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Ss Great Britain Trust

Ss "Great Britain" Project Limited, Ss Great Britain Project Limited

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
262158
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Nov. 25, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Feb. 25, 1971
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
01000878

Address

Address
Bristol Dockyards
Gas Ferry Road
Bristol
BS1 6TY

Activities

To preserve the ship, ss Great Britain, and her building dock for all time for the public benefit of all, and to place the same upon public display as a museum for the enhancement of the public understanding and appreciation of her social, commercial and technological context and significance.

Objects: (1) To Conserve And Preserve The Ss Great Britain In The Great Western Dockyard For All Time For The Benefit Of The Public As A Ship Of Historic And Scientific Interest And To Place The Same Upon Public Display As A Museum Accessible For All.(2) To Increase The Sum Of Public Knowledge And To Promote The Study Of Maritime & Industrial Engineering & Science; Maritime Archaeology & Social History; The Life And Works Of I.k. Brunel And His Historic Context And Significance In The Modern World; And To Collect, Conserve, And Make Accessible As A Museum, Artefacts And Specimens That Demonstrate And Reflect A Tangible Link With The Past And Present Of Those Subject Areas, For The Benefit Of The Public.

Classification

How
Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Local Authority
Bristol City, Somerset, South Gloucestershire

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Jan. 31, 2025 Nov. 25, 2025On time £5,109,185 £6,187,937 £18,256,157 73
Jan. 31, 2024 Nov. 19, 2024On time £5,545,986 £6,437,361 £18,679,678 73
Jan. 31, 2023 Nov. 30, 2023On time £3,706,703 £4,713,829 £19,497,060 77
Jan. 31, 2022 Nov. 25, 2022On time £3,700,711 £4,440,489 £20,717,406 81
Jan. 31, 2021 Nov. 26, 2021On time £3,309,765 £4,110,562 £21,024,768 86

Trustees

Name Appointed
Matthew Jones (Chair) Oct. 23, 2023
Caroline-Jane Duckworth Jan. 21, 2021
Edward John Rowberry Oct. 23, 2024
Emma Elizabeth Millington Oct. 23, 2024
Lady Sarah Porritt CBE Oct. 23, 2024
Lois Patricia Golding June 19, 2019
Muir Macdonald Oct. 23, 2024
Sam Mullins July 14, 2014
Sean David Taggart June 18, 2026

Linked charities

  • The Ss Great Britain Endowment Trust (262158-1)