Previous annual reports
Financial statements 2022: Positive result but concerns remain
The challenges were not mild in 2022. The college put its shoulders to the wheel together and did what was necessary. And that was to keep working to make Zoetermeer more beautiful, despite the new problems that came our way.
We close 2022 with a "positive" account result of €30.3 million. That sounds good, but this is temporary and not structural in nature. The State offers more financial leeway in the short term through additional incidental contributions, but the challenge of delivering a balanced budget each year is still as great as ever.
Financial Statement 2021: Pressure on finances remains high
We close 2021 with a "positive" account result of €15.3 million. But that is positive in quotation marks, because this result gives a distorted picture. Because of Covid-19, we could not implement all the plans. This means that they are pushed forward to 2022. For example, there was less use of the loan assistance, less use of the ZoetermeerPas and some of the events could not take place. Moreover, at the end of the year it turned out that the contribution from the state for Covid-19, among other things, was much higher than expected. However, that reimbursement is only a one-time payment, which did not reduce the challenge of producing a balanced budget each year. And the pressure on finances remains high.