Byju’s Posts 13-Fold Widening in Losses in Delayed FY 2021 Report, Accounting Changes Detailed
Byju's was under government scrutiny over its delay in submitting its audited financial report.
Byju's reported a 13-fold increase in losses for the year ending in March 2021 on Wednesday. According to reports, the Bengaluru-based company's losses for the fiscal year 2021 increased to Rs. 45.7 billion, while revenues came in at Rs. 24.3 billion. After an 18-month delay, Byju's disclosed the financial results, and it is said that this was done so that company could defer income to upcoming years due to changes in accounting procedures. Additionally, unaudited data for the fiscal year that ended in March 2022 and the four months that followed were revealed, showing an increase in sales.
According to a Bloomberg report, Byju's recorded a loss of 45.7 billion rupees for the fiscal year that ended in March 2021. The stated loss is attributed by the corporation to modifications in accounting procedures that result in the deferral of revenue to succeeding years.
According to reports, the company's founder Byju Raveendran blamed the delays on a number of acquisitions as well as a change in the revenue recognition approach that necessitated redesigning the revenue model. "Finally, Deloitte examined the statistics more thoroughly due to the attention our audit received over the past three months. The numbers have been approved without restrictions, Raveendran is quoted as adding in the paper.
According to the research, sales for the year ending in March 2022 climbed by nearly four times, to roughly Rs. 100 billion, from revenue of Rs. 24.3 billion the year before.
According to Raveendran, revenue for the first four months of the current fiscal year totaled Rs. 45 billion. He also stated that sales are expected to increase by more than 50% this year.
Bond Capital, Silver Lake Management, Naspers, and Tiger Global Management are the company's backers. Byju's was under investigation by the central government for delaying the submission of its audited financial report. The business recently acquired businesses that provided coding training, professional learning courses, and other services. Bloomberg reports that the startup's most recent valuation was $22 billion (approximately Rs (1,74,800 crore).
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