Our Organisation

Organisation Structure

The IMRS was incorporated under the Companies Acts in January 2004 as a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. It was accorded charitable status in May 2004.

Membership: The Company was initially registered with nine members but this has now grown to 82 missionary organisations. Under the Articles of Association, the members have the authority to admit new members.

The existing members can set the criteria regarding eligibility for membership. At present membership is open to all missionary organisations registered in Ireland and holding charitable status. The criteria will be kept under review and may be amended in the future.

Board: Nine Directors are elected by members at Annual General Meetings and they normally hold office for a period of three years. In order to ensure continuity of experience, interim arrangements were made at the outset whereby Directors were elected to serve for terms ranging from two to four years. Substitutes are also elected at AGMs to fill vacancies that may arise during the year.

Initially all Directors were drawn from the member organisations. In order to bring in complementary skills and experience and to strengthen linkages, the members may nominate and elect outside Directors if they so choose.

Staff: The staff are appointed by the Board. The initial complement consisted of a Chief Executive and six core staff, three of whom were part-time. Additional staff may be required as the budget and workload expand but it is the clear intention that the IMRS will remain an organisation with low overheads.