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OFFICIAL FILING · MN · 2026

BRITISH SWIM SCHOOL FDD (Franchise Disclosure Document) — 2026

The FDD is the 23-item legal disclosure every U.S. franchisor must hand you at least 14 days before you sign or pay anything (FTC Franchise Rule, 16 CFR 436). BRITISH SWIM SCHOOL's most recent FDD tracked here was filed in 2026 as a multistate filing — and because registration-state filings are public records, you can read it free, without giving a broker your phone number.

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THE SAME DOCUMENT SITES SELL OR GATE BEHIND LEAD FORMS. FILED 2026 · SOURCE STATE MN

What the 2026 filing revealedextracted · sourced
ITEM 5Initial franchise fee$60K
ITEM 6Ongoing royalty10.0% of gross sales
ITEM 7Total initial investment$123K–$176K
ITEM 3Disclosed litigation matters0
ITEM 4Bankruptcy history disclosedYes
ITEM 19Earnings disclosure (FPR)Yes — median unit volume $295K (Item 19 covers only Standard-Territory franchises for CY2023-2025 (Targeted Territories launched Apr 17, 2025 and are excluded). Overall metrics based on 244 franchised outlets open & operating ≥6 full months in 2025. Mean/median reported here are the Table 4 income-statement Gross Revenue figures: Average $432,912, Median $295,286, based on 168 U.S. outlets open ≥9 months in 2025 (High $2,319,232 / Low $16,769). Quartile data (Table 3) covers ONLY the 88 pre-2022-class outlets: 2025 1st-quartile (top 25%) avg $1,307,986; bottom-quartile $123,873 — no single system-wide top-quartile AUV is stated. Results are also disaggregated by signing-year "class" cohort (e.g., 2025 pre-2022 class avg $574,744).)
ITEM 20Outlets (fiscal 2025)289 franchised at year end · 16 exits (6.2% annualized)
ITEM 21Franchisor financial statementsclean (unqualified) audit opinion — Eide Bailly LLP

Citation discipline: every figure above is extracted from the 2026 BRITISH SWIM SCHOOL FDD as filed and links back to that document. Fields the filing did not state are omitted — nothing here is estimated, surveyed, or filled in from marketing material. FDDs are reissued annually; verify against the current issuance before relying on any number.

BRITISH SWIM SCHOOL FDD questions, answered

Where can I download the BRITISH SWIM SCHOOL FDD for free?

BRITISH SWIM SCHOOL's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document is a public record. It can be downloaded free from the source link on this page — no broker form, no email signup required.

What year is BRITISH SWIM SCHOOL's most recent FDD on file?

The most recent BRITISH SWIM SCHOOL FDD tracked here was filed in 2026. Franchisors must update their FDD annually, so confirm you are reading the current issuance before signing.

Does BRITISH SWIM SCHOOL's FDD disclose earnings (Item 19)?

Yes — BRITISH SWIM SCHOOL makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2026 FDD, reporting a median unit volume of $295K. Read the basis fine print: franchisors choose which units and metrics to include.

What does BRITISH SWIM SCHOOL's FDD Item 20 show?

In fiscal 2025, BRITISH SWIM SCHOOL ended with 289 franchised outlets; 16 of 258 open at the start of the year left the system — an annualized exit rate of 6.2% (terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons").

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