Modern Slavery Statement - FY26

APPROVAL
This Statement is made in accordance with section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and was approved by the Board of Directors of Future plc on 5 February 2026.

PURPOSE
Under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, commercial organisations carrying on a business in the UK with an annual turnover exceeding £36 million are required to publish an annual Modern Slavery Statement setting out the company’s efforts in the financial year to eradicate modern slavery from its business or supply chain. This Statement for the year ended 30 September 2025 covers Future plc and each of its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom listed below (together, “Future”). We also require our employees working within Future’s international entities, also listed below, to comply with our policies relating to modern slavery and human trafficking.

UK Subsidiaries
Future Publishing Limited
GoCompare.com Limited

International Entities
Future US LLC

OUR BUSINESS
Future is a data-first platform that monetises high audience engagement, powered by technology and enabled by trusted specialist brands with authority. The successful execution of our strategy is based on a value-led organisation with a clear purpose: We connect people’s purpose through the power of our brands, data and innovative products.

Future operates Go.Compare, a leading UK financial services price comparison website.

OUR SUPPLY CHAINS
Our supply chains include freelance content suppliers; freelance video production crews; print and digital suppliers; logistics suppliers; cover item suppliers; subscription fulfilment and magazine distribution and mailing services; venues for live events; large and small technology suppliers based in the UK and worldwide; IT and other office equipment; professional services from our lawyers, accountants and other advisors; and office cleaning and other facilities services.

Future actively promotes ethical business practices and policies that protect its staff and is committed to ensuring, as far as possible, that suppliers adhere to the same high ethical standards it embraces.

ACTS TO ADDRESS RISK
Future operates a zero-tolerance approach to slavery and human trafficking. Future is not aware of any slavery or human trafficking in any part of our business or supply chain, and no issues were raised during the year ended 30 September 2025. Therefore, given the nature of Future’s business, we consider the overall risk level across our supply chains to remain low.

Future remains committed to running its business responsibly and, when onboarding a new supplier, we request a copy of the supplier’s Modern Slavery Policy to address, among other things, issues of child labour, forced labour and human trafficking. We make it clear that they cannot trade with us without a Modern Slavery Policy. Additionally, we conduct further risk checks by location/sector where we believe there could be a heightened risk of non-compliance or poor behaviour. The combination of receiving their Modern Slavery Policy and the heightened risk checks we conduct provides us with sufficient coverage within our risk appetite.

Future is committed to working only with suppliers who take their obligations regarding modern slavery as seriously as we do. Future requires certain suppliers to complete a Modern Slavery Supplier Questionnaire as part of its due diligence procedures for existing and potential suppliers. The results of each questionnaire are reviewed and stored securely upon their return.

Future regularly reviews its current ethical processes. Annually, Future will audit certain supplier contracts to ensure that the company’s Modern Slavery Supplier Questionnaire and Supplier Code of Conduct are correctly utilised by the business and complied with by suppliers, helping keep modern slavery out of our supply chains.

The highest risk of modern slavery in our supply chains has been judged to be most likely among the suppliers of the cover items we include with some of our titles (for example, calendars, posters, etc), who use sourcing companies based in the Far East. It is our understanding that these sourcing companies carry out extensive auditing and site inspections of their suppliers and factories in this region to monitor the risk of modern slavery. Future maintains frequent contact with such suppliers and has no concerns with this segment of its supply chain.

POLICY AND EMPLOYEE TRAINING
Future focuses on effective communication, training, and resourcing its employees to shape the environment and set the tone for assessing, preventing and mitigating risk, and to influence and remedy modern slavery in its supply chains and organisation.

Future’s Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy, which was introduced in May 2018, is reviewed annually. Our accompanying Warning Signs guidance helps staff identify warning signs which may indicate someone is a victim of slavery or human trafficking. These resources are made available to all Future staff worldwide via Future’s online Intranet to increase awareness of this issue and encourage positive behaviour within our organisation. The Warning Signs guidance was most recently reviewed in January 2026 with no material changes made.

All employees who join Future are provided with information about its Intranet, including instructions on accessing Future’s policies and accompanying guidance.

Training and guidance for Future employees emphasise the importance of ethical conduct and the need to undertake due diligence in this area before appointing a supplier.

APPROVAL
This Statement is made in accordance with section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and was approved by the Board of Directors of Future plc on 5 February 2026.

Signed by:

Kevin Li Ying
Chief Executive