Childrensalon Group Limited
Modern Slavery Statement

Statement as of 09th September 2024
Financial year ends 31st December 2023

This statement is made on behalf of Childrensalon Group Limited and Childrensalon Limited (collectively ‘Childrensalon’) pursuant to Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act (the "Act") and constitutes our slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 31 December 2023.

Introduction from the Co-Chief Executive Officers

At Childrensalon, family is at the heart of everything we do, and our business has been built on the foundation of respect and care for both people and the planet. As leaders in the e-commerce industry, we will not tolerate slavery, human trafficking or forced labour of any description within our business or supply chains.

We recognise our moral and legal responsibility to help prevent modern slavery and human trafficking and commit to taking robust and effective steps to ensure no such activities arise in the operation of our business.

Our aim is to achieve the highest ethical standards in this regard as we all have a responsibility to be alert to the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in all our daily activities. With that in mind, our employees are expected to report to us any concerns they may have in this regard and our managers are expected to act upon any concerns raised without delay.

This statement sets out the action we have taken to identify, understand and address the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking to ensure that there is none in our business or our supply chains.

Affie Scott- Read, Co-CEO and Mel Ng, Co-CEO

Our structure, business, and supply chains

Childrensalon’s business is an online retail store for luxury childrenswear and accessories. We purchase ready made products from well-established and often well-known brands to sell online to customers from around the world.

Our head office is in Tunbridge Wells, Kent and we run a small retail shop in that town. We employ approximately 470 employees, all in the UK.

The majority of the products we sell are purchased from suppliers within Western Europe (particularly France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal) and the USA. A small amount of our products are purchased from Turkey, Eastern Europe, China, and India.

We manufacture our own brand childrenswear and this accounts for a small percent of our product offering. Our own brand items are primarily manufactured in Europe. Some items also come from Asia and South America.

Our stock of both purchased and manufactured products are stored at our premises in Kent, England.

Some of our products are supplied from areas with a higher risk of human trafficking and slavery.

Responsibility

Responsibility for our anti-slavery initiatives is as follows:

• Overall: Our Head of People Team has been appointed as the key contact for issues relating to modern slavery and human trafficking within our UK operations. Our Merchandising Director and Head of Buying have been appointed as the key contacts for modern slavery and human trafficking issues within our supply chains.
• Risk assessments: For our supply chains, our Commercial Director and Head of Buying are jointly responsible for carrying out the modern slavery and human trafficking risk analysis.

Relevant Policies

Childrensalon has in place the following policies that set out our approach to the identification and prevention of modern slavery and human trafficking in our own business and our supply chains.

• Modern Slavery Policy: Our Modern Slavery Policy reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.
• Supplier Code of Conduct: We are committed to ensuring that our suppliers adhere to the highest ethical standards. Suppliers are required to demonstrate that they provide their workers with safe working conditions, treat them with dignity and respect, and act ethically and within the law in their use of labour. Serious violations of Childrensalon's supplier code of conduct will lead to the termination of the business relationship.

Due Diligence and Compliance

While the majority of our buying is with established high-end brands who are themselves engaged in identifying and mitigating the risk of slavery and human trafficking in their own operations, we understand that we have a superior obligation to do the same for our entire supply chain and we take this seriously. We undertake due diligence when considering taking on new suppliers and regularly review our existing suppliers against the same criteria. Our due diligence and reviews include:

• Maintaining awareness through research and expert advice as to whether particular activities, countries or regions are high risk in relation to slavery or human trafficking.
• Conducting research on any new brand we consider stocking to insure they meet ethical standards within their production and supply chains.
• For the small proportion of items we do manufacture, again, we conduct research on all manufactures we consider working with to insure they meet ethical standards within their production and supply chains. We are also taking advice on how best to audit and measure improvement across these suppliers with more confidence.
• Where there are areas of non-conformance we will follow up as appropriate and consider terminating the business relationship for suppliers that do not provide evidence of improvement in-line with an action plan.
• In addition, the company directors of the supplier are asked to sign our supplier code of conduct.

Areas of Highest Risk

Where we consider suppliers to potentially represent a higher risk, we undertake a more detailed review of these suppliers with a greater degree of focus on slavery and human trafficking.

Slavery and human trafficking could potentially occur at other stages of the retail process, for example in our offices, or warehouses. We consider this risk to be reduced compared to earlier stages in the supply chain as a result of our policies and approach, our strong People Team and oversight, our commitment to paying the UK Living Wage Foundation wage, and our well-trained employees. This means that our focus on ensuring that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place is focused on suppliers, particularly those in higher risk locations.

Training

All key staff will be required to complete training on modern slavery, to ensure they understand the risks of modern slavery and their role in preventing it.

Childrensalon will:

• Provide mandatory training on modern slavery and human trafficking to key roles.
• Ensure that employees in certain roles such as Buying, Logistics and People team, receive advanced training on identifying and mitigating modern slavery risks.
• Encourage a culture of transparency and open communication, empowering employees to speak up and report concerns.

This statement has been approved by Childrensalon Group Limited's board of directors, who will review and update it annually.

Affie Scott-Read 
Board Director