The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

SS Great Britain Trust

Registered charity 262158 Registered since 1971

Operates: Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

3.6y median 2y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9Other Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 15Business services 9Finance 7

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.5 in 2021

73 from 86 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bristoldockyards.org
Emailhello@bristoldockyards.org
Phone01179260680
AddressBRISTOL DOCKYARDS, GAS FERRY ROAD, BRISTOL, BS1 6TY

Finances

£5,109,185 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,309,765£4,110,562
2022£3,700,711£4,440,489
2023£3,706,703£4,713,829
2024£5,545,986£6,437,361
2025£5,109,185£6,187,937

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable 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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/01/1971AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/06/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 29/06/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/08/2012

Trustees (10)

10trustees
61median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

SS Great Britain Trust · 01000878 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 27/01/1971

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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