Bankrupt school board De Hond leaves empty assets behind
DUO, the Tax Authorities and seven other creditors are behind the net at the bankrupt iPad school board of Maurice de Hond. Together they claim a quarter of a million euros, but De Honds foundation leaves a virtually empty estate behind.
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The bankrupt school board, the Education 4 New Time Foundation (O4NT), still has a paltry 2303 euros in cash. That balance is not even sufficient to pay the trustee himself. The salary costs of the trustee are ranked first in the division of the estate. A spokesman for law firm Houthoff confirms on behalf of the trustee that there is nothing to distribute.
Timeline about the bankrupt school board of De Hond
Overview of assets and liabilities from the trustee's report
Creditors
Nine creditors have come forward with a total of 256 thousand euros in claims, according to the first bankruptcy report that the bankruptcy trustee recently published. published. One of these is the Tax and Customs Administration, which has four thousand euros in payroll tax and interest.
In addition, there is another, unnamed, preferential creditor with a claim of 1500 euros. Preferred creditors - according to the law these are the UWV, the tax authorities, or employees with a wage claim - are given priority over other creditors in the event of bankruptcy.
Education money
And then there are seven other claims, also not mentioned by name. Already known - and by far the largest creditor - is the Education Executive Agency, which previously paid just under 208 thousand euros in education money to the school board. reclaimed. DUO appears to have adjusted that amount in the receivable from the bankruptcy trustee to 196 thousand euros.
In March last year revealed the Education Magazine that De Honds school board still received tuition fees for the Amsterdam iPad school De Voor departure, while it turned out to be closed since the autumn of 2016. The Education Inspectorate concluded after an investigation that this funding was unjustified. In the meantime, DUO has allowed the funding for the closed school to continue, pending the inspection report.
At the end of last year, the implementing organization claimed back nine months in education money. Two months later, the school board was passed by the court declared bankrupt. The bankruptcy had been filed for by an employment agency.
Very weak
De Hond has previously indicated that the money for the closed school De Voor departure has been used for the other ipad school of his board, De Ontlooiing. Last summer, that school was transferred to a larger school group due to lagging student numbers. At that time, the quality of education was far below par according to the inspectorate, which considered the school 'very weak'.
