# SS GREAT BRITAIN TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 262158
- **Other names:** SS &quot;GREAT BRITAIN&quot; PROJECT LIMITED, SS GREAT BRITAIN PROJECT LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01000878](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01000878)
- **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&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=262158


## Contact

- **Address:** GREAT WESTERN DOCK, GAS FERRY ROAD, BRISTOL
- **Postcode:** BS1 6TY
- **Phone:** 0117 926 0680
- **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 &amp; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING &amp; SCIENCE; MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY &amp; 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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- Bristol City
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | 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 |
| Georgina Verity Power |  | Jan. 27, 2025 |
| Kelvin John Blake |  | Nov. 2, 2019 |
| Lady Sarah Porritt CBE |  | Oct. 23, 2024 |
| Lois Patricia Golding |  | June 19, 2019 |
| Muir Macdonald |  | Oct. 23, 2024 |
| SAM MULLINS |  | July 14, 2014 |



## Linked charities

- THE SS GREAT BRITAIN ENDOWMENT TRUST (262158-1)



