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