Internal audit report template
Document template
Check this template against your local regulations and your own policies before you use it.
- Business
- Location
- Date
Audit details
The area, site or process audited, the date, the auditor, and the people interviewed.
Scope and criteria
What the audit covered and didn't, and what it was checked against, such as named policies, procedures, obligations or a standard.
Method
How the audit was done, such as documents read, work observed, people interviewed, and which records were sampled and how many.
Summary
Two or three sentences on the overall result, with the number of findings of each grade.
Findings
For each finding: its number, grade (major or minor nonconformity, or observation), what was found, the evidence, and the criterion it doesn't meet.
Good practice
What the area does well, so it can be kept and shared.
Previous findings
Whether each action from the last audit was closed and worked.
Corrective actions
For each nonconformity: the action agreed, its owner and its due date, as entered in the corrective action register.
Sign-off
The auditor's and area manager's names, signatures and dates, and the date the report was sent to the owner.
