MANCHESTER AIRPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED modern slavery statement summary (2025)

Organisation address
6th Floor Olympic House,
Manchester Airport,
Manchester,
Greater Manchester,
M90 1QX

We asked the organisation a series of questions about its modern slavery statement. Its answers are published on this page as a statement summary.

This statement provides information for 5 of 6 recommended areas

What is a modern slavery statement?
UK law requires certain organisations to publish an annual modern slavery statement on their website, setting out the steps they are taking to address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chains. Read more in the government guidance on publishing modern slavery statements.
Link to full statement
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About this statement summary

All answers relate to the financial year covered by the statement. The organisation is responsible for all the information it provided. Some of our questions are optional, so organisations may not have answered all of them. The statement summary does not replace the full modern slavery statement – below we provide a link to the full statement on the organisation’s website.

Contents

Organisations covered by the statement

MANCHESTER AIRPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED modern slavery statement for 2025 is a group statement covering 7 organisations. See the full list of organisations covered by this statement

Statement period and sign-off details

The statement covers the following period:
1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

The statement was signed off by:
Ken O'Toole (MAG CEO)

It was approved by the board (or equivalent management body) on:
24 July 2025

Recommended areas covered by the statement

Government guidance encourages organisations to cover a range of areas in their modern slavery statements, setting out the steps they’re taking to address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chains. Read about the recommended areas in the statutory guidance.

We asked the organisation to tell us which areas its statement covers.

Areas recommended by government guidance Organisation’s response
The organisation’s structure, business and supply chains Covered
Policies Covered
Risk assessment Covered
Due diligence (steps to address risk) Covered
Training about modern slavery Covered
Goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of the organisation's actions and progress over time Not covered
We are currently further developing our KPI's

The organisation’s sectors and turnover

Sectors

The organisation operates in the following sectors:

  • Aviation

Turnover

Its turnover in the financial accounting year of this statement was:

Over £500 million

If the organisation is a public body, this amount is based on the organisation’s budget for the year of the statement.
What does 'turnover' refer to in group statements?
If this is a group statement, this includes the total turnover for all the organisations covered by the statement.

Number of years producing statements

The organisation has been producing modern slavery statements for the following number of years:
More than 5 years
How does this work for group statements?
If the statement is for a group of organisations, this answer applies to the organisation with the longest history of producing statements.

Policies (optional)

We asked the organisation whether its policies include the following provisions in relation to its domestic and international supply chains, as well as its own operations.
Policy provisions we asked about Organisation’s response
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Included
Freedom of movement Not included
Freedom of association Included
Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Included
Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Not included
Prohibits compulsory overtime Not included
Prohibits child labour Included
Prohibits discrimination Included
Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Included
Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery Not included
Other
Not included

Training (optional)

We asked the organisation whether it provided training on modern slavery, and who it was for.
What counts as training?
We explained that by ‘training’ we meant anything designed to increase knowledge and skills around identifying, addressing or preventing modern slavery risks. This could range from formal training courses to broader awareness-raising activities such as workshops or webinars.
We asked who the training was for Organisation’s response
Your whole organisation Yes
Your front line staff Yes
Human resources Yes
Executive-level staff No
Procurement staff No
Your suppliers No
The wider community No
Other
No

Monitoring working conditions (optional)

Engaging with others

We asked the organisation to tell us who it engaged with to help monitor working conditions across its operations and supply chains.
We asked who the organisation engaged with Organisation’s response
Your suppliers Yes
Trade unions or worker representative groups No
Civil society organisations No
Professional auditors No
Workers within your organisation Yes
Workers within your supply chain Yes
Central or local government No
Law enforcement, such as police, GLAA and other local labour market inspectorates Yes
Businesses in your industry or sector No

Social audits

We asked the organisation to tell us about any social audits it used to look for signs of modern slavery.
What are social audits?
A social audit is a review of an organisation’s working practices from the point of view of social responsibility, and should include an evaluation of working conditions in the organisation’s operations and supply chains. By their nature, audits of supplier workplaces represent a snapshot in time.
Social audits we asked about Organisation’s response
Audit conducted by your staff No
Third party audit arranged by your organisation Yes
Audit conducted by your supplier’s staff No
Third party audit arranged by your supplier No
Announced audit No
Unannounced audit No

Grievance mechanisms

We asked the organisation how workers in its operations or supply chains could raise concerns or make complaints.
We asked if workers could raise concerns this way Organisation’s response
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Yes
Through trade unions or other worker representative groups Yes

Other ways of monitoring working conditions

We asked the organisation whether it had any other ways of monitoring working conditions across its operations and supply chains:
MAG carry out regular colleague engagement surveys. Work with Ecovadis to evaluate how well our supply chain integrate the principles of labour and human rights in their systems and practices.

Modern slavery risks (optional)

Warning Identifying modern slavery risks is a vital step towards eradicating it. The government encourages organisations to be as open and transparent as possible, to improve understanding, collaboration and best practice around tackling this worldwide problem.
We asked the organisation to describe up to 3 priority risks it focused on during the period of the statement, including details of the affected workers, the activity involved, and the location.

Priority risks for this organisation (1 of 3)

Our airports in the UK (Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands) being used as a route through which people are trafficked (knowingly or unknowingly).
Questions we asked about this risk Organisation’s response
Where it was most likely to occur Organisation’s response: Within your own operations.
Who was it most likely to affect Organisation’s response:
  • Women
  • Migrants
  • Refugees
  • Children
In which country Organisation’s response: No details provided
Actions or plans to address this risk Organisation’s response: We continue to work closely with specialists and subject matter experts including Slave Free Alliance, UK Border Force, local police forces at each airport to monitor all operations at our airports in a cohesive way. We can respond quickly where we believe our airports are being used to facilitate human trafficking and, with the support of these specialists, including our own Chaplaincy team, we are able to manage these cases sensitively and effectively.

Priority risks for this organisation (2 of 3)

Our suppliers bringing modern slavery into our airports, or allowing it to take place in their operations
Questions we asked about this risk Organisation’s response
Where it was most likely to occur Organisation’s response: Within your supply chains.
  • Tier 1 suppliers
    Provide their products and services directly to your organisation.
  • Tier 2 suppliers
    Provide products and services to your organisation via your Tier 1 suppliers.
Who was it most likely to affect Organisation’s response:
  • Migrants
  • Refugees
  • Children
In which country Organisation’s response: No details provided
Actions or plans to address this risk Organisation’s response: MAG’s preferred suppliers follow a competitive sourcing process or a direct award. These suppliers complete a rigorous and robust sourcing process with a pre-qualification stage that checks compliance with the MAG Supplier Code, asks questions on slavery and human trafficking and which sets out MAG’s standards across our sustainability agenda, including modern slavery. In addition, our Terms and Conditions outlines MAG’s position in relation to the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

Priority risks for this organisation (3 of 3)

MAG colleagues, contractors (including temporary staff) and third-party airport-based colleagues being trafficked or used as modern-day slaves
Questions we asked about this risk Organisation’s response
Where it was most likely to occur Organisation’s response: Within your own operations.
Who was it most likely to affect Organisation’s response:
  • Women
  • Migrants
  • Refugees
In which country Organisation’s response: No details provided
Actions or plans to address this risk Organisation’s response: Due to the highly regulated nature of our business, which requires robust and extensive colleague checks in the recruitment process and ongoing ‘in employment’ checks for some roles. The UK National Aviation Security Programme (NASP) requires that appropriate recruitment and vetting must be in place for those persons undertaking Aviation Security Activities and Functions. Periodic Civil Aviation Authority audits are conducted to verify these checks are in place.

Indicators of forced labour (optional)

We asked the organisation whether its statement refers to finding any International Labour Organization (ILO) indicators of forced labour.
What are ILO indicators of forced labour?
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has produced a list of the most common signs of forced labour. They’re based on the definition of forced labour as ‘all work or service which is extracted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.’ More details and guidance are available on the ILO website, and in their publication ILO indicators of forced labour
Organisation’s response
The organisation told us its statement does not refer to finding any International Labour Organization (ILO) indicators of forced labour.

Demonstrating progress (optional)

We asked the organisation how its statement demonstrates progress over time in addressing modern slavery risks. They provided the following answer:
We continue to work with our preferred suppliers to complete a rigorous assessment of their labour and human rights activities in relation to MAG. We have partnered with Slave Free Alliance to update our strategy and action plans. We have engaged Executive committee with Slave Free Alliance and Hope for Justice to continue to explore how we can collaborate further. Embedding MS Champions across our airports to prevent and eliminate MS.