The Centre For Impact & Change

What The Centre For Impact & Change does

The Centre For Impact & Change is an Australian social impact consulting firm founded in 2023 and headquartered in Balmain, Sydney, with a second office in Upwey, Melbourne. The firm operates with a core team of six senior practitioners, each carrying 15-25+ years of experience across the public, non-profit, and academic sectors, and serves clients primarily in Australia. Its service portfolio is organised around four practices: Social Impact Practice (strategy and impact frameworks), Evaluation (programme and outcome measurement), Co-design & Facilitation (stakeholder engagement and design), and Capability Building (training and curriculum delivery for client organisations).

The business model is project-based consulting, with revenue generated through day-rate and fixed-fee engagements rather than subscription, licensing, or platform economics. Customers are concentrated in Australian government, health, community, disability, alcohol and other drugs (AOD), and research sectors, with publicly visible clients including VicHealth, ADACAS, the Alcohol & Drug Foundation, multiple local government authorities, and various community organisations. The firm has no underlying technology platform; everything delivered is human-led consulting, with published case studies serving as the primary commercial asset and proof-of-capability.

The firm's go-to-market relies on senior-practitioner relationships, sector reputation, and a published body of case studies rather than paid marketing or partner channels. Notable engagements include the VicHealth Partners in Place 2025-2028 program, multiple strategic plan and theory of change projects, and bespoke evaluation work for NFP and government clients. The firm's small size and lack of disclosed revenue, funding, or valuation make it a confidential, private operating business; capacity scaling is the most visible constraint, and expansion into capability building is the clearest indication of a deliberate shift toward recurring, training-led revenue.

Name

The Centre For Impact & Change

Legal name

Centre for Impact & Change

Website

https://centreforimpact.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Centre For Impact & Change is an Australian social impact consultancy founded in 2023, serving government, health, disability, and community-sector clients with strategy, evaluation, co-design, and capability-building services from offices in Sydney and Melbourne.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Impact Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Change Management & Transformation Consulting (BPAHAGAC), Research, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Partnerships (EDADALAK), Community Development & Social Impact Programs (EDAIAGAA)

Keywords

• Social impact consulting
• Impact measurement
• Program evaluation services
• Co-design facilitation
• Capability building training

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Social Impact Consulting Services: Fee-for-service consulting engagements billed per project or deliverable. Services include evaluation, impact measurement, co-design facilitation, capability building, and strategic planning for government, not-for-profit, and health sector clients. Revenue is project-based and recurring client relationships are maintained through ongoing partnerships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Centre for Impact & Change is a social impact consultancy that delivers project-based consulting services across four interconnected areas: Social Impact Practice, Evaluation, Co-design & Facilitation, and Capability Building. Engagements are fee-for-service and serve health, community, government, and research sector clients across Australia, combining mixed-methods evaluation, co-design workshops, impact framework development, and tailored training to help organisations measure and demonstrate impact.

Product overview

The Centre for Impact & Change is a social impact consulting firm offering a unified suite of four interconnected professional services: Social Impact Practice, Evaluation, Co-design & Facilitation, and Capability Building. These services work together as a comprehensive approach to help organisations place people and evidence at the centre of decision-making—from measuring what matters and evaluating impact, to co-designing solutions and building internal organisational capacity for sustained change.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social Impact Practice A design-led, evidence-based consulting service that develops clear, practical impact frameworks grounded in theory of change. It helps organisations understand, measure, and communicate their social impact by transforming data and stories into evidence that 'measures what matters'. Target clients are health, community, government, and research organisations.
• Evaluation A rigorous mixed-methods evaluation service combining research skills with participatory processes, specialising in developmental evaluation and continuous improvement. It transforms raw data and real-world stories into compelling evaluation reports for health, community, government, and research sector clients.
• Co-design & Facilitation A facilitation and co-design service that runs strategic planning and co-design workshops bringing together organisations, communities, and stakeholders. Uses evidence and relational tools from design and evaluation thinking to build alignment, deepen insight, and shape practical, impact-driven solutions for health, community, and government clients.
• Capability Building A training and coaching service that strengthens organisational capability through tailored coaching, training, and communities of practice. Delivers interactive workshops in program logic models, survey development, grant-writing, and impact reporting, plus one-to-one evaluation coaching, embedding skills that sustain long-term change inside client organisations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Documented improvements for 90% of consumers in the One Door Mental Health Forensic Reintegration Program evaluation.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers33 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• NSW HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr Allison Salmon serves as an Expert Assessor for NSW Health's Public Health Officer and Aboriginal Population Health Training program (2020–2025). This is a personal/individual consultancy arrangement rather than an organisational partnership.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• KPMG Australia (Social Impact): Big-four firm with a dedicated social impact and evaluation practice serving government, NFPs, and corporates. Comparable offering as part of a much broader advisory portfolio.
• Urbis: Established Australian professional services firm with a social and community research practice spanning evaluation and policy advice. Comparable client base but broader portfolio and significantly larger scale.
• PwC Australia (Public Sector / Sustainability): Big-four incumbent with growing social impact and sustainability advisory practices serving Australian governments and large NFPs. Represents the scale threat The Centre faces on larger tenders.

Emerging players

• YLab (part of the Foundation for Young Australians): Australian social impact practice applying co-design and systems thinking with young people and mission-driven organisations. Overlaps in co-design methodology and youth/community client focus.
• Loop Consulting: Emerging Australian social impact and evaluation consultancy focused on NFP and government clients. Overlaps in service line but smaller scale and narrower sector coverage than The Centre.
• BetterEvaluation: International collaborative focused on evaluation methodology, resources, and capacity building. Partial overlap as a peer/partner in evaluation capacity-building rather than direct consulting.

Direct peers

• Social Ventures Australia (SVA): Australian impact advisory organization delivering impact measurement, evaluation, and capability-building services to NFPs and funders. Directly comparable mission, service mix, and target client segments.
• Nous Group: Australian management and public-sector consultancy with a strong social-impact, evaluation, and organizational-change practice. Highly comparable in methodology (theory of change, co-design) and client base (government, NFPs).
• Clear Horizon: Australian evaluation and impact-measurement consultancy specializing in developmental evaluation and outcomes measurement for NFPs and government. Closest direct peer by methodology and client profile.
• Think Impact: Australian social impact consultancy providing impact measurement, strategy, and evaluation services to mission-driven organisations. Directly comparable offering and target market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-centre-for-impact-and-change

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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