# VICTOR BATTE LAY FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1149656
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07706484](https://opencompanies.uk/company/07706484)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1149656


## Contact

- **Address:** The Minories Art Gallery, 74 High Street, COLCHESTER
- **Postcode:** CO1 1UE
- **Phone:** 07541 311027
- **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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** COLCHESTER
- Essex





## Trustees

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




