Financial reporting requirements for the year ending in 2015
ECE services must send their audited financial statements to the Ministry by 30 June 2016.
Education Circular 2016/01 outlines this year’s financial reporting requirements and where to send them.
For more information on submitting your financial reporting to the Ministry, please see our ECE financial reporting requirements for the financial year ending in 2015 frequently asked questions.
Please note: this year we will not be sending out a letter to confirm you have met the financial reporting requirements. We will contact you as soon as possible if you have not met the requirements to follow up on missing information.
If you send your financial statements to us by email you will receive an email confirming we have received them. We will only contact you further if anything is missing or incomplete.
This year you will be receiving the Education Circular and declaration form via email. All future Education Circulars will be notified from He Pānui Kōhungahunga – the Early Learning Bulletin.
Playgroup Funding Handbook
We have recently published an updated version of the Playgroup Funding Handbook on our website.
If you are involved in running a Playgroup, it is important that you are familiar with the handbook. The handbook provides information about how Playgroup funding is calculated, and the conditions which need to be met to receive funding. It also includes information about how to apply for a special grant.
The key changes recently made to the handbook are:
- removal of references to licence-exempt Playgroup funding
- an explanation that 2 signatories are required for all Playgroup funding expenditure
- clarification about the method for calculating Playgroup funding
- an update to the special grant sections to reflect changes to the criteria and process to apply for a special grant.
There is a web version of the handbook and a PDF version for printing on our website.
If you have any questions about Playgroup funding or the handbook, please contact an Education Advisor in your regional Ministry of Education office.