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The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC018153
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed March 17, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Aug. 9, 1991
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
45 Washington Street
Glasgow
G3 8AZ

Contact

Website
rspba.org
Screenshot of the The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association website

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

To promote and encourage the culture and advancement of Pipe Band Music internationally and to sponsor a Pipe Band College. To create and maintain a bond of fellowship with all pipe band personnel throughout the world. The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in the Constitution and Rules shall be secured without discrimination on any grounds such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status. To devise and operate a proper system of pipe band contest rules. To organise the World Solo Drumming, the World, European, British, Scottish and all major championships held within the United Kingdom.

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people','Older People','People with disabilities or health problems'

Objectives: The Company's objects are to: i) promote and encourage the culture and advancement of pipe band music internationally. and in furtherance thereof to a) create and maintain a bond of fellowship with all pipe band personnel throughout the world. b)secure the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in these Articles and the Rules without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status. and c) devise and operate a proper system of pipe band contest rules. d) organise and operate all the Major Pipe Band Championships run under RSPBA Rules, protecting the registered titles World pipe Band championship and The World Pipe Band Championships. e) pursue any other purpose that may be reasonably regarded as analogous to any of the preceding objects. f) sponsor, support and maintain its own pipe band college, and issue certificates in accordance with its instructional courses in accordance with the Rules.

Geography

Main operating location
Glasgow City
Geographical spread
UK and overseas

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Employees
Dec. 31, 2025 March 17, 2026On time £533,889 £494,847 6
Dec. 31, 2024 May 27, 2025On time £562,199 £503,740 5
Dec. 31, 2023 Sept. 9, 2024On time £550,738 £460,166 4
Dec. 31, 2022 Nov. 3, 202334 days late £606,251 £485,770 5
Dec. 31, 2021 July 13, 2022On time £132,154 £161,795 4

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.