Bridgehouse GAPP Wheel: Internal Controls
This segment examines the robustness of your organisation’s internal checks and safeguards, ensuring that policies, audits and reporting mechanisms effectively support risk mitigation and accountability.
What you’ll get:
A focused review of how well your internal control systems are structured and applied in practice. We assess the effectiveness of internal audits, the presence and use of fraud and whistleblowing policies and how findings or concerns are tracked and escalated to the board. You’ll receive clear, actionable recommendations to strengthen oversight and ensure control systems are not only in place, but also used meaningfully.
Best for:
- Organisations required to demonstrate sound financial and operational controls
- Boards aiming to improve risk management and audit processes
- Teams reviewing compliance frameworks or preparing for external audits
- Any organisation with growing complexity or scale needing stronger internal safeguards
We’ll assess:
- Whether internal audits are conducted regularly and aligned with risk priorities
- How audit findings are reported, monitored and followed up
- The visibility and effectiveness of fraud and whistleblowing procedures
- The role of the board or audit committee in overseeing internal controls
- Whether control systems are understood and consistently applied across the organisation
What we need from you
- Internal audit schedule or plan
- Copies of your fraud and whistleblowing policies
- Recent internal audit reports or summaries
- Details of how recommendations or concerns are followed up (e.g. action trackers, reporting lines)
- Names of any board committees with oversight responsibilities (e.g. Audit & Risk Committee)
Outcome
This segment helps organisations build confidence in their internal safeguards, ensuring that risks are properly identified, acted on, and reported – laying the foundation for good governance and accountability.
Get in touch
We would be pleased to answer any queries or have an informal chat to discuss your possible governance needs.
