The Board has ultimate responsibility for the governance of the ALMO. The Board's role is to:

• Set the vision – where is the organisation going and what are its goals?
• Set the objectives – Set out the key objectives which need to be met in order to realise its vision
• Define the strategy – the details of how the organisation will deliver the objectives
• Define the core values – how should the organisation act and behave

Officers are responsible for implementing the strategy and report to the Board. Board members should not get involved in day to day management issues but remain strategic.

The duties and functions of the Board include:

• Define and ensure compliance with the values and objectives of the organisation
• Ensure compliance with the Management Agreement, negotiated between the ALMO and the council
• Agree a Business Plan with the local authority
• Define and ensure compliance with the Business Plan through the agreement of:
  • Policies and action plans
  • Budgets
  • A framework of delegation and system control
• Monitor the organisation's performance in relation to these plans, budgets, controls and decisions
• Approve each year's budget and accounts prior to publication
• Ensure arrangements are in place for urgent decisions to be made in between meetings
• Agree policies and make decisions on all matters that might create significant financial or other risk to the organisation, or which raise material issues of principle
• Appoint (and, if necessary, dismiss) the Chief Executive and Company Secretary
• Satisfy itself that the organisation's affairs are conducted lawfully and ethically, within the terms of its constitution and within generally accepted standards of performance and propriety