Youth Development Australia

What Youth Development Australia does

Youth Development Australia (YDA), legally Youth Development Australia Limited, is an Australian registered charity (ABN 83 115 728 062, ACN 115 728 062) headquartered at 29 Tinning Street, Brunswick, Victoria. Founded in 2005 and operating with 11-50 staff, the organisation delivers youth-focused initiatives spanning three interconnected pillars: YouthWorx, a social enterprise providing accredited Certificate I-III in Creative Industries (Media) training combined with real-world media production experience for young people facing barriers to employment; the National Youth Commission Australia (NYCA), which runs independent policy inquiries on youth employment, education and transitions; and policy, summits and submissions activity (including the 'Bridging the Divide' summit hosted via Humanitix) that channels youth perspectives into national policy discussion. The intended beneficiary cohort is young people in Australia, particularly those facing education-to-employment transition barriers, with the organisation co-designing programs alongside participants and communities.

YDA's underlying technology stack and platform architecture are not disclosed in available sources — the organisation is not presented as a technology company and operates conventional charity delivery via program websites (youthworx.org) and social channels (X/Twitter for NYCA). Its business model is that of a typical Australian nonprofit: revenue derives from grants, donations and government funding rather than commercial pricing, with no publicly disclosed pricing, revenue figures or audited financials in the source data. No customer logos, partnerships or institutional funders are evidenced in the input.

Critically for any analytical use, ASIC records show that YDA resolved to be wound up with a liquidator appointed on 29 November 2023, indicating a terminal event for the corporate entity. The ACNC Charity Register continues to list the charity as registered, and the company's own website (dated 2025) summarises public records and directs visitors to official registers for current status. Any forward-looking assessment of YDA must therefore be conditioned on its wind-up status.

Name

Youth Development Australia

Legal name

Youth Development Australia Limited

Website

https://yda.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Youth Development Australia is an Australian registered charity that runs YouthWorx (accredited Creative Industries media training for disadvantaged youth), the National Youth Commission Australia (policy inquiries on youth employment and transitions), and national policy summits for young people facing barriers to employment and education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Development Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Educational Support Services (611710), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Fine Arts Schools (61161)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth & Young Adult Workforce Programs (Out-of-School Youth) (EDAAAOAD), Arts, Sports & Recreation-Based Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAJ)

Keywords

• Youth development programs
• Vocational training services
• Social enterprise media
• Youth employment programs
• Creative industries training

Headquarters

HQ city

Brunswick

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

Youth Development Australia operates as a national charity delivering youth development initiatives including the YouthWorx social enterprise (providing accredited Certificate I–III training in Creative Industries Media and real-world production experience), the National Youth Commission Australia (independent policy inquiries on youth employment, education and transitions), and policy summits and submissions on national youth issues.

Product overview

Youth Development Australia operates as a national charity offering multiple interconnected youth development programs. The core programs include YouthWorx (a social enterprise providing accredited media training and employment), the National Youth Commission Australia (policy inquiries on youth employment and transitions), and Policy Summits & Submissions (national youth policy discussions). These initiatives collectively create opportunities for young people through creative media training, employment pathways, and policy development, with programs like YouthWorx providing hands-on production experience while policy work informs national conversations on youth issues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• YouthWorx: A youth-focused social enterprise offering accredited training and real-world media production experience.
• National Youth Commission Australia (NYCA)

Products and services

• YouthWorx

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Youth Off The Streets: Australian charity delivering education, training and accommodation programs to disadvantaged young people. Closely comparable mission and target population, with similar accredited training pathways and an iconic founder-led brand profile.
• Australian Youth Affairs Coalition: National peak body for youth-sector organisations, focused on youth policy and advocacy. Directly comparable to the NYCA arm of YDA on policy engagement, though operating as an umbrella rather than a direct service provider.
• Big hART: Australian arts-and-social-change nonprofit using creative practice with marginalised young people. Closely comparable to YouthWorx's creative-media-training model, sharing the arts-based youth development methodology.
• Foundation for Young Australians (FYA): Australian nonprofit dedicated to youth opportunity, employment and transitions with an explicit policy and research function. Closest direct peer to YDA on the youth-employment-and-policy intersection, though FYA has historically operated at significantly larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Headspace (National Youth Mental Health Foundation): Australia's primary youth mental-health service network. Adjacent rather than directly overlapping, but shares the youth-services policy-and-funding ecosystem in which YDA competed for grants and government attention.
• Mission Australia: One of Australia's largest community-services nonprofits, running employment, education, and youth-housing programs nationally. Directly comparable to YDA's youth employment and transitions mission, but at substantially greater scale and with a broader service portfolio.
• Brotherhood of St Laurence: Melbourne-based community-services nonprofit with explicit programs in youth employment, education-to-work transitions, and evidence-based policy advocacy. Highly comparable on both the service-delivery and policy-research dimensions and based in the same city as YDA.
• The Smith Family: Long-established Australian charity focused on children's and young people's education and employment outcomes. Comparable target population (disadvantaged youth) and similar grant/donation revenue model, but operating at national scale with a sponsored-scholarship model rather than creative-media training.

Regional players

• ReachOut Australia: Australian digital mental-health platform for young people. Comparable in serving a youth audience through an Australian nonprofit structure, though delivering online support rather than vocational training or policy work.
• CREATE Foundation: Australian national advocacy body for children and young people in out-of-home care. Comparable on the youth-policy and advocacy dimension and on the target age group, though focused on a narrower population (care-experienced youth).

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/YDA_Australia
• Facebookfacebook.com/youthdevelopmentaustralia

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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