Website Stats · Original research
Charities Website Statistics 2026
We ran automated homepage audits on 6 UK charities websites — checking page speed, mobile UX, on-page SEO, structured data, contact conversion and more. Here's what we found.
Avg score
54/100
Avg page speed
900ms
Sites analysed
6
Score distribution
Good (80–100)1 sites (17%)
Okay (60–79)2 sites (33%)
Poor (0–59)3 sites (50%)
How many pass the basics
HTTPS enabled100%
Mobile viewport83%
Structured data (schema)50%
Contact form on homepage50%
Open Graph share image83%
Analytics installed67%
Most common mistakes
- No theme-color meta — plain browser chrome on mobile67% of sites
- N HN headings — should be one50% of sites
- Only N% of images have alt text50% of sites
- No structured data (schema.org)50% of sites
- No contact form found on homepage50% of sites
- No meta description — Google writes its own33% of sites
- Missing <html lang> attribute — accessibility & SEO issue33% of sites
- No custom web fonts — default system fonts feel dated33% of sites
- No cookie consent banner detected — UK GDPR risk33% of sites
- N broken internal links33% of sites
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Methodology: automated homepage audits by RIOT Studio, August 2026.
