Modern Slavery Policy
Updated on 03 Oct, 2025
Modern Slavery Statement
Modern Slavery is a serious crime and a grave violation of fundamental human rights. It encompasses a range
of exploitive practices such as slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour and human trafficking.
This statement is issued by COYA Restaurants Ltd (trading as “COYA Mayfair” and “COYA City”) in accordance
with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. It outlines the measures we have taken during the
financial year from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 to identify, address and mitigate risks of modern slavery
and human trafficking in our business and supply chains.
Operating within the lifestyle hospitality sector, we acknowledge our duty to act with integrity and transparency
in our business details. COYA Restaurant is firmly committed to upholding ethical standards, preventing all
forms of modern slavery, and ensuring that our operations and those of our suppliers are free from such
practices.
Organisational Structure
This statement applies to the operations of COYA Mayfair and COYA City, two of the UK-based venues operating
under the COYA brand.
COYA is an international hospitality brand known for its vibrant fusion of Peruvian cuisine, immersive cultural
experiences and dynamic atmosphere. With multiple locations globally, we operate two sites within London.
COYA Mayfair, located in the heart of London’s Mayfair, is a flagship venue offering high-end Latin American
dining experience, inclusive of our award-winning restaurant, Pisco Bar, and Private Member’s Club.
COYA City, based in the heart of the City of London, brings the same Peruvian-inspired energy to the financial
district, catering to a diverse clientele with a lively restaurant, Pisco Bar and event spaces tailored for both
corporate and social occasions.
Together, COYA Mayfair and COYA City employ approximately 150 team members across front of house,
kitchen, management, and support functions. Our teams work within complex operational environments that
include multiple dining spaces, private lounges, bars, live entertainment areas, and high-volume kitchens, all of
which rely on a wide network of local and international suppliers for goods and services. We recognise that the
risk of modern slavery may arise not only within our own workforce but also, and perhaps more significantly-
across our global supply chains, which include food and beverage producers, uniform suppliers, cleaning
services, recruitment agencies, and logistics providers.
Policies
Whistleblowing Policy: We encourage all our employees to report any concerns related to the direct activities,
or the supply chains of our organisation. This includes any circumstances that may give rise to an enhanced risk
of slavery or human trafficking. Our whistleblowing procedure is designed to make it easy for employees to
make disclosures, without fear of retaliation. Employees who have concerns can use our confidential helpline.
Employee Code of Conduct: Our code makes clear to employees the actions and behaviour expected of them
when representing our organisation. We strive to maintain the highest standards of employee conduct and
ethical behaviour.
Grievance policy: Our grievance procedure provides employees with a formal channel to raise serious
workplace problems and complaints – including those pertaining to unfair or illegal treatment of themselves or
others – leading to a fair and impartial investigation and resulting in a resolution. We also make sure our
suppliers are aware of our policies and adhere to the same high standards.
Recruitment policy: we conduct mandatory Right to Work checks on every single employee who joins our
business. We also conduct a monthly Right to Work audit to ensure all current employees continue to have the
eligibility to work in the UK, to mitigate the risk of human trafficking or of such individuals being forced to work
against their will
These policies reflect our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all of our business relationships
and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is
not taking place anywhere within our supply chains.
Due Diligence
As part of our efforts to monitor and reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring within our
supply chains, we are committed to ensuring that our suppliers adhere to the highest standards of ethics. We
recognise that certain areas of our operations and supply chain present higher risks of modern slavery and
human trafficking. These include the use of agency and temporary labour providers, outsourced cleaning and
security services, and procurement of uniforms and selected food and beverage categories sourced
internationally. Suppliers are required to demonstrate that they provide safe working conditions where
necessary, treat workers with dignity and respect, and act ethically and within the law in their use of labour. To
mitigate these risks, we conduct supplier pre-qualification checks, require contractual commitments to our
standards, and reserve the right to audit or terminate contracts where breaches are identified.
Our procedures are designed to:
• establish and assess areas of potential risk in our business and supply chains,
• monitor potential risk areas in our business and supply chains,
• reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our business and supply chains
Our due diligence checks include:
• Mapping the supply chain broadly to assess particular product or geographical risks of modern slavery
and human trafficking.
• Evaluating the modern slavery and human trafficking risks of each new supplier.
• Reviewing on a regular basis all aspects of the supply chain based on the supply chain mapping
Training
We provide targeted training to staff with direct responsibility for recruitment, procurement, and supplier
management, including senior managers and People & Culture teams. Training is delivered at induction for all
new hires in these functions and refreshed annually. The programme covers recognising warning signs of
modern slavery, how to escalate concerns, and our reporting procedure.
This statement is made in accordance with section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes COYA Restaurant Ltd’s slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year commencing 1st April 2025 and ending 31st March 2026.
Confidential Reporting
We encourage anyone with concerns related to Modern Slavery or unethical practices to report them
confidentially. You can contact our Ethics Team directly at ethics@coyarestaurant.com. All reports will be
handled sensitively and in strict confidence.
This statement was approved by Board Directors of COYA Restaurant Ltd on 1st October 2025.
Signed on behalf of the Board by:
Tevfik Akdağ
President
COYA Restaurant Ltd
