Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -11 ?

VICTOR BATTE-LAY TRUST 

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.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • This charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
05/04/23£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/22*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/19£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/18*£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17£2£3£-1£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16£2£4£-2£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£2£4£-2£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14£2£8£-6£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£2£4£-2£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12*£1£4£-2£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11*£1£3£-1£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10*£4£5£-2£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09*£3£14£-11£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/08£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07£3£5£-2£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05£4£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 61 years

www.vblfcollection.org.uk

vblfsecretary@gmail.com

07541311027

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/08/1963, number: 310662
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 2 days late, AR18: 241 days late, AR12: 73 days late, AR11: 61 days late, AR10: 34 days late, AR09: 68 days late,
Main office

The Minories Art Gallery
74 High Street
COLCHESTER
CO1 1UE

Objectives

(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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COLCHESTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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