Modern Slavery Statement

For the financial year ending 29 March 2025.
Last updated: 26 May 2026.

Introduction

At Supported Living Services Ltd and SLS Housing Association (together, “SLS”), we are committed to conducting our business in a lawful and ethical manner. We stand against modern slavery and human trafficking in all its forms, and we work to ensure that our operations and supply chains are free from such practices.

This statement is published on a voluntary basis: SLS's annual turnover is below the £36 million threshold at which Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 makes publication mandatory. We publish it anyway because we believe the principles in Section 54 reflect good practice for any organisation working with vulnerable people. The statement covers Supported Living Services Ltd for the financial year above. SLS Housing Association was registered as a Community Benefit Society on 15 May 2026 (FCA Mutuals Public Register No. 9778), and adopts these same standards from its registration date forward; its first full-year statement will follow at the end of its first complete financial year (31 March 2027).

Our business

SLS operates in the health, social care and supported-housing sector. Our head office is at 49 Waddington Road, London, E15 1QL. We employ over 50 people and provide supported-housing services to over 30 local authorities across England. We provide care and support to adults with complex mental health needs, learning disabilities and autism, and we operate properties across London and East Sussex.

Our policies on slavery and human trafficking

We have a clear policy against modern slavery and human trafficking. We are committed to transparency in our business and in our supply chains. As part of our contracting processes, we include specific prohibitions against the use of forced, compulsory or trafficked labour, and against holding any person in slavery or servitude — whether adult or child. We hold our contractors, suppliers and other business partners to the same standards.

Our supply chains

Our supply chains include:

• maintenance and repair of our properties;
• IT and software services;
• marketing and design agencies;
• associates who deliver training to our staff;
• recruitment agencies who supply temporary staff.

We have reviewed and continue to review these supply chains to understand the modern-slavery risks they present. SLS carries out employment checks, including right-to-work checks, and pays at least the Living Wage. Where we use recruitment agencies to fill temporary roles, we satisfy ourselves that their practices meet our standards.

Due diligence

We have systems in place to identify and mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking. These systems allow us to:

• identify and assess risk areas in our supply chains;
• mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains;
• monitor potential risk areas in our supply chains;
• protect whistleblowers, in line with our Whistleblowing Policy.

Risk and compliance

We have zero tolerance for slavery and human trafficking. To ensure compliance with our values we operate a supply-chain compliance programme that includes supplier self-assessment questionnaires, supplier audits where necessary, and contractual provisions requiring suppliers to confirm adherence to this policy. We also provide training for our procurement and recruitment teams.

Training

All SLS staff receive training that includes awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking, with refresher training on a regular basis. We also require our business partners to provide equivalent training to their own staff and sub-contractors.

Effectiveness

We use a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of our efforts. These include completion of supplier audits, use of remediation plans where suppliers are found to be non-compliant, and the level of awareness and reporting of modern-slavery concerns by staff.

Further steps

We continually review the effectiveness of our approach. Our next steps are:

• to refresh our procurement policy and related documents in line with this statement;
• to brief all staff on any updated policies and procedures;
• to roll out our procurement approach to all current suppliers and to use it to assess any new suppliers;
• to ensure modern slavery is addressed in all key policies, including recruitment, safeguarding and whistleblowing.

Approval and signature

This statement was approved by the Board of Supported Living Services Ltd on 26 May 2026, and adopted by SLS Housing Association on the same date.

Signed,
Hans Morano
Director, Supported Living Services Ltd
On behalf of the Board of SLS Housing Association
Date: 26 May 2026