SME Lender Digital Audit

Shire Leasing PLC: digital health score 74/100

Shire Leasing PLC sits in top third of UK SME lenders, ranked 18th of 94 on our independent review of public digital signals.

Digital health score
74/100
Top thirdRanked 18th 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
86/100avg 81
showing up and making sense to Google
Mobile speed
62/100avg 57
how fast the site feels on a phone
Measurement
65/100avg 51
whether the firm can see what is working
Accessibility
87/100avg 87
being usable for everyone, an Equality Act duty

What we found for Shire Leasing PLC

We reviewed Shire Leasing PLC (shireleasing.co.uk) for the SME Lender Digital Audit, Credit Canary’s independent study of 104 UK SME lenders built only from public information. Shire Leasing PLC’s digital health score is 74 out of 100: the top third of the sector, and 18th of 94 overall. Measured across the set, Shire Leasing PLC is 5 points above the sector median of 69. Its strongest area is measurement, at 65 out of 100, ahead of the 51 SME lender average, so whether the firm can see what is working is already working. The biggest gain is in accessibility: 87 against the 87 average, and the quickest way to climb the table.

On findability, Shire Leasing PLC scored 86, just above the 81 average (showing up and making sense to Google). Mobile speed: 62 out of 100, 5 points above the 57 SME lender average. That covers how fast the site feels on a phone. For measurement, 65 out of 100 is comfortably above the 51 average: whether the firm can see what is working. Accessibility scored 87, level with 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 Shire Leasing PLC most, is in the free report.

Strength
Measurement 65/100

Ahead of the 51 average.

Biggest opportunity
Accessibility 87/100

Against a 87 SME lender average.

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

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