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.
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
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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
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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
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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.