2007 Q4/FTSE 250
INDEX Facts
- Completed date:
14 Dec 2007
- Total URLs tested:
93,062
- Total tests run:
30,369,742
- Total number of PDF's:
4,792
- URLs failing functional tests:
6.78%
- Pages failing code standards:
76.64%
- Pages missing a title:
2.50%
- Pages failing accessibility level A:
36.28%
- Pages failing accessibility level AA:
97.61%
- Poorest code quality:
Ultra Electronics Holdings (http://www.ultra-electronics.co.uk/) - 35,222 failures
- Fastest average response time:
Alliance Trust (http://www.alliancetrust.co.uk/)
Accessibility and Performance rankings
This table reports the average response time we recorded when testing each site. A response time above 0.7 seconds can have a negative effect on user experience.
This table reports the percentage of pages on the sites we tested that passed automated WCAG 1.0 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).
| Organisation | Avg. Response | Download (kB/s) |
|---|---|---|
| Only available for Qtr 4 2010 onwards | ||
| Organisation | A | AA |
|---|---|---|
| Marstons | 100.00 | 52.80 |
| Rightmove | 100.00 | 23.62 |
| Enodis | 100.00 | 16.00 |
| Michael Page International | 100.00 | 12.40 |
| Charter | 100.00 | 11.72 |
| Tradus | 100.00 | 8.11 |
| Electra Private Equity | 100.00 | 6.25 |
| Ashmore Group | 100.00 | 3.70 |
| Bovis Homes Group | 100.00 | 1.60 |
| Wellstream Holdings | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Aggreko | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Arm Holdings | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Arriva | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Baillie Gifford : Monks / Scottish Inv Tr | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Capital & Regional | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Carpetright | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Cobham | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Davis Service Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Derwent London | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Drax Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| EMAP | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Electrocomponents | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Findel | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| GKN | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Gem Diamonds | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Great Portland Estates | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| IG Group Holdings | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Inchcape | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Invista Foundation Property Trust | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Kelda Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Kier Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ladbrokes | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Millennium & Copthorne Hotels | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Misys | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Pendragon | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| SVG Capital | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Signet Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Southern Cross Healthcare | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Talvivaara Mining Company | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ultra Electronics Holdings | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| United Business Media | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| International Personal Finance | 99.22 | 25.58 |
| Tomkins | 99.22 | 0.00 |
| Hargreaves Lansdown | 99.21 | 62.99 |
| Dana Petroleum | 99.21 | 19.05 |
| Go-Ahead Group | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| Inmarsat | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| Johnston Press | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| Renishaw | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| Serco Group | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| Stagecoach Group | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| WSP group | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Ashtead Group | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Dairy Crest Group | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Halfords Group | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Imperial Energy Corp | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| eaga | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| BSS Group | 98.81 | 34.52 |
| Euromoney Institutional Investors | 98.45 | 0.00 |
| Amlin | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| FirstGroup | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| Rathbone Brothers | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| St.Modwen Properties | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| Venture Production | 98.40 | 31.20 |
| Homeserve | 98.40 | 4.00 |
| Burren Energy | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| FKI | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Game Group | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Laird Group | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| National Express Group | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Premier Farnell | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Shanks Group | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Rank Group | 98.00 | 0.00 |
| Perpetual Income & Growth Inv Tst | 97.92 | 0.00 |
| Workspace Group | 97.62 | 17.46 |
| Caledonia Investments | 97.62 | 0.00 |
| British Empire Securities | 97.50 | 0.00 |
| Berkeley Group Holdings | 96.90 | 29.46 |
| Halma | 96.85 | 7.87 |
| Aegis Group | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Biffa | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Abbot Group | 96.77 | 1.61 |
| Northern Foods | 96.09 | 64.06 |
| Carillion | 96.09 | 0.00 |
| Tui Travel | 96.09 | 0.00 |
| Atkins (WS) | 96.03 | 0.00 |
| UK Coal | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| TR Property Investment Trust | 95.89 | 1.37 |
| Spectris | 95.35 | 0.00 |
| AMEC | 95.28 | 0.00 |
| Pennon Group | 95.28 | 0.00 |
| Informa | 95.24 | 0.00 |
| Bluebay Asset Management | 95.12 | 0.00 |
| Merchants Trust | 95.08 | 0.00 |
| Bunzl | 94.92 | 0.00 |
| Mouchel Parkman | 94.57 | 0.00 |
| RPS Group | 94.40 | 4.80 |
| Bradford & Bingley | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| HMV Group | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| WH Smith | 94.29 | 1.90 |
| Forth Ports | 93.70 | 0.00 |
| Qinetiq Group | 93.60 | 0.00 |
| G4S | 93.02 | 0.00 |
| McAlpine (Alfred) | 92.91 | 0.00 |
| Partygaming | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| William Hill | 92.73 | 0.00 |
| Petrofac | 92.25 | 0.00 |
| Restaurant Group | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Galiform | 90.70 | 0.00 |
| BBA Aviation | 90.40 | 16.00 |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering | 90.22 | 0.00 |
| Taylor Nelson Sofres | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Chemring Group | 89.15 | 0.00 |
| Unite Group | 88.37 | 0.00 |
| Scottish Investment Trust | 88.10 | 0.00 |
| Cattles | 87.60 | 0.00 |
| Northumbrian Water Group | 87.40 | 0.00 |
| Invensys | 86.51 | 0.00 |
| Close Brothers Group | 86.40 | 0.00 |
| Britvic | 85.04 | 0.79 |
| Bankers Investment Trust | 85.04 | 0.00 |
| Travis Perkins | 83.87 | 0.00 |
| Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group | 82.54 | 4.76 |
| Foreign & Col | 82.40 | 0.00 |
| New Star Asset Management Group | 80.00 | 1.60 |
| Wood Group (John) | 80.00 | 0.00 |
| Marshalls | 78.57 | 0.79 |
| Easyjet | 77.95 | 0.79 |
| Brit Insurance Holdings | 77.95 | 0.00 |
| Northgate | 77.60 | 0.00 |
| JKX Oil & Gas | 76.80 | 0.00 |
| Axon Group | 74.60 | 0.00 |
| Sports Direct International | 73.44 | 0.00 |
| Redrow | 72.87 | 0.00 |
| Investec | 72.66 | 0.00 |
| Colt Telecom Group | 71.65 | 0.79 |
| RIT Capital Partners | 71.43 | 0.00 |
| Paragon Group Of Companies | 69.60 | 0.00 |
| Aveva Group | 69.05 | 0.00 |
| Sthree | 68.00 | 68.00 |
| Debenhams | 65.60 | 0.00 |
| Alliance Trust | 64.80 | 0.00 |
| Premier Foods | 64.57 | 0.79 |
| Interserve | 61.60 | 0.00 |
| moneysupermarket.com group | 57.48 | 0.00 |
| Luminar Group | 54.76 | 0.00 |
| Balfour Beatty | 54.69 | 0.00 |
| LogicaCMG | 52.71 | 0.00 |
| Speedy Hire | 52.00 | 0.00 |
| Babcock International Group | 50.79 | 0.00 |
| Tullett Prebon | 50.72 | 0.00 |
| CSR | 47.62 | 0.00 |
| Brixton | 47.20 | 0.00 |
| Minerva | 44.00 | 0.00 |
| JD Wetherspoons | 42.97 | 0.00 |
| St James's Place | 42.40 | 0.00 |
| Cookson Group | 40.80 | 0.00 |
| Cairn Energy | 36.51 | 0.00 |
| Trinity Mirror | 31.75 | 0.00 |
| Morgan Sindall | 30.23 | 0.00 |
| Thomas Cook Group | 28.12 | 0.00 |
| De La Rue | 27.13 | 0.78 |
| Helphire Group | 26.09 | 0.00 |
| Micro Focus International | 25.40 | 0.00 |
| Collins Stewart | 24.29 | 0.00 |
| Grainger | 20.93 | 0.00 |
| Greggs | 18.11 | 0.00 |
| Admiral Group | 17.89 | 0.00 |
| Aberforth Smaller Companies Tst | 15.38 | 0.00 |
| Keller | 14.29 | 0.00 |
| Galliford Try | 14.06 | 0.00 |
| Gyrus Group | 11.94 | 0.00 |
| City of London Investment Trust | 10.39 | 0.00 |
| Soco International | 8.66 | 0.00 |
| Big Yellow Group | 7.94 | 0.00 |
| ITE Group | 7.44 | 0.00 |
| Filtrona | 6.40 | 0.00 |
| SEGRO | 6.20 | 0.00 |
| PV Crystalox Solar | 5.13 | 0.00 |
| Aquarius Platinum | 5.00 | 0.00 |
| Kesa Electricals | 4.76 | 0.00 |
| Rotork | 4.76 | 0.00 |
| Shaftesbury | 4.65 | 0.00 |
| Dexion Absolute | 4.35 | 0.00 |
| Hunting | 3.97 | 0.00 |
| Hiscox | 3.91 | 0.00 |
| PZ Cussons | 3.80 | 0.00 |
| Beazley Group | 3.45 | 0.00 |
| Daejan Holdings | 2.56 | 0.00 |
| Autonomy Corporation | 2.34 | 0.00 |
| Victrex | 2.34 | 0.00 |
| Mondi | 1.60 | 0.80 |
| Croda International | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Mapeley | 1.32 | 0.00 |
| Wincanton | 1.19 | 0.00 |
| Brown (N.) Group | 0.96 | 0.00 |
| IMI | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Regus Group | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| SSL International | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Xchanging | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Bellway | 0.79 | 0.79 |
| Aberdeen Asset Management | 0.79 | 0.00 |
| Dimension Data Holdings | 0.78 | 0.00 |
| Benfield Group | 0.00 | 0.78 |
| AGA Foodservice Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bodycote International | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Candover Investments | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Catlin Group LD | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ferrexpo | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Greene King | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hays | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Henderson Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hochschild Mining | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Intermediate Capital Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Intertek Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| MITIE Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Meggitt | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Merrill Lynch World Mining TST | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Morgan Crucible Co | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Murray Income Trust | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Murray International Trust | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Premier Oil | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Provident Financial | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Quintain Estates And Development | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Randgold Resources | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| SIG | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Savills | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Severfield-Rowen | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smith (DS) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Spirent Communications | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Temple Bar Investment Trust | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| VT Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Weir Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Witan Investment Trust | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Error free sites
The following sites scored full marks for Function.
- Aberforth Smaller Companies Tst
- Aegis Group
- Atkins (WS)
- Baillie Gifford : Monks / Scottish Inv Tr
- Cobham
- Dana Petroleum
- Electra Private Equity
- Hargreaves Lansdown
- Invista Foundation Property Trust
- Sports Direct International
Failing A & AA on every page
The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.
- AGA Foodservice Group
- Merrill Lynch World Mining TST
- Bodycote International
- Candover Investments
- Catlin Group LD
- Smith (DS)
- Ferrexpo
- Greene King
- Hays
- Henderson Group
- Hochschild Mining
- Intermediate Capital Group
- Intertek Group
- Meggitt
- MITIE Group
- Morgan Crucible Co
- Murray Income Trust
- Murray International Trust
- Premier Oil
- Provident Financial
- Quintain Estates And Development
- Randgold Resources
- Savills
- Severfield-Rowen
- SIG
- Spirent Communications
- Temple Bar Investment Trust
- VT Group
- Weir Group
- Witan Investment Trust
Excluded from INDEX
The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.
- 3i Infrastructure
- Burberry Group
- Expro International Group
- Fidelity (Edinburgh Inv Tst)
- Headlam Group
- British Assets Trust
- JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust
- JP Morgan
- Templeton Emerging Markets IT
PDF testing
18.5% of checked PDFs were not tagged for accessibility.
Sitemorse performs twenty eight checks on PDF documents as part of our website benchmarking to ensure users do not experience problems such as broken links, or failing email addresses - we are also the first to test the accessibility compliance of PDF's.
Top ten functional failures
The most common categories of functional failure.
| file/url/offtop None |
21.42% |
| file/url/badpath None |
19.35% |
| file/url/badquery None |
15.28% |
| url/fetch/notfound File not found |
8.54% |
| url/mail/exception Exception while verifying email address |
6.11% |
| file/html/notitle None |
5.42% |
| url/mail/badsmtp Mail server returned unexpected response |
3.57% |
| file/html/badmeta None |
3.25% |
| url/fetch/badcookie Web server attempted to set invalid cookie |
3.06% |
| url/fetch/unknownstatus Unknown status code received from web server |
2.94% |
Top ten code quality failures
The most common categories of code quality failure.
| file/html/badentity Invalid character in entity |
22.27% |
| file/html/unknownentity Unknown entity name |
21.86% |
| file/html/badvalue Invalid attribute value |
13.19% |
| file/html/unknowntag A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised |
10.71% |
| file/html/tagnotallowed A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear |
10.41% |
| file/html/badattr Invalid attribute name |
9.42% |
| file/html/repeatedattr A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once |
4.79% |
| file/html/closingunopened A redundant close tag was found |
4.02% |
| file/html/missingclose An element is missing the required close tag |
2.10% |
| file/html/unnecessaryclose An end tag was found for an element which does not require one |
0.50% |