# The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC018153
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** Aug. 9, 1991
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC018153


## Contact

- **Address:** 45 Washington Street, Glasgow
- **Postcode:** G3 8AZ
- **Website:** www.rspba.org



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science&#x27;

**What the charity does:** 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.

**Objectives:** The Company&#x27;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.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** Glasgow City
- **Geographical spread:** UK and overseas






## Linked charities

- [Dunoon Argyll Pipe Band](/sc/SC031631) (SC031631)
- [East Ayrshire Caledonia Pipe Band](/sc/SC036696) (SC036696)
- [Cumnock &amp; District Pipe Band](/sc/SC038357) (SC038357)
- [Granite City Pipes &amp; Drums](/sc/SC045675) (SC045675)
- [Haddington Pipe Band](/sc/SC045892) (SC045892)


