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Unseen · Bristol, UK

Unseen Business Impact Report 2024

Unseen's 2024 Business Impact Report shows how the anti-slavery charity works with businesses to tackle modern slavery and labour exploitation in their supply chains. In 2024 its Business Portal alerted businesses to 57 cases of potential exploitation involving an estimated 190 workers, its e-learning reached 33,000 employees, and 1,800 individuals were trained across 63 businesses and statutory agencies. Its Business Hub grew to 57 members, with 12 joining in 2024, and membership of its Construction and Finance Hubs more than doubled. The report also covers worker wellbeing site visits, the changing legal landscape and the 2024 Unseen Business Awards.

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About

Unseen is a UK charity (no. 1127620) working towards a world without slavery. It runs the UK Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline and supports survivors, and its Business Services help organisations identify and tackle forced labour and exploitation in their operations and supply chains through its Business Hub, Business Portal, industry hubs, training and worker wellbeing audits.

Key Metrics

190 potential victims of labour exploitation within 57 cases alerted through the Business Portal
33,000 employees reached through e-learning training programmes
1,800 individuals trained across 63 businesses and statutory agencies

Key Outcomes

  • The Business Hub grew to 57 members, with 12 businesses joining in 2024, including McLaren, Booking.com and Santander.
  • Membership of the industry hubs more than doubled: 31 businesses in the Construction Hub (up from 15) and 22 in the Finance Hub (up from 10).
  • Provided 18 supplier worker wellbeing audits, giving businesses insight into how workers are recruited and treated by suppliers.

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities