SME Lender Digital Audit

LendingCrowd: digital health score 89/100

LendingCrowd sits in top third of UK SME lenders, ranked 1st of 94 on our independent review of public digital signals.

Digital health score
89/100
Top thirdRanked 1st 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
88/100avg 81
showing up and making sense to Google
Mobile speed
77/100avg 57
how fast the site feels on a phone
Measurement
100/100avg 51
whether the firm can see what is working
Accessibility
95/100avg 87
being usable for everyone, an Equality Act duty

What we found for LendingCrowd

As part of the SME Lender Digital Audit, we assessed LendingCrowd (lendingcrowd.com) alongside 104 UK SME lenders, using public information only. LendingCrowd earned a digital health score of 89 out of 100, which places it in the top third of the sector and 1st of 94. Set against peers, the score lands 20 points above the sector median of 69. Where LendingCrowd does best is measurement: 100 out of 100, well ahead of the 51 SME lender average. The clearest opportunity is findability, at 88 against a 81 average, where a focused fix would lift the overall score most.

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, 77 out of 100 is comfortably above the 57 average: how fast the site feels on a phone. Measurement scored 100, 49 points above the 51 average, covering whether the firm can see what is working. On accessibility, LendingCrowd scored 95, comfortably above the 87 average (being usable for everyone, an Equality Act duty). A prioritised, page-by-page view for LendingCrowd is in the free report.

Strength
Measurement 100/100

Well ahead of the 51 average.

Biggest opportunity
Findability 88/100

Against a 81 SME lender average.

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

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