# VICTOR BATTE-LAY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 310662
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 8, 1963
- **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=310662


## Contact

- **Address:** The Minories Art Gallery, 74 High Street, COLCHESTER
- **Postcode:** CO1 1UE
- **Phone:** 07925508417
- **Email:** info@theminories.org
- **Website:** www.vblfcollection.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE LAND AND BUILDINGS SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE 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 FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

**Activities:** The Trust holds the Victor Batte Lay art collection in Colchester, and owns the Minories. The activity and assets of the Trust have been transferred to the Victor Batte Lay Foundation, a charitable company.

**Area of benefit:** COLCHESTER




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Amy Turnbull — appointed July 25, 2020
- Benjamin Richard Coode-Adams — appointed Dec. 9, 2019
- Julia Pauline Stephen — appointed Dec. 9, 2019