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Security report for tonwood.co.uk

Tonwood Home Hardware & Kitchens · Retail · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in SSL/TLS, DNS health and 2 other checks.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Tonwood Home Hardware & Kitchens is a medium-sized, independent family-run retail business based in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, UK. They offer a wide range of home hardware, kitchen products, garden supplies, and domestic appliances, supported by their membership in the Home Hardware Buying Group, which enhances their market competitiveness. The website reflects a well-structured retail business targeting general consumers in the UK with a focus on customer service, price, choice, and quality. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies including jQuery, FontAwesome, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, and service workers for PWA capabilities, hosted likely on MultiScreenSite infrastructure. The site is mobile-optimized and SEO-friendly with good content quality and navigation clarity. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and use of captchas, though explicit security headers and formal policies are missing. Privacy compliance is partial, with a cookie consent banner present but no privacy or terms of service pages. WHOIS data is unavailable due to query errors, but website content and structured data support legitimacy. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy with room for improvement in compliance and security transparency.

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. 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

  2. DNS health

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

    • High

      No Name Servers Found

      Unable to find name servers for domain

      What to do: Configure proper name servers for the domain

  3. 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';…

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  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
69
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
40
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
35
Average
55

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

Tonwood operates in the retail sector, focusing on home hardware and kitchen products with additional services such as key cutting and FloGas supply. Their competitive advantage lies in their family-run business model combined with corporate membership in a large buying group, enabling competitive pricing and product range. The business targets local UK consumers and leverages digital presence through social media and a well-maintained website. Revenue streams likely include product sales and service fees. The company shows growth potential through digital marketing and community engagement but lacks visible certifications or formal compliance documentation on the website. Partnerships appear limited to the buying group and social media platforms.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate to good security posture with HTTPS enforced and use of Google reCAPTCHA and Friendly Captcha to protect forms. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options reduces the overall security hardening. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies are published, which is a gap in security governance. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The site would benefit from publishing privacy and security policies and implementing security.txt to improve transparency and readiness. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a retail website but could be enhanced to meet higher compliance standards.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service pages to improve compliance and user trust.
  2. Implement and deploy security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection.
  3. Create and publish an incident response and vulnerability disclosure policy, including a security.txt file.
  4. Enhance accessibility features to meet recognized standards and improve user experience for all visitors.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and analytics tools to ensure no vulnerable libraries are included.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Tonwood Home Hardware & Kitchens
Description
We are a large independent family run business based in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. We are corporate members of the Home Hardware Buying Group, the largest organisation of its kind in the UK which gives us the support and buying power to compete with the multi-nationals.
Key services
Homeware products, Kitchens, Key cutting, FloGas supply, Heating and fireside products, Gas, salt and fuels, Pet foods and accessories, Domestic appliances, Garden supplies, DIY hardware and timber
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.7.0, FontAwesome, Google Analytics (gtag.js), Facebook Pixel, Snowplow Analytics, Skrollr (parallax scrolling), Service Worker for PWA, Mapbox (maps and geocoding), Google reCAPTCHA, Friendly Captcha
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by canonical URL and scripts loaded over HTTPS)
  • Use of service worker for PWA
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA and Friendly Captcha for forms

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Snowplow Analytics, Facebook Pixel
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Snowplow
Marketing tools
Facebook Pixel, Snowplow Analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and no blocking detected.
  2. No privacy policy or terms of service pages found, which is a compliance gap.
  3. Cookie notification with consent mechanism is present.
  4. Contact information is prominently displayed and consistent across header, footer, and structured data.
  5. Use of modern web technologies and analytics tools is evident.
  6. No security.txt or incident response information found.
  7. WHOIS data unavailable due to query error; domain legitimacy inferred from website content.
  8. No suspicious or malicious domains linked.
  9. Content is safe for general audiences.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern tech stack with jQuery 3.7.0, FontAwesome icons, Google Analytics (gtag.js), Facebook Pixel, and Snowplow for analytics. It employs service workers for PWA functionality and integrates map services via Mapbox. The CMS appears to be MultiScreenSite, indicated by CDN and runtime script URLs. Performance is moderate with asynchronous script loading and CSS optimizations. Mobile optimization is good with responsive design and viewport settings. SEO is supported by proper meta tags, Open Graph, and JSON-LD structured data. Technical risks include reliance on multiple third-party scripts which require monitoring for vulnerabilities. The site lacks explicit security headers and formal compliance documentation, representing technical debt and modernization opportunities.
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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