The Academy For Young Achievers
Formerly known as Tafya
Bottom line
- Total investment $548K – $1.3M including a $70K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.5M/year. Estimated payback in 6.0 years.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 63/100.
- Emerging franchise — only 1 year of franchising with 1 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one THE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG ACHIEVERS unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
20%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 THE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG ACHIEVERS units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
45.6%
6.55× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.96×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$2.5M
on $10.7M purchase
Total debt
$8.2M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
The Academy for Young Achievers is a childcare and early education franchise that manages a facility providing preschool, pre-K, and after-school programming. Franchisees oversee daily operations including staff hiring/training, curriculum delivery, parent communications, facility management, and enrollment marketing. Revenue derives from tuition fees, extended care, and supplementary programs.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 15 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Nascent single-unit franchise with undisclosed going concern issues, no financial performance validation, and insufficient data to assess viability or growth potential.
Score breakdown · what drove the 63 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 1 unit in system with unknown growth trajectory — insufficient data on scalability and replicability
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status FALSE — suggests potential financial or operational instability at corporate level
- 03MEDNo Item 19 (financial performance representations) disclosed — cannot verify if $154K avg net income is achievable or typical
- 04MINORWide investment range ($547K–$1.3M) with high variability — suggests inconsistent unit economics or hidden cost factors
- 05MINOR10% net profit margin on $1.5M revenue is concerning for service-based childcare model — indicates thin margins or high overhead
- 06MED7% royalty on declining/uncertain revenues compounds profitability pressure — limited incentive alignment
- 07MINORSingle unit represents zero franchise system validation — one failed location could signal fundamental business model problems
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
18 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
THE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG ACHIEVERS · FDD (2025) PDF