Your company was requested to register with TISCreport by the Home Office because we are helping them to monitor compliance with Section 54. Using TISCreport to evidence your compliance will reduce the cost to the taxpayer. It will also enable you to share your statement directly with the Modern Slavery Registry with a single click. Unlike other repositories, our register was built to authenticate company compliance, being built to UK Government Digital Service standards.
As you may be aware, there is currently no Government-owned central repository for companies to evidence their compliance because there was no provision in the legislation for such a repository. The TISCreport register was created in 2015 by our social enterprise, in partnership with the UK Government Digital Service using their standards, to fill that gap. This was done without use of any Government funding, and to become a funding stream for the UK Anti-Slavery Helpline through membership funds raised from businesses that could afford it. Whilst the UK Modern Slavery Act Transparency in Supply Chains clause may be changed as a result of the review of Section 54, this may or may not result in the creation of a Government (taxpayer) owned register. The gender pay gap register maintenance tender has been capped this year at £1.6M (inc VAT per year). We hope to continue to save the taxpayer at least that much a year with our work whilst we help companies reduce their supply chain risks through their transparency.