OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Piping Trust

ActiveCharity number SC020407
Registered1 January 1902
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formTrust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC020407
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
PH2 7XD

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

To promote and preserve the history, heritage and performance of the Highland Bagpipe.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations

Constitutional objectives

The Trust Fund shall be held by the Trustees in trust in order to promote and advance for the public benefit the work of The National Piping Centre, a company registered in Scotland under the Companies Acts and having its registered office at 30-34 McPhater Street, Glasgow G4 OHW (Registered Company Number: SC139271 and Scottish Charity Number: SC020391) by making grants and providing financial support for proj ects and activities being carried out or to be carried out by The National Piping Centre and by doing anything else of a charitable nature which may promote and advance the work of The National Piping Centre as may be for the public benefit

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
30 April 2025£8,995£0£0£0£0£0£2,500£0£0£0027 November 2025
30 April 2024£7,933£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0018 December 2024
30 April 2023£943£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£004 January 2024
30 April 2022£30£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0010 January 2023
30 April 2021£26£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0012 November 2021

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
19 Haston Crescent, Perth, Shetland
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.