Education/TutoringItem 19: ✓ DisclosedQuality: 100/100

Lightbridge Academy

Based on 2025 FDD · 5 filings in corpus

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✓ Cash-on-Cash return
✓ Payback period
✓ SBA default rate
✓ Red flags assessment
✓ Comparable franchises

Total Investment Range$1.0M – $7.6M

MinMid: $4.3MMax

Key Metrics

Franchise Fee

$50K

Royalty Rate

Ad Fund Rate

Total Burden

9.0%

Royalty + ad fund

Units (2023)

+2 vs prior yr

Net Unit Growth

↑ 50.0%

Year over year

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Cash-on-Cash Return

9.4%

Annual estimated return

Payback Period

10.7 yrs

Break-even timeline

SBA Default Rate

0.0%

vs ~6% industry avg

Median Revenue

$2.5M

Item 19 disclosed

🚩 Red Flags Assessment

HIGH: Missing Item 19 disclosure · MEDIUM: Royalty burden above 10% · LOW: Single-year corpus

HIGH ×1MED ×2LOW ×1

⚠️ Estimated using sector-average margins. Actual franchise economics vary by location, operator, and market conditions.