Modern Slavery Statement

Introduction

It continues to be a priority for Total Group to ensure that we trade ethically, source responsibly and work to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking throughout our organisation and in our supply chain. This statement sets out the approach taken by Total Group during the financial year ending 31 December 2022 to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and supply chain.

Total Group seeks excellence in every aspect of our business and strives to ensure the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, and ethical business practice. We are committed to conducting our business in a lawful manner and this includes engaging with our suppliers to ensure that they share our high standards. We fully support the objective of the Modern Slavery Act of 2015, which requires businesses to set out what steps they have taken during the financial year to ensure that modern slavery is not occurring in their supply chains and in their own organisation.

Organisation's Structure

Total Group is an award winning and fast-growing Managed IT Security Provider. Through a focused growth plan, we have become an established and trusted alternative to direct relations with large Multi £Billion Managed Service Providers and IT Outsourcers in the mid-market and enterprise. Total Group delivers business without compromise for customers across a range of industries and organisations. We understand and can support the specific challenges faced sectors across the UK.

Our design ensures operational efficiency and security is achieved to the level our customer’s industry demands. We have established several key partnerships and alliances, with suppliers, providers, and service partners – all chosen because they actively contribute to a key aspect of our operations. We foster long-term relationships with these key partners and avoid making demands that might lead to them violating human rights.

Our Policy on Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking

We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business. Our modern slavery policy reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships in addition to implementing effective due diligence to ensure that modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our supply chain.

We operate a Whistleblowing policy so that all employees know that they can raise concerns about how colleagues are being treated, or practices within our business or supply chain, without fear of reprisals. We conduct all business in an honest and ethical manner.

Our Anti-Bribery & Corruption Policy details our zero–tolerance approach to bribery and corruption and commitment to acting professionally, fairly and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships wherever we operate and implementing and enforcing effective systems to counter bribery and corruption. This policy applies to all individuals working for or on behalf of Total Group in any capacity.

Processes to counter slavery and human trafficking

To ensure that the wider Total Group service offering is in accordance with the direction of the policy on aspects of Modern Slavery, Total Group shall be placing a flow-down obligation on all suppliers of services and goods whereby the provisions of the Modern Slavery Act are a contractual obligation. This will ensure that any future statements made by Total Group are supported by the provision of relevant facts, information, and accounts from our supply chain so that Total Group can be confident of zero child and forced labour use within our supply chains. Total Group shall take responsibility for this statement which will be reviewed and updated as appropriate.

We have a compliance team that oversees these matters. We also have in place systems to:

Identify and assess potential 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 whistle blowers.

Training

To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and our business, we will provide training to our staff. We will also require our business partners to provide training to their staff and suppliers and providers.

Further Steps

We will regularly review the effectiveness of the steps we have taken each year to ensure that there is no slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains.

This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 4th April 2024. It was approved by the board on 20 March 2025.

Signed by the Chief Executive Officer on behalf of the board of directors.

Date: 01 January 2025