# THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPERS' SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1142471
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 20, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1142471


## Contact

- **Address:** MUCKLE LLP, TIME CENTRAL, 32 GALLOWGATE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE1 4BF
- **Phone:** 01912117950
- **Email:** andrew.davison@muckle-llp.com
- **Website:** http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE:1) TO ADVANCE ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE THROUGH ENCOURAGING THE PLAYING, STUDY, MAKING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPES AND THEIR MUSIC AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPES AND THEIR MUSIC; AND2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE STUDY, PLAYING, MAKING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPES.

**Activities:** The NPS is a membership organisation encouraging and promoting the playing, study, making, raising awareness of and development of the Northumbrian Small Pipes and Half Long (or Border) Pipes and their music. We organise meetings, competitions, sessions, courses and events; publish newsletters, tune books and pipe making information; provide a discussion forum; and maintain archive material.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Caerphilly
- Northumberland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £27088 | £20600 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £24030 | £26402 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £30029 | £27263 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £25587 | £27573 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £25568 | £25054 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ANDREW DAVISON** (Chair)
- Alan Douglass — appointed Nov. 16, 2024
- Alex Matthew Barrass — appointed Nov. 16, 2024
- Andrew James Lawrenson — appointed Aug. 19, 2017
- Elizabeth Helen Capes — appointed Nov. 7, 2020
- Gregory McCormick — appointed Oct. 14, 2022
- Iain Alexander Gelston — appointed Aug. 18, 2018
- Melanie Jessica Rothman — appointed Nov. 18, 2023
- Michael Ratliff — appointed Oct. 14, 2022
- Norman Douglas — appointed Jan. 15, 2024
- STANLEY ANDREW MAY — appointed March 27, 2012
- The Very Rev'd Geoff Miller — appointed Nov. 16, 2024
- Vincent Owen Syson — appointed Aug. 10, 2019