43rd Annual General Meeting of Golden Crest Education & Services Limited will be held on 24th August, 2026 Monday at 11:00 AM

Regd. Office: 102, 1st Floor, 21 Thakur Building, Krantiveer Rajguru Marg, Bhorbhat Lane, Girgaon, Mumbai - 400 004 Tel: +91-73047 36491, Mob: +91-84440 52243 CIN: L51109MH1982PLC443001 Website: www.goldencrest.in, Email: info@goldencrest.in Date: - 24th July, 2026 To, To, The Secretary, Dy. General Manager, The Calcutta Stock Exchange Limited Corporate Relationship Department, 7, Lyons Range, BSE Limited, Kolkata – 700 001 P. J. Tower, Mumbai – 400 001 Subject: Notice convening 43rd Annual General Meeting and Annual Report for F.Y. 2025-2026 Reference: Scrip Code: BSE-540062 & CSE- 29324 Dear Sir/Madam, We are pleased to inform you that the 43rd (Forty Third) Annual General Meeting of Golden Crest Education & Services Limited will be held on 24th August, 2026, Monday at 11:00 AM through Video Conferencing (VC) / Other Audio Visual Means (OAVM), in accordance with the applicable circulars issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). We would further like to inform that pursuant to requirement of Regulation 34 (1) read with Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and any other applicable provisions if any, please find enclosed herewith 43rd Annual Report of the Company for the financial year 2025-2026, which includes Notice, Board’s Report along with Report on Corporate Governance, Management Discussion Analysis Report, Audited Financial Statements and Auditors Reports thereon. The aforesaid documents are available on the website of the Company www.goldencrest.in and are also being dispatched to all the eligible shareholders whose email IDs are registered with the RTA / Company / Depositories. Further, as per the Regulation 36(1)(b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the letter containing the web-link including the exact path, where complete details of the Annual Report are available, is being sent on 24th July, 2026, to those member(s) who have not registered their email address(es) either with the Company or with any Depository or Registrar and Share Transfer Agent (RTA) of the Company. Regd. Office: 102, 1st Floor, 21 Thakur Building, Krantiveer Rajguru Marg, Bhorbhat Lane, Girgaon, Mumbai - 400 004 Tel: +91-73047 36491, Mob: +91-84440 52243 CIN: L51109MH1982PLC443001 Website: www.goldencrest.in, Email: info@goldencrest.in The details such as manner of (i) registering / updating email addresses, (ii) casting vote through e-voting and (iii) attending the AGM through VC / OAVM has been set out in the Notice of the AGM. Further pursuant to Section 91 of The Companies Act 2013 and Regulation 42 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Register of Members and Share Transfer Books of the Company will remain closed from Tuesday, August 18, 2026 to Monday, August 24, 2026 (both days inclusive) for taking record of the Members of the Company for the purpose of 43rd Annual General Meeting (AGM). We would like to further inform that the Company has fixed Monday, 17/08/2026 as the cut-off date for ascertaining the names of the members holding shares either in physical form or in dematerialised form, who will be entitled to cast their votes electronically in respect of the businesses to be transacted as per the Notice of the AGM and to attend the AGM. The remote e-voting facility commences on Thursday, 20th August, 2026 from 09:00 A.M. (IST) and ends on Sunday, 23rd August, 2026 at 05:00 P.M. (IST). Those shareholders, who will be present in the AGM through the VC facility and have not cast their vote on the Resolutions through remote e-voting and are otherwise not barred from doing so, shall be eligible to vote through e-voting system during the AGM. We request you to take the above on record. Yours faithfully, For Golden Crest Education & Services Limited Yogesh Lama Managing Director & CEO DIN: 07799934 Encl.: As Above Golden Crest Education & Services Limited L51109MH1982PLC443001 43RD Annual Report 2025-2026 CORPORATE INFORMATION CIN : L51109MH1982PLC443001 Board of Directors : Mr. Yogesh Lama (Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer) Mrs. Gurleen Gupta Non-Executive Independent Director (Women) Mr. Naresh Prasad Sah Non-Executive Independent Director (Appointed w.e.f. 03.07.2026) Mr. Rajesh Gupta Non-Executive Director (Appointed w.e.f. 03.07.2026) Company Secretary : Ms. Shruti Jain (Appointed w.e.f. 01/10/2025) Cum Compliance Officer Chief Financial Officer : Mr. Satya Pal Singh Dhama Registered Office : 102, First Floor, 21 Thakur Building, Krantiveer Rajguru Marg, Bhorbhat Lane, Girgaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400004 Tel: 91-8444052243 / 7304736491 Email: info@goldencrest.in Website: www.goldencrest.in Statutory Auditors : M/s. Mohindra Arora & Co., Chartered Accountants, Mumbai Secretarial Auditors : M/s. Veenit Pal & Associates Company Secretaries Bankers : Central Bank of India Registrar & Transfer : M/s. Bigshare Services Private Limited Agent (RTA) Office No. S6-2, 6th Floor, Pinnacle Business Park, Next to Ahura Centre, Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400093 Ph - 022-62638200 Email - investor@bigshareonline.com Website: www.bigshareonline.com Golden Crest Education & Services Limited L51109MH1982PLC443001 43RD Annual Report 2025-2026 INDEX 1. NOTICE 1 2. NOTES 3 3. DIRECTOR’S REPORT 17 4. SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT 29 5. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT 33 6. MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO /CFO CERTIFICATION 59 7. AUDITORS CERTIFICATE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 60 8. CERTIFICATE OF NON-DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTOR 61 9. DECLARATION FROM THE MD ON COMPLIANCE OF CODE OF CONDUCT 62 10. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS REPORT 63 11. INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT 71 12. BALANCE SHEET 82 13. STATEMENT OF PROFIT & LOSS 84 14. CASH FLOW STATEMENT 85 15. CHANGE IN EQUITY 86 16. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 88 17. OTHER NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT 103 Golden Crest Education & Services Limited L51109MH1982PLC443001 43RD Annual Report 2025-2026 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the 43rd (Forty Third) Annual General Meeting of Golden Crest Education & Services Limited will be held on 24th August, 2026, Monday at 11:00 AM IST through Video Conferencing (“VC”) / Other Audio Visual Means (“OAVM”) to transact the following business: Ordinary Business: 1. To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2026, together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon. 2. To appoint a Director in place of Mr. Yogesh Lama (DIN: 07799934), a Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer who retires by rotation in terms of Section 152 Companies Act, 2013 and being eligible has offered himself for re-appointment. Special Business: 3. Regularization and appointment of Naresh Prasad Sah (DIN: 11780383) as a Director under Non- Executive Independent Director category for a term of five consecutive years, in terms of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013. To consider and if thought fit, to pass with or without modification (s), the following Resolution as a Special Resolution: “RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of Section 149, 150 and 152 and any other applicable provisions of the Companies Act 2013, if any, read with rules made there under along with Schedule IV of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Director) Rules, 2014 (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force, Regulation 16 and other applicable Regulations of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015 and other applicable laws, Naresh Prasad Sah (DIN: 11780383) who was appointed as an Additional Director of the Company by the Board of Director w.e.f. 03/07/2026, in terms of Section 161 of the Companies Act, 2013 whose term of office expires at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and in respect of w [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]