HIGHMORE HEDGEHOGS NURSERY WESTFIELDS COMMUNITY HALL, HIGHMORE STREET, HEREFORD, HR4 9PG Ofsted Registration No: EY 464526
Accounts 1/09/2024 – 31/08/2025
Opening Balance £45,626.57
Income: Fees 39,585.54 Nursery Education Funding 168,928.29 Inclusion Funding (SEN) 1,653.50 ---------------£ 210,167.33
Expenditure: Wages 195,894.46 Rent 10,976.00 Equipment 3,229.57 Cleaning / Snack food 571.00 Clinical Waste Disposal 298.40 Telephone/Broadband 1,143.29 Training 1,033.00 Insurance 640.66 DBS Checks 124.56 Website 589.64 Subscriptions 819.20 Music Sessions/Roaming Reptiles 435.00 ---------------£215,754.78
Closing balance £40,039.12
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HIGHMORE HEDGEHOGS NURSERY WESTFIELDS COMMUNITY HALL, HIGHMORE STREET, HEREFORD, HR4 9PG Ofsted Registration No: EY 464526
Trustees Annual Report 1/9/2024 – 31/08/2025
The Nursery has had a very busy year again this year. We ended the year with 46 children on the register, 18 of whom were leaving to move on to five different primary schools. As in previous years the nursery has a long waiting list, and currently has spaces reserved for children who have not been born yet.
Now that the Government has introduced 30 hours funding for children (of working parents) from the age of 9 months old, 80% of the nursery income is from the Extended Early Years funding.
As always, the main expenditure is staff wages. This year our rent was increased by £1.00 per hour, and this was the first increase for many years. Other expenditure has been through insurance, subscriptions (Ofsted, NDNA, Tapestry, Twinkl, Companies House, Information Commissioner, PPL Music Licence), Telephone/Broadband, Website, staff training & DBS, clinical waste disposal, visitors (Roaming Reptiles & Pedro the Music Man) and equipment/PPE & cleaning.
This year we have again seen changes in the staff team. Our deputy manager, Molly went on Maternity leave at the end of October 2024 and will return in January 2026. Her maternity cover, Lauren herself went on maternity leave in April 2025. We also took on another part time member of staff in October 2024.
The closing balance on 31/8/2025 was £40,039.12
01432 273861 / 07896 967772
highmorehedgehogs@btconnect.com