SS Great Britain Trust

Active01000878 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
27 January 1971 (55 years)
Previously known as
SS 'Great Britain' Project Limited (until 7 June 2002)
Industry
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions (91030)
Directors
Sarah Elizabeth Porritt
Controlled by
Sean David Taggart
Sarah Elizabeth Porritt
Emma Elizabeth Millington
Accounts type
Group
Region
South West
Address
1 Brunel Square
Bristol
BS1 6UP

Filing status

Accounts due
31 December 2026
Last accounts
31 January 2025
Conf. stmt due
8 June 2027
Last conf. stmt
25 May 2026

Charges

Total
1
Outstanding
1
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
0

Officers 10 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Director · Appointed 18 June 2026
Also at SS 'Great Britain' Trading Limited
British
Born January 1965 (61)
Hussey, Emma Jane
Secretary · Appointed 14 July 2025
Director · Appointed 18 April 2024
Also at The Harbour, Modular Digital Ltd · more companies
British
Born April 1977 (49)
Porritt, Sarah Elizabeth
Director · Appointed 18 April 2024
British
Born January 1953 (73)
Director · Appointed 18 January 2024
British
Born January 1958 (68)
Director · Appointed 18 January 2024
Also at Gwe Business West Ltd, Business West (Holdings) · more companies
British
Born August 1975 (51)
Director · Appointed 23 October 2023
British
Born September 1977 (49)
Duckworth, Caroline-Jane
Director · Appointed 21 January 2021
British
Born July 1961 (65)
Director · Appointed 19 June 2019
British,American
Born December 1953 (72)
Director · Appointed 14 July 2014
British
Born November 1954
Officer history (74 former)
13 September 2026
Resigned Power, Georgina Verity as Director
22 June 2026
Resigned Blake, Kelvin John as Director
18 June 2026
Appointed Taggart, Sean David as Director
14 July 2025
Appointed Hussey, Emma Jane as Secretary
27 January 2025
Appointed Power, Georgina Verity as Director
10 January 2025
Resigned Spreadbury, Angela Caroline as Secretary
29 October 2024
Resigned Lock, Kerry Anthony as Director
29 October 2024
Resigned Joyner, Gene Austin as Director
18 April 2024
Resigned Berresford, James Whistler as Director
18 April 2024
Appointed Porritt, Sarah Elizabeth as Director
18 April 2024
Appointed Millington, Emma Elizabeth as Director
18 January 2024
Resigned Mckenna, James Anthony Patrick as Director
18 January 2024
Appointed Rowberry, Edward John as Director
18 January 2024
Appointed Macdonald, Muir as Director
23 October 2023
Appointed Jones, Matthew Stephen as Director
13 October 2022
Resigned Maher, Charlotte Tamsyn as Director
13 October 2022
Resigned Doe, Helen Roberta, Dr as Director
21 January 2021
Appointed Duckworth, Caroline-Jane as Director
24 November 2020
Appointed Joyner, Gene Austin as Director
2 November 2019
Appointed Blake, Kelvin John as Director
19 June 2019
Appointed Maher, Charlotte Tamsyn as Director
19 June 2019
Appointed Golding, Lois Patricia as Director
19 June 2019
Resigned Moore, Dinah Anne as Director
19 June 2019
Resigned Stam, Jan Aris as Director
27 January 2019
11 July 2018
Resigned Green, Colin Henry as Director
11 July 2018
Resigned Golding, Peaches as Director
13 July 2017
Appointed Mckenna, James Anthony Patrick as Director
15 June 2017
Resigned Mcmurray, Henry Campbell as Director
15 June 2017
Resigned Booy, Chris as Director
28 February 2017
Resigned Ramseyer, Lucy as Director
11 January 2017
Appointed Berresford, James Whistler as Director
7 July 2016
Appointed Ramseyer, Lucy as Director
7 July 2016
Resigned Hollingdale, John Anthony as Director
7 July 2016
Resigned Watson, Grant Stephen as Director
26 November 2015
Appointed Lock, Kerry Anthony as Director
25 June 2015
Resigned Lewis, Malcolm Quentin as Director
25 June 2015
25 June 2015
Resigned Macmahon, Cara Mary Elizabeth as Director
14 July 2014
Appointed Mullins, Samuel Patrick as Director
25 June 2014
Resigned Heighton, Martin John as Director
25 June 2014
Appointed Doe, Helen Roberta, Dr as Director
18 June 2013
17 June 2013
Appointed Stam, Jan Aris as Director
28 November 2012
Appointed Moore, Dinah Anne as Director
26 November 2012
Resigned Doe, Helen as Director
18 June 2012
Resigned Brinnand, Janet Clare as Director
18 June 2012
Resigned Sienesi, Julie Mary as Secretary
18 June 2012
Appointed Spreadbury, Angela Caroline as Secretary
18 June 2012
Appointed Golding, Peaches as Director
29 June 2011
Resigned Cooke, Edward Stephen Ellard as Director
31 January 2011
Appointed Booy, Chris as Director
5 June 2010
Resigned Mackenzie, Elizabeth F D, Dr as Director
26 April 2010
Appointed Watson, Grant Stephen as Director
1 February 2010
Resigned Smedley, Roger William as Director
1 October 2009
Appointed Lewis, Malcolm Quentin as Director
23 June 2009
Appointed Doe, Helen as Director
23 June 2009
Appointed Macmahon, Cara Mary Elizabeth as Director
26 March 2009
Resigned Sherwood, Peter Louis Michael as Director
25 June 2008
Appointed Mcmurray, Henry Campbell as Director
25 June 2008
Appointed Heighton, Martin John as Director
25 June 2008
Resigned Pool, John Richard as Director
25 June 2008
Resigned Lewis, Malcolm Quentin as Director
14 June 2007
Resigned Heighton, Martin John as Director
14 June 2007
Resigned Stradling, Kenneth Walter as Director
14 June 2007
14 June 2007
Appointed Sherwood, Peter Louis Michael as Director
14 June 2007
Appointed Gipps, Jonathan Henry William, Dr as Director
26 January 2007
Resigned Young, Christopher John as Director
15 November 2006
Resigned Hicks, Gerald Anthony William as Director
15 November 2006
Resigned Holland, Helen as Director
15 November 2006
Resigned Starkey, David John, Doctor as Director
15 November 2006
Resigned Mordaunt, Terence Charles as Director
15 November 2006
Resigned Mitchell, Alexander Tolmie as Director
15 November 2006
Resigned Ord, David Charles as Director
15 November 2006
15 November 2006
Resigned Hughes, Geoffrey Thomas as Director
23 June 2006
Appointed Green, Colin Henry as Director
8 August 2005
Resigned Corlett, Ewan Christian Brew as Director
22 June 2005
Resigned Parkes, David Michael as Director
22 June 2005
Resigned Richards, Brian Barry, Alderman as Director
22 June 2005
Resigned Wall, Robert, Sir as Director
22 June 2005
Resigned Howard, Donald Euan Palmer, Lord Strathcona as Director
22 June 2005
Appointed Cooke, Edward Stephen Ellard as Director
22 June 2005
Resigned Hill, Richard as Director
29 June 2004
Resigned Hayward, Jack Arnold, Sir as Director
29 June 2004
19 September 2003
Appointed Hughes, Geoffrey Thomas as Director
29 June 2003
Resigned Burn, John Andrew Southerden as Director
5 June 2003
Resigned Loftus, David John as Director
5 June 2003
Resigned Blake, Joe Reginald, Commander as Director
9 April 2003
Resigned Greenhill, Basil Jack, Doctor as Director
30 March 2003
Appointed Hollingdale, John Anthony as Director
19 December 2002
Resigned Flower, Edward James William, Rear Admiral as Director
20 November 2002
Appointed Mackenzie, Elizabeth F D, Dr as Director
20 November 2002
Appointed Brinnand, Janet Clare as Director
7 April 2001
Appointed Sienesi, Julie Mary as Secretary
6 April 2001
Resigned Johnson, David Anthony as Secretary
1 March 2001
Appointed Holland, Helen as Director
3 May 2000
Appointed Young, Christopher John as Director
3 May 2000
Appointed Mordaunt, Terence Charles as Director
3 May 2000
Appointed Ord, David Charles as Director
3 May 2000
Appointed Lewis, Malcolm Quentin as Director
1 November 1999
Appointed Johnson, David Anthony as Secretary
30 September 1999
Resigned Hawes, Margaret Anne as Secretary
28 April 1999
Appointed Andrews, Michael Laurence Alford as Director
28 April 1999
Appointed Loftus, David John as Director
28 April 1999
Appointed Stradling, Kenneth Walter as Director
28 April 1999
Resigned Beaumont, Max as Director
30 March 1999
Resigned Anstey, John Swithin Cambell Knight as Director
5 November 1998
Resigned Brandes, Laurence Henry as Director
29 April 1998
Appointed Heighton, Martin John as Director
23 April 1997
23 April 1997
Appointed Starkey, David John, Doctor as Director
23 March 1995
Resigned Goold-Adams, Richard John Moreton as Director
3 March 1995
Appointed Andrews, Michael Laurence Alford as Director
22 February 1995
Resigned Martin, Ian James Francis as Director
1 November 1994
Appointed Hawes, Margaret Anne as Secretary
1 November 1994
Resigned Parkes, David Michael as Secretary
27 April 1994
Appointed Smedley, Roger William as Director
26 April 1994
Resigned Wheddon, Brian Harwood as Secretary
26 April 1994
Appointed Parkes, David Michael as Secretary
17 November 1993
Appointed Anstey, John Swithin Cambell Knight as Director
13 May 1993
Resigned Adley, Robert as Director
28 April 1993
Resigned Walker, Frederick Mosley as Director
28 April 1993
Resigned Macgregor, David Roy as Director
18 November 1992
Appointed Pool, John Richard as Director
15 April 1992
Resigned Storar, Leonore as Director
15 April 1992
Resigned Custance, Eric Corris Denys as Director
15 April 1992
Resigned Henley, Douglas Owen, Sir as Director
20 November 1991
Appointed Griffiths, Denis as Secretary
20 November 1991
Resigned Griffiths, Denis as Secretary
20 November 1991
Appointed Wheddon, Brian Harwood as Secretary

Ownership 9 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Individual · Notified 18 June 2026
Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
British
Born January 1965 (61)
Sarah Elizabeth Porritt
Individual · Notified 18 April 2024
Right to appoint and remove directors
British
Born January 1953 (73)
Individual · Notified 18 April 2024
Right to appoint and remove directors
British
Born April 1977 (49)
Individual · Notified 18 January 2024
Has significant influence or control (as a trust)
British
Born September 1977 (49)
Individual · Notified 18 January 2024
Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
British
Born August 1975 (51)
Individual · Notified 18 January 2024
Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
British
Born January 1958 (68)
Caroline-Jane Duckworth
Individual · Notified 21 January 2021
Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
British
Born July 1961 (65)
Individual · Notified 19 June 2019
Right to appoint and remove directors
British
Born December 1953 (72)
Individual · Notified 6 April 2016
Right to appoint and remove directors
British
Born November 1954

Holdings 1

Companies where SS Great Britain Trust is registered as a person with significant control

Owns 75–100% of shares
Active
Former controllers (15)
13 September 2026
Ceased Georgina Verity Power — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
22 June 2026
Ceased Kelvin John Blake — Right to appoint and remove directors
29 October 2024
Ceased Kerry Anthony Lock — Has significant influence or control
29 October 2024
Ceased Gene Austin Joyner — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
18 April 2024
Ceased James Whistler Berresford — Right to appoint and remove directors
18 January 2024
Ceased James Anthony Patrick Mckenna — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
13 October 2022
Ceased Charlotte Tamsyn Maher — Right to appoint and remove directors
13 October 2022
Ceased Helen Roberta Doe — Right to appoint and remove directors
19 June 2019
Ceased Dinah Anne Moore — Has significant influence or control
19 June 2019
Ceased Jan Aris Stam — Right to appoint and remove directors
27 January 2019
Ceased Rosamund Jane Sutherland — Right to appoint and remove directors
11 July 2018
Ceased Colin Henry Green — Has significant influence or control
11 July 2018
Ceased Peaches Golding — Right to appoint and remove directors
15 June 2017
Ceased Chris Booy — Right to appoint and remove directors
15 June 2017
Ceased Henry Campbell Mcmurray — Right to appoint and remove directors

What Ss Great Britain Trust say about themselves

“Visit Bristol Dockyards on Bristol's iconic harbourside - home of the SS Great Britain, Being Brunel Museum and world-class Brunel Institute.”

— from bristoldockyards.org

Filings 262

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
16 September 2026Termination of appointment of a director
16 September 2026Cessation of a person with significant control
7 August 2026Termination of appointment of a director
30 June 2026Appointment of a director
30 June 2026Cessation of a person with significant control
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