Modern Slavery Statement October 2025 – Pukka Pies Ltd

Modern Slavery Statement – Financial Year 2024/2025

This statement is made on behalf of Pukka Pies Limited, pursuant to section 54 (1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the ‘Act’) and constitutes our slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 31st May 2025.

Our Business and Structure

Pukka Pies is a family owned, single site business with a heritage dating back to 1964. We manufacture a range of high-quality chilled products at our bakery in Syston, Leicester.

Our Commitment

We are committed to ensure that our colleagues and those in our supply chain both permanent and temporary, will be treated in accordance with our values, work in safety and be protected from exploitation and slavery.

Our Supply Chain

The business has an extensive and complex supply chain and procures a variety of raw materials from the UK and overseas. We expect our suppliers and contractors to demonstrate a zero-tolerance approach to exploitation.

Internal Guidelines

We encourage our employees, customers and other business partners to report any issues relating to ethical issues in our business. This includes any circumstances that may give rise to enhanced risk of modern slavery or human trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation. Our policies related to modern slavery and human trafficking include:

  • Whistleblowing policy for confidential reporting of issues.
  • Young workers policy to prevent risks to young workers.
  • Ethical Policy to illustrate our commitment and responsibility to our suppliers, customers, employees and local community.
  • Anti Bribery & Corruption Policy to ensure awareness and governance of our zero tolerance towards bribery & corruption.

Our Ongoing Commitments

  • We take a long-term view of Supplier relationships, with the intention to build long lasting mutually beneficial relationships
  • We are members of SEDEX and use only SEDEX registered suppliers.
  • Our supply chain has been risk assessed using the SEDEX tool. We review level of risk and required actions quarterly.
  • Our anonymous employee Whistleblowing line is hosted by an independent third party and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • We maintain ongoing communications with our employees, displaying posters in different languages to highlight the risks and signs of modern slavery with contact details to raise concerns.
  • We have onsite presence from our Third-Party Labour Provider to ensure the standards we expect for our own workers are mirrored by them.
  • We continue to carry out annual audit of our Third-Party Labour Provider with another zero non-conformances result this year.

 

Our Action Plan For Financial Year 25/26

  • We will continue to work closely with our Third-Party Labour Provider working together to ensure best-in-class employment practices are maintained.
  • We are expanding the role of our Employee Forum who act as our Worker Representative Group, to ensure they are skilled and empowered in this area should the need arise.
  • We will continue to pro-actively monitor risk in our supply chain and take the appropriate actions to minimise any unacceptable risk.
  • We continue the roll out of updated Pukka employment policies, many of which are relevant to the subject of modern slavery.

 

This statement has been approved on behalf of the Board of Directors.

 

Isaac Fisher

CEO

October 2025