Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement - 2025

Statement

This statement has been published in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

It sets out the steps Supply Education Alliance LTD (SEA LTD)  Limited has taken to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and supply chains.

This statement is made as part of Supply Education Alliance LTD (SEA LTD) commitment to eliminating the exploitation of people under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act). It summarises how Supply Education Alliance LTD (SEA LTD) operates, the policies and processes in place to minimise the possibility of any problems, any risks we have identified and how we monitor them, and how we train our staff.

Company Name:

Supply Education Alliance Ltd

Policy Name:

Modern Slavery Policy

Date:

22nd August 2025

Version:

2

  1. Supply Education Alliance Ltd is committed to eliminating modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and similar human rights abuses.
  1. Supply Education Alliance Ltd is committed to ensuring that its staff and any workers it supplies (directly or indirectly) are not subject to behaviour or threats that may amount to modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and similar human rights abuses.
  1. Supply Education Alliance Ltd provides appropriate training and awareness information for all of its staff.

All of our staff receive awareness-raising information around issues involving modern slavery and human trafficking, so that they can bring any concerns they have to the attention of management.

 

  1. Any staff, workers or other parties are strongly encouraged to report any concerns or suspicions that they might have to the Office Manager and the Managing Director.
  1. Reports surrounding these issues are taken extremely seriously by senior leadership team, who are committed to ensuring that all investigations shall be prompt and effective. If our investigations reveal any issues, we are committed to taking appropriate action, including but not limited to:
  • Working with the appropriate organisations to improve standards,
  • Removing that organisation from our preferred supplier list,
  • Passing details to appropriate law enforcement bodies.
  1. We regularly monitor our risks in this area through the use of relevant key performance indicators, including:
  • The percentage of suppliers who sign up to an appropriate code / provide their own modern slavery statements,
  • The percentage of candidates supplied from audited businesses / our preferred supplier list,
  • The effectiveness of enforcement against suppliers who breach policies,
  • The amount of time spent on audits, re-audits, spot checks, and related due diligence, and
  • The level of modern slavery training and awareness amongst our staff.
  1. As part of our efforts in this area, we publish a modern slavery statement on an annual basis.
  1. We would also recommend reading this in conjunction with our other policies, including our:
  • Recruitment, Selection & Vetting policy,
  • Whistle-blowing policy.

This policy was adopted on 09.11.2021 after being agreed by our managing director.  It is reviewed annually.

 

About us

Supply Education Alliance LTD (SEA LTD) operates in the Education Sector and services schools across the South West of England region. We are committed to eliminating modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and similar human rights abuses.

Supply Education Alliance LTD (SEA LTD) is committed to ensuring that it’s staff and any workers it supplies (directly or indirectly) are not subject to behaviour or threats that may amount to modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and similar human rights abuses.

We are proud of our strength in compliance, and we are a “trade body” member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (“REC”).

 

Policies

We operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner.

These are the following:

Recruitment and selection policy: We conduct checks on all prospective employees to verify that they are eligible to work in the UK. Certain roles require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where employees may be working with vulnerable people.

Supplier Code of Conduct:

We operate this policy to ensure our suppliers operate in full compliance with the laws, rules and regulations of the countries in which they operate, and to seek similar commitments across their own supply chain

Whistleblowing Policy:

We operate this policy so that employees are able to raise concerns about how staff are being treated or practices within our business or our supply chains without fear of reprisal

Staff Code of Conduct:

We are committed to the fair treatment of all staff. Our staff code of conduct reflects our core values and expected behaviours. The code of conduct makes it clear that we have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery

Procurement Policy:

We want to make sure that potential suppliers are committed to ensuring that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place within their own supply chains. Our procurement policy and supporting procedures set out controls and checks undertaken to help verify this

Safeguarding Policy:

This policy highlights the potential risks of modern slavery and human trafficking, including how to identify signs of exploitation and how to report concerns

Due Diligence

We have in place systems to:

  • Identify and assess potential risk areas in our supply chains;
  • Audit existing and prospective suppliers;
  • Mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains; and
  • Protect whistle blowers.

This statement was approved by the Director of Supply Education Alliance LTD (SEA LTD) on 12/08/2022 and is made pursuant to the Modern Slavery Act 2015. It is reviewed annually.