SME Lender Digital Audit

Kindred-LCR: digital health score 60/100

Kindred-LCR sits in bottom third of UK SME lenders, ranked 71st of 94 on our independent review of public digital signals.

Digital health score
60/100
Bottom thirdRanked 71st of 94

The sector median is 69/100. Scores come only from public information, collected October 2026 for the SME Lender Digital Audit.

Scorecard

Four areas, each scored 0 to 100 against the SME lender average. Higher is healthier.

Findability
73/100avg 81
showing up and making sense to Google
Mobile speed
54/100avg 57
how fast the site feels on a phone
Measurement
35/100avg 51
whether the firm can see what is working
Accessibility
88/100avg 87
being usable for everyone, an Equality Act duty

What we found for Kindred-LCR

We reviewed Kindred-LCR (kindred-lcr.co.uk) for the SME Lender Digital Audit, Credit Canary’s independent study of 104 UK SME lenders built only from public information. Kindred-LCR’s digital health score is 60 out of 100: the bottom third of the sector, and 71st of 94 overall. Measured across the set, Kindred-LCR is 9 points below the sector median of 69. Its strongest area is accessibility, at 88 out of 100, a touch above the 87 SME lender average, so being usable for everyone, an Equality Act duty is already working. The biggest gain is in measurement: 35 against the 51 average, and the quickest way to climb the table.

On findability, Kindred-LCR scored 73, a little below the 81 average (showing up and making sense to Google). Mobile speed: 54 out of 100, 3 points below the 57 SME lender average. That covers how fast the site feels on a phone. For measurement, 35 out of 100 is below the 51 average: whether the firm can see what is working. Accessibility scored 88, 1 point above the 87 average, covering being usable for everyone, an Equality Act duty. The full breakdown, with the exact pages we tested and the fixes that would help Kindred-LCR most, is in the free report.

Strength
Accessibility 88/100

A touch above the 87 average.

Biggest opportunity
Measurement 35/100

Against a 51 SME lender average.

See also: The State of UK SME Lending Digital 2026 · all SME lenders

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