2009 Q2/FTSE 350



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    27 Apr 2009

  • Total URLs tested:

    148,147

  • Total tests run:

    48,322,365

  • Total number of PDF's:

    6,715

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    2.53%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    74.20%

  • Pages missing a title:

    1.33%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    29.42%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    94.75%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Mothercare (http://www.mothercare.com/) - 301,770 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Daejan Holdings (http://www.daejanholdings.com/)




Accessibility and Performance rankings Expand / contract icon

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
Smiths Group100.00100.00
Daily Mail &​ General Trust100.0099.20
Land Securities Grou​p100.0097.60
Wpp100.0090.40
Sage Group100.0084.00
British American Tob​acco100.0080.80
Provident Financial100.0076.80
Marstons100.0073.60
Kingfisher100.0072.80
Liberty Internationa​l100.0057.60
Imperial Tobacco Gro​up100.0046.40
RIT Capital Partners​100.0045.95
Wolseley100.0042.40
BT Group100.0038.40
J Sainsbury100.0038.40
Serco Group100.0038.40
British Land Co100.0036.00
Brewin Dolphin Holdi​ngs100.0027.42
Wellstream Holdings100.0027.20
Charter Internationa​l100.0014.29
Heritage Oil100.0010.53
Intercontinental Hot​els Group100.0010.40
Barclays100.008.00
SABMiller100.008.00
Electra Private Equi​ty100.005.26
BARR (A.G.)100.004.80
BSS Group100.003.20
William Hill100.001.60
Ashmore Group100.001.08
Michael Page Interna​tional100.000.80
Prudential100.000.80
Standard Life100.000.80
Aberforth Smaller Co​mpanies Tst100.000.00
Arm Holdings100.000.00
Astrazeneca100.000.00
Babcock &​ Brown Public Partne​rships100.000.00
Baillie Gifford (Mon​ks Inv Tst)100.000.00
Bhp Billiton100.000.00
Cable &​ Wireless100.000.00
Carpetright100.000.00
Chaucer Holdings100.000.00
Chloride Group100.000.00
Connaught100.000.00
DSG International100.000.00
Dairy Crest Group100.000.00
Davis Service Group100.000.00
Domino Printing Scie​nces100.000.00
Drax Group100.000.00
Electrocomponents100.000.00
Enterprise Inns100.000.00
Fisher (James) &​ Sons100.000.00
Friends Provident100.000.00
Go-Ahead Group100.000.00
Great Portland Estat​es100.000.00
Greggs100.000.00
Hikma Pharmaceutical​s100.000.00
Homeserve100.000.00
ITV100.000.00
Impax Environmental ​Markets100.000.00
Inchcape100.000.00
International Power100.000.00
Ladbrokes100.000.00
Law Debenture Corp100.000.00
Lloyds Banking Group​100.000.00
Melrose PLC100.000.00
Merchants Trust100.000.00
Millennium &​ Copthorne Hotels100.000.00
Mitchells &​ Butlers100.000.00
Monks Investment Tru​st PLC100.000.00
Mouchel Group100.000.00
Old Mutual100.000.00
Perpetual Income &​ Growth Inv Tst100.000.00
Peter Hambro Mining100.000.00
Premier Farnell100.000.00
Rathbone Brothers100.000.00
Rentokil Initial100.000.00
Robert Wiseman Dairi​es100.000.00
Rotork100.000.00
SSL International100.000.00
SVG Capital100.000.00
Salamander Energy100.000.00
Severn Trent100.000.00
Stobart Group100.000.00
Synergy Health100.000.00
Talvivaara Mining Co​mpany100.000.00
Taylor Wimpey100.000.00
Ultra Electronics Ho​ldings100.000.00
United Business Medi​a100.000.00
Vectura Group100.000.00
Vedanta Resources100.000.00
Weir Group100.000.00
Pace99.2024.80
Dana Petroleum99.2023.20
FirstGroup99.2018.40
Hargreaves Lansdown99.208.80
Aviva99.201.60
Aggreko99.200.00
Balfour Beatty99.200.00
Caledonia Investment​s99.200.00
GKN99.200.00
International Person​al Finance99.200.00
RPS Group99.200.00
Spirax-Sarco Enginee​ring99.200.00
Tomkins99.200.00
Tullow Oil99.200.00
eaga99.200.00
Rank Group99.190.00
Northern Foods98.4062.40
3I Group98.404.00
Centrica98.403.20
Ashtead Group98.400.00
British Airways98.400.00
Cobham98.400.00
Game Group98.400.00
Halfords Group98.400.00
Kier Group98.400.00
Melrose Resources98.400.00
RSA Insurance Group98.400.00
Scottish &​ Southern Energy98.400.00
Scottish Investment ​Trust98.400.00
Standard Chartered98.400.00
Whitbread98.400.00
BH Global98.080.00
BH Macro97.870.00
Venture Production97.6026.40
Amlin97.600.00
Anglo American97.600.00
HSBC Holdings97.600.00
IG Group Holdings97.600.00
Partygaming97.600.00
Reed Elsevier97.600.00
Royal Dutch Shell97.600.00
British Empire Secur​ities97.440.00
Bluebay Asset Manage​ment97.300.00
Halma96.8012.00
Bovis Homes Group96.800.00
Experian96.800.00
Goldman Sachs Dynami​c Opportunities96.800.00
Home Retail Group96.800.00
ICAP96.800.00
Inmarsat96.800.00
Qinetiq Group96.800.00
Renishaw96.800.00
Stagecoach Group96.800.00
Xstrata96.800.00
TR Property Investme​nt Trust96.671.67
Hansard Global96.080.00
Rexam96.0010.40
Schroders96.000.80
Debenhams96.000.00
Euromoney Institutio​nal Investors96.000.00
Forth Ports96.000.00
G4S96.000.00
HMV Group96.000.00
Rio Tinto96.000.00
Berkeley Group Holdi​ngs95.2038.40
Legal &​ General Group95.2022.40
Bunzl95.200.00
Next95.200.00
Shire95.200.00
WH Smith95.191.92
Aberdeen Asset Manag​ement94.400.00
Arriva94.400.00
Chemring Group94.400.00
GlaxoSmithKline94.400.00
National Express Gro​up94.400.00
Petrofac94.400.00
BBA Aviation93.6020.00
Carillion93.600.00
Invensys93.600.00
MITIE Group92.803.20
Hammerson92.800.00
Man Group92.450.00
Edinburgh Dragon Tru​st92.000.00
Edinburgh UK Tracker​ Trust92.000.00
Murray Income Trust92.000.00
Restaurant Group92.000.00
Cadbury91.200.00
Tui Travel91.200.00
Vodafone Group90.400.80
Foreign &​ Col 90.400.00
Helical Bar90.400.00
Pearson90.400.00
Spectris89.600.00
Dechra Pharmaceutica​ls89.470.00
Diageo88.800.00
Logica88.800.00
Pennon Group88.800.00
United Utilities Gro​up88.0068.00
Derwent London88.000.00
Dexion Absolute87.200.00
Ferrexpo87.200.00
Telecom Plus87.200.00
Alliance Trust86.400.00
Britvic84.800.80
Easyjet84.800.80
Brit Insurance Holdi​ngs84.800.00
Murray International​ Trust84.800.00
Atkins (WS)84.000.00
National Grid84.000.00
Misys82.404.80
Investec82.400.00
Royal Bank Of Scotla​nd Group81.600.80
Associated British F​oods81.600.00
Capita Group81.600.00
Marks &​ Spencer Group81.600.00
Dunedin Income Growt​h Inv Tst80.000.00
PZ Cussons79.2019.20
BAE Systems79.200.00
Close Brothers Group​77.600.00
Unilever76.800.00
JKX Oil &​ Gas76.000.00
Wood Group (John)74.400.00
SThree72.600.00
Northumbrian Water G​roup72.000.00
Redrow71.200.00
Carphone Warehouse G​roup70.400.80
Barratt Developments​69.600.00
Morrison Wm Supermar​kets69.600.00
Computacenter68.800.00
Bg Group66.400.00
Fidelity (Edinburgh ​Inv Tst)65.600.00
Kazakhmys65.600.00
Tate &​ Lyle64.000.00
Interserve62.400.00
CSR61.600.00
moneysupermarket.com​ group57.600.00
Aveva Group56.800.00
Blackrock World Mini​ng Trust56.800.00
Cookson Group51.200.00
Absolute Return Trus​t51.140.00
Mothercare50.400.00
St James's Place48.800.00
Babcock Internationa​l Group48.000.00
Reckitt Benckiser Gr​oup43.200.00
BP40.800.00
JD Wetherspoon 40.000.00
Jardine Lloyd Thomps​on Group40.000.00
Thomas Cook Group40.000.00
Novae Group32.000.00
Shaftesbury30.230.00
Finsbury Worldwide P​harmaceutical29.410.00
Thomson Reuters28.800.00
Morgan Sindall27.200.00
Smith &​ Nephew26.400.00
Dignity24.800.00
Rightmove24.000.80
Premier Foods22.400.00
Travis Perkins20.000.00
British Sky Broadcas​ting Group19.201.60
Keller19.200.00
SEGRO19.200.00
Admiral Group17.890.00
Cairn Energy15.200.00
Telecity Group14.400.00
Johnson Matthey13.600.00
Lonmin13.600.00
Beazley Group12.800.00
Regus11.200.00
Brown (N.) Group11.110.00
City of London Inves​tment Trust10.390.00
Micro Focus Internat​ional9.600.00
London Stock Exchang​e Group8.800.00
Soco International8.800.00
IMI7.200.00
Savills7.200.00
Alternative Investme​nt Strategies7.140.00
Persimmon6.760.00
Kesa Electricals6.400.00
Witan Investment Tru​st6.400.00
Hiscox5.600.00
Aquarius Platinum4.550.00
AMEC4.000.00
Greene King3.510.00
Eurasian Natural Res​ources Corporation3.200.00
PV Crystalox Solar2.820.00
Daejan Holdings2.560.00
VT Group2.401.60
HSBC Infrastructure ​Company2.270.00
De La Rue1.601.60
Bellway1.600.00
Catlin Group LD1.600.00
Croda International1.600.00
Filtrona1.600.00
Intermediate Capital​ Group1.600.00
Randgold Resources1.600.00
Victrex1.600.00
Xchanging1.600.00
Autonomy Corporation​0.800.00
Big Yellow Group0.800.00
Bodycote0.800.00
Dimension Data Holdi​ngs0.800.00
Hays0.800.00
Rolls-Royce Group0.800.00
Tesco0.800.00
888 Holdings0.000.00
Aegis Group0.000.00
BTG0.000.00
Bankers Investment T​rust0.000.00
Carnival0.000.00
Colt Telecom Group S​A0.000.00
Compass Group0.000.00
Cranswick0.000.00
Domino's Pizza0.000.00
Dunelm Group0.000.00
Emerald Energy0.000.00
Evolution Group0.000.00
Fidessa Group0.000.00
Fresnillo0.000.00
Henderson Group0.000.00
Hochschild Mining0.000.00
Hunting0.000.00
Informa0.000.00
Intertek Group0.000.00
McBride0.000.00
Meggitt0.000.00
Mondi0.000.00
Morgan Crucible Co0.000.00
Paypoint0.000.00
Premier Oil0.000.00
SDL0.000.00
Smith (DS)0.000.00
Spirent Communicatio​ns0.000.00
Sports Direct Intern​ational0.000.00
Temple Bar Investmen​t Trust0.000.00
Tullett Prebon0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • 3I Group
  • Anglo American
  • Ashmore Group
  • Atkins (WS)
  • Babcock International Group
  • Baillie Gifford (Monks Inv Tst)
  • Babcock & Brown Public Partnerships
  • Berkeley Group Holdings
  • BH Global
  • British Empire Securities
  • Capita Group
  • Carnival
  • Catlin Group LD
  • Charter International
  • City of London Investment Trust
  • Connaught
  • Cranswick
  • Dana Petroleum
  • Electra Private Equity
  • Electrocomponents
  • Evolution Group
  • Ferrexpo
  • Hargreaves Lansdown
  • Hammerson
  • Hikma Pharmaceuticals
  • Home Retail Group
  • Intermediate Capital Group
  • IMI
  • Interserve
  • Ladbrokes
  • Land Securities Group
  • Law Debenture Corp
  • Liberty International
  • Logica
  • Merchants Trust
  • Misys
  • Mondi
  • Monks Investment Trust PLC
  • Morgan Crucible Co
  • Novae Group
  • Premier Foods
  • Provident Financial
  • PZ Cussons
  • Rolls-Royce Group
  • Smiths Group
  • Stagecoach Group
  • Temple Bar Investment Trust
  • TR Property Investment Trust
  • Tullett Prebon
  • Vedanta Resources
  • VT Group
  • Xchanging
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • 888 Holdings
  • Aegis Group
  • BTG
  • Carnival
  • Colt Telecom Group SA
  • Compass Group
  • Cranswick
  • Domino's Pizza
  • Smith (DS)
  • Dunelm Group
  • Emerald Energy
  • Evolution Group
  • Fresnillo
  • Henderson Group
  • Hochschild Mining
  • Hunting
  • Informa
  • Intertek Group
  • Bankers Investment Trust
  • McBride
  • Meggitt
  • Mondi
  • Morgan Crucible Co
  • Paypoint
  • Premier Oil
  • Fidessa Group
  • SDL
  • Spirent Communications
  • Sports Direct International
  • Temple Bar Investment Trust
  • Tullett Prebon
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • 3i Infrastructure
  • Antofagasta
  • Baring Emerging Europe
  • Bluecrest Allblue Fund
  • Burberry Group
  • Genus
  • British Assets Trust
  • JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust
  • JPMorgan EUR Fledgeling investment trust
  • Mercantile Investment TST (the)
  • JPMorgan Indian Inv Trust
  • JP Morgan
  • Polar Capital Technology Trust
  • Templeton Emerging Markets IT
  • Thames River Multi Hedge PCC (GBP)
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PDF testing

22.3% 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.

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Top ten functional failures

The most common categories of functional failure.

url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
41.75%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
34.01%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
8.65%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
4.52%
url/fetch/badport
Server port in URL must be numerical
2.34%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
2.04%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
1.74%
file/html/noframes
A <frameset> tag was found, but no <noframes>
1.58%
url/fetch/redirectloop
Redirect points back to the original page
1.14%
url/fetch/badscheme
URL scheme was unrecognised
0.76%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
31.00%
file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
30.97%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
10.67%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
7.30%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
5.55%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
5.20%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
3.12%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
2.09%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.03%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
0.85%