This statement is published on behalf of K3 Advisory Group Limited and its corporate subsidiaries and affiliates (“K3”) which in the UK encompass the following entities in the list here with reference to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the “Act“):
A full list of UK entities in K3 Advisory Group is below.
| No. | Entity name and registration number | Registered office | ICO Number or Equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K3 Advisory Group Ltd 06102618 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZA236839 |
| 2 | Shin Topco Ltd 14515822 | 2 Park Street, 1st Floor, London, United Kingdom, W1K 2HX | |
| 3 | Flint Studios Ltd NI610114 | Unit 6a Ravenhill Business Park, Ravenhill Road, Belfast, BT6 8AW | ZA539181 |
| 4 | HMA Tax (Dubai) Ltd 14707145 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | |
| 5 | HMA Tax (International) Ltd 14529671 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZB534038 |
| 6 | Intax Ltd 11271031 | 20 St. Andrew Street, London, England, EC4A 3AG | ZA424021 |
| 7 | K3 Advantage Ltd 15294829 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZB664F328 |
| 8 | K3 Law Ltd 13175495 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZB693634 |
| 9 | K3 Tax Advisory Ltd 13381540 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZB071392 |
| 10 | KBS Capital Markets Ltd 11164985 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | |
| 11 | KBS Corporate Finance Ltd 08924449 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZA236843 |
| 12 | KBS Corporate Sales Ltd 04141555 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | Z9151884 |
| 13 | Knight Corporate Finance Ltd 06773338 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | Z2947739 |
| 14 | Knight R&D Ltd 10271074 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZA728120 |
| 15 | Knightsbridge Business Sales Ltd (trading as Knightsbridge Commercial) 08924297 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZA236848 |
| 16 | KR8 Advisory Limited 16078236 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZB853397 |
| 17 | KR8 Real Estate Limited 16080636 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZB853390 |
| 18 | Market Mapping Ltd (trading as Origin IQ) 12835170 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZA796709 |
| 19 | Pinnacle Computing (Support) Ltd NI026898 | Pinnacle House, 153 Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3HX | ZA298419 |
| 20 | Pinnacle Computing Ltd IE283485 | Clonmel House, Forster way, Swords, County Dublin | ZA298419 |
| 21 | Professional Insight Marketing Ltd (trading as JE Consulting) 05883501 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZA340910 |
| 22 | Quantuma Advisory (Yorkshire) Ltd 03488487 | Resolution House, 12 Mill Hill, Leeds, LS1 5DQ | Z9077007 |
| 23 | Quantuma Advisory Ltd 12743937 | 20 St. Andrew Street, London, England, EC4A 3AG | ZA776330 |
| 24 | Quantuma Advisory Middle East Ltd 4995 | Unit 2205, Level 22, Index tower East, DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. | |
| 25 | Quantuma Corporate Finance Ltd 12579748 | 20 St. Andrew Street, London, England, EC4A 3AG | |
| 26 | Quantuma Cyprus Ltd HE383074 | Charalambous Tower, Floor 1, Flat/ Office 102, Stasikratous 32, 1065 Lykavitos, Nicosia, Cyprus | |
| 27 | RandD UK Ltd 06648783 | K3 House, 5 Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, England, BL3 2NT | ZB298677 |
| 28 | Alphalogix Ltd 03578420 | 1 Ashweir Court, Abbey Mill, Tintern, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 6SE | |
| 29 | Pareto Financial Planning Limited 06582775 | The Old Schoolhouse, 5-7 Byrom Street, Manchester, United Kingdom, M3 4PF | |
| 30 | Luna Investment Management Limited 12280396 | The Old Schoolhouse, 5-7 Byrom Street, Manchester, United Kingdom, M3 4PF | |
| 31 | Organon Pension Trustees Limited 06406804 | Regent House, Heaton Lane, Stockport, Cheshire, England, SK4 1BS | |
| 32 | Organon SIPP Services Limited 06633255 | Regent House, Heaton Lane, Stockport, Cheshire, England, SK4 1BS |
Chief Executive Officer’s statement
K3 is committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all its business dealings and relationships and to implement and enforce effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in its own business or in any of its supply chains.
K3 is alert to the risks posed and has implemented internal mandatory policies and procedures aimed at good conduct and business ethics from our people and in our business dealings which are described more fully below.
K3 opposes slavery and human trafficking in all its forms including child labour and will not conduct business with organisations which, upon enquiry, fail to properly explain their business or whose supply chain is not deemed equivalent to the group’s own high standards.
K3’s processes and controls to identify and combat slavery and human trafficking have been enhanced over the past financial year as described below.
About K3 Advisory Group – Our Organisational Structure
K3 is a multi-disciplinary business advisory firm which delivers professional services to clients, including corporate finance and business sales, tax advisory, insolvency and restructuring, accounting in support of disputes and valuations, data and technology services and financial services.
In the United Kingdom, K3’s has offices across the UK with its key locations in Manchester and London, with offices also in Europe and Asia.
At the time this statement was published, the group has over 1007 employees located in the UK, of which 154 hold senior management positions. The vast majority of the group’s employees are in professional services business advisory and supporting roles.
In addition to a centralised group board and management team, we operate centralised functions such as Finance, Legal, Compliance and Operations which exercise oversight of all of our businesses wherever they are located. Together, these functions under my oversight manage the processes we have in place to combat slavery and human trafficking risk. We also operate centralised governance, with policies and procedures being applicable to all our group companies and the staff they employ.
No industry is immune to modern slavery and human trafficking which can be hard to detect and can look like “ordinary work”. As an organisation it is therefore critical to assess the risks relative to the business services we provide and the way we operate.
Business risk
Maintaining our business integrity and high ethical standards is fundamental to K3’s culture and our working relationships. We are committed to ensuring that our ongoing business operations continue to be free from modern slavery and human trafficking.
We endorse the transparency that the Modern Slavery Act encourages and the professional referrers we work with are subjected to due diligence processes, which obligate them to respect human rights including the elimination of slavery and human trafficking within their business operations and supply chains. Contractors and consultants working on site at our premises also have the right to protection against slavery or human trafficking as part of the Group’s Whistleblowing Policy.
We have not in the past financial year identified any instances of modern slavery or human trafficking in our organisation.
Supply chain risk
Given the nature of the Group’s business, we have determined that our primary area of focus for the purposes of addressing the risk of slavery and human trafficking in our business lies in our supply chain rather than within our primary businesses.
The supply chain includes both external suppliers and professional service advisers (i.e. lawyers, accountants) that we instruct on assignments. We expect all of our suppliers and advisers to be similarly opposed to slavery and human trafficking.
External suppliers provide the following services to the Group: cleaning and catering, hospitality, IT equipment, software, consultancy, payroll, audit, legal services, office consumables such as stationery, office fit-out and maintenance. Most of the suppliers that we deal with are firms based in the UK. K3 has a preference for working with a smaller number of preferred suppliers and professional advisers and we have long-term relationships with many, although we do not consider ourselves dependent on any. During the last financial year we have developed a new procurement policy to be implemented in the coming financial year which incorporates enhanced supplier due diligence. This means that any new key or material supplier to K3 is subject to enhanced due diligence in the on-boarding process which requires disclosures to be made relating to slavery and human trafficking. We will continue not to work with suppliers who do not share our values and who cannot demonstrate with reasonable confidence that they do not have modern slavery or human trafficking in their organisations.
We have not in the past financial year identified any instances of modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chain.
Policies and training
To ensure all staff are aware of and have a clear understanding of the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking within our business, we require all staff regardless of their seniority to confirm they have read and understood this statement as part of the firms’ Annual Policy Declaration. We actively track this policy acceptance.
In the past financial year we have issued a new Corporate Social Responsibility Policy which details how, amongst other things, we are committed to social responsibility and good conduct including ensuring our business operations continue to be free from slavery and human trafficking.
The Group’s Whistleblowing Policy is also available for our employees, consultants and contractors to report anything in breach of this policy.
We invest in educating all our staff. Training courses include slavery and human trafficking and associated risks in our business and supply chains, training aimed at combatting financial crime including anti-bribery and corruption and an anti-harassment policy in addition to other conduct training, all designed to drive positive behaviours in our organisation and an inclusive and respectful, speak-up culture.
Continuous review and improvement
The size and nature of our business has grown considerably over recent years and we have added several new divisions, all in the professional services space. We will continue to review our working practices, train our colleagues and review our external supplier and adviser relationships with regard to opposing slavery and human trafficking to ensure that they remain robust and effective. We will continue to respond to Modern Slavery Act information requests from our clients.
Board Approval
This statement was approved by the Board of K3 Advisory Group Limited.
Michael Cauter
Chief Executive Officer
On behalf of the board of K3 Advisory Group Limited
