# PK PORTHCURNO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1189090
- **Other names:** THE PK TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 16, 2020
- **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=1189090


## Contact

- **Address:** PK Porthcurno, Eastern House, Porthcurno, PENZANCE
- **Postcode:** TR19 6JX
- **Phone:** 01736810966
- **Email:** info@pkporthcurno.com
- **Website:** www.pkporthcurno.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY IN THE SCIENCES AND THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION AND THE HISTORY OF PORTHCURNO INCLUDING WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY BY PRESERVING, RESTORING, RESEARCHING, MAINTAINING AND DOCUMENTING FOR DISPLAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE TUNNELS, THE COLLECTION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND ARTEFACTS, BUILDINGS AND DOCUMENTS AND TO UNDERTAKE ANY CHARITABLE ACTIVITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LIVING OR WORKING IN THE VICINITY OF THE CHARITY'S PROJECTS.

**Activities:** PK Porthcurno preserves the important historic buildings and collections relating to the telegraph station at Porthcurno. It educates the general public about the history of the telegraph station and provides internationally significant archive and research resources for study of the history of international telecommunications.

**Area of benefit:** LOCAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cornwall



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £969212 | £1139427 | £5116262 | 27 |
| March 31, 2024 | £731009 | £998941 | £4868255 | 34 |
| March 31, 2023 | £649102 | £885966 | £5103200 | 33 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1470053 | £920205 | £5355161 | 31 |
| March 31, 2021 | £375524 | £378044 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Andrew James MacLeod — appointed Oct. 28, 2020
- DAVID GEORGE FOOT — appointed April 28, 2021
- Deborah Tritton — appointed Oct. 1, 2020
- Dr Cassandra Rose Newland — appointed May 3, 2023
- Dr Shini Somarathne — appointed May 11, 2023
- Gordon Robert Johnston — appointed Jan. 24, 2024
- JULIE SEYLER — appointed April 24, 2024
- Professor Polina Bayvel — appointed Jan. 27, 2021
- Richard Charles Perry — appointed Oct. 1, 2020