FINANCE
Finance Manager: Fiona Montgomery.
Work number: 02890671050
Mobile: 07926043281
Payment of Fees - Playgroup
From
September 2020 fees will be charged at £
11.00 per
session (reviewed annually). We ask for a £50
non-refundable retainer to secure your child’s place and this will
be deducted from your first term invoice. Fees can be paid for using childcare
vouchers and more information can be obtained by emailing the Finance Manager
(
admin@belmontplaycare.org).
Please note that once a
commencement date has been provided for you, and you have accepted your place,
billing will be calculated based on this start date. There will be no reduction
or refund of fees
for any instances when the child is absent from
playgroup (including sickness and
holidays).
Any bills
remaining unpaid after this date will be subject to a 10% late payment charge.
Where a
bill remains unpaid by the end of term, we reserve the right to withdraw your
child’s place and where a child is removed from the playgroup during the course
of the term the full terms fees remain payable.
Parents
are responsible for the current fees imposed by banks if any cheque is
returned.
We require a minimum of 4 weeks’ notice should you no longer require your child’s place. Payment in lieu of notice will be due, if it is necessary for the parent/carer to remove their child straight away or before the end of the 4 weeks.
Belmont Playgroup’s Policies & Procedures form part of these terms and conditions and can be viewed on our website or a paper copy is available at Belmont Playcare. It is important that parents/carers read and understand the playgroup’s policies.
Recovery of unpaid fees.
If a parent or carer is having difficulty paying fees please
contact the coordinator as soon as possible and we will endeavour to agree a
payment plan with the Finance Manager.
In extreme cases, or when fees are not paid within one week of
becoming due and no discussions/agreements have been reached with the finance
manager about alternative arrangements the following steps will be taken:
Verbal contact will be made with the parent/carer to inform them
of non-payment and arrangements made to collect the outstanding fees within 7
days.
If the debt remains unpaid after the 7-day period then a written
letter will be sent to the home address advising that the fees must be paid within
7 days. Any fees outstanding over the 7 days
will be liable to a £5
administration fee.
If the fees are still unpaid after this time then the
setting reserves the right to no longer allow the child’s attendance and to
take legal action to recover in the full the debt including any additional
charges.
Parents/carers will also be
responsible for the payment of all additional charges incurred by Belmont
Playcare in the collection of outstanding fees.
Afterschool and Breakfast Club
Bills are issued on the 1st of the month and should be settled by the 21st of that month.
Late payments will be subject to an interest charge of 10% if the due date is not met and this will be added onto your next month’s bill.
If a late payment fee has been charged on more than 2 occasions during the academic year, we reserve the right to withdraw your child’s place from the Afterschool or Breakfast Club however, the full terms’ fees remain payable.
Afterschool and Breakfast Club fees can be paid by:
Childcare Vouchers,
Internet or telephone banking,
Or by cheque made payable to Belmont Playcare.
For further information on paying by internet, telephone banking or childcare vouchers, please email the finance manager on
admin@belmontplaycare.org. We cannot accept payment in cash.
Parents are responsible for the current fees imposed by banks if any cheque is returned.
Fees are reviewed annually for September.
Holiday Club
Holiday club bills are issued prior at the start of the Holiday club. Bills should be settled by:
Two weeks after the invoice date or, by the end of the Holiday club, whichever date is earliest.
Holiday Club fees can be paid by Childcare Vouchers, internet or telephone banking or by cheque made payable to Belmont Playcare. For further information on paying electronically or with Childcare Vouchers, please contact the Finance Manager on admin@belmontplaycare.org.uk. We cannot accept payment in cash.
Where any Holiday Club bill remains unpaid by the end of the holiday club, subsequent Holiday Club bookings will not be accepted until payment is received in full.
Parents are responsible for the current fees imposed by banks if any cheque is returned.
Fees are reviewed annually for September.
Finance Manager Fiona Montgomery
Contact
admin@belmontplaycare.org
Telephone: 02890671050