OSCR Scottish charity profile

Pipe Band Aid

ActiveCharity number SC052409
Registered16 March 2023
Main locationGlasgow City
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC052409
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
KA15 2EB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Pipe Band Aid (registered charity - SC052409) are a group of pipers and drummers from various bands across Scotland, who play together while our bucket-shakers collect money for charity.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of health
  • the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The organisation's purposes are: * the advancement of the arts, heritage and culture through: Promoting and encouraging the playing and enjoyment of pipe band music. Providing an opportunity for pipers and drummers from different bands to play with each other outside of a formal band setting and promoting community wellbeing through networking. Providing a service to the wider community by making available pipers and drummers for suitable community and other events. including events which raise funds for national and international charities and good causes. * The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. The prevention or relief of poverty and the advancement of health through the providing of grants to registered charities and/or nonprofit organisations that have charitable purposes to further the aforementioned purposes.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

3 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£00Not supplied
31 March 2025£8,658£9,391021 December 2025
31 March 2024£7,269£6,400024 July 2024

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
82 Lomond Crescent , Beith , North Ayrshire
Website supplied to OSCR
https://www.pipebandaid.com/
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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