

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs.12.001 millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

12.001

12.001

12.001

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

178.030

199.227

216.732

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

190.031

211.228

228.733

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

174.488

220.451

285.179

2] Unsecured Loans

12.895

1.000

2.200

TOTAL BORROWING

187.383

221.451

287.379

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

18.877

12.805

14.386

Deferred Payment Credits

7.283

1.987

2.645

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

403.574

447.471

533.143

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

164.591

157.675

201.264

Capital work-in-progress

27.674

27.674

24.873

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

41.674

22.176

21.256

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

29.000

40.000

39.500

 

Sundry Debtors

165.704

208.499

274.020

 

Cash & Bank Balances

64.231

43.784

27.526

 

Other Current Assets

34.643

57.208

46.152

 

Loans & Advances

88.604

93.895

82.822

Total Current Assets

382.182

443.386

470.020

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

207.818

203.021

190.717

 

Provisions

7.617

5.255

0.338

Total Current Liabilities

215.435

208.276

191.055

Net Current Assets

166.747

235.110

278.965

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

2.888

4.836

6.785

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

403.574

447.471

533.143

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

435.430

377.289

400.261

Other Income

80.211

42.828

5.788

Total Income

515.641

420.117

406.049

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

59.774

22.496

11.077

Provision for Taxation

30.417

11.554

4.025

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

29.357

10.942

7.052

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Financial Charges

28.108

31.947

28.447

 

Depreciation & Amortization

15.183

9.412

12.434

 

Other Expenditure

412.576

356.262

354.091

Total Expenditure

455.867

397.621

394.972

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

5.69

2.60

1.74

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

13.72

5.96

2.76

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

9.70

3.57

1.54

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.31

0.11

0.04

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

2.11

2.03

2.09

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.77

2.13

2.46

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

FORM 8:-

Name of the company

DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS PRIVATE LIMITED

Presented By

Mr. Sandip Ghosh

Director

1) Date and description of instrument creating the change

04.08.2000

No Instrument was executed. A mortgage by deposit of the title deeds was created by the company in favour of industrial Development Bank (IDBI) by deposit  of title deeds in respect of the immovable properties of the  company being the eastern and western portion of the first floor, entire portion  of the terrace of the building (Block D) constructed on freehold land admeasuring 5 (five) Bighas 15 (fifteen)  Cottahs 13 (thirteen) Chittaks and 2 (two)  square feet being Municipal Premises No. 24 Park Street (previously Nos.   in the town of Calcutta  together with car parking spaces .

2) Amount secured by the charge/amount owing on the securities of charge

The due payment and discharge of the obligations in respect of the guarantee assistance of Rs. 130.100 millions given by IDBI to the Company together with Interest , additional Interest , liquidated damages, guarantee commission costs, charges expenses,  and all other moneys payable by the company to IDBI in terms of the guarantee agreement dated 16.11.1999 between the company  of the one part and the IDBI of the other part.

3) Short particular of the property charged. If the property acquired is subject to charge, date of the acquired of the property should be given

All those pieces and parcel  of the immovable properties  being the eastern and western portion  of first floor , entire portion of second floor,   entire portion of fifth floor  and entire portion of the terrace building  (Block D) constructed on freehold land 13  and 2 square feet being Municipal Premises No. 24 A and 24 B Park Street (previously Nos.   in the town of Calcutta   and being holding No. 47 and 48 in Block No. XVII in the southern  Division of the town  of Calcutta  together  with the car parking spaces  is mortgaged as security  interalia for the due payments and discharge by the company to IDBI in terms of obligations  in respect  of the guarantee Assistance  of Rs. 130.100 millions given by the IDBI to the company  together with Interest , compound Interest , additional Interest , liquidated damages, guarantee commission costs, charges , expenses and other monies payable by the company to IDBI under the said Guarantee Agreement

4) Gist of the terms and conditions and extent and operation of the charge.

·         The charge operates as security, Inter alia for the due payment and discharge by the company of its obligations in respect of the guarantee assistance of Rs. 130.100 millions sanctioned by IDBI together with Interest, additional Interest , liquidated damages, premia on prepayment , costs, charges, expenses and all other monies payable by the company to IDBI in terms of the said guarantee agreement.

 

·         The company has undertaken to keep the goods mortgage marketable and good condition at its own costs and to insure the same in the joint names of the company and IDBI

 

·         All the goods mortgage and all realisations and insurance proceeds thereof and all documents in respect of the said security are to kept distinguishable and held as the exclusive property of the company and IDBI

 

·         The security created under the said mortgage is to continuing security

5) Name and Address and description of the person entitled to the charge.

Industrial Development Bank Of India

44 Shakespeare Sarani,

Calcutta – 700 017

6) Date  and brief description of instrument modifying the charge

NA

7) Particulars of modifications specifying the terms and conditions or the extent of operations of the charge in which modification is made and the details of the modification.

NA

 


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 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.42.64

UK Pound

1

Rs.83.00

Euro

1

Rs.66.00

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

7

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

7

--LEVERAGE

1~10

7

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--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

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

55

 

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.

 

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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