# BROADCAST TELEVISION TECHNOLOGY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1179333
- **Other names:** BTTT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 25, 2018
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1179333


## Contact

- **Address:** 9 PRIOR CROFT CLOSE, CAMBERLEY
- **Postcode:** GU15 1DE
- **Phone:** 01276677879
- **Email:** brian@mcr21.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bttt.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE TECHNOLOGIES, TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT USED TO PRODUCE TELEVISION PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1) THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION AND EXHIBITION OF HISTORIC BROADCAST TELEVISION EQUIPMENT ALONG WITH ANY ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, DOCUMENTATION, RECORDINGS AND IMAGES;(2) FACILITATING AND ENCOURAGING THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AND THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, PARTICULARLY OF YOUNG PEOPLE, IN THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN USED AND DEVELOPED, SINCE THE ADVENT OF TELEVISION, TO PRODUCE TELEVISION PROGRAMMES BY ELECTRONIC MEANS;(3) RECORDING AND DOCUMENTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY OF TELEVISION TECHNOLOGY AND ITS ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND THE MEMORIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH IT.

**Activities:** 1). To restore and preserve MCR21, a 1960s BBC television mobile control room.2). To inform and educate the public, particularly young people, about the history of MCR21 and the broadcast technology used to construct television outside broadcast units in the 1960s.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £70886 | £1704 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £4299 | £2628 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £18550 | £30837 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £5567 | £18675 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £45513 | £44359 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **BRIAN SUMMERS** (Chair) — appointed March 31, 2018
- Andrew Peakin — appointed Sept. 11, 2024
- Deborah Charlotte Peakin — appointed Jan. 28, 2026
- JOHN FRANK TRENOUTH — appointed March 31, 2018
- Jeremy Ellis Owen — appointed Oct. 11, 2019
- Paul Robert Read — appointed Sept. 11, 2024
- RONALD NICHOLAS DASHWOOD GILBEY — appointed March 31, 2018