It is coming up to the 31st August, which is our Financial Year End, when we need to consolidate all Centres into our Group Accounts. You will receive your Year End Questionnaire at the end of...Read More
Finance Update Xero updates We are tidying a few things up in Xero at the moment. We’ve noticed that there are a lot of old User log-ins, which are probably ex-members, or at least...Read More
Concern over private money lending organisations We have become aware of some private money lending organisations (a.k.a. loan sharks) targeting ECEs struggling with cashflow between...Read More
New page on the website for treasurers We have made a new addition to the website in the Finance section. A new page called ‘Handy hints for centre treasurers’. This contains handy tips from...Read More
CFO the final update Today is my last update for finance and by the time you read this I will likely have switched off and handed back my laptop. So I decided to use this post as...Read More
Bulk Electricity Discount Offer Meridian Energy has just recently revised its rates in the market have worked with our National team to offer our Playcentres a discounted rates as well as a one...Read More
Two years ago we were incredibly lucky when we managed to negotiate a package that moved all our centres from Cashbooks edition to Standard plan Xero Subscription. Unfortunately, that contract has...Read More
This year our Lotteries Grant application was successful and as a Group we received a total of $160,000. This was an increase from the $150,000 we received in 2019 but still substantially less...Read More
Finance CFO Update We have finally completed our preliminary year end results for the Group – thank you to all our Treasurers for doing your bit in this process. We are still following up a few...Read More
From CFO Marina Cook Year end results At I write, we are in audit and have some preliminary results for the Playcentre Aotearoa national organisation. The pre-audit figures show a loss of...Read More