ROOM TO HEAL

Registered charity 1128857 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROOM 2 HEAL, ROOM2HEAL

Room to Heal is a healing community for asylum seekers and refugees who have suffered torture and gross human rights violations. It provides therapeutic support groups,individual counselling/casework, and a range of creative activities, including a Mindfulness for trauma programme, a community gardening/social project, story-telling workshops, ESOL classes and rural community building retreats.

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Latest income

£442k

Latest spending

£437k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £34,627 for the year, with total income of £457,875 against expenditure of £492,502. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £164,777, which falls within the stated reserves policy target of £110,400 to £220,800. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Trusts and Foundations (95% of income)

“The majority of income raised in 2024 was from Trusts and Foundations (c. 95%), as in previous years.” — page 22

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Room to Heal (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

AB Charitable Trust — “Our funding partners currently include: AB Charitable Trust” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Areej Mohamed Yassin Osman
EMEKA FORBES-HASTINGS-BROWN
Emily Haisley
MICHELLE KNORR · trustee of 1 other charity
Rim Ibrahim Rahimtulla
Susannah Fairweather

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£442k	£437k
31/12/2024	£458k	£493k
31/12/2023	£424k	£432k
31/12/2022	£359k	£343k
31/12/2021	£312k	£358k

Common questions

Is ROOM TO HEAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £34,627 for the year, with total income of £457,875 against expenditure of £492,502. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £164,777, which falls within the stated reserves policy target of £110,400 to £220,800. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ROOM TO HEAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROOM TO HEAL as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, THE RODDICK FOUNDATION, THE BROMLEY TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2023	£40k	Theme of the Year
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£32k
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	FY2023	£18k	Unrestricted funding
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	FY2022	£16k
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	FY2026	£15k
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2024	£15k	Human Rights
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£15k
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2023	£15k	Human Rights
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£15k
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£15k	Health and wellbeing grants
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£15k	Mental Health grants
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£15k	Health and wellbeing grants
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2025	£15k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k	Migrants and Refugees
THE SUTASOMA TRUST	FY2025	£8k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION	FY2023	£8k
The Merchant Taylors' Foundation	FY2022	£6k	Other
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	FY2024	£5k	Relief of Poverty
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Human Rights
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Mount Fund - Homelessness
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2022	£5k	The Mount Fund - Homelessness
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2025	£4k	Mount Fund - Refugee and Asylum seekers
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	FY2021	£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Ann Rylands Small Donations
THE SUTASOMA TRUST	FY2024	£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
A B Charitable Trust	21/01/2026	£25k	A grant to Room to Heal
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/12/2025	£20k	Improving the lives of mothers who have survived torture and their children
A B Charitable Trust	23/01/2025	£15k	A grant to Room to Heal
Sport England	16/12/2024	£6k	Moving & Healing Together
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/10/2024	£20k	Healing & Growing Together
A B Charitable Trust	25/01/2024	£15k	A grant to Room to Heal
Crowdfunder	05/09/2022	£5k	Local Action Fund
Postcode Lottery	27/05/2022	£25k	Improving mental wellbeing for refugees & asylum seekers/torture survivors
A B Charitable Trust	09/09/2021	£10k	A grant to Room to Heal
Barrow Cadbury Trust	25/08/2020	£46k	COVID-19 - Room2Heal
City Bridge Foundation	21/05/2020	£185k	Grant to Room to Heal
A B Charitable Trust	10/10/2019	£10k	A grant to Room to Heal
A B Charitable Trust	15/10/2018	£10k	A grant to Room to Heal
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/05/2018	£9k	Platform 11 - participatory arts project
A B Charitable Trust	31/10/2017	£10k	A grant to Room to Heal
A B Charitable Trust	25/10/2016	£10k	Therapy and casework for torture survivors
A B Charitable Trust	26/06/2015	£10k	Holistic, healing community for torture survivors
City Bridge Foundation	15/05/2014	£120k	Grant to Room to Heal
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/01/2009	£9k	"A Project By This Camden Based Group To Conduct A Story-Telling Project Focusing On The Lives Of Refugees Who Have Suffered Gross Human Righ"
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/01/2009	£9k	Room2Heal (R2H) Refugee Stories Project

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	2	£360k
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS	1	£495k
PROJECT GIVING BACK	1	£342k
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION	1	£250k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£215k
CHOOSE LOVE	1	£185k
THE BROOK TRUST	1	£157k
THE BREADSTICKS FOUNDATION	1	£64k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOSPITAL ROOMS.

HOSPITAL ROOMS income £1.9m
THE LIVING ROOM income £854k
THE LIVING ROOM income £854k
AMNA REFUGEE HEALING NETWORK CIO income £2.4m
SUPPORT A SURVIVOR OF TORTURE income £263k
ROOM TO REWARD income £141k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROOM TO HEAL	£442k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOSPITAL ROOMS FY2025	£1.9m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LIVING ROOM FY2025	£854k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LIVING ROOM FY2025	£854k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AMNA REFUGEE HEALING NETWORK CIO FY2024	£2.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUPPORT A SURVIVOR OF TORTURE FY2025	£263k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.