HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE continued our large-scale construction sites as well as smaller, shorter- duration construction works. Work continued with contractors to ensure sites were safe to operate with a robust site safety inspection regime in place. Alongside this, our assurance site safety inspector conducted random site safety inspections. This independent inspection has provided assurance to the Committee and enabled us to verify that our framework inspector scoring is accurate and that our sites are achieving industry-leading standards, which far exceed statutory compliance. This represents good safety performance against the industry norm and is within our Unite Students benchmark. The Committee monitored safety observations and near miss reporting in our development and refurbishment sites to help build a clearer picture of our day-to-day risk profile and to promote a transparent safety culture. We continued to see a positive reporting culture during 2025. Professor Sir Steve Smith Chair – Health & Safety Committee 24 February 2026 OUR FOCUS FOR 2026 • Oversee the governance and consistency of health and safety performance across the business while prioritising the safety of our customers, people, properties and our workplace, as we strive to deliver our values. • Support our continued close relationships with our university partners to ensure student welfare is prioritised to help students deal with the financial and wellbeing pressures of university living. • Continue to oversee the ongoing cladding remediation programme and related Building Safety Act compliance. Hours worked Reportable incidents Reportable incidents benchmark Reportable incident KPI Non-reportable incidents Non-reportable incidents benchmark Non-reportable incident KPI 2021 806,774 0 0.30 0 16 5.00 1.98 2022 1,860,904 0 0.30 0 26 5.00 1.4 2023 777,691 0 0.30 0 7 5.00 2.02 2024 1,316,909 2 0.30 0.15 21 5.00 1.59 2025 1,808,242 5 0.30 0.28 13 5.00 0.72 KPI calculated as: No. of incidents worked x 100,000 hours/hours worked. Safety performance in our development and refurbishment sites THE UNITE GROUP PLC Annual Report and Accounts 2025 112 GOVERNANCE