Accessibility

Accessibility Statement

We want everyone to be able to read and use these guides. Here's what we've built in, the standard we aim for, and how to tell us when we've fallen short.

Last updated: 2026

Our commitment

Financial information should be available to everyone, including people who use screen readers, keyboard navigation, screen magnification, or who need reduced motion. We treat accessibility as a requirement of publishing, not an optional extra.

The standard we aim for

We aim to meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA. We test as we build rather than auditing after the fact, but we are a small operation and this is an ongoing effort rather than a finished state — if something doesn't work for you, that's a bug we want to hear about.

What's built in

  • Keyboard navigation. Every interactive element can be reached and operated by keyboard, with visible focus indicators.
  • Skip link. A "skip to content" link appears on first tab press so keyboard users can bypass the navigation.
  • Semantic structure. Proper headings, landmarks, and lists so screen readers can navigate by structure. One H1 per page.
  • Colour contrast. Text and interface colours are chosen to meet AA contrast ratios in both light and dark modes.
  • Dark mode. A toggle for readers who find lower brightness easier, remembered between visits.
  • Reduced motion. Animations respect the prefers-reduced-motion setting and are disabled when you've asked your system for less movement.
  • Descriptive alt text. Every diagram and illustration has a text description explaining what it shows, not just what it is.
  • Responsive and zoomable. Content reflows down to small screens and remains usable at high zoom levels.
  • Works without JavaScript. All article content is readable with JavaScript disabled; scripts only enhance features like the table of contents and search.
  • Labelled form fields. Every input has an associated label and clear error handling.
  • Print styles. Guides print cleanly if you prefer reading on paper.

Plain language as accessibility

Cognitive accessibility matters as much as technical accessibility. We use short sentences, explain every piece of jargon in plain words, break processes into numbered steps, and avoid the dense financial writing that makes this subject feel closed off. If a guide uses a term without explaining it, we consider that a defect.

Known limitations

Being honest about the gaps:

  • Some complex diagrams convey information that is hard to express fully in alt text. Where that happens, the surrounding text explains the same point in prose.
  • We link to external official sources (regulators and government bodies) whose accessibility we don't control.
  • Third-party advertising, where shown, may not fully meet our accessibility standards, as we don't control its markup.

Tell us when something doesn't work

If any part of this site is difficult or impossible for you to use, please get in touch and describe what happened, which page, and what assistive technology or browser you were using. Accessibility reports are treated as high priority alongside factual corrections.

Educational content only. This statement describes our accessibility practices. For our content standards see the Editorial Policy, and for data handling see the Privacy Policy.