01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC055808
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- Not supplied
- Postcode
- EH2 1DD
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The purposes of SSPDT are the advancement of education, the arts, heritage and culture, and community development, by: (a)Encouraging, in particular (but not exclusively) across Scotland and amongst young people, the uptake and playing of the chanter, pipes and drums, and, if appropriate, such other musical instruments (traditional or otherwise) where they are used in the playing of music in combination with the pipes and/or highland drums. (b)Serving as a national organisation for the promotion and provision of tuition in piping and highland drumming, particularly through the establishment and development of school pipe bands. This shall include (but not be limited to) the administration and management of the Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships. and (c)Broadening young people's education, in particular their musical and social skills.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | Not supplied | — | Not supplied |
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
- Room 1, Thistle Court, 1–2 Thistle Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://sspdt.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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