# VICTOR BATTE LAY FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1149656
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 7, 2012
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1149656


## Contact

- **Address:** The Minories Art Gallery, 74 High Street, COLCHESTER
- **Postcode:** CO1 1UE
- **Phone:** 07541311027
- **Email:** info@theminories.org
- **Website:** https://www.vblfcollection.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE LAND AND BUILDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME OWNED BY THE CHARITY AS A MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY FOR THE EXHIBITION OF A COLLECTION OR COLLECTIONS OF OBJECTS OF ANTIQUARIAN INTEREST, ART OR SCIENCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COLCHESTER AND OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 2.THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES HAVING OBJECTS CONSONANT WITH THE FOREGOING AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

**Activities:** Maintenance, development and exhibition of the Victor Batte Lay Collection of works of art, and ownership of the Minories gallery and exhibition space in Colchester.

**Area of benefit:** COLCHESTER




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2024 | £60049 | £85129 | — | — |
| July 31, 2023 | £80715 | £113648 | — | — |
| July 31, 2022 | £83695 | £74354 | — | — |
| July 31, 2021 | £160923 | £118361 | — | — |
| July 31, 2020 | £14271 | £4169 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Hannah Katriena Drost** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 4, 2025
- Benjamin Paites — appointed June 23, 2021
- Julia Pauline Stephen — appointed Dec. 17, 2018
- Nagasura Bacon — appointed Nov. 7, 2023
- Rosemary Catherine Leak — appointed Nov. 4, 2025
- Susan Roche — appointed Aug. 1, 2023