Correction, 6 October 2026. An earlier version of this post reported a dataset of 6,300 sites and different percentages, and cited enforcement figures I could not substantiate. Those numbers were wrong and I have removed them. The figures below come from the published scan and the full breakdown is public at firmbeacon.co.uk/statistics. Sorry for the earlier version.
I wanted to know how many UK law firm websites actually show the information the SRA Transparency Rules require. So I scanned them.
What the scan covered
- 5,770 SRA-regulated law firm websites in England and Wales
- Public pages only, the same view a visitor gets
- Five items recorded: SRA number, clickable SRA badge, complaints information, Legal Ombudsman mention, price information
- Scanned August 2026, across 808 towns
What it found
- SRA number readable: found on 79% of sites, not found on 21%
- Clickable SRA badge: found on 88%, not found on 12%
- Complaints information: found on 87%, not found on 13%
- Legal Ombudsman mention: found on 74%, not found on 26%
- Price information: found on 6%, not found on 94%
The gap that stands out
Most firms are not far off. Four of the five items are present on the large majority of sites, and the SRA number, badge and complaints information are all in the high eighties.
Price information is different. On the pages the scan read, only 6% of sites showed any price information for a service covered by the rules. That is not a marginal difference, it is a different order of magnitude from everything else in the table.
There is a plausible reason. The badge and the complaints wording are one-time jobs. You add them and forget them. Prices change, and the rules ask for a price range, what is included, typical timescales and your experience level for each service you advertise. That is content someone has to maintain.
What the rules ask for
For services such as residential conveyancing, uncontested probate, immigration (excluding asylum), summary-only motoring offences, employment tribunal work, debt recovery up to 100,000 and licensing applications, the rules expect published price information.
The detail that trips firms up is usually the same handful of things:
- A general "Our Fees" page instead of service-specific ranges
- No indication of what the price includes
- No typical timescale
- No statement of experience in that area
- Price information that only appears after you contact the firm
A caveat that matters
"Not found" means the scan did not detect the item on the pages it read on the scan date. It may sit on a page the scan did not reach, or may have been added since. It is not a legal opinion and it is not a statement that any firm has broken a rule.
Methodology
The scan read public pages only, respected robots.txt, and cross-checked SRA numbers against the SRA register. It covered 5,770 SRA-regulated firm websites across 808 towns in England and Wales in August 2026.
Per-town results and the full national breakdown are published at the link below. The raw findings are also offered as a CSV for anyone who wants to check the work.
Check your own site
You can see what the scan recorded for any firm, and run the same check against your own domain, from the statistics page.
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