CCEW Charity Commission profile

ASYLUM STORIES: ROOM AT THE INN

Registered charity 1217826 · organisation 5274769

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
New
Charity type
CIO
Registered
28 April 2026
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
Not supplied – Not supplied
Latest income
Not supplied
Latest expenditure
Not supplied
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
Yes

Public contact address: 625 Upper Richmond Road West, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 5DU

02 Activities

What the charity does

Asylum Stories: Room at the Inn seeks to advance education by creating an oral history archive that documents and shares the personal stories of asylum-seekers who are or have been accommodated in UK hotels and other government-provided accommodation to raise awareness of the lived experiences of migration and foster greater understanding and empathy.

03 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Region
Geographic Area Description
Throughout England
Welsh Ind
No

04 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services
Classification Code
206
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Defined Groups
Classification Code
104
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Disability
Classification Code
113
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Economic/community Development/employment
Classification Code
115
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
307
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training

05 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
ASYLUM STORIES: ROOM AT THE INN
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
CIO registration
Date Of Event
2026-04-28T00:00:00

06 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Apr 2026
Charitable Objects
(1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND DIVERSE HERITAGE BY CREATING AN ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE THAT DOCUMENTS AND SHARES THE PERSONAL STORIES OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS ACCOMMODATION IN UK HOTELS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED ACCOMMODATION. THIS INITIATIVE SEEKS TO FOSTER GREATER UNDERSTANDING, EMPATHY AND SOLIDARITY BETWEEN MIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND THE WIDER PUBLIC. (2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY AND EQUITY AND DIVERSITY BY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF MIGRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF UK GOVERNMENT POLICIES SINCE MARCH 2020. THROUGH THESE COLLECTED NARRATIVES, THE PROJECT AIMS TO INFORM PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND CONTRIBUTE TO MORE INCLUSIVE AND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICYMAKING. THE AUDIO RECORDINGS ALSO PROVIDE AN ESSENTIAL SOURCE MATERIAL FROM THOSE NOT REPRESENTED IN TRADITIONAL SOURCES. (3) TO BENEFIT ASYLUM-SEEKERS HOUSED IN HOTEL AND OTHER GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED ACCOMMODATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES DURING AND SINCE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND FIND RELIEF THROUGH ENGAGING WITH A SUPPORTIVE NETWORK BUILT AROUND THE CHARITY'S ACTIVITIES; AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, EDUCATORS, RESEARCHERS AND POLICYMAKERS WHO SEEK ACCESS TO AUTHENTIC, FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF THE HUMAN IMPACT AND COMPLEXITIES OF UK ASYLUM POLICIES SINCE THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC. THESE NARRATIVES OFFER VALUABLE INSIGHTS THAT ARE OFTEN ABSENT FROM MAINSTREAM DISCOURSE.