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Chapter 1 Employment

Triple-proofcertifiedSocial EnterpriseSocial Traders Certified
ABN 63946234656|Albion, QLD 4010|www.chapter1employment.com.au
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State
QLD
Certifications
1
Listed In
1 directory

About

Delivered $97.6M across 1 government contract for 1 buyer.

We assist people living with a disability find employment. We do this by employing people that have a lived experience of living with a disability, injury, or illness to develop employment programs, deliver them, and reverse market. We are not a commonwealth funded Disability Employment Service (DES), but support that sector to provide more inclusive employment openings and reverse marketing services Products and services include Community & Social Services, Human resource services & recruitment. Primary beneficiaries include People with disabilities. Social Traders status: Certified. Membership: Connections Membership.

Registered Charity

This social enterprise is also a registered charity with the ACNC:

Epic Employment Service Inc
ABN 63946234656

Delivery Evidence

Govt Contracts
1
Total Value
$97.6M
Buyers
1
Largest Contracts
DES-10-11082Department of Social Services, 2013
$97.6M

Source: AusTender public contract notices. Values can include amendments and may not equal cash paid in a single year.

Grant Funding

$117Kacross 1 tracked grants (2017-18–2017-18)
Support for School Leavers — Service Procurement — 2017-18 · education
$117K

Source: public funding datasets tracked by CivicGraph. Coverage is partial — this is a floor, not a total.

Financial Health

A capacity signal from this charity's latest public ACNC filing — to show where a buyer or funder might offer multi-year or capacity support, not to rank organisations. Not a CivicGraph assessment of the organisation.

Financially resilientACNC AIS · FY2023

Latest ACNC filing shows reserves and a balanced result — well-placed to deliver.

Income FY23
$18.8M
Surplus / deficit
+$1.8M
Reserves runway
7.7 mo
Liquidity (current ratio)
3.70
Government-revenue concentrated

Source: ACNC Annual Information Statement, FY2023 · Large charity · 97% of income from government. A point-in-time regulatory snapshot — figures can lag a year and a single filing is not a full picture of an organisation's health. Liquidity is shown only where a balance sheet was filed.

Open Funding Matches

For this enterprise — open grants it could apply for. Not part of buyer due diligence.

Secure Communities Partnership Program — Round 2 - Small Business — DCSODSFB · closes 30 June 2026communityenterprise
to $20K
Breaking the Hold Conference — Red Rose Foundation Ltd · closes 24 June 2026community
Deadly Start Program — Seed Foundation Australia Limited · closes 30 June 2026community
Northern Sub-Regional Trust - Tertiary Education Support — The Trustee For The Western Cape Communities Trust · closes 10 July 2026community
to $2K
Annual Grant Round — The Eastern Star (Australia) Foundation Ltd · closes 1 Oct 2026community
to $50K

Automated match on sector and location against open grants tracked by CivicGraph. Eligibility is not assessed — always check each grant's criteria.

Place Context

LGABrisbane
RemotenessMajor Cities of Australia
SEIFA Decile9/10

Verification

certified

Social Traders certified

Tier reflects the strength of external verification, not how “social” an enterprise is. Marks belong to their issuing bodies. Checked June 2026.

Certifications

Social Traders Certifiedcertified

Data Sources

Social Traders(June 2026)
Enriched: 12 March 2026(high)
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