WHAT ARE IMPACT FRANCHISES?

Impact franchises are commercial franchises that have social impact beyond that of job creation

Examples are found in franchises for Elderly Care, Child Development, Education, etc. As well as being commercial businesses, they have the potential to do a great deal of good.

So, for example, a Child Development business will help in Early Years Development, building confidence in the child and engaging parents in the activities.

I have identified a number of such franchises and they are presented here on this website. I've only shown those franchises that are full or associate members of the British Franchise Association (bfa) and that have more than 10 branches i.e. the more established ones. Other franchises are available and these can be found on the bfa website.

Franchises in each sector have been grouped as shown in the top menu. Each group has an explanation why these franchises have social impact.

So if you want to run your own business and also create social impact, there may be something here that you may wish to investigate further.

Profits can obviously be taken but they can also be used to offer to subsidise services to disadvantaged people. For example, reduced fees for places at sessions for children e.g. a sports franchise.

We hope the information on this site helps you. Please also register for email updates.

Geoff Knott
Impact Franchises

Note: Impact Franchises does not receive any income from any franchise. This is a voluntary service signposting possible careers and businesses for those with a heart for social impact who wish to investigate how they could do this in a sustainable way. We hope the franchises presented here give you some ideas.

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BRITISH FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION

In 1977, the major franchise companies in the UK decided to set up their own association. The British Franchise Association (bfa), was formed to act in the interests of the industry as a whole in assessing and accrediting franchising companies as those which meet its criteria for the structure of the franchise business, the terms of the contract between franchisor and franchisee, the testing of the system and its success as a franchise.

On this site, we only feature franchisors who are either:

Full Members of the bfa
Full Members are established franchised businesses with a proven trading and franchising record. They are prepared to have their reputation examined by the bfa, and have an established network of franchisees.

or

Associate Members of the bfa
Associate Members have proven their ability to launch and support at least one franchised outlet for 12 months and are now in the business of building their network. There will be few franchisees whose experience you can research and a short period of time over which the business has been tested.