Financial year: 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026

Introduction

This statement is made by Wealden Computing Services Limited, trading as Wealden (“Wealden”, “we”, “our” or “us”). It sets out the steps we have taken to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and supply chain, and our wider commitments as a responsible business.

Wealden is not currently required to publish a statement under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, because our annual turnover is below the £36 million threshold. We publish this statement voluntarily because we believe our clients, employees and partners should be able to see how we approach these issues.

Wealden is committed to promoting high standards in health and safety, environmental protection, social issues and business integrity (including sound corporate governance and transparent accounting). This includes taking all reasonable steps to prevent slavery and human trafficking in any part of our business or supply chain.

Modern slavery includes slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking. Traffickers and exploiters coerce, deceive and force individuals against their will into a life of abuse, servitude and inhumane treatment.

Our business

Since 1983, Wealden has been providing HR, Payroll and Time & Attendance software and services to clients as diverse as government bodies, international groups, schools and universities, commercial businesses and large multinational organisations. We have served more than 1,000 clients, many of whom have been with us for over 20 years, and we are now building the next generation of our applications.

We are a small, UK‑based business. Our team is employed directly by Wealden and is based in the United Kingdom and India. Our culture is people first: we encourage an open spirit where everyone can contribute and help shape our future.

Our supply chain

Wealden’s supply chain is relatively short. It consists mainly of technology and professional service providers, including cloud hosting (Microsoft Azure), software and IT services, and professional advisers such as accountants, lawyers and insurers. Most of our suppliers are based in the UK or are large international technology companies with their own published modern slavery statements.

Our policies

The objectives of our social responsibility policy are:

• to treat all Wealden employees fairly and to respect their dignity, well‑being and diversity;
• to pay all employees at least the applicable minimum wage in the country where they work, and to provide written terms of employment;
• to require the businesses with which Wealden works to treat all of their employees and contractors fairly, and to respect their dignity, well‑being and diversity; and
• to support equal opportunity, inclusion and diversity within the company in respect of recruitment, training and career advancement.

In addition, our policy is that Wealden only works with businesses which:

• do not use forced, bonded or compulsory labour of any kind, either directly or in their own supply chains; and
• do not use child labour, either directly or in their own supply chains.

We have zero tolerance of modern slavery. We will not knowingly work with any party we suspect of being involved in modern slavery or human trafficking.

Due diligence and risk assessment

We consider the overall risk of modern slavery in our business and supply chain to be low, because our services are knowledge‑based, our team is employed directly, and our main suppliers are established technology and professional services firms. When we take on a new supplier, we consider the nature of the goods or services, where they are provided from and, for higher‑risk suppliers, whether the supplier has its own modern slavery policies.

If we became aware of a heightened risk of modern slavery in our own operations or our supply chain, we would require a clear action plan setting out how that risk would be addressed and, where it could not be addressed, we would end the relationship.

Training and raising concerns

We will keep under review what training is appropriate for our staff, particularly those who manage supplier relationships, so that they understand the signs of modern slavery and what to do if they have concerns.

Anyone who has concerns about the conduct of Wealden, its people or its suppliers can raise them in confidence with a director, or by emailing support@wealden.net. We will not tolerate any detriment to anyone who raises a genuine concern.

Measuring effectiveness

We will continue to monitor our supply chain with a view to identifying and managing any heightened risk of modern slavery. We will review this statement each year and report on any concerns raised and the actions we have taken.

Our wider responsibilities

Information security: we protect our clients’ data through appropriate technical and organisational measures. Wealden holds Cyber Essentials certification, and our client data is hosted on Microsoft Azure in UK data centres. Please see our UK GDPR and Data Protection statement for more information.

Environment: we aim to reduce our environmental impact by delivering our services through cloud infrastructure rather than on‑site servers, and by minimising unnecessary travel.

Approval

This statement was approved by the board of directors of Wealden Computing Services Limited on 15 October 2026 and will be reviewed annually.

Hitesh D. Patel | CEO and Director

October 2026