Modern slavery
statement.

Introduction.

Modern slavery and human trafficking are serious crimes and grave breaches of human rights. This statement sets out the steps Yasmin Khan’s office takes to ensure that modern slavery and human trafficking have no place in our activities or in the activities of those we engage with.

Yasmin Khan’s office is a small sole-trader undertaking and falls below the statutory turnover threshold that requires a published statement under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We publish this statement voluntarily, in recognition that the substance of Yasmin’s advisory and charity work is directly concerned with protecting people from exploitation and abuse, and that the office should hold itself to the same standard it advocates for others.

Structure of the office.

Yasmin Khan operates as a sole trader based in the United Kingdom. The office maintains a small set of working relationships with professional services providers, communications and digital service providers, and event partners. It does not manufacture, import, or distribute physical goods, and it does not operate a complex supply chain.

The Halo Project, the national charity Yasmin founded and continues to lead, is a separate legal entity with its own governance and policies. The Halo Project’s own modern slavery and safeguarding policies are published on its website and are not duplicated here.

Policies.

The office operates a small number of plain-language policies that together set out our approach to ethical conduct, safeguarding, and human rights. The policies are reviewed annually and updated when material changes occur.

• A safeguarding and conduct policy covering the office’s engagement with victims, survivors, and vulnerable adults.
• An ethical engagement policy setting out the basis on which the office accepts or declines advisory, speaking, and commercial work.
• A whistleblowing route, available to anyone working with the office, for the reporting of suspected modern slavery, exploitation, or other serious wrongdoing.
• A supplier conduct expectation, summarised below, which is communicated to professional services providers at the point of engagement.

Risk assessment.

We assess the risk of modern slavery within our activities as low overall, reflecting the office’s small scale and the professional nature of its supply relationships. The principal areas where any residual risk sits are:

• Event venues and hospitality, particularly where speaking engagements involve hotels or catering that may have wider hospitality-sector supply chains.
• Digital and creative services, where photography, video, and design suppliers operate within sectors that can carry risk of unpaid or underpaid work.
• International engagements, where local logistics, transport, and ground-handling providers may be more difficult to verify directly.

None of these areas has been identified as carrying an active concern in the reporting period.

Due diligence.

Our due diligence is proportionate to the scale of the office. It consists of the following steps.

• Suppliers and partners are selected on the basis of reputation, professional standing, and demonstrable compliance with relevant labour law in their own jurisdiction.
• For ongoing professional relationships, we expect suppliers to confirm in writing that they comply with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 where applicable to them, and to flag any concerns proactively.
• For one-off engagements with venues, hotels, and event partners, we rely on the partner’s own public modern slavery statement, where one is required and published.
• Where an engagement involves international logistics, we work through established partners with known practices rather than ad hoc local arrangements.

Awareness and training.

Yasmin’s own substantive work, through the Halo Project and her advisory roles, has developed substantial expertise in the recognition of exploitation, coercion, and abuse. That expertise informs the office’s approach directly. Any administrative support engaged by the office is briefed on the indicators of modern slavery and on the office’s reporting routes.

Partners and processors.

Where the office engages a data processor for the operation of this website, the processor is selected on the basis of its security, accessibility, and labour practices, as well as its compliance with UK GDPR. The same considerations apply to communications and design partners. Suppliers are expected to be able to evidence compliance on request.

We do not engage with partners whose published practices indicate inadequate protections for workers in their own supply chains, or who decline to confirm their position on this question when asked.

Raising concerns.

If you are aware of a concern relating to modern slavery, human trafficking, or any form of serious exploitation connected to the office or its partners, please write in confidence to enquiries@yasminkhan.co, marking your message clearly for the attention of the office.

Concerns can be raised anonymously. The office will not take adverse action against anyone raising a concern in good faith, whether internally or externally.

Review and approval.

This statement is reviewed annually. The next scheduled review is May 2027, or earlier if material changes occur in the office’s structure, the activities undertaken, or the partners engaged.

This statement is approved by Yasmin Khan in her capacity as principal of Yasmin Khan’s office, with effect from the date noted above.

Approved · Yasmin Khan · 12 May 2026