About us

The ss Great Britain Trust Mission Statement

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, scientific, and technological context and significance.

The ss Great Britain Trust is a Registered Charity, number 262158.  It is a company limited by guarantee.

Its aims are to conserve the ship and to put her on public display for the enjoyment and education of all.

The ss Great Britain Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees who have ultimate responsibility for the ship’s conservation and the organisation’s work. The Board establishes the policies which shape all aspects of the Trust’s work. Trustees are elected from among the general members of the Trust in an annual ballot. For further information about membership or other ways to support the Trust, please see the support us pages.

Download the ss Great Britain Trust’s Memorandum and Articles of Association.

The Trust’s Director, is responsible to the Board for pursuing strategic goals and for the day-to-day activities of the Trust.

The Director leads a team of 45 staff and more than 50 volunteers across five departments: Curatorial and Education Services, Visitor Services and Events, Development and Communications, Technical and Conservation Services and Finance.

The ss Great Britain Trading Ltd, which runs the Trust’s visitor services, retail, catering and venue hire operations, is a company limited by guarantee, which gift aids its profits on an annual basis to the ss Great Britain Trust.

Brunel’s ss Great Britain is the brand name of the Trust’s visitor attraction and venue hire operations.

The ss Great Britain Endowment Trust is an unincorporated Registered Charity, number 262158.1, that protects and manages the endowed and other funds of the ss Great Britain Trust, the income from which is re-invested in the on-going care and maintenance of the ship and dockyard.