---
title: "VICTOR BATTE LAY FOUNDATION — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/047673cc-2046-5a18-9785-e66364cf1d40
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/047673cc-2046-5a18-9785-e66364cf1d40
identifier: oo:GB-COH-07706484
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# VICTOR BATTE LAY FOUNDATION

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-07706484`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/047673cc-2046-5a18-9785-e66364cf1d40  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/047673cc-2046-5a18-9785-e66364cf1d40  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Robin Frank Matthews** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/da309db9-e6a9-5dd5-a133-473a6a672924
- **Mr Jonathan Peter Benson** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aea20502-00e0-55db-a5f5-1466bad79dc7
- **Mr Stephen Lansley** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0560f68a-fb18-5b14-a6b2-5c7855dcd591
- **Mr Martin Cyril Dines** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef5d717b-cfca-504e-b396-5b67ff0f2acc
- **Mr Martyn Ralph Carr** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a9d407d8-fe9f-5921-9b17-cd17a44f0f65
- **Mrs Mary Perrins** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a2dd23a3-17e9-530b-9abc-e9a9f4d2e4e4
- **Mrs Julia Pauline Stephen** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf8c3f01-13e9-562e-9db9-d979fbca1da7
- **Mr Benjamin Richard Coode-Adams** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d68b149-8134-5e89-a60b-e7d3820853ff
- **Mr Thomas John Hamilton Fenton** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0dd27737-cef8-5ded-912b-a2f02e900790
- **Mrs Julia Pauline Stephen** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/087f19f8-0384-47ab-83f9-f10248fcd1d7
- **We Are The Minories** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46663472-a3e6-4e37-a3f1-457c6ba0721f
- **Mr Martin Cyril Dines** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/77380f75-9b14-4f21-a6be-8cca88fb4007
- **Mr Robin Frank Matthews** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d7002b39-6134-48ca-9047-16f1877f604c
- **Mr Jonathan Peter Benson** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f325f68d-5b97-4eb4-9dfb-10533f9c8efc
- **Mr Stephen Lansley** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/56351213-cdd3-4c70-98ce-f3aea569599c
- **Mr Martyn Ralph Carr** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c9f8714d-4fcf-486d-9f7f-0c0da7f7a859
- **Mrs Mary Perrins** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5c07b3a5-4163-4b90-b100-7575de41214a
- **Mr Benjamin Richard Coode-Adams** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24d4dbe7-98bd-4f0b-adf8-24ccb25e8f3f
- **Mr Thomas John Hamilton Fenton** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/06596cb8-3017-4fd3-af71-db4ff3d4d5fd

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **19-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `07706484`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc limited exemption
- **Incorporated:** 2011-07-15
- **Registered office:** The Minories, 74 High Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1UE, England
- **SIC:** 85520, 91020

### Officers

- BACON, Edmund — director · British · appointed 2023-11-07
- DROST, Hannah Katriena — director · Dutch · appointed 2025-11-04
- LEAK, Rosemary Catherine — director · British · appointed 2026-01-14
- PAITES, Benjamin — director · British · appointed 2021-06-23
- ROCHE, Susan — director · British · appointed 2023-08-01
- STEPHEN, Julia Pauline — director · British · appointed 2018-12-17
- BARCLAY, Verity Jane — secretary · appointed 2020-11-16 · resigned 2024-03-31
- CARR, Martyn Ralph — secretary · appointed 2011-10-06 · resigned 2019-12-09
- FENTON, Thomas John Hamilton — secretary · appointed 2019-12-09 · resigned 2020-11-16
- TURNBULL, Amy — secretary · appointed 2024-03-31 · resigned 2025-11-04
- BARCLAY, Verity Jane — director · British · appointed 2020-02-03 · resigned 2024-03-31
- BENSON, Jonathan Peter — director · British · appointed 2013-05-20 · resigned 2021-05-08
- CAMMACK, David James — director · British · appointed 2011-07-15 · resigned 2011-10-06
- CARR, Martyn Ralph — director · British · appointed 2011-10-06 · resigned 2019-12-09
- CARTER, Simon — director · British · appointed 2019-12-09 · resigned 2021-11-08
- COODE-ADAMS, Benjamin Richard — director · British · appointed 2019-12-09 · resigned 2025-11-04
- COX, Ray — director · British · appointed 2022-05-23 · resigned 2023-01-14
- DE MELO, Sarah, Dr — director · Portuguese · appointed 2021-06-07 · resigned 2023-03-21
- DINES, Martin Cyril — director · British · appointed 2013-08-01 · resigned 2017-12-05
- FENTON, Thomas John Hamilton — director · British · appointed 2017-12-05 · resigned 2020-11-16

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- We Are The Minories — significant influence or control · corporate PSC · England — since 2025-11-04
- Mr Benjamin Richard Coode-Adams — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2025-11-04
- Mrs Julia Pauline Stephen — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2023-09-26
- Mr Thomas John Hamilton Fenton — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2020-11-15
- Mr Stephen Lansley — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2021-06-11
- Mr Jonathan Peter Benson — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2021-05-08
- Mrs Mary Perrins — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2020-11-16
- Mr Robin Frank Matthews — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2020-11-15
- Mr Martyn Ralph Carr — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2019-12-09
- Mr Martin Cyril Dines — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2017-12-05

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07706484
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07706484

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **VICTOR BATTE LAY FOUNDATION**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/047673cc-2046-5a18-9785-e66364cf1d40 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/047673cc-2046-5a18-9785-e66364cf1d40._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._