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Security report for sharpscommercial.co.uk

Sharps Commercial · Real Estate · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Sharps Commercial is a commercial property surveying firm that has merged with Haslams Surveyors LLP as of March 1, 2023, to strengthen their market presence across the Thames Valley region in the UK. The website serves primarily as a merger announcement and redirects visitors to the Haslams Surveyors LLP website for further information. The business model focuses on professional surveying services within the real estate sector, targeting commercial property clients in the Thames Valley area. The site content is minimal but professional, emphasizing the strategic merger and combined market share benefits. Technically, the website is built on the Webflow platform, utilizing Google Fonts and jQuery for frontend functionality. The site is moderately optimized for mobile devices and has basic SEO and accessibility features. Hosting is provided by Webflow, and no advanced frameworks or analytics tools are detected. The site performance is moderate, with no evident broken elements or errors. From a security perspective, the site lacks visible security headers and privacy or cookie policies, which reduces its compliance posture. The WHOIS data indicates the domain www.sharpscommercial.co.uk is not registered due to Nominet UK naming rules, suggesting the domain is either parked or transitional. This reduces trustworthiness from a domain registration standpoint. No contact information or incident response details are provided, limiting transparency. However, the site uses HTTPS and does not display any suspicious or vulnerable elements. Overall, the website presents a low-risk profile but has room for improvement in privacy compliance, security best practices, and business transparency. The domain registration inconsistency is a notable concern but is mitigated by the professional content and clear redirect to a legitimate partner site.

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

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

  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

    • 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

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  • Security score drift

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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
32
Security headers
45
Email security
70
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
58

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

Sharps Commercial operates in the commercial property surveying sector within the UK, recently merging with Haslams Surveyors LLP to consolidate market share in the Thames Valley. This strategic merger suggests a focus on growth through partnership and regional dominance. The business model is service-oriented, targeting commercial real estate clients requiring surveying and valuation services. The website acts as a transitional landing page, indicating a possible domain consolidation or rebranding effort. The partnership ecosystem includes Haslams Surveyors LLP as a key collaborator. The lack of direct contact details or extensive content on the site suggests the primary business operations and client interactions occur through the partner domain. Growth indicators include the merger announcement and combined branding efforts. Revenue streams likely derive from professional surveying services and related consultancy.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic security posture with HTTPS enabled but lacks critical security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security. No privacy or cookie policies are present, indicating potential GDPR compliance gaps. The absence of contact information or incident response channels reduces transparency and readiness for security incidents. No vulnerable libraries or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. The WHOIS data absence and domain registration issues present a trust concern but do not directly imply security vulnerabilities. Overall, the security maturity is low to moderate, with recommendations to enhance header configurations, privacy compliance, and incident response visibility to improve the security culture and reduce risk.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to ensure GDPR compliance and improve user trust.
  2. Add and enforce security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Provide clear contact information and establish incident response communication channels to improve transparency and readiness.
  4. Verify domain registration status and consider consolidating domain assets to avoid trust issues related to unregistered or invalid domains.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and dependencies for vulnerabilities and update them to maintain a secure technology stack.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Sharps Commercial
Description
Haslams Surveyors LLP and Sharps Commercial have announced a strategic merger from 1st March 2023, galvanising market share across the Thames Valley.
Key services
Commercial property surveying, Valuation, Strategic merger communications
Content quality
basic
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Webflow, Google Fonts (Montserrat), jQuery 3.5.1
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
40/100

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 a merger announcement landing page with redirect to partner site.
  2. No WHOIS data available due to domain registration rules violation.
  3. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found.
  4. No contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses found on the page.
  5. No forms or data collection mechanisms present.
  6. No social media links detected.
  7. Uses Webflow CMS and hosting with standard Google Fonts and jQuery.
  8. No security headers or advanced security features detected in provided data.
  9. No analytics or tracking scripts detected beyond jQuery and Webflow scripts.
  10. Content is safe and business-focused with no adult or questionable content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using Webflow CMS, leveraging Google Fonts (Montserrat) and jQuery 3.5.1 for frontend functionality. Hosting is provided by Webflow, which typically offers reliable infrastructure. The site uses modern web fonts and standard JavaScript libraries but lacks advanced frameworks or custom backend technologies. Performance is moderate with basic mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO implementation is minimal but includes essential meta tags. The site is a simple landing page with a redirect, indicating low complexity and technical debt. Opportunities exist to improve technical SEO, accessibility, and security header implementation to modernize and strengthen the technical infrastructure.
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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