Business Enterprise Fund (BEF): digital health score 77/100

We reviewed Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) (befund.org) for the SME Lender Digital Audit, Credit Canary’s independent study of 104 UK SME lenders built only from public information. Business Enterprise Fund (BEF)’s digital health score is 77 out of 100: the top third of the sector, and 10th of 94 overall. Measured across the set, Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) is 8 points above the sector median of 69. Its strongest area is mobile speed, at 73 out of 100, ahead of the 57 SME lender average, so how fast the site feels on a phone is already working. The biggest gain is in measurement: 55 against the 51 average, and the quickest way to climb the table.

Findability: 88 out of 100, 7 points above the 81 SME lender average. That covers showing up and making sense to Google. For mobile speed, 73 out of 100 is comfortably above the 57 average: how fast the site feels on a phone. Measurement scored 55, 4 points above the 51 average, covering whether the firm can see what is working. On accessibility, Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) scored 97, comfortably above the 87 average (being usable for everyone, an Equality Act duty). The full breakdown, with the exact pages we tested and the fixes that would help Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) most, is in the free report.