If the business still needs you in it every day, this shows you why.
Five minutes. Twenty questions. Your score on screen at the end, no email needed.
What you actually get
Straight away, on screen, without giving me anything:
Your score out of 100, and what that number means.
If you want the detail, add your email and I will send:
- The full breakdown across all five domains, so you can see where the weight actually sits
- Your position on the spectrum from owner-trapped to owner-optional
- The one domain to work on first, and why that one
Your choice either way. The score is yours regardless.
THE FIVE DOMAINS
Most founder dependency hides in plain sight. It looks like being busy.
Under the surface, it usually sits in one of five places.
- Decisions. Does anything move without your sign-off
- Knowledge. Is how the business runs written down, or only in your head?
- Delivery. Can the work go out of the door when you are not in the room?
- Revenue. Do sales carry on when you stop?
- Resilience. What happens if you are out for two weeks?
Weakness in one domain creates pressure in the next. A founder holding all the knowledge usually ends up making all the decisions too.
This is a map, not a verdict
Nobody scores well on this the first time. That is not the point of it.
The point is to stop guessing. Most founders know something is wrong but cannot name which part, so they try to fix all of it at once and change nothing.
You will finish with one domain named and one place to start.
What owner-optional actually means
There is a simple test.
The business runs for two full weeks without you, and nothing important slips.
That is the direction of travel. From owner-trapped to owner-optional. Not so you can sell, though it makes the business worth more if you ever do. So you can take a holiday, hand work over properly, and grow without adding hours you do not have.
Who this is for
UK founders running service-based businesses with small teams. You are past the startup stage. The business has grown. But it still comes back to you for every decision, every fix, every relationship.
You are not failing at this.
The structure underneath you is missing, and a structural problem has a structural fix.
What happens next ?
Nothing you have not asked for.
If you gave me your email, the full breakdown comes through, followed by a short series explaining what to do about each domain. If you want help doing the work, that offer is there. If you just want the map, take it and go.
Hunter Admin builds the operational infrastructure underneath service-based businesses. Systems, SOPs, workflow design, delegation frameworks. The Score is the diagnosis. The work is the difference.
Your Score is above.
Five minutes. Free. Honest.
The Founder Dependency Score is also a book. It walks through every domain in detail, with exercises and an action plan.
The structure exists. The authority never followed it. Work is delegated, decisions are not, and most things still find their way back to you.
Drag the marker to see the four bands