SHEILA COATES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1188092 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancing the education and mental health of children and young people in England who have autism

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PERSONS, ESPECIALLY PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 30 WHO HAVE AUTISM AND RELATED CONDITIONS (BENEFICIARIES), BY MAKING GRANTS AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £829,605, with total free reserves of £859,605. The trustees maintain these reserves to protect the continuity of work and cover risks, noting that all funds are unrestricted and expendable at their discretion. The charity reported a net income of £767,143 for the year, driven by significant donations from a benefactor.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Jaspal Pachu — Chair of the Board of Trustees (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben Peter Delo · trustee of 1 other charity
• David James Coates MBACP
• Jaspal Pachu
• Jonathan Mark Ericson BA FCA
• Judge Vera Mayer M.Sc
• Mary Vipont Hartshorne M.A.
• Sarah Louise Harris Dr

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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