OSCR Scottish charity profile

The South West of Scotland Piping and Drumming Academy

Known as SWSPDA

ActiveCharity number SC045393
Registered2 February 2015
Main locationDumfries And Galloway
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045393
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
1
Postcode
DG2 9AW

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

we are se up to provide free tuition within the schools of Dumfries and Galloway, of piping and drumming. we achieve this by having self employed tutors going into our schools, putting on monthly workshops, and providing the relevant equipment free of charge for all our young people.

Charitable purposes

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

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

4 The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are: 4.1 The promotion, encouragement and advancement of the use of the pipes and drums. 4.2 To enhance the education and understanding of individuals, from within Scotland and elsewhere, by providing workshops and classes in the study of the pipes and drums.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£107,527£0£0£0£0£0£87,717£0£0£0111 December 2025
31 March 2024£124,770£0£0£0£0£0£119,328£0£0£0110 December 2024
31 March 2023£121,713£0£0£0£0£0£130,236£0£0£0129 December 2023
31 March 2022£66,267£0£0£0£0£0£76,341£0£0£0117 October 2022
31 March 2021£65,191£0£0£0£0£0£47,031£0£0£0111 January 2022

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
the bridge, glasgow road , dumfries, Dumfriesshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.swspda.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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