P&C Association

What P&C Association does

Payne Road P&C Association is a Queensland-registered community non-profit organization operating under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 to support Payne Road State School in The Gap, a primary school founded in 1970 originally as The Gap South State School. The organization delivers three core on-campus services — Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) for before- and after-school childcare, a Tuckshop school canteen, and a Uniform Shop — supplemented by annual fundraising events, Scholastic Book Club commissions, Entertainment Membership sales, and donor-funded grants for school infrastructure. The P&C also fully funds the school's Chaplaincy program, Environment Club, and Sustainability initiatives, with active working groups for Arts, Sports, Well-Being, and Grants & Infrastructure.

The P&C operates on a volunteer-driven, community-led model: the bulk of service delivery is performed by parent and guardian volunteers, with approximately 7 paid coordinator and administrative roles (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Operations Coordinator, service-specific coordinators). Distribution occurs both physically on the PRSS campus (uniform fittings, tuckshop pickup, OSHC drop-off) and online through a WordPress-based e-commerce site (uniforms, tickets, staff uniforms, entertainment memberships) plus the Flexischools third-party platform for tuckshop ordering. Marketing is conducted entirely through school-aligned channels — school newsletter, P&C website, and the PayneRoadPandC Facebook page — with no paid acquisition or external sales motion.

Revenue mechanics mix one-time retail purchases (uniforms at $2–$55 per item), recurring OSHC subscriptions, per-transaction tuckshop fees, affiliation-style commissions (Scholastic Book Club), and ad-hoc fundraising events (Mother's/Father's Day stalls, Meal Deals, music events). The customer base is exclusively parents, guardians, and staff affiliated with the single Payne Road State School community. There is no external ownership, parent company, funding rounds, or M&A activity; governance is member-elected via an executive committee that turns over annually.

Name

P&C Association

Legal name

Payne Road State School P&C

Website

https://payneroadpandc.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

P&C Association is a volunteer-run community non-profit that operates the outside-school-hours care, tuckshop, uniform shop, and fundraising programs for the families of Payne Road State School in The Gap, Queensland, Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

School Community Support Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Support Services (61171), Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

K–12 Support & School Improvement Nonprofits (BPAGADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

After-School, Tutoring & Academic Enrichment Nonprofits (BPAGADAC), After-School Enrichment & Activities Facilitation (Arts/STEM/Clubs) (HSAAAHAD), Public Student Support & Related Services (Counseling, SEL, Health, Safety) (EDAJAAAK)

Keywords

• School community services
• Outside school hours care
• School uniform retail
• School tuckshop catering
• School fundraising events

Headquarters

HQ city

The Gap

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Uniform Sales: Sale of school uniforms including shirts, shorts, skirts, dresses, hats, bags, and accessories through both online shop and physical uniform shop.
2. Tuckshop Operations: Food service operations providing meals and snacks to students, funded by the P&C.
3. OSHC (Outside School Hours Care): Before and after school care services operated by the P&C for working parents.
4. Entertainment Membership Sales: Sale of Entertainment Membership books/digital passes for $69.99 each, with proceeds supporting the school.
5. Scholastic Book Club: Book club program that raises funds for the school through book sales commissions from Scholastic.
6. Fundraising Events: Annual events including Mothers Day and Fathers Day stalls, music events, and social gatherings that generate funds for school support.
7. Grants & Infrastructure Funding: P&C fully funds Sustainability initiatives, Chaplaincy services, Environment Club, and Book Club, while seeking grants for school infrastructure improvements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The P&C Association runs the core operational services at Payne Road State School, including the Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) before- and after-school program, an on-campus Tuckshop serving meals and snacks, and a Uniform Shop (both online and on-campus) selling school and staff uniforms. It also coordinates fundraising events, working groups (Arts, Sports, Well-Being, Grants & Infrastructure), the Scholastic Book Club, Entertainment Membership sales, and parent Well-being Seminars, with all proceeds funding school programs such as Chaplaincy and the Environment Club.

Product overview

Payne Road P&C is a Parent & Teacher Association serving Payne Road State School, operating as a not-for-profit community organization. The core offerings include OSHC (Outside School Hours Care), Tuckshop, and Uniform Shop services. The P&C also runs Working Groups for Fundraising & Events, The Arts Group, The Sports Group, Well-Being, and Grants & Infrastructure. Additional services include Book Club (Scholastic) for discounted books, Well-being Seminars for parents, and Entertainment Memberships. The Uniform Shop sells a range of school uniform items including hats, shirts, shorts, dresses, bags, jackets, socks, and accessories, plus staff uniforms. The P&C fully funds the Chaplaincy and Environment Club programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OSHC (Outside School Hours Care)

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Sarah Cavallero (Paediatric Occupational Therapist)minorOthersSarah Cavallero is presenting the Well-being Seminar on 'Raising resilient kids: helping children to struggle well' at the school hall on Monday 3rd August 2026. She is a Paediatric Occupational Therapist who is mental health accredited.
• Scholastic Book ClubminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorScholastic Book Club provides books at discounts (prices as low as $1.00) through the P&C's Book Club program. The P&C earns commissions on sales. 8 issues per year for preschool through junior high. Ordering via Scholastic LOOP platform.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• TheirCare: Commercial OSHC provider running before/after school care and holiday programs at Australian primary schools. Comparable service mix to the P&C's OSHC and tuckshop-adjacent offerings, with a similar parent-customer focus.
• After The Bell Australia: Australian OSHC provider delivering before/after school care at primary schools. Closely comparable service offering to the P&C's OSHC, including structured afternoon activities that resemble the P&C's enrichment programming.
• Camp Australia: Australia's largest commercial OSHC (Outside School Hours Care) provider, delivering before/after school care and vacation care at primary schools nationwide. Directly comparable to the P&C's OSHC service offering, but operating as a scaled commercial business across hundreds of schools.
• Kelly Club: Before/after school care, holiday programs, and OSHC services at Australian primary schools. Directly comparable OSHC operating model, with curriculum-based enrichment components that overlap with the P&C's working group activities.
• YMCA Australia (OSHC): Major nonprofit provider of OSHC, vacation care, and children's programs at Australian primary schools. Comparable operating model and mission alignment with the P&C, but at much greater scale across multiple school sites.

Others

• Queensland P&C Association (QCPCA): State-level peak body representing all Parents & Citizens Associations in Queensland. Same legal form and operating model as the Payne Road P&C, providing governance, insurance, and training services to individual school P&Cs.
• Flexischools: Technology platform used by the P&C for online tuckshop ordering, and by hundreds of Australian schools for canteen, uniform, and OSHC bookings. Adjacent ecosystem partner rather than a competitor, but materially relevant to the P&C's distribution model.
• Scholastic Australia (Book Club): Operates the Scholastic Book Club and Book Fair programs that the P&C runs to earn commission revenue. A channel partner/enabler rather than a peer, but central to the P&C's fundraising service line.
• Big W School List: National retailer offering school uniforms, back-to-school supplies, and stationery widely used by Australian families. Adjacent competitor on the uniform retail side, with broader geographic reach and lower price positioning.

Regional players

• School Locker: Australian online retailer of school uniforms, backpacks, and accessories for K-12 students. Comparable product line to the P&C's uniform shop, but operates as a scaled commercial retailer across many schools.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/PayneRoadPandC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/p&c-association

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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