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Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

retirementexpert.co.uk

UK retirement guides, calculators and checklists - 2026/27

Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

260 ms

Resources Loaded

1.9 sec

Page Rendered

267 ms

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About Website

Visit retirementexpert.co.uk now to see the best up-to-date Retirement Expert content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about retirementexpert.co.uk

Plain-English UK retirement guides and calculators for 2026/27. State Pension, drawdown, equity release, tax and care fees explained.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Retirementexpert.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 260 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

retirementexpert.co.uk performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.5 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.0 s

4/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,950 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.3 s

12/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.retirementexpert.co.uk

260 ms

hint-textbox.js

178 ms

retirementexpert.css

193 ms

jquery.min.js

7 ms

jcarousellite_1.0.1c4.js

191 ms

Our browser made a total of 51 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 59% of them (30 requests) were addressed to the original Retirementexpert.co.uk, 10% (5 requests) were made to Pagead2.googlesyndication.com and 8% (4 requests) were made to Googleads.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (964 ms) belongs to the original domain Retirementexpert.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 116.0 kB (33%)

Content Size

349.8 kB

After Optimization

233.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Retirementexpert.co.uk main page is 349.8 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 150.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 21.0 kB

  • Original 26.9 kB
  • After minification 26.6 kB
  • After compression 5.9 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 21.0 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 896 B

  • Original 150.6 kB
  • After minification 149.7 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Retirement Expert images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-49%

Potential reduce by 71.7 kB

  • Original 144.9 kB
  • After minification 144.4 kB
  • After compression 73.2 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 71.7 kB or 49% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 22.4 kB

  • Original 27.4 kB
  • After minification 23.2 kB
  • After compression 5.0 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Retirementexpert.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 22.4 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 17 (37%)

Requests Now

46

After Optimization

29

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 46 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Retirement Expert. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.retirementexpert.co.uk

www.retirementexpert.co.uk

260 ms

hint-textbox.js

hint-textbox.js

178 ms

retirementexpert.css

retirementexpert.css

193 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

7 ms

jcarousellite_1.0.1c4.js

jcarousellite_1.0.1c4.js

191 ms

cookieconsent.latest.min.js

cookieconsent.latest.min.js

11 ms

show_ads.js

show_ads.js

6 ms

ca-pub-7691602837285354.js

ca-pub-7691602837285354.js

126 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

167 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

60 ms

ga.js

ga.js

44 ms

retirementexpertwide.jpg

retirementexpertwide.jpg

300 ms

1419.jpg

1419.jpg

196 ms

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13889.jpg

227 ms

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1392.jpg

198 ms

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8664.jpg

197 ms

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195 ms

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374 ms

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377 ms

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397 ms

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16345.jpg

392 ms

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473 ms

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513 ms

9802.jpg

9802.jpg

614 ms

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616 ms

12233.jpg

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673 ms

13848.jpg

13848.jpg

675 ms

1407x50.jpg

1407x50.jpg

615 ms

9808x50.jpg

9808x50.jpg

694 ms

yahoo.png

yahoo.png

779 ms

google.png

google.png

792 ms

stumbleupon.png

stumbleupon.png

795 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

799 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

803 ms

rss.png

rss.png

882 ms

searchwide.gif

searchwide.gif

964 ms

ads

ads

442 ms

osd.js

osd.js

48 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

26 ms

ads

ads

274 ms

collect

collect

60 ms

m_js_controller.js

m_js_controller.js

26 ms

abg.js

abg.js

49 ms

favicon

favicon

99 ms

googlelogo_color_112x36dp.png

googlelogo_color_112x36dp.png

102 ms

nessie_icon_tiamat_white.png

nessie_icon_tiamat_white.png

80 ms

s

s

56 ms

x_button_blue2.png

x_button_blue2.png

53 ms

favicon

favicon

61 ms

Tqng9ngJVK4Gqvh3e602hP-HqlN49KFEUSDtmrOPmWo.js

Tqng9ngJVK4Gqvh3e602hP-HqlN49KFEUSDtmrOPmWo.js

11 ms

stylesheetprint.cfm

stylesheetprint.cfm

189 ms

Accessibility Review

retirementexpert.co.uk accessibility score

83

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

retirementexpert.co.uk best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

retirementexpert.co.uk SEO score

75

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Page is blocked from indexing

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Retirementexpert.co.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Retirementexpert.co.uk main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

retirementexpert.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Retirement Expert. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: