What is a fee increase actually worth to your nursery?
Four numbers you already know. Two minutes. No spreadsheet. See the annual value of a fee rise, and how many families could leave before it costs you a penny.
Your numbers
Use fee paying children only. Leave funded only places out, they follow different rules.
Check your numbers. Every field needs a value above zero, occupancy no higher than 100.
A 6% fee increase is worth
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extra revenue per year, if occupancy holds. Your full 4%, 6% and 8% scenarios and break-even headroom are shown below.
Your three scenarios
Annual figures, assuming occupancy holds. Your headroom below shows how much it can slip.
Your break even headroom at 6%
This is the bit most owners get wrong. They assume one or two leavers wipe out the gain. Here is what your numbers actually say.
The rise is the easy bit. Keeping the room full is the job.
A fee increase lands well when parents can see what they are paying for. That is retention, communication and commercial discipline, the exact work The Nursery Business does with independent owners. If your occupancy or margins are keeping you up at night, let us look at your numbers properly.
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The small print. This tool gives an illustration, not financial advice. It uses full time equivalent figures and assumes fees rise across all fee paying places at once. Funded hours, sibling discounts, staged increases and notice periods will change the real picture. For a proper view of your setting's numbers, book a call.