01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- New
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 12 May 2026
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- Not supplied – Not supplied
- Latest income
- Not supplied
- Latest expenditure
- Not supplied
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Britannia Royal Naval College, DARTMOUTH, TQ6 0HJ
02 Activities
What the charity does
The aim of the BHT is to preserve and maintain the history of Britannia Royal Naval College. It maintains a museum and archive, to promote and advance the education of the public, and in particular members of the Royal Navy and wider maritime community, of the significance of BRNC, to Britain's naval and maritime heritage, It also strives to preserve the heritage of the Grade II* building.
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Devon
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BRITANNIA HERITAGE TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2026-05-12T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 May 2026
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND WIDER MARITIME COMMUNITY, OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BRITANNIA ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE (BRNC), TO BRITAIN'S NAVAL AND MARITIME HERITAGE, A KEY ELEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL HISTORY, CULTURE, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND NATIONAL IDENTITY, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY:(A) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM (THE BRITANNIA MUSEUM) WITH A PHYSICAL AND ONLINE PRESENCE; (B) THE DOCUMENTATION AND CURATION OF THE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND ARTEFACTS IN LINE WITH MUSEUM SECTOR STANDARDS, FOR EXAMPLE THE UK MUSEUM ACCREDITATION SCHEME AND SPECTRUM: THE UK COLLECTION MANAGEMENT STANDARD;(C) THE EXHIBITION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND ARTEFACTS;(D) THE PROMOTION OF STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS, AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS;(E) PROMOTE AND FACILITATE THE PUBLICS ACCESS TO AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUILDINGS, THEIR HISTORY AND THE MUSEUMS COLLECTIONS;(F) MAINTAIN BRNC AS A VITAL AND ESSENTIAL PART OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL MARITIME HISTORY AS WELL AS BEING INTEGRAL TO THE TRADITION AND ETHOS OF THE COLLEGE AND ITS MISSION TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE FUTURE NAVAL OFFICERS, WITH THE ASPIRATION TO;(G) PRESERVE, RESTORE, CONSERVE AND REPAIR THE HERITAGE BUILDINGS OF BRNC DARTMOUTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 705471
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- BRITANNIA MUSEUM
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures