Services · Diagnostic

Asset count & Valuation reports

ACV

Conducts physical asset count and valuation support for fixed assets, including count planning, verification, reconciliation to registers and valuation/condition observations.

What changes

More reliable financial data, better reporting, stronger audit readiness and improved system-enabled finance operations.

What you get

Completed count sheets and exception log for all sites in scope ACV003
Reconciliation of count results to the fixed asset register and GL, with valuation support schedule ACV004
Asset count and valuation report with proposed adjustments and management action plan ACV005
Updated fixed asset register ACV001

What has to come first

Nothing is required before this service.

The count can run as a standalone diagnostic
NAHNeeds Assessment Report - National Head Quarters or NABNeeds Assessment Report - Branch/District Recommended

Needs assessment findings point to the asset categories and sites at highest risk
AMP01Fixed Asset Management Policy and Procedure Recommended

An approved fixed asset policy gives the count a register structure and valuation basis to verify against

Who is involved

From the National Society's side. This is what the engagement asks of your people.

Your own staff work alongside the adviser throughout, so this is a commitment of their time as well as the Centre's. Ask in the request and you are given the day estimate per role before anything is signed.

Role	What they do
HNS Finance Director / Head of Finance	Asset accounting owner, approves adjustments
Logistics / Administration / Facilities	Custodians of physical assets
Department heads and branch managers	Asset custodians and count participants
ICT	IT equipment inventories
Internal audit / compliance	Independent verification support
External auditors	Rely on count evidence and reconciliation
Board / RAC	Oversight, where relevant

How it is measured

Indicator	Target	Evidence
Count coverage of in-scope assets	At least 95% of register value verified	Count sheets and reconciliation (ACV003, ACV004)
Variances investigated and resolved or escalated	100% of variances above the agreed threshold	Exception log and reconciliation working papers
Report and adjustments approved by management within target time of count completion	4 weeks	Signed count and valuation report (ACV005)
Recurring count calendar adopted by the HNS	Annual full count plus quarterly cycle counts scheduled	Approved count calendar in the management action plan

Tools

4 of 5 ready to download. The rest are in development and listed so you know they are coming.

ACV001 Asset Register Template XLSX
ACV002 Gantt Chart: To track progress on asset counts and valuations over time Placeholder In development
ACV003 Asset count sheets and exception log Template XLSX
ACV004 Asset register reconciliation and valuation support schedule Template XLSX
ACV005 Asset count and valuation report with management action plan Template DOCX

Standards

COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework
IFRS / GAAP accounting standards
HNS asset management policy and fixed asset procedures
Donor asset conditions and asset handover / transfer requirements
HNS insurance policy and asset coverage schedules

Describe the problem, not the service

You do not need to know which of the 124 to ask for.

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