# SS GREAT BRITAIN TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 262158
- **Other names:** SS "GREAT BRITAIN" PROJECT LIMITED, SS GREAT BRITAIN PROJECT LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 25, 1971
- **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=262158


## Contact

- **Address:** GREAT WESTERN DOCK, GAS FERRY ROAD, BRISTOL
- **Postcode:** BS1 6TY
- **Phone:** 01179260680
- **Email:** admin@ssgreatbritain.org
- **Website:** www.ssgreatbritain.org



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Bristol City
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2025 | £5109185 | £6187937 | £18256157 | 73 |
| Jan. 31, 2024 | £5545986 | £6437361 | £18679678 | 73 |
| Jan. 31, 2023 | £3706703 | £4713829 | £19497060 | 77 |
| Jan. 31, 2022 | £3700711 | £4440489 | £20717406 | 81 |
| Jan. 31, 2021 | £3309765 | £4110562 | £21024768 | 86 |



## Trustees

- **Matthew Jones** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 23, 2023
- Caroline-Jane Duckworth — appointed Jan. 21, 2021
- Edward John Rowberry — appointed Oct. 23, 2024
- Emma Elizabeth Millington — appointed Oct. 23, 2024
- Georgina Verity Power — appointed Jan. 27, 2025
- Kelvin John Blake — appointed Nov. 2, 2019
- Lady Sarah Porritt CBE — appointed Oct. 23, 2024
- Lois Patricia Golding — appointed June 19, 2019
- Muir Macdonald — appointed Oct. 23, 2024
- SAM MULLINS — appointed July 14, 2014