1. Introduction
This statement is made by Aspire CCS in respect of the financial year ended on the date shown at the top of this page. It sets out the steps Aspire CCS has taken to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking within its business and supply chain.
Aspire CCS publishes this statement voluntarily. The statutory disclosure obligation under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 applies to commercial organisations with a total annual turnover of £36 million or more. Aspire CCS is below that threshold for the financial year covered by this statement. We publish this statement irrespective of threshold position because we believe transparency on modern-slavery risk is the right standard for a professional services firm of our size and reach.
“Aspire CCS”, “we”, “us” and “our” in this document refer collectively to Aspire CCS Ltd (United Kingdom), Aspire CCS B.V. (Netherlands), and Aspire CCS Inc. (United States), as appropriate to the activity and jurisdiction. Registered offices and company numbers are: Aspire CCS Ltd, Arlington House, Maldon CM9 6FF, United Kingdom, Companies House registration number 09828535; Aspire CCS B.V., Zeverijnstraat 6, 1216 GK Hilversum, The Netherlands, KvK number 76880591; and Aspire CCS Inc., 700 Commerce Drive, Suite 500, Oak Brook, IL 60523, United States, incorporated in Delaware. Where this document refers to a specific entity, that entity is identified by name.
2. Our Organisation
Aspire CCS is a specialist intelligence and advisory firm focused on Customer Communications Management (CCM) and Customer Experience Management (CXM) markets. We operate through three legal entities (United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States) and serve enterprise technology buyers and software vendors globally. Our core deliverables are research, benchmarks, reports, advisory engagements, and software intelligence products.
Total headcount across all three entities is 8. We do not manufacture physical goods, do not operate in extractive or agricultural sectors, and do not engage low-skilled labour at scale. Our personnel are predominantly knowledge workers based in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States, and a small number of other jurisdictions where individual analysts are based.
3. Our Supply Chain
Our supply chain consists primarily of:
- Technology and software-as-a-service providers, including platforms used to deliver our research and advisory services (CRM, marketing automation, cloud infrastructure, AI model providers, video conferencing, accounting software, and document collaboration tools).
- Professional services suppliers, including legal, accounting, audit, banking, insurance, and human-resources advisers.
- Event venues, hospitality providers, and travel-related suppliers.
- Office facilities, including landlords, cleaning services, and IT support.
- Independent contractors and associates who contribute to specific research or advisory engagements on a freelance basis.
4. Modern Slavery Risk Assessment
We assess the inherent risk of modern slavery in our business and supply chain as low. The principal reasons are:
- Our workforce consists of professionally qualified knowledge workers, recruited through transparent processes, paid above local minimum wage requirements, and engaged under written contracts.
- Our supply chain consists predominantly of professional services firms and large technology providers that have their own modern-slavery, ethics, and supplier-conduct programmes.
- We do not source physical goods from high-risk geographies or sectors.
The areas we monitor most actively are office facilities (including cleaning and security services), event and hospitality suppliers, and any future expansion into lower-cost service providers (for example, offshore administration or content production).
5. Policies and Procedures
Aspire CCS maintains the following policies relevant to modern slavery and human trafficking:
- Anti-Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy (this statement is supported by an underlying internal policy).
- Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy.
- Whistleblowing Policy, providing a confidential route for personnel and suppliers to raise concerns.
- Recruitment Policy, including right-to-work verification and direct payment of personnel into bank accounts in their own name.
- Supplier Code of Conduct, applicable to material suppliers, addressing labour standards including the prohibition of forced and child labour.
These policies are reviewed annually. The current versions are available on request and are maintained by Martin Pack, Chief Operating Officer.
6. Due Diligence and Supplier Management
New material suppliers are reviewed at onboarding for any indications of modern-slavery or labour-standards concerns. Suppliers above a defined contract-value threshold are asked to confirm compliance with our Supplier Code of Conduct and, where applicable, to provide their own modern-slavery disclosures.
During the year covered by this statement we have not identified any instance of modern slavery or human trafficking within our business or supply chain. Where concerns are identified in future, we will investigate and, where appropriate, terminate the supplier relationship and report to relevant authorities.
7. Training and Awareness
All Aspire CCS personnel are made aware of this statement as part of induction. Personnel with procurement or hiring responsibilities receive additional briefings on indicators of modern slavery and the routes by which concerns can be raised.
8. Effectiveness and Next Steps
We measure the effectiveness of our approach through the absence of reported incidents, the completion rate of supplier conduct confirmations among material suppliers, and the completion rate of personnel awareness briefings.
In the year ahead we intend to:
- Review and update our Supplier Code of Conduct.
- Extend supplier conduct confirmations to a broader population of material suppliers.
- Refresh personnel awareness briefings, with specific guidance for those engaging hospitality and event suppliers.
9. Approval
This statement was approved by the board of Aspire CCS Ltd on 18 May 2026 and is signed on its behalf by:
Kaspar Roos
Chief Executive Officer
Aspire CCS Ltd
10. Contact
Questions or concerns about this statement, or about modern-slavery matters relating to Aspire CCS, should be directed to info@aspireccs.com, marked for the attention of the Chief Operating Officer.