Our Governance

One Family is governed by a board of up to twelve people. The board sets the charity’s direction and priorities and ensures the organisation is effective and accountable. Board members give their time voluntarily and are not remunerated. One Family CEO, Karen Kiernan, answers to this Board and runs the organisation on a day-to-day basis.

The Board usually meets eight times per year to provide good governance of the organisation, to oversee the delivery of the Strategy, to ensure the charity is financially sound, and to scrutinise performance. You can read our strategy for 2022 – 2024 here.

One Family is compliant with the Charities Regulator’s Charities Governance Code, submitting an annual report to the Regulator and completing a Governance Compliance Record Form following an internal governance review.

One Family is a company limited by guarantee; company number 45364, Charity number: CHY 6525. One Family is also registered with the Charities Regulator.  Ireland’s national statutory regulatory agency for charitable organisations. Charity Registration Number: 20012212.