Introduction

• FULL MEMBERSHIP
• ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
• PROVISIONAL LISTING
• PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ADVISORS

For a more complete definition of the bfa categories of membership please see Membership Criteria

FULL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

CHECK LIST OF DOCUMENTATION & INFORMATION REQUIRED:

1. Completed Application Form
2. Completed Bank Reference Form
3. Copy of Current Franchise Agreement
4. Copy of Master Licence Agreement (if applicable)
5. List of Current Franchisees (to include names, addresses, telephone number and commencement date)
6. Latest Audited Accounts for Franchisor company for the last three years
7. Latest Audited Accounts for two franchisees together with supporting Business Plan for the past two years
8. Copy of Current Prospectus/Promotional Material
9. Copy of financial protections offered to prospective franchisees (if any) and supporting base financial data
10. Any other documentation e.g. operations manual, training schedule or other relevant documentation pertaining to the franchise

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

CHECK LIST OF DOCUMENTATION & INFORMATION REQUIRED:

1. Completed Application Form
2. Completed Bank Reference Form
3. Copy of Current Franchise Agreement
4. Copy of Master Licence Agreement (if applicable)
5. List of Current Franchisees (to include names, addresses, telephone number and commencement date)
6. Latest Audited Accounts for Franchisor company for the last two years
7. Latest Audited Accounts for one franchises together with supporting Business Plan
8. Copy of Current Prospectus/Promotional Material
9. Copy of financial projections offered to prospective franchisees (if any) and supporting base financial data
10. Any other documentation e.g. operations manual, training schedule or other relevant documentation pertaining to the franchise

PROVISIONAL LISTING APPLICATION

CHECK LIST OF DOCUMENTATION & INFORMATION REQUIR.ED:

1. Completed Application Form
2. Completed Bank Reference Form
3. Copy of Current Franchise Agreement
4. Copy of Master Licence Agreement (if applicable)
5. Latest Audited Accounts for Franchisor company
6. Copy of Current Prospectus/Promotional Material
7. Copy of financial projections offered to prospective franchisees (if any) and supporting base financial data
8. Any other documentation e.g. operations manual ' training schedule or other relevant documentation pertaining to the franchise

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ADVISORS (NON FRANCHISOR ORGANISATIONS)

Check List of Documentation and Information Required for Accreditation as a bfa Affiliate

You are required to provide the following:

1. Evidence of professional standing
2. Evidence to show that staff qualified in the profession concerned are experienced in the application of that profession to franchising.
3. A commitment by a nominated responsible officer for the maintenance of the organisation's arrangements for providing appropriately experienced advice on franchising to its clients.

To satisfy 1 & 2 the requirements will be as follows:

Legal Firms
Professional standing	Through the Law Society
Franchise experience	Through references

Accountants
Professional standing	Through the Accounting regulatory bodies
Franchise experience	Through references

Banks
Professional standing	Through the banking regulatory bodies
Franchise experience	Through the establishment of a Franchise Unit

Consultants
Professional standing	Through the examination of work done and by interview or through a professional qualification in consulting or through FCA membership
Franchise experience	Through examination of franchising work and by interview or by references or through FCA membership

Other Professions
Professional standing	Through an appropriate professional qualification or examination of work done and by interview.
Franchise experience	Through examination of franchising work and by interview or by references

Interviews may be required to be conducted by the Association's Membership Committee or by the Association's Officials as appropriate.

Where references are required, references (at least two) may be drawn from Full Member Franchisors, Associate Member Franchisors and/or Affiliates in the same professional field, in any combination.

You must also provide the following:

1. A brief history of your company's involvement with franchising and of the principal's of each offices involvement with franchising.
2. Specific details of the nominated responsible officer's franchise experience.
3. A copy of your company's literature.
4. A copy of latest company's annual report (where available).

Additional Information

If you would like more information about the bfa please use the following contacts: the bfa's Business Services department for membership, the bfa's Marketing department for marketing and media.

You can purchase the bfa's Franchisors Guide which gives guidelines on all aspects of franchising including:

• A full list of BFA Member companies, what they do, contact details, investment costs and more
• A list of Affiliate advisors which include: Solicitors, Chartered Accountants, Banks, Franchise Consultants and Insurance Brokers.
• The suitability of a business to become a franchise
• How to develop the franchise concept, both in the UK and internationally
• The legal and financial consideration
• The on-going relationships of Franchisor and Franchisee.

The Guide can be ordered on-line from the Bookshop. Alternatively, publications are available by post from the bfa at Thames View, Newtown Road, Henley on Thames, Oxon RG9 1HG, telephone 01491 578049.

The bfa is currently holding a series of franchising workshops of interest to companies interested in franchising or in joining the BFA.

You might also find interesting a recent presentation titled 25 Years of Franchising Excellence given to bfa members (this presentation is in Microsoft Powerpoint format).