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Houghton - LE - Spring and District Piping Society

Houghton - LE - Spring and District Piping Society is a registered charity (number 1141472) based in Tyne and Wear, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £7k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Houghton Pipe Band (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £7k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£7k£9k
  • 2023£9k£8k
  • 2022£9k£2k
Earlier years
  • 2021£3k£2k
  • 2020£4k£8k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF,THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SCOTTISH PIPE BAND MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEESSEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS,2) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTEDISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS

Grants received

1 grant · £1,900 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

7.5y median 7.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£7k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1141472
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 05/12/2005AS AMENDED ON 30/03/2011
Contact on the register
07956225522 · houghtonlespringpipeband@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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