Averan The Goddard School Opening Package Offer
Averan Advisors gets the books and financial systems for a new location of The Goddard School ready before opening day, so your first month closes on time. The setup follows The Goddard School’s 2026 FDD and your franchise agreement.
The Goddard School opening package
The Goddard School’s 2026 FDD puts the cost to open one location at $1,003,500 to $8,908,000, so getting the finances right from the start matters.
Averan helps The Goddard School franchisees get their books and financial systems ready before opening, with a dedicated childcare and education specialist.
- QuickBooks set up for The Goddard School’s reporting requirements.
- Build-out spending tracked against The Goddard School’s Item 7.
- Loan draw packages prepared for your lender.
- Point of sale, payroll and other systems connected and tested before opening.
Do you have 30 minutes this week? Book a 30-minute call.
Already open with another bookkeeper? See The Goddard School conversion package.
What The Goddard School opening package includes
QuickBooks file
We build a QuickBooks file for your location of The Goddard School and connect every bank account and card to it.
Reporting format
We set up the chart of accounts so the books produce the monthly report The Goddard School asks its owners for.
Analytics package
Each month we compare your results with the figures in The Goddard School’s 2026 FDD.
Budget tracker
We turn The Goddard School’s Item 7 estimate into your opening budget and record every opening cost against its line.
Loan draw packages
We prepare a file for each loan draw your lender asks for, including SBA loan draws.
Systems connected
We connect the point-of-sale system The Goddard School requires, its enrollment and tuition billing system and your payroll to the books.
Tested before opening
Before your location of The Goddard School opens, we run one test day of sales and one test payroll through the books.
Handoff to monthly
The Goddard School royalty, brand fund and report due dates for your location go on one calendar for the monthly close.
Timeline
- 1Kickoff5 business days
We hold a kickoff call and send the list of documents we need.
- 2Setup10 business days
We build the QuickBooks file and connect your accounts.
- 3Build-outEach month
We tag every payment to a line of The Goddard School’s Item 7 and prepare each loan draw.
- 4Systems45 days before opening
We test the point of sale, the other systems and payroll.
- 5Opening dayYour opening date
We match each day of sales to the deposits that follow it.
The Goddard School figures from the FDD
The Goddard School franchisees averaged $2,507,631 of sales in 2025, with a median of $2,329,913, according to Item 19 of The Goddard School’s 2026 FDD, issued 30 April 2026. The 620 in that group are 93%* of The Goddard School’s 665 locations. Fees paid to The Goddard School come to about 11%* of sales.
The Goddard School’s 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one location of The Goddard School costs $1,003,500 to $8,908,000, including the $135,000 initial franchise fee.
At The Goddard School average of $2,507,631 of sales a year, the 7% royalty comes to about $14,628* a month and the 4% brand fund to about $8,359* a month.
24 The Goddard School locations opened in the last year that Item 20 of The Goddard School’s 2026 FDD reports.
At the end of the last year that Item 20 reports, The Goddard School had 51 franchise agreements signed for locations not yet open.
Send us to start
- Your signed franchise agreement with The Goddard School.
- The Goddard School’s current FDD.
- The Goddard School monthly report format and the software it uses.
- Your entity documents and EIN letter.
- Your lease, contractor bid and loan agreements.
Access we need
- Your payroll processor.
- The point-of-sale system The Goddard School requires.
- The enrollment and tuition billing system.
- The Goddard School reporting portal.
- Your invoice and expense software.
- View access to your bank accounts and credit cards, with no power to move money.
- How you want inventory tracked.
Questions from The Goddard School owners
Does Averan Advisors work with The Goddard School owners?
Averan Advisors sets up and keeps the books for The Goddard School owners, and the Averan franchise library has a breakdown of The Goddard School’s 2026 FDD with its fees, cost to open and Item 19 figures.
How does The Goddard School royalty show up in the books?
The Goddard School royalty is 7% of sales, according to The Goddard School’s 2026 FDD. We record it on its own line, so each month’s charge can be checked against your sales. At The Goddard School average of $2,507,631 a year, it comes to about $14,628 a month, by Averan’s calculation.
What does it cost to open a location of The Goddard School?
The Goddard School’s 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one location of The Goddard School costs $1,003,500 to $8,908,000. We turn those Item 7 lines into your opening budget and track each payment against them.
What happens after my location of The Goddard School opens?
The books for your location of The Goddard School move to the Monthly Close, which closes each month and sends a profit and loss, a balance sheet and the royalty reconciliation. The QuickBooks file stays yours.
* Averan Advisors calculation from the figures in The Goddard School’s 2026 FDD.
Where to next
Talk to us about opening your location of The Goddard School
Send the short form for The Goddard School opening package, or book a 30-minute call about your location of The Goddard School and your opening date.
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