# THE UNDERFALL YARD TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1041863
- **Other names:** UNDERFALL RESTORATION TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [02885156](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02885156)
- **Registered:** Nov. 2, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1041863


## Contact

- **Address:** Cumberland Road, Bristol, Bristol
- **Postcode:** BS1 6XG
- **Phone:** 0117 929 3250
- **Email:** info@underfallyard.co.uk
- **Website:** www.underfallyard.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL IN THE COUNTY OF AVON AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, THE UNDERFALL YARD WHICH IS OF PARTICULAR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST. IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT DEROGATING FROM THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO:-1) RAISE SUFFICIENT FUNDS FROM, INTERALIA, THE CITY COUNCIL OF BRISTOL, ENGLISH HERITAGE AND OTHER SOURCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE UNDERFALL YARD RESTORATION PROJECT. 2) OBTAIN A LONG TERM LEASE OF THE UNDERFALL YARD FROM THE CITY OF BRISTOL. 3)TO PROCURE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF BRISTOL WILL TAKE WHATEVER ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE UNDERFALL YARD WILL BE USED AS AN HISTORIC WORKING BOATYARD AND A MUSEUM FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST 20 YEARS PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE TRUST SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

**Activities:** The Trust manages the Underfall Yard site, including the Patent Slipway, and is responsible for the restoration and maintenance of buildings and machinery. The majority of buildings are let out to Maritime Businesses to nurture maritime skills in Bristol. The Trust improves public access and understanding through the Visitor Centre, opportunities for learning and operation of historic machinery.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** COUNTY OF AVON
- Bristol City
- Gloucestershire
- Somerset





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **JAMES ROBERT DURIE** | Chair | Nov. 19, 2011 |
| Alison Hope |  | June 17, 2025 |
| Christopher Duncan White Mr |  | March 25, 2025 |
| IAN ROYCE WILKINSON |  |  |
| Jessica Jones |  | June 17, 2025 |
| John Potter |  | Dec. 3, 2024 |
| Nicola Helen Watt |  | June 30, 2014 |
| Nils Arne Goran Ringner |  | Sept. 1, 2016 |
| Peter Alard Insole |  | Feb. 10, 2023 |
| Richard Michael Peter Holden |  | Oct. 24, 2013 |




