Website Stats · Original research
Charities Website Statistics 2026
We ran automated homepage audits on 5 UK charities websites — checking page speed, mobile UX, on-page SEO, structured data, contact conversion and more. Here's what we found.
Avg score
60/100
Avg page speed
505ms
Sites analysed
5
Score distribution
Good (80–100)1 sites (20%)
Okay (60–79)2 sites (40%)
Poor (0–59)2 sites (40%)
How many pass the basics
HTTPS enabled100%
Mobile viewport80%
Structured data (schema)40%
Contact form on homepage60%
Open Graph share image80%
Analytics installed80%
Most common mistakes
- N HN headings — should be one60% of sites
- No structured data (schema.org)60% of sites
- No theme-color meta — plain browser chrome on mobile60% of sites
- No meta description — Google writes its own40% of sites
- Only N% of images have alt text40% of sites
- Missing <html lang> attribute — accessibility & SEO issue40% of sites
- No custom web fonts — default system fonts feel dated40% of sites
- No contact form found on homepage40% of sites
- N broken internal link20% of sites
- Response time N.Ns — could be faster20% of sites
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Methodology: automated homepage audits by RIOT Studio, October 2026.
