Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement

Why we are publishing this

Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires commercial organisations with a turnover of 36 million pounds or more to publish an annual statement on the steps they take to keep slavery and human trafficking out of their business and supply chain. TheReviews is well below that threshold. This statement is voluntary. We publish it because we ask businesses on this site to be transparent about their conduct, and it would be odd to ask that and not do the same.

This statement covers TheReviews, a TJG venture operated by Ikaroa, for the period from the launch of the service in 2026 to 25 September 2026. Registered address available on request.

Our business

TheReviews is an online review platform. We publish reviews written by consumers about businesses, send review invitations on behalf of those businesses, and sell subscription plans to businesses that want to invite customers, reply and embed widgets. We employ no manual labour, operate no physical premises open to the public, and manufacture nothing. Our people are software engineers, moderators who read held reviews, and the small team that runs the company. All are engaged directly under written terms and are paid above the applicable minimum wage in the country where they work.

Our supply chain

Our supply chain is short and almost entirely digital. In order of spend:

• Software hosting and infrastructure: Vercel for the application and Neon for the database, both United States companies with published policies on labour and human rights.
• Email: Open Doors, a CRM operated by Ikaroa on the LeadConnector platform, with Mailgun as the mail carrier.
• Payments: Stripe.
• Contractors: individual software, design and writing contractors engaged directly, each under a written agreement, each paid directly by us rather than through an agency.
• Office and equipment: laptops and peripherals bought from mainstream manufacturers, and shared office space rented from established providers.

We do not source goods from regions or industries where forced labour is prevalent, and we do not use recruitment agencies, labour providers or outsourced facilities services.

Risk assessment

We assess the risk of modern slavery in our own operations and our direct supply chain as low. The reasoning is plain: every supplier is a regulated, publicly visible technology or financial services company with its own modern slavery or human rights statement, and every person who works for us is engaged and paid directly. The one area where we cannot see far is the hardware in our laptops and the servers our providers run, which pass through long electronics supply chains. We rely on those manufacturers' and providers' own published statements there, and we say so rather than claim more.

Policies

We do not tolerate forced labour, debt bondage, child labour or human trafficking in our business or by anyone who supplies us. Anyone working for us can raise a concern about their own or another person's treatment without retaliation. Our contractor agreements require compliance with applicable employment and anti-slavery law and let us end the agreement immediately if a supplier is found to be in breach.

Due diligence

Before engaging a new supplier that will process our data or work on our systems, we check that it is a properly registered company, that it publishes terms and a privacy policy, and, where its size requires it, that it publishes a modern slavery statement. For individual contractors we confirm identity, right to work where that applies, and that payment goes to an account in the contractor's own name. We review our supplier list once a year alongside this statement.

Training

Everyone who works on TheReviews has read this statement. The people who engage suppliers and contractors know what to look for: a worker who cannot be contacted directly, wages paid to a third party, identity documents held by someone else, or a supplier that cannot say where its people are. We have not needed formal training beyond that, and we will add it if the business grows into a shape where it is needed.

Effectiveness

In the period this statement covers, no concern about modern slavery was raised with us and we found no indication of it in our supply chain. We will report the same measures next year: concerns raised, suppliers reviewed, and any change in the supply chain.

How to raise a concern

If you believe that anyone connected to TheReviews, including any supplier, is subject to forced labour, trafficking or exploitation, email email@thereviews.net. You can write anonymously. We acknowledge within two business days, investigate, and act on what we find. If someone is in immediate danger, contact the police in your country first; in the United Kingdom the Modern Slavery and Exploitation Helpline is 08000 121 700.

Approval

This statement was approved by the management of TheReviews and is reviewed annually.

Ikaroa, on behalf of TheReviews, 25 September 2026

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