Modern Slavery Statement

Organisation

This statement applies to BA Kitchen Components Ltd and BA Clic Components Ltd (referred to in this statement as “The Group”). The information included in the statement refers to the financial year ending 30 March 2025

Definitions

The Group considers that modern slavery encompasses:

• human trafficking
• forced work, through mental or physical threat
• being owned or controlled by an employer through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse
• being dehumanised, treated as a commodity or being bought or sold as property
• being physically constrained or to have restriction placed on freedom of movement.

Commitment

The Group acknowledges its responsibilities in relation to tackling modern slavery and commits to complying with the provisions in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The Group understands that this requires an ongoing review of both its internal practices in relation to its labour force and, additionally, its supply chains.

The Group does not enter into business with any other organisation, in the United Kingdom or abroad, which knowingly supports or is found to involve itself in slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour.

No labour provided to the Group in the pursuance of the provision of its own services is obtained by means of slavery or human trafficking. The Group strictly adheres to the minimum standards required in relation to its responsibilities under relevant employment legislation in the UK, and in many cases exceeds those minimums in relation to its employees.

Organisational structure 

Group overview

BA Kitchen Components Ltd comprises the following entities:

• BA Cookstown, Derryloran Industrial Estate, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. BT80 9LU
• BA Doncaster, Sandall Stones Road, Kirk Sandall, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. DN3 1QR

BA Clic Components Ltd comprises the following entities:

• BA Rotherham, Unit 2, Barbados Way, Hellaby Industrial Estate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. S66 8RX

Established in 1990 and operating from three state of the art factories, we are one of the largest producers in Europe providing the design and manufacture of kitchen and bedroom furniture and components to retail, trade, construction and industrial OEM sectors.

The labour supplied to the Group in pursuance of its operation is carried out in the UK at our Cookstown, Doncaster and Rotherham sites.

Supply chain structure

In order to fulfil its activities, the main supply chains of the Group include those related to the supply of materials from suppliers within the UK and EU. We understand that some of the Group’s first-tier suppliers are intermediary traders and therefore have further contractual relationships with lower-tier suppliers. We encourage transparency in our supply chains and our relationships with our suppliers have been established on shared standards and ethics. We expect our suppliers to comply with all applicable laws and regulations and ask them to confirm that they are aware of and comply with their legal obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

Organisational policies

The Group operates a number of policies to ensure we conduct business in an ethical and transparent manner.

• Recruitment policy
• Modern Slavery policy
• Corporate Social Responsibility policy
• ESG policy

Assessing and managing risk

In general, the Group considers its exposure to slavery/human trafficking to be relatively limited. Nonetheless, it has taken steps to ensure that such practices do not take place in its business nor the business of any organisation that supplies goods and/or services to it.

• All MDF/MFC supply is from FSC or PEFC certified materials, compliant with the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work within the forestry or forest products sector.
• We mitigate the risk of modern slavery occurring in our supply chains through due diligence checks in supplier agreements
• We monitor potential risks through carefully managed relationships and close collaboration throughout our supply chain and FSC/PEFC certification bodies respectively

Training

The Group provides training to staff to effectively implement its stance on modern slavery:

• Induction and refresher training for all employees of the Group’s modern slavery policy
• Induction and refresher EDI training for all employees to create an inclusive and equitable workplace culture to indirectly support efforts to combat modern slavery
• Higher level awareness training provided to those employees with relevant roles in HR, Procurement and Compliance

Steps

The Group has not, to its knowledge, conducted any business with another organisation which has been found to have involved itself with modern slavery.

To mitigate risk and in accordance with section 54(4) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the Group adopts a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of modern slavery and are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our activities. We have implemented effective systems and controls to safeguard against any form of modern slavery within our business and supply chain.

This statement is made in pursuance of section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and will be reviewed for each financial year.

Peter Rush

Chief Executive Officer

14/05/25