Cash Float and Till Count Sheet
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IM-13 1 page
Retail shop floor · RS-19
Shop Opening and Closing Duties
A free printable shop opening and closing checklist on one sheet — alarm, walk-through, floats, tills, floor, signage, locks and lights, with who did each.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Open the same shop the same way whoever has the keys, and close it with nothing left on, unlocked or uncounted.
Who it is for
Keyholders, supervisors and managers of an independent shop or a branch, and anyone covering an open or close for the first time.
How to use it
- Print one for each trading day and write the date and the names at the top.
- Work down the opening list in order before the door is unlocked.
- Work down the closing list after the last customer, ending with the alarm.
- Use the notes for anything the next person on needs to know.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: The jobs that open the door in the morning and lock it at night, in the order they need doing, with a line for who did them — so the same shop opens the same way whoever has the keys.
Write-on lines: Shop / branch · Date · Opened by · Closed by
Opening
- Alarm disarmed, and any activation overnight noted for the manager
- Walk-through of the floor, stockroom and back door for damage or signs of entry
- Lights, heating or cooling, music and screens on
- Float counted into each till and recorded on the till count sheet
- Card terminal, till and any scales switched on and working
- Deliveries expected today checked on the booking-in sheet
- Floor tidied, gaps filled and yesterday's markdowns checked on the shelf edge
- Window, door signage and A-board out; entrance clear and clean
- Door unlocked at the shop's trading time
Closing
- Last customer out, door locked and sign turned
- Tills cashed up and recorded on the takings sheet; float made up for morning
- Cash and card terminal receipts secured in the safe or taken as your procedure says
- Fitting rooms, toilets and staff room checked and emptied
- Floor faced up and rubbish out; any spill or hazard dealt with
- Back door, windows, shutter and stockroom locked and checked
- Lights, heating or cooling, screens and appliances off
- Alarm set and building left within the alarm's exit time
Ruled lines: Notes — anything the next person on needs to know
Questions
Why does the sheet not say what time to open or how much float to put in?
Because trading hours and float amounts are yours, and they vary from shop to shop. The sheet says to unlock at the shop's trading time and to count the float onto the till count sheet; the figures live there.
Is this the same as the premises opening and closing checklist?
That one is written for any premises. This is the shop version: floats and tills, card terminals, markdowns on the shelf edge, the fitting room and the A-board — the items a shop has and an office does not.
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