BROADCAST TELEVISION TECHNOLOGY TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 25 July 2018
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 6 April 2024 – 5 April 2025
Latest income: £70,886
Latest expenditure: £1,704
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 9 PRIOR CROFT CLOSE, CAMBERLEY, GU15 1DE

Website recorded by the regulator: www.bttt.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

1). To restore and preserve MCR21, a 1960s BBC television mobile control room.2). To inform and educate the public, particularly young people, about the history of MCR21 and the broadcast technology used to construct television outside broadcast units in the 1960s.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 28 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 28 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £70,886
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,704

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 2 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 2 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £4,299
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,628

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 1 February 2024
Date Accounts Received: 1 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £18,550
Total Gross Expenditure: £30,837

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 4 February 2023
Date Accounts Received: 4 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £5,567
Total Gross Expenditure: £18,675

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 8 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 8 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £45,513
Total Gross Expenditure: £44,359

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 28 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £70,886
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,704
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 2 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £4,299
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,628
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 1 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £18,550
Total Gross Expenditure: £30,837
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 4 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £5,567
Total Gross Expenditure: £18,675
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 8 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £45,513
Total Gross Expenditure: £44,359
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BROADCAST TELEVISION TECHNOLOGY TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2018-07-25T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 25 Jul 2018
Charitable Objects: THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE TECHNOLOGIES, TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT USED TO PRODUCE TELEVISION PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1) THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION AND EXHIBITION OF HISTORIC BROADCAST TELEVISION EQUIPMENT ALONG WITH ANY ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, DOCUMENTATION, RECORDINGS AND IMAGES;(2) FACILITATING AND ENCOURAGING THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AND THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, PARTICULARLY OF YOUNG PEOPLE, IN THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN USED AND DEVELOPED, SINCE THE ADVENT OF TELEVISION, TO PRODUCE TELEVISION PROGRAMMES BY ELECTRONIC MEANS;(3) RECORDING AND DOCUMENTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY OF TELEVISION TECHNOLOGY AND ITS ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND THE MEMORIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH IT.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 677925
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BTTT

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management