THE NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-24 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-7.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+8.3% vs 2024
Employees
64
+4.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£244K
+52.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE 2002-03-05 → present
- THE PIPING CENTRE 1992-07-10 → 2002-03-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,960,742 | £3,195,289 | |
| Operating profit | £160,321 | £244,396 | |
| Profit before tax | £160,321 | £244,396 | |
| Net profit | £160,321 | £244,396 | |
| Cash | £1,226,774 | £1,139,066 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,953,299 | £3,197,695 | |
| Net assets | £2,953,299 | £3,197,695 | |
| Equity | £2,953,299 | £3,197,695 | |
| Average employees | 61 | 64 | |
| Wages | £1,099,916 | £1,078,791 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.4% | 7.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.56x | 2.25x | |
| Interest cover | 28.89x | 32.23x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- McLay McAlister & McGibbon LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“There are no known material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE · parent
- The Piping Centre Trading Limited 1%
Significant events
- “Organised seven major Piping competitions in person and several amateur competitions.”
- “Held the inaugural NPC Charity dinner to generate funds for charitable work.”
- “The 51st edition of the Glenfiddich Piping Championship was live streamed.”
- “The Competition league for Amateur Solo Pipers (CLASP) continued with online programme.”
- “Activities of the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland included three ensemble bands, composers/tutors programmes, outreach events and an end of year concert.”
- “The National Piping Centre Museum updated exhibits and saw continued attendance growth.”
- “The online publication "Bagpipe.News" became the main vehicle for competition results, news, commentary and history.”
- “Continued "Piping For Health" programme in partnership with Dumfries House and Kings Foundation with national media interest and new funding sources.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORRISON, Fraser Stuart | Secretary | 1996-05-23 | — | British |
| IVORY, Brian Gammell, Sir | Director | 1995-04-10 | Apr 1949 | British |
| IVORY, Oona Mhairi Macphie | Director | 1992-07-10 | Jul 1954 | British |
| MACNEILL, Colin James | Director | 2018-04-30 | Jul 1968 | British |
| MCCUE, Kirsteen Carrick, Professor | Director | 2019-09-16 | Dec 1967 | British |
| MORRISON, Fraser Stuart | Director | 2003-03-19 | Jan 1959 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Alan Scott | Director | 2025-05-01 | Nov 1959 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPEIRS, Thomas | Secretary | 1992-07-10 | 1992-11-03 |
| TAIT, George Daniel | Secretary | 1992-11-03 | 1996-05-23 |
| FORBES, Alan Rennie | Director | 1995-04-10 | 2023-03-13 |
| GORDON, Alexander Grant | Director | 1992-07-10 | 1996-05-23 |
| LOWE, Martin John Brodie, Dr | Director | 1999-12-06 | 2011-10-10 |
| MACNEILL, Seumas | Director | 1992-07-10 | 1996-04-04 |
| MCRAE, Malcolm | Director | 1995-04-10 | 2004-11-03 |
| MEEHAN, Anthony Edward | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2005-11-02 |
| MOORHOUSE, John Edwin | Director | 1998-02-16 | 2002-10-30 |
| RAMSAY, Allan Grant | Director | 1998-04-29 | 2025-06-25 |
| ROY, Graeme Douglas, Professor | Director | 2017-06-07 | 2018-12-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+7.9%
£2,960,742 £3,195,289
-
Cash
-7.1%
£1,226,774 £1,139,066
-
Net assets
+8.3%
£2,953,299 £3,197,695
-
Employees
+4.9%
61 64
-
Operating profit
+52.4%
£160,321 £244,396
-
Profit before tax
+52.4%
£160,321 £244,396
-
Wages
-1.9%
£1,099,916 £1,078,791
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers