The SOA's governing body is composed of President Richard Oxlade and directors in seven areas.

The seven areas are Development, Marketing & Communications, Operations, Performance, Partnerships, Secretary and Treasurer.

The Associations membership is roughly 1,400 who act as volunteers, organising and staging events.

[3] The SSOA's main aims are to encourage schools to introduce orienteering to either the formal or informal curriculum and to organise an annual festival where these skills can be tested.

This annual event, which took place on a Sunday, was until 1994 the Scottish Schools Orienteering Championships.