Facebook
or blogging comments about the Business or the System, other than on a website established or authorized by us (“social media” includes personal blogs, common social networks like Facebook, Foursquare
From the filings
HQ-led decisions
Always an Angel Homecare
Health servicesSoftware purchasing at Always an Angel Homecare is controlled at the headquarters level by a small leadership team, including CEO Stephen J. Velichko and President Roberta L. Velichko. The franchisor mandates accounting, payroll, client relationship management, and scheduling software, though specific vendors are not named in the 2022 FDD. The addressable market is extremely limited, with only 2 company-owned units reported and no franchised locations mapped.
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Live signals
Total units
2
0 franchised
Unit growth YoY
—
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2022
Royalty
5%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$48K
per unit
Investment range
$86K–$134K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
2 years
from the filing
Item 19
Claims
from the filing
Ongoing fee load
What the operator pays every month
The recurring percentage of gross sales named in this filing, before rent, labour or any technology fee.
7%of gross sales (FY2022)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
Systems named in Item 11 of this filing. None is recorded as mandated here, which is not the same as the filing mandating nothing. Read Item 11 before treating the category as open.
Instagram
bout the Business or the System, other than on a website established or authorized by us (“social media” includes personal blogs, common social networks like Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram and MySpac
LinkedIn
ebsite established or authorized by us (“social media” includes personal blogs, common social networks like Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram and MySpace, professional networks like LinkedIn, live-blogg
Twitter
us (“social media” includes personal blogs, common social networks like Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram and MySpace, professional networks like LinkedIn, live-blogging tools like Twitter, virtual worl
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
20 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 2 explicit no's; 12 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Must the franchisee use an accounting or bookkeeping system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must purchase or lease and use certain computer hardware and software and web-based systems and applications that meet our specifications and that are capable of electronically interfacing with our computer systems.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
The computer software and/or web-based systems and applications are designed to enable us to have immediate independent access to the information monitored by the system, and there is no contractual limitation on our access or use of the information we obtain.
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
We may at any time require you to purchase or lease updates, upgrades or maintenance for any computer component, including the right to designate a specific software program that you must use in your Franchised Business.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We have the right to collect and retain any and all allowances, rebates, credits, incentives, or benefits (collectively, “Allowances”) offered by manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors to you, to us, or to our affiliates, based upon your purchases of products and services from manufacturers, suppliers, and…
Item 8 gives this proportion in one of two shapes: separate percentages for establishing the business and for operating it, or one figure covering "establishing and operating" together. Where they are separate, answer with the operating percentage; where the passage gives only the combined figure, answer with that. What percentage of the franchisee's purchases must come from designated or approved suppliers?
5Item 8
We estimate that the cost of the items that you must purchase from us, our affiliates or from suppliers designated by us represents between 5% and 10% of your total purchases in operating your Business.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
We may charge a reasonable fee for inspection and/or testing (not to exceed $1,000), which may be paid by you or the proposed supplier.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you want to use any product or material or render any service that does not comply with the standards of the System or is to be purchased from a supplier that has not yet been approved, you must first submit a written request for approval of the proposed supplier and obtain our approval of the supplier before…
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
This will permit us to electronically inspect and monitor information concerning your Gross Revenue and any other information that may be contained or stored in the equipment and software.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
We may issue, modify and supplement standards for the System that may regulate any one or more of the following regarding your Franchised Business: (a) hours of operation, (b) marketing and sale of services, (c) checklists, (d) general rules and regulations for employees, and all other matters that in our sole…
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
We will notify you within 15 days whether the location you have selected is approved by us.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 11
You may not maintain your own website; otherwise maintain a presence or advertise on the internet or any other mode of electronic commerce in connection with your Business; establish a link to any website we establish at or from any other website or page; or at any time establish any other website, electronic…
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
You must conduct an advertising campaign announcing the grand opening of your Franchised Business, and you must spend at least $3,000 for this campaign.
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesItem 11
You must conduct local advertising in your territory, and you must spend at least $500 each month for local advertising.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
If a Cooperative has been established for a geographic area where your Franchised Business is located when the Franchise Agreement is signed, or if any Cooperative is established during the term of the Franchise Agreement, you must become a member of the Cooperative.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase our advertising start-up kit from our designated supplier, Clayton Kendall located at 167 Dexter Drive, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 15146, and via phone at 412-798-7120.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all fixtures, furnishings, signs, equipment, inventory, uniforms, advertising materials, and other supplies, products and materials required for the establishment and operation of your Franchised Business solely from suppliers who demonstrate, to our continuing reasonable satisfaction, the ability…
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
All payments due to us are payable by electronic funds transfer.
People
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all fixtures, furnishings, signs, equipment, inventory, uniforms, advertising materials, and other supplies, products and materials required for the establishment and operation of your Franchised Business solely from suppliers who demonstrate, to our continuing reasonable satisfaction, the ability…
Point of sale
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
You must make sure that we have independent access at the times and in the manner we specify, at your cost.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
We may charge reasonable registration or similar fees for these courses, and you must pay each attendee’s expenses in attending supplemental training.
The filing answers no to 2 questions
- Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
- Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?Item 11
The vendor opportunity at Always an Angel Homecare
The addressable market for a software vendor is exceptionally small. The 2022 Franchise Disclosure Document reports a total of 2 units, both company-owned. No franchised locations are mapped in our corpus, and year-over-year unit growth was not disclosed. For a SaaS vendor, this represents a micro-opportunity limited to a single headquarters account. The system operates in the health services segment, with a 5.0% royalty rate and a 10-year initial franchise term. Average unit volume (AUV) is not available in the filing.
Who controls software purchasing
Decision-making authority rests with a two-person executive team at the New York headquarters. The FDD’s Item 1 identifies Stephen J. Velichko as CEO and Roberta L. Velichko as President. No other officers, IT leadership, or procurement personnel are listed. For a vendor, the pitch is direct: you are selling to the owners. There is no multi-layered buying committee to navigate, but the absence of a dedicated CIO or VP of Technology suggests that any software evaluation will compete directly with the executives' other operational priorities.
Mandated and current tech stack
The franchisor imposes a clear but narrowly defined technology mandate. According to the FDD, franchisees are required to use accounting and payroll software, as well as client relationship management and scheduling software. These are categorized as mandated systems. The filing does not name the specific vendors for any of these four software categories. This lack of disclosure means the current stack is a black box from the outside, but it also signals that the franchisor has not publicly locked the system into a long-term, named-provider contract. A vendor selling into these categories should be prepared to demonstrate a clear upgrade path from whatever legacy or generic tools the HQ currently uses.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
The procurement model is opaque. The FDD extract for Item 8, which typically details whether the franchisor acts as a designated supplier, maintains an approved vendor list, or allows an open market, provided no signal. This could mean the franchisor does not derive revenue from supplier rebates or simply did not disclose the arrangement in the standard format. The franchise agreement’s renewal terms offer a potential window for technology displacement. The initial term is 10 years, and renewal is for an additional 5 years. Critically, the renewal conditions state that a franchisee may be asked to sign a contract with materially different terms, though fees cannot exceed those charged to similarly situated renewing franchisees. If the franchisor updates its tech mandates at a renewal inflection point, a vendor could find an opening, but with only 2 units and no franchisee base, this dynamic is currently theoretical.
How to read the Always an Angel Homecare FDD
The full 2022 FDD is embedded below. When reviewing it, focus on Item 11 for the franchisor’s full list of obligations regarding software and hardware, and cross-reference Item 8 for any supplier relationships that may not have been captured in our extract. Given the small size of the system, the FDD is likely a concise document. Pay close attention to any amendments or state-specific addenda that might reveal a newer technology mandate not reflected in the base filing. For a ranked target list of franchise systems that match your software category, FranCloud can help you prioritize accounts with a higher density of franchisee buyers.
Questions vendors ask
Always an Angel Homecare, answered from the filing
The buying center is concentrated in the C-suite. The 2022 FDD lists Stephen J. Velichko (CEO) and Roberta L. Velichko (President) as the sole executives, making them the likely decision-makers for any software procurement.
The FDD mandates accounting and payroll software, plus client relationship management and scheduling software. The specific vendors for these mandated systems are not disclosed in the filing.
The system has a total of 2 units, both of which are company-owned. No franchised units were reported in the 2022 FDD, indicating a nascent or stalled franchise program.
The procurement model is not detailed in the available FDD extract. Item 8, which typically outlines designated or approved supplier requirements, provided no signal, so the model remains unknown.
With an initial term of 10 years and a 5-year renewal option, contract windows are infrequent. The renewal requires signing a new agreement, which could be a trigger for re-evaluating mandated technology vendors.
The FDD was filed with state franchise regulators in 2022. You can review the full document in the embedded PDF viewer below to analyze the specific legal and operational disclosures firsthand.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
1 operators run 1 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit1
Top states by locations
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