# The Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC037980
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** March 21, 2007
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC037980


## Contact

- **Address:** Room 1, Thistle Court, 1-2 Thistle Street, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH2 1DD
- **Website:** http://www.sspdt.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

**What the charity does:** The Trust’s principal activity is the development of tuition and pipe band programmes in state schools. The Trust delivers: 1.	Grants and guidance that help set up and support pipe band programmes for state schools 2.	Instrument lending schemes that lend bagpipes, B-flat chanters, small pipes, drum-pads and chanters free of charge 3.	The Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships and the Trad Music Fest, both annually 4.	Paid apprenticeships and internships, often in partnership with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 5.	The Trust also advocates opportunities to learn the pipes and drums on a par with orchestral instruments, and on a level that responds to pupil interest in learning 6.	SSPDT has developed flexible programme models that respond to local and regional contexts, in partnership with local education authorities (LEAs), schools, community pipe bands, voluntary organisations and co-funders






## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £470496 | £701754 | — | 10 |
| March 31, 2024 | £377462 | £511212 | — | 10 |
| March 31, 2023 | £335001 | £519195 | — | 12 |
| March 31, 2022 | £313172 | £568715 | — | 11 |
| March 31, 2021 | £496642 | £355780 | — | 12 |