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Grounded HR

Professional Services · York

AI Readiness Certificate

Independently assessed by Code Inclusive
AI Readiness Score
38 / 100
Established
Company:
Grounded HR
Location:
York
Sector:
Professional Services
Assessment date:
20 October 2026
Reference:
CI-AI-2026-278136
Directory Status:
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Executive Business Summary

Current score
38/100
AI readiness
Established
AI visibility
Medium
Local discoverability
Low
Improvement potential
High

This business has several strong foundations for AI-powered search, but our assessment identified areas preventing AI systems from understanding the organisation as confidently as they could.

AI Readiness Benchmark

Independently assessed

3 points below the Professional Services average.

Grounded HR scores the same as or higher than 44% of assessed businesses in its sector.

Professional Services

Sector · 445 businesses assessed
Rank 249 of 445
Grounded HR
38Average
41Top score
80

Yorkshire

Region · 7,678 businesses assessed
Rank 3,903 of 7,678
Grounded HR
38Average
39Top score
89
All bars run from 0 to 100.

Compared against businesses in the UK AI Readiness Index, not every business in the sector.

AI Search Readiness Score

Technical crawlability & indexability9/10
AI crawler accessibility3/8
Entity identification & business clarity2/12
Structured data quality3/12
Content answerability2/12
Topical depth & expertise4/10
Geographic & local relevance1/10
Trust, authority & verification5/10
Technical performance & user experience5/8
AI discoverability & machine comprehension4/8
Overall38/100

AI Business Profile

Business name
Grounded HR
Sector
Professional Services
Location
York
Geographic coverage
York
Customer profile
Customers in and around York looking for a trusted provider of professional services.
Primary services identified
HR ConsultancyContracts of EmploymentRecruitmentJob Descriptions and Job Evaluation

AI systems currently have limited confidence understanding this business due to multiple gaps in the information available.

How AI Currently Sees This Business

AI confidently understands
  • This business serves customers in York.
  • This business offers HR services.
AI is less certain about
  • No substantial llms.txt was found at the site root.
  • No structured data identifies this business by name and URL.
  • No company registration number is published, so the business cannot be matched to a public register.
  • The structured data carries no phone number or address for a machine to read.
  • No structured data types this business at all.
  • 0 of 7 core business properties are published in structured data.

Key Issues Identified

High Priority
You have no llms.txt file
An improvement opportunity was identified.
High Priority
No structured data identifies your business by name
The site’s machine-readable business data is incomplete.
High Priority
Your company registration number is not published
High Priority
Your structured data carries no phone number or address
High Priority
Your structured data does not say what kind of business you are
High Priority
Your business schema is missing several core details

Improvement Potential

Current score
38
Potential to improve visibility
High

We have identified 29 actions that could strengthen this website's AI readiness.

11
High-priority issues
12
Medium-priority issues
6
Low-priority issues

Improvement Roadmap

Your complete roadmap has been generated.

  • Detailed technical recommendations
  • Structured-data implementation guidance
  • Entity improvements
  • Content recommendations
  • Trust-signal improvements
  • AI crawler recommendations
  • Prioritised implementation order
  • Where the biggest visibility gains are

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About

Grounded HR is an HR consultancy based in York that supports business owners in creating effective people relationships. They offer services such as contracts of employment, employee handbooks, recruitment support, and independent investigations.

Detected from the business’s website during the assessment.

Services

Detected from the business’s website during the assessment.

HR ConsultancyContracts of EmploymentRecruitmentJob Descriptions and Job Evaluation

Service areas

Detected from the business’s website during the assessment.

York

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