Modern slavery statement

Our organisation

DIGI is a trading brand of CHMS Cyber Security Limited, registered in England and Wales under company number 15650214. We are a software studio building AI-native products and systems for the public sector and enterprise.

This statement covers two employing entities. In the United Kingdom, people are employed by CHMS Cyber Security Limited. In the United Arab Emirates, they are employed by ADVNN Holdings L.L.C-FZ, our sister company in Dubai, which operates under Meydan Free Zone.

We are a small organisation with a short supply chain, which makes the relevant risks easier to see and to control.

Our supply chain

Our supply chain consists mainly of:

• Cloud infrastructure, hosting and software-as-a-service providers.
• Professional advisers, including legal, accounting and recruitment.
• Occasional specialist contractors engaged on a professional-services basis.
• Office facilities and general business services.

We do not manufacture goods, and we do not operate in sectors conventionally associated with the highest modern slavery risk, such as agriculture, construction, extraction or textiles.

Our assessment of risk

We assess the risk of modern slavery within our own operations as low. Everyone working for either entity is engaged under a written agreement, paid at or above the applicable statutory minimum, and holds the right to work in the country where they are engaged. We verify right to work before an engagement begins.

Where ADVNN Holdings L.L.C-FZ sponsors a visa, we meet the cost. We do not pass recruitment or visa fees on to the worker, and we do not retain anyone’s passport or identity documents.

The more realistic exposure sits further down our supply chain, particularly in the facilities and hardware layers beneath the cloud providers we use. We are one of many customers there and our leverage is limited, so we prioritise suppliers who publish their own statements and credible policies.

What we do about it

• We employ and engage people directly rather than through opaque intermediaries.
• We check right to work, and we pay at or above the applicable statutory minimum in each jurisdiction: UK employment law for CHMS Cyber Security Limited, and UAE labour law and Meydan Free Zone requirements for ADVNN Holdings L.L.C-FZ.
• We give everyone a written agreement setting out pay, hours and terms before they start.
• We favour suppliers who publish a modern slavery statement or an equivalent policy.
• We do not withhold identity documents, charge recruitment fees to workers, or use unpaid work trials.
• Anyone can raise a concern with us in confidence at the address below, and we will investigate it.

Training and oversight

Given our size, responsibility sits directly with the founders rather than with a compliance function. Modern slavery risk is considered when we take on new suppliers and when we engage contractors. As we grow, we will formalise this into supplier due diligence and periodic review, and we will update this statement to reflect that rather than leave it aspirational.

Reporting a concern

If you believe anyone connected to our business or supply chain is at risk, contact us at ask@chmsdigi.com and mark it for the attention of the directors. We treat reports confidentially. If you believe someone is in immediate danger, contact the police on 999, or the Modern Slavery and Exploitation Helpline on 08000 121 700.

Approval

This statement is published by CHMS Cyber Security Limited on behalf of itself and ADVNN Holdings L.L.C-FZ, and is approved by the directors of both. It will be reviewed at least annually, and the date at the top of this page shows when it last changed.