Avant Healthcare franchise

A care franchise with a difference

Avant is not like other care franchises: this is a multi-territory homecare franchise model refined over more than 20 years by a team that have previously built and sold a multimillion-pound care business themselves.

Avant MD Sally Graham started her first business in 1996 as a franchisee and quickly built up a highly successful multi-site operation covering nine territories. Sally sold her business to one of the UK’s top five home care companies in 2010 and then began work on her new venture.

Deepa Dungar, Avant’s operations director, has worked with Sally for the last decade, playing a major part in the success of the previous business.

Highly experienced care franchisor Mike Horgan joins Sally and Deepa in forming the senior team that are supporting franchisees to replicate Sally’s previous personal success.

The business model follows a ‘hub and spoke’ system:

• Develop your central office to manage your first territory
• Add more local territories and grow the team in your central office
• Utilise an integrated mix of cloud systems to run your business
• Balance local authority tenders with private clients
• Benefit from guidance and support throughout your business journey
• Proven business model trading over three territories = £5m turnover

Values matter

The Avant model focuses on sustainable growth based on great quality services delivered by great people. We believe that exceptional service is paramount, and unlocks opportunities in a growth market with longevity.

Our success in the booming homecare market depends on choosing the right people for the network, so we have a robust selection process prior to awarding a territory to a franchisee. It’s not an easy process, but creating something special never is!

If you are successful, you will get all the support you need to make your business the success it deserves to be. We are determined to be the best rather than racing to simply be the biggest, thus ensuring we grow through quality, rather than quantity.

Franchise success happens when franchisee and franchisor values are aligned. Avant’s values are:

Aspirational: to give outstanding quality of care to every single person
Virtue: to have moral excellence
Accountability: to be responsible and learn from our mistakes
Nurturing: to be always caring and compassionate
Trustworthy: to be totally open and honest

If your values are similar, then please get in touch to discuss the business opportunity in detail.

Your business, our support, your success

Care franchising requires a true partnership between franchisee and franchisor. We know how to help you succeed, because we’ve spent decades growing businesses just like yours.

To make a difference in your community by raising the bar for quality home care for the elderly and vulnerable, you can expect support from people who have built substantial businesses in the sector and with an unrivalled wealth of experience.

We provide you with our brand, systems and operational and legislative guidance and expertise, allowing you to focus on developing and managing your business locally.

Our support to you includes:

• Initial training course on setting up, launching, growing and managing your business
• Ongoing support, coaching and mentoring for the duration of your agreement
• A dedicated and vastly experienced senior management team, including MD Sally Graham who built a substantial multi-territory franchise herself prior to founding Avant Healthcare
• Franchisee forums and annual conference, where you can share experiences and challenges with your peers
• An operations and training manual which is the blueprint for your business success
• Staff induction training pack to help you grow a passionate, quality-focused team
• All policies and procedures to help you run and deliver an exceptional homecare service, with expertise plus ongoing updates and advice on any changes in legislation
• Expertise in key staff recruitment, one of the biggest challenges in the care sector

Who makes a great Avant franchisee?

Care sector experience is not required to succeed: we will help you recruit and retain an expert team of care support workers, led by a Registered Care Manager.

Your role focuses on developing your business and managing your team. You’ll need:

• A passion for delivering excellent service
• The desire to make a difference in your local community
• Personal drive to build a successful multimillion-pound business
• Experience overseeing large numbers of employees
• The ability to raise circa £35K + VAT + working capital

Avant is recognised as a proven business model, which means lenders will offer up to 70% of your total investment, including working capital, subject to status.

In return, you should expect to reach £2m turnover from your first territory, with the scalable business model then allowing for strong growth without exponentially increasing overheads.

Full financials will be discussed as part of your due diligence into the Avant franchise opportunity.