# PK PORTHCURNO

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&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=1189090


## Contact

- **Address:** PK Porthcurno, Eastern House, Porthcurno, PENZANCE
- **Postcode:** TR19 6JX
- **Phone:** 01736 810966
- **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&#x27;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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LOCAL
- Cornwall





## Trustees

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




