Accounts in the childcare sector

If you are the owner of a childcare centre or childminding agency in the Netherlands, you must comply with the Childcare Provisions Act Regulations (Regeling Wet Kinderopvang). According to these Regulations, you must maintain records that include the following information:

• an overview of all professionals employed by the centre (name, date of birth, diplomas and certificates obtained) or all affiliated childminders (name, address and telephone number);
• copies of all certificates of good conduct issued;
• a copy of the safety and health risk inventory;
• an overview of the scope and the composition of the parents' committee;
• a copy of the parents' committee regulations;
• an overview of all registered children (name, date of birth, address and telephone number);
• copies of all written placement agreements entered into with the parents.

You must also keep financial accounts.