1. About this statement

Sellexa Limited's annual turnover is below the £36 million threshold that requires a slavery and human trafficking statement under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We publish this statement voluntarily because modern slavery and human trafficking are unacceptable in any supply chain, and because we want our community to know where we stand from day one. We will refresh this statement annually each Q1.

2. Our business

Sellexa Limited (Companies House number NI735255) is a UK-incorporated technology company headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland. We operate Sellexa, an online marketplace dedicated to authentic cultural commerce, connecting verified UK-based sellers of cultural food, fashion, beauty, homeware, groceries, jewellery, music and books with buyers who value provenance and authenticity. Our v1 launch is UK ship-from and UK ship-to.

3. Our supply chain

Sellexa does not manufacture or warehouse goods. Our supply chain consists of a small set of technology and service providers, plus the independent sellers who list on our platform.

3.1 Key service providers

• Stripe, payment processing.
• Sendcloud, delivery aggregation across Royal Mail, Evri, DPD and other UK carriers.
• Supabase, database, authentication and file hosting.
• Meta (WhatsApp Cloud API), order-related messaging notifications.
• Resend, transactional email.
• Netlify, application hosting.

Each of these providers is itself a substantial UK or international technology business with its own modern-slavery commitments and policies.

3.2 Sellers on the platform

Sellers are independent businesses that we onboard via a know-your-customer (KYC) process. They are not employees, agents, or sub-contractors of Sellexa. Their own supply chains are their responsibility, but we expect compliance with UK law as a baseline condition of selling on Sellexa.

4. Risk assessment

We assess our direct exposure to modern slavery as low: we have a small team, all UK-based, and our service providers operate in regulated technology and payments markets.

We assess our indirect exposure, through the supply chains of independent sellers, as moderate. Specific product categories carry higher inherent risk:

• Textiles and fashion, global cotton and garment supply chains have well-documented forced-labour exposure.
• Food, agricultural and seafood supply chains can carry exploitation risk.

Sellers in these categories receive heightened onboarding scrutiny.

5. Due diligence

• Seller KYC. Every seller is verified during onboarding. We collect business details, identity verification, and bank-account ownership confirmation through Stripe Connect.
• Reporting channels. Anyone, buyer, seller, member of the public, can report concerns about modern slavery or labour abuse to support@sellexa.app. Reports are reviewed by senior staff within 5 working days.
• Investigations. Credible reports trigger a review that can lead to seller suspension, removal, and (where appropriate) referral to law enforcement under our duty under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

6. Training

The founder and senior staff are briefed annually on the indicators of modern slavery and labour exploitation, drawing on UK Home Office and Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) guidance. Training will be extended to all staff as the team grows.

7. Measuring effectiveness

This is our first published statement. From our 2027 statement onwards we will report on:

• Number of modern-slavery concerns reported through our channels.
• Number of seller accounts suspended or removed for related concerns.
• Any referrals made to law enforcement.

8. Sign-off

This statement was approved by the board of Sellexa Limited and signed by the founding director on 26 April 2026.