Health
Useful goods in daily life.
Beds in homes and accounts from the people using them.
Goods on Country / annual report FY26
What we made.
What we learned.
Where we’re going.
1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. Beds, local making and the road towards community ownership.
Download the full report and financial appendix (PDF, 43 MB)
Useful goods. More local control.
We make beds with community and work towards local control of the making. The work connects useful goods for remote homes, paid roles, recycled materials and community enterprise.
FY26: from making to real orders.
People bought beds for their communities. These four invoices show that work, alongside the making programmes that helped us learn and improve.
220
beds invoiced to 3 organisations
180
of those beds paid for by 30 June
40
beds in the first run from our press, assembled at Gamardi
25
beds in the separate Palm Island youth pilot
July to November 2025
Utopia, 167 beds for the homelands
Centrecorp Foundation bought beds for the Utopia homelands in two orders. Oonchiumpa held the build, and young people in Alice Springs and Utopia made beds for Elders. It was the largest run we have done.
“The families right now, like you see in most of those houses that we went to, the beds were on the ground. It's a safety thing. Some of our kids have come up with scabies and stuff that shed from the dogs. But knowing that they can pack that up, put it away into a tidy small space in the back of a car and use it wherever they can go. That's something they can't do with those other sturdy metal ones.”
July 2025 to March 2026
Palm Island, a youth pilot
With the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation and FRRR, 25 beds, three community sessions and 30 young people on Palm Island. The pilot was acquitted in March 2026.
“A lot of them are low income earners. Just to have that extra cost of bringing things over, it all adds up. Sometimes people would rather go without.”
September to December 2025
A room that raised a facility
At Healthy People Healthy Planet, The Funding Network raised the money for our production facility in one room, with a Bupa match.
May 2026
Maningrida, the first run off our own press
Forty beds pressed at our facility in Queensland and assembled at Gamardi by local young workers with Homeland School Company, which bought the beds and two washing machines. In Tennant Creek, Julalikari Council bought six washing machines.
Four areas. A practical test.
What FY26 showed us, and what we need to understand next.
Employment
People paid to make.
Paid local assembly at Gamardi; participation through making programmes.
Recycling
Make material useful.
A recycled-HDPE bed design; production work at the Goods on Country facility in Queensland.
Community enterprise
Local decisions and local value.
Real buyer demand, with stock and ownership pathways being developed.
Made and sold in community.
Make the goods. Hold stock locally. Keep the value in community.
- 01
Make the first stock.
Goods on Country makes the first stock and supports design, training and quality.
- 02
Hold it locally.
Community organisations hold their stock. The beds are theirs to use or sell.
- 03
Sell to local customers.
People, businesses and service providers buy the goods. Customers pay the community organisation.
- 04
Keep the money in community.
The organisation keeps its receipts and decides what happens next.
- 05
Choose what to make next.
Goods supports product learning and buyer connections. A Curious Tractor supports research and development.
- 06
Make locally, where wanted.
Community production is a pathway agreed with each partner, with paid roles, training and reliable support.
The whole sale stays with that organisation.
Explore the full modelA new home for the work.
Goods began as a project within A Curious Tractor’s sole-trader operations. We are now moving the work into the Goods on Country charity, with its own board, accounts and responsibilities.
The financials show these separately: FY26 project income and costs sit with the original operation, while the charity’s accounts reflect its own history. Assets, stock and agreements will move through an agreed handover.
Current board / roles confirmed 18 October 2026
The people holding the work.
Kristy Bloomfield
Chair
Central Arrernte, Eastern Arrernte and Alyawarra
Cultural leadership, community-led design, youth pathways and On-Country enterprise.
Audrey Deemal
Secretary
Dhirrtharr Warra woman from Hope Vale
Community leadership, health governance, operational management and social enterprise.
Jeremy Donovan
Treasurer
Kuku-Yalanji and Gumbaynggirr
Cultural leadership, communication, reconciliation, music and visual arts.
Troy Casey
Director
Kamilaroi
Design, cultural placemaking and First Nations enterprise.
The board governs direction, resources and accountability. Community partners decide the work they want locally.
Meet the board and teamConnect places, buyers and making.
Our research map brings together community needs, organisations, potential buyers and the practical routes between them. It helps us work out where a relationship could become useful work.
October 2026 research view. Potential buyers are leads to understand, not confirmed orders.
The next three years.
Prove the work. Build repeat demand. Grow on terms that hold.
FY27
Prove the run.
Deliver accepted orders. Measure full delivered costs. Agree partner stock, paid roles and support.
FY28
Build repeat work.
Return to buyers. Follow up product use and repairs. Support local teams where the work is wanted.
FY29
Deepen local control.
Extend what works. Agree equipment and responsibility transfers with partners ready to take them on.
Buyers fund orders. Philanthropy can fund first stock and learning. The QBE proposal supports community production facilities. Expansion follows demand, partner choice and full costs.
The financial year.
The Goods project P&L is a provisional management allocation from A Curious Tractor’s operating records. The charity’s historical accounts are separate. The FY27 budget shows alternatives, not income already secured.
FY26 invoices include 9 washing machines; 5 were paid for by 30 June. Bed and machine counts use dedicated product lines, excluding programme proposals.
FY26 Goods profit and loss
1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026 · AUD · provisional management allocation
| Income | AUD |
|---|---|
| Philanthropy | $276,131.72 |
| Trading income | $221,619.09 |
| Grants | $154,558.00 |
| TOTAL INCOME | $652,308.81 |
| Operating costs | AUD |
|---|---|
| Materials & Supplies | $187,745.67 |
| Founder wages | $100,000.00 |
| Consulting & Accounting | $90,166.22 |
| Other subcontractors | $57,850.75 |
| Other operating costs | $52,960.19 |
| Freight & Courier | $27,672.45 |
| TOTAL OPERATING COSTS | $516,395.28 |
| WORKING SURPLUS | $135,913.53 |
Every FY26 operating cost
Same working P&L · all categories · largest to smallest
| Cost category | AUD |
|---|---|
| Materials & Supplies | $187,745.67 |
| Founder wages | $100,000.00 |
| Consulting & Accounting | $90,166.22 |
| Sub-contractors | $57,850.75 |
| Freight & Courier | $27,672.45 |
| Travel - National | $9,367.63 |
| Light meals & refreshments | $7,887.08 |
| Donations | $6,500.00 |
| General Expenses | $5,187.05 |
| Vehicle - Repairs & Maintenance | $3,901.83 |
| Vehicle - Fuel & Oil | $3,863.63 |
| Small tools & equipment under $1,000 | $3,746.88 |
| Protective Clothing & Equipment | $2,972.96 |
| Advertising & Marketing | $1,757.44 |
| Subscriptions | $1,554.67 |
| Entertainment | $1,550.36 |
| Gifts | $1,012.35 |
| Office Expenses | $1,010.82 |
| Hire Expenses | $939.80 |
| Bank Fees | $609.21 |
| Parking, Tolls & Taxis | $594.06 |
| Repairs and Maintenance | $259.95 |
| Farm Equipment - Fuel, oil & maintenance | $142.70 |
| Light, Power, Heating | $101.77 |
| TOTAL OPERATING COSTS | $516,395.28 |
FY26 income records
Working income allocation · customer and funder breakdown
| Customer / funder | Reference | Type | Net AUD |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Snow Foundation | INV-0321 | Philanthropy | $120,000.00 |
| The Snow Foundation | INV-0268 | Philanthropy | $100,000.00 |
| The Funding Network | Source e5b115f7… | Grant | $89,361.00 |
| Centrecorp Foundation | INV-0291 | Trading | $77,920.00 |
| The Funding Network | Bank/source transaction | Grant | $55,197.00 |
| Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation | INV-0253 | Philanthropy | $50,000.00 |
| Homeland School Company | INV-0303 | Trading | $40,000.00 |
| Centrecorp Foundation | INV-0259 | Trading | $34,200.00 |
| Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation | INV-0282 | Trading | $18,000.00 |
| Red Dust Role Models Limited | INV-0255 | Trading | $14,500.00 |
| Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation | INV-0335 | Trading | $13,636.36 |
| Our Community Shed Incorporated | INV-0260 | Trading | $12,272.73 |
| Catalysing Impact | Source 1a07f112… | Grant | $10,000.00 |
| Our Community Shed Incorporated | INV-0308 | Trading | $6,150.00 |
| The Snow Foundation | INV-0258 | Philanthropy | $5,040.80 |
| Mala’la Health Service Aboriginal Corporation | INV-0283 | Trading | $4,940.00 |
| The John Villiers Trust | INV-0327 | Philanthropy | $1,090.92 |
| TOTAL | $652,308.81 |
Equipment and handover values
Purchase records · separate from operating expenses and transfer values
| Asset / addition | Recorded AUD | Basis / handover |
|---|---|---|
| Hot press | $24,000.00 | Ex GST; includes cold press, pair counted once · Proposed |
| Zerma granulator | $19,800.00 | Incl GST · Review scope |
| Hilux | $19,500.00 | Recorded cost · Undecided |
| Multicam CNC FA-0087 | $18,000.00 | GST basis to confirm · Proposed |
| SAFE heat-press work | $14,302.00 | Ex GST; conversion and fabrication · Review scope |
| 40ft container FA-0062 | $11,250.00 | Ex GST · Proposed |
| Verdex lift | $8,940.83 | Payment; invoice/model/GST to match · Review scope |
| Carbatec router table and drill | $4,575.65 | Incl GST · Review scope |
| Multicam commissioning | $4,226.99 | Incl GST; capital vs training to allocate · Review scope |
| Carbatec fittings and tooling | $1,811.70 | Incl GST · Review scope |
| Sheet storage | $1,200.00 | Ex GST · Proposed |
| Multicam tooling | $825.20 | Invoice net · Proposed |
| Preparation table | $600.00 | Ex GST · Proposed |
| Cold press | Included in pair | Included in hot/cold pair · Proposed |
FY27 organisational budget
1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027 · AUD excluding GST · forecast dated 1 October 2026
| Operating budget | 400 first stock | With current trade | Break-even goal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beds to make | 400 | 671 | 822 |
| Income, including FRRR $20,000 | $320,000 | $517,120 | $630,370 |
| Bed making and delivery | ($132,296) | ($221,927) | ($271,869) |
| Organisation and main factory | ($358,224) | ($358,224) | ($358,224) |
| TOTAL OPERATING COST | ($490,520) | ($580,151) | ($630,093) |
| FORECAST GAP / SURPLUS | ($170,520) | ($63,031) | $277 |
| Funding treatment | Amount | Included in operating income? |
|---|---|---|
| Proposed first-stock support | $300,000 | Yes, in each alternative |
| QBE community-factory application | $300,000 | No, separate capital funding |
| FRRR grant | $20,000 | Yes, in each alternative |
The charity’s statutory accounts
The Butterfly Movement Limited · historical legal-entity accounts
| Reported measure | FY26 AUD | FY25 AUD |
|---|---|---|
| Total income | $77,080.00 | $125,538.00 |
| Total expenses | $119,934.00 | $121,712.00 |
| Surplus / (deficit) | ($42,854.00) | $3,826.00 |
| Closing cash | $4,041.00 | $46,639.00 |
| Net assets | $8,407.00 | $51,262.00 |