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Security report for clearcoatnw.co.uk

Clearcoat North West Ltd · Other · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in DNS health, SSL/TLS and 2 other checks.

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

Clearcoat North West Ltd is a small, established spray painting service provider based in Manchester, UK, specializing in wooden furniture and kitchen resprays. Founded in 2002, the company positions itself as a leading local service with a focus on quality finishes and customer satisfaction. The website reflects a professional business with clear contact details and a regional target audience in the North West of England. Technically, the site is built on the Multiscreensite platform, leveraging modern JavaScript libraries and CDN hosting, ensuring moderate performance and good mobile optimization. Security posture is solid with HTTPS and cookie consent mechanisms, though lacking explicit security policies or incident response contacts. The absence of WHOIS data due to domain naming issues introduces some uncertainty about domain legitimacy, but the website content and business information appear consistent and trustworthy. Overall, the site presents a credible and professional front for the business with room for improvement in security transparency and domain registration clarity.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • High

      Unregistered MX Record

      MX record points to unregistered domain: mx.clearcoatnw.co.uk.cust.a.hostedemail.com

      What to do: Remove or fix MX record pointing to unregistered domain

      • RFC 5321 §5.1
      • NIS2 21(2)(i)
      • IR 2024/2690 12.4: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 12.4: Asset inventory
      • NIST CM-8: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-8: System Component Inventory

  2. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1
    • High

      SSL Certificate Expires Soon

      SSL certificate expires in 18 days

      What to do: Renew SSL certificate before expiration

      • NIS2 21(2)(h)
      • IR 2024/2690 9.2(c): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 9.2(c): Cryptography
      • NIST SC-17: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-17: Public Key Infrastructure Certificates

  3. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

  4. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
49
Security headers
40
Email security
55
DNS health
50
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
60

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The company operates in the niche market of spray painting and kitchen resprays, targeting residential and commercial customers in Greater Manchester and the wider North West region. Its competitive advantages include long-standing market presence since 2002, a comprehensive color matching service, and competitive pricing. The business model is service-oriented with direct customer engagement via phone and email. The website integrates social media channels and local review platforms like Yelp and Yell, although Yelp reviews are currently absent. Advertising and tracking are implemented via Marchex and Snowplow, indicating active marketing efforts. The company does not appear to have subsidiaries or parent companies, focusing on local market penetration. Strategic observations suggest potential growth through enhanced online reputation management and improved security and compliance disclosures.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic to moderate security maturity level. HTTPS is properly enforced, and cookie consent is implemented, aligning with privacy best practices. However, the lack of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and absence of a published security policy or incident response contact reduces overall security transparency. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The use of third-party analytics and tracking scripts introduces a moderate level of user tracking, which is disclosed via cookie notifications but lacks detailed privacy compliance statements. The WHOIS failure and domain registration anomaly represent a risk factor for trust and legitimacy verification. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a small business website but could be enhanced by adding explicit security policies, incident response information, and improved domain registration clarity.

Recommendations

  1. Implement standard security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information on the website to improve transparency and trust.
  3. Resolve domain registration issues or clarify domain ownership to strengthen legitimacy and trustworthiness.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking tools to ensure they do not introduce vulnerabilities or privacy risks.
  5. Enhance online reputation by encouraging customer reviews on platforms like Yelp and Yell to build trust and credibility.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Clearcoat North West Ltd
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Clearcoat North West Ltd
Description
Spray Painting service for Wood and MDF. Specialises in Kitchen Resprays in Greater Manchester. Kitchen Resprays from only £500. Established in 2002, providing spray painting of wooden furniture with high quality lacquer and finish, colour matching, competitively priced, serving Greater Manchester and North West.
Key services
Spray painting of wooden furniture, Kitchen resprays, Colour matching
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.7.0, Photoswipe, Snowplow analytics, Piwik analytics, Mapbox, Google Fonts (Raleway, Source Sans Pro)
Platforms
Multiscreensite.com website builder platform
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (canonical URL is https)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No vulnerable libraries detected
  • Cookie consent notification present

Analytics and tracking

Services
Snowplow, Piwik
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Marchex
Tracking pixels
Snowplow, Piwik
Marketing tools
Google Fonts, Yell Group analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content about spray painting services.
  2. No forms detected on homepage or main content for direct user data collection.
  3. Contact information is clearly presented with phone, email, and physical address.
  4. Social media presence includes Facebook, Twitter, and Yelp links.
  5. Cookie consent notification is present and functional.
  6. No explicit security policy or incident response information found.
  7. WHOIS data is unavailable due to domain naming error; domain legitimacy is uncertain.
  8. Website uses multiple analytics and tracking scripts including Snowplow and Piwik.
  9. Website is hosted on a CDN with good SSL configuration.
  10. No adult or questionable content detected; content is safe for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Multiscreensite platform, utilizing modern JavaScript libraries including jQuery 3.7.0 and Photoswipe for image galleries. It employs Snowplow and Piwik analytics for user tracking and performance monitoring. Hosting is via a static CDN with Cloudfront integration, ensuring good availability and moderate loading speeds. The site uses Google Fonts for typography and is mobile optimized with responsive design elements. Accessibility features are basic but present. No CMS vulnerabilities or outdated libraries were detected. The technical infrastructure is stable and suitable for a small service business, though improvements in security headers and privacy disclosures would enhance the overall technical maturity.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

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