Correction, 6 October 2026. An earlier version of this post reported a dataset of 6,300 sites and different percentages, and cited enforcement figures I could not substantiate. Those numbers were wrong and I have removed them. The figures below come from the published scan and the full breakdown is public at firmbeacon.co.uk/statistics. Sorry for the earlier version.
What the rules cover
The SRA Transparency Rules ask your public website to show:
- Your SRA number
- The clickable SRA digital badge, not a saved image
- Complaints information, including how to escalate to the Legal Ombudsman
- Price information for the services you advertise that the rules cover
Why gaps appear
The usual causes are mundane. A redesign drops a page. Hosting moves and old links break. A template change removes a footer section. Content gets rebuilt by someone who was not thinking about regulatory requirements.
How to check it
- Open your site as a visitor, not as an admin
- Find your SRA number in the page text
- Click your badge and see whether it opens your SRA record
- Find your complaints information and check the Legal Ombudsman is named
- Find price information for each covered service you advertise
If any of those takes more than a minute to find, that is the finding.
What the scan found
Across 5,770 SRA-regulated firm websites scanned in August 2026:
- SRA number readable: found on 79% of sites, not found on 21%
- Clickable SRA badge: found on 88%, not found on 12%
- Complaints information: found on 87%, not found on 13%
- Legal Ombudsman mention: found on 74%, not found on 26%
- Price information: found on 6%, not found on 94%
Price information is the outlier by a wide margin, and it is also the item that needs maintenance rather than a one-off edit.
A caveat
"Not found" means the scan did not detect the item on the pages it read on the scan date. It may sit on a page the scan did not reach, or may have been added since. It is not a legal opinion and it is not a statement that any firm has broken a rule.
Methodology
The scan read public pages only, respected robots.txt, and cross-checked SRA numbers against the SRA register. It covered 5,770 SRA-regulated firm websites across 808 towns in England and Wales in August 2026.
Per-town results and the full national breakdown are published at the link below. The raw findings are also offered as a CSV for anyone who wants to check the work.
Full breakdown: firmbeacon.co.uk/statistics
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