Rating Rationale
November 01, 2018 | Mumbai
Checkmate Facility and Electronic Solutions Private Limited
'CRISIL BB+/Stable/CRISIL A4+' assigned to bank debt
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.8 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL BB+/Stable (Assigned)
Short Term Rating CRISIL A4+ (Assigned)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has assigned its 'CRISIL BB+/Stable/CRISL A4+' ratings on the bank facilities of Checkmate Facility and Electronic Solutions Private Limited (CFESPL, part of Checkmate Group {CG}).  
 
The ratings reflect the benefits the company derives from the extensive experience of promoters, the group's established position in the security services industry, its strong customer base and above-average financial risk profile. These strengths are partially offset by the CFESPL's moderate scale of operations, working capital-intensive operations and susceptibility to intense competition.

Analytical Approach

For arriving at its ratings, CRISIL has combined the business and financial risk profiles of CFESPL and its group entities, Checkmate Services Pvt Ltd (CSPL), Institute of Fire, Safety and Disaster Management Studies (IFSDMS), and Checkmate Apparels (CA). That's because all these entities, collectively referred to as the Checkmate group (CG), are owned and managed by the same promoter family. Further, there are occasional financial and operational linkages between them

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths
* Extensive experience of the promoters and established market position in the security services industry resulting into strong customer base: 
The promoter, Mr. Vikram Mahurkar, has extensive experience of over three decades in the security services industry. The group over the years have built an established market position and is providing services to over 1300 clients from various industries, including telecommunication (telecom) and telecom infrastructure, banking and financial services, information technology services, and oil and gas, among others. Moreover, the group has also diversified into services which includes manned guarding, cash in transit, cash assistance and cash processing, housekeeping services, training of fire safety and disaster management personnel amongst others.
 
* Above-average financial risk profile
Networth and gearing are estimated at Rs 99.59 crore and 1.3 times, respectively, as on March 31, 2018. With expected healthy cash accrual in fiscal 2019 on the back of likely receipt of sale consideration from CSPL's door step banking (DSB) business, financial risk profile and liquidity should improve and gearing may be at 0.7-1 time over the medium term. However, timely receipt of sale consideration from DSB business sale remains monitorable.
 
Weakness
* CFESPL's moderate scale of operations: The company's has moderate scale of operations with turnover range bound at around Rs.35-42 Cr. since past 4 years ended as on March 2018. CRISIL believes the scale of operation are expected to be moderate over the medium term.
 
* Working capital-intensive operations
Despite some improvement in fiscal 2018, operations remain working capital intensive'gross current assets and receivables were 84 and 72 days, respectively, as on March 31, 2018 against 90 and 76 days, respectively, as on March 31, 2017. This is primarily because major customers either have long-standing relationship with the group or are large reputed companies with whom CG has low bargaining power. In the medium term, the group's working capital management and improvement in over six months' debtors position remains monitorable.
 
* Exposure to intense competition
Intense competition due to the presence of a large number of unorganized players and a few organized players such as G4S (Group 4 Securicor), ISS SDB Security Services Pvt Ltd, and Security and Intelligence Services (India) Ltd leads to pricing pressure, which has resulted in average profitability of 5.5-6.5% for the five fiscals through 2018.
Outlook: Stable

CRISIL believes the CFESPL will maintain its business risk profile over the medium term, backed by its promoters' extensive industry experience and the strong brand name of the group. The outlook may be revised to 'Positive' if the company significantly improves its scale of operations along with operating margin leading to improvement in debt protection metrics. Conversely, the outlook may be revised to 'Negative' if the operating margin declines or the financial risk profile weakens, due to stretch in the working capital requirements or a large debt-funded capital expenditure programme.

About the Company

CFESPL, the group company of the Checkmate group, was established by Mr Vikram Mahurkar in Vadodara, Gujarat, and as a private limited company. The company's operation is into housekeeping facility services & electronic security solutions.
 
The flagship company of the group is CSPL and it started operations as a security and detective-services agency, from which it gradually shifted to providing manned guarding services, which has been a major revenue-generating segment. The group provides various security services, such as manned guarding, cash and bullion management services, and specialized training.

Key Financial Indicators
Particulars Unit 2017 2016
Revenue Rs. Cr. 42.4 42.2
Profit After Tax (PAT) Rs. Cr. 0.7 0.4
PAT margin % 1.7 0.9
Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth Times 2.1 1.3
Interest coverage Times 2.4 1.9
 

Any other information: Not applicable

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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)
ISIN Name of instrument Date of allotment Coupon
rate (%)
Maturity date Issue size
(rs. Cr)
Rating assigned with outlook
NA Cash credit NA NA NA 6 CRISIL BB+/Stable
NA Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 2 CRISIL A4+
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2018 (History) 2017  2016  2015  Start of 2015
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  6.00  CRISIL BB+/Stable    --    --    --    --  -- 
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  2.00  CRISIL A4+    --    --    --    --  -- 
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating
Bank Guarantee 2 CRISIL A4+ -- 0 --
Cash Credit 6 CRISIL BB+/Stable -- 0 --
Total 8 -- Total 0 --
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
CRISILs Approach to Recognising Default
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt
Mapping global scale ratings onto CRISIL scale

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