Accessibility audits
Manual testing against WCAG 2.2 AA with screen reader, keyboard-only, zoom and voice passes, plus retest after remediation.
A small practice running since 2006, for organisations whose websites and documents have to satisfy someone other than themselves: auditors, ministers, or the people who rely on them.
Manual WCAG 2.2 AA audits with assistive-technology passes, not checklist theatre.
Findings written as tickets, with reproduction steps and severity ranking.
Incorporated 20 June 2006. Company No. 05851356.
Scoped in writing before work starts, priced per deliverable, retested inside the fix window. Nothing is invoiced by the hour.
Manual testing against WCAG 2.2 AA with screen reader, keyboard-only, zoom and voice passes, plus retest after remediation.
Evidence aligned to the Service Standard and the accessibility statement duty, formatted for the panel that reads it.
Link rot, broken PDFs, missing alt text and stale metadata across large estates, fixed by list, verified twice.
Testing with people who rely on the thing you are testing: screen readers, switch access, magnification, voice control.
Findings written as tickets your developers can pick up without a call, with a pattern library of fixes where one exists.
Accessibility statements that match the evidence, including the honest known-limitations section most statements skip.
Extract from a redacted council audit. Severity is carried through to the ticket, so nothing is lost in translation.
| Ref | Finding | WCAG | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-03 | Focus lost after modal close on the payment step | 2.4.3 | blocker |
| D-07 | Error message not linked to the failing field | 3.3.1 | high |
| D-12 | Contrast 3.9:1 on secondary buttons | 1.4.3 | high |
| D-18 | PDF forms missing tags; 14 documents | 1.3.1 | medium |
| D-21 | Status message not announced politely | 4.1.3 | medium |
One PDF for the signer, one ticket set for delivery, one evidence folder keyed to refs, one statement draft where the duty applies.
Retest inside 21 days is included and closes each ref individually. A closed ref keeps its evidence for the audit trail.
Service, estate size, duty and deadline. Fee and date confirmed in writing the same day.
Manual passes, assistive technology, content sweeps. Evidence taken as we go, not reconstructed after.
Findings ranked and issued, fixes retested free inside the window, statement drafted where needed.
Most commissions start because a statement has to be published, a procurement gate has to be passed, or a complaint has already landed.
We produce the evidence that makes a position defensible, then help clear the backlog rather than only naming it.
We staff assisted sessions from a standing UK panel of people who use assistive technology day to day.
You do not need to be an expert: the brief tells you exactly what to try and a facilitator is on the call. Sessions are remote, capped at forty minutes, and paid per completed test rather than by the hour.
Requirements: 18 or over, UK-based, using your own assistive setup.
WCAG 2.2 AA is the baseline. Where a client needs AAA on a subset, or EN 301 549 wording, the scope states it explicitly.
Yes, with test accounts supplied by you. Accounts are scoped to the flows in the brief and dropped at the end.
A named auditor with the findings tree attached. The same auditor runs the retest, so nothing passes on someone else’s reading.
Occasionally, for content and PDF work. Code remediation usually goes to the delivery team, with our patterns as the spec.
Describe the service and the deadline. You will get a scope and a fee within one working day.
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