Skip to main content

Security report for enginebreaker.co.uk

Richards & Jerrom Limited · Manufacturing · United Kingdom

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

44/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Richards & Jerrom Limited is a well-established UK-based company specializing in recycling scrap vehicle engines for the foundry industry, operating since 1974. The company is recognized as a leading player in its niche market, providing aluminium ingots and cylinder cast products to industrial customers. Their business model is B2B focused on manufacturing and recycling with a medium-sized operational scale. The website is built on WordPress using the Divi theme, with basic technical infrastructure and moderate performance. Contact information is clearly provided, but the site lacks privacy and cookie policies, and no social media presence is evident. Security posture is moderate with HTTPS enabled but missing security headers and presence of hidden spammy links related to gambling sites, which poses reputational and SEO risks. Overall, the website is functional but requires improvements in security, privacy compliance, and content integrity.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
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

9 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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 Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

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

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

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

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

Need hands-on remediation? Email guard@offseq.com

Keep watching enginebreaker.co.uk

This scan found 27 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.

Daily monitoring

Recommended

€25per month

  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
  • SPF, DKIM and DMARC
  • Security headers
  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.

Billed monthly to your card. Cancel anytime. The full timeline opens with your unlock code.

Full report

€39.90one-time

  • The complete analysis as a PDF you can cite
  • Email delivery with an unlock code
  • Lifetime access to this report

Prices incl. 21% VAT. Secure checkout by Mollie; sold by SEQ SIA, Latvia.

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
47
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
60
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
35
Average
44

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 holds a strong market position in the UK recycling and manufacturing sector, leveraging a family-owned business model that emphasizes sustainable growth and quality assurance. Their key competitive advantage lies in their specialized furnace technology that uses scrap engine oil and plastic as secondary fuel, reducing hazardous waste. The business targets industrial foundries and automotive scrap suppliers, maintaining a steady demand for raw materials. The website content reflects a traditional industrial business with limited digital marketing sophistication. The presence of injected spam links suggests possible website compromise or SEO manipulation attempts, which could harm brand reputation and search rankings. No partnerships or subsidiaries are identified from the website data.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS, ensuring encrypted communications. However, it lacks critical security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options, which are important for mitigating common web attacks. The contact form collects user data but no visible CAPTCHA or anti-spam measures are evident. The most significant security concern is the presence of numerous hidden links to gambling and betting domains, indicating possible SEO spam injection or compromise. This undermines trust and could lead to blacklisting by search engines. No incident response or security policy information is provided, and no vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files are found. Overall, the security maturity is low to moderate, with urgent need to remediate spam content and enhance security controls.

Recommendations

  1. Remove all hidden spammy links and audit the website for potential compromise or malware.
  2. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Add clear privacy and cookie policies to comply with GDPR and improve user trust.
  4. Enhance contact form security with CAPTCHA or other anti-spam mechanisms.
  5. Conduct regular security audits and monitor website integrity to prevent SEO poisoning and reputational damage.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Richards & Jerrom Limited
Registration number
1192686
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Richards & Jerrom Limited
Description
Richards & Jerrom Limited is a UK-based family-owned company established in 1974, specializing in recycling scrap vehicle engines for use by the foundry industry. They operate a purpose-built furnace that uses oil and plastic content of engines as secondary fuel, eliminating hazardous waste. The company produces aluminium ingots and cylinder cast products to British and European standards and has a weekly requirement of 500 tonnes of scrap car engines and automotive aluminium scrap.
Key services
Recycling scrap vehicle engines, Manufacturing aluminium ingots, Supplying cylinder cast aluminium, Supplying automotive aluminium scrap
Content quality
basic
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
WordPress 7.0.3, Divi Theme 4.9.2, jQuery 3.7.1
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
50/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS used (implied by https URLs)
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is accessible and not blocked by WAF.
  2. Content is primarily industrial and business-focused.
  3. Presence of extensive hidden spammy links related to gambling and betting is a major concern.
  4. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found.
  5. Contact information is clearly provided with email, phone, address, and contact form.
  6. Technical implementation uses WordPress with Divi theme and jQuery.
  7. No visible security headers or advanced security policies.
  8. SEO and accessibility are basic with some markup issues.
  9. No social media links found.
  10. No analytics or tracking scripts detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS with the Divi theme and uses jQuery for frontend scripting. While the infrastructure supports basic functionality and moderate performance, there are markup inconsistencies and malformed HTML attributes that could affect rendering and accessibility. The site lacks advanced SEO optimization and accessibility features. No analytics or tracking scripts were detected, indicating minimal user tracking. The hosting provider is not explicitly identified. The presence of numerous hidden external links to unrelated gambling domains suggests a security breach or SEO spam injection, representing technical debt and risk. Performance is moderate with room for improvement in mobile optimization and accessibility compliance.
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

Reviews of this site

Share your experience with enginebreaker.co.uk. Every review is verified by email and published after moderation.

Overall rating
Select a rating
4000 characters remaining

We’ll email you to confirm your review and keep your details private.

Community rating

No published reviews yet. Be the first to review enginebreaker.co.uk.

Feedback on this report

Rate this report, add an optional comment, and tell us if you want a security specialist to follow up.

Overall report quality
Select a rating
2000 characters remaining

We only use your feedback to improve Guard reports. Contact details are never shared.