Web DesignWeb Design & Build

We’ve been designing websites for over 26 years, for businesses, charities, NGOs, and academic institutions here in the UK and overseas. In that time we’ve delivered everything from small brochure sites for local organisations through to multi-site, multilingual builds for national ones, and the lessons have accumulated.

What good web design looks like to us

It starts with the visitor, not the homepage. A good website begins with a clear understanding of who’s going to use it, what they’re trying to do, and how your organisation helps them do it. Pretty pictures come later.

It’s designed around your content, not a template. We don’t build sites on off-the-shelf themes, and we don’t force your content into layouts that weren’t designed for it. Every project is a custom design, informed by your brand, your content, and the specific job the site has to do.

It’s fast. Slow websites lose visitors and hurt search rankings. We build with performance as a first-class concern, benchmark with Google’s Lighthouse audits, and routinely ship sites that score at the top of the performance band.

It’s accessible. Websites should work for everyone. We build to WCAG 2.1 guidelines and test across screen readers, keyboards, and a range of devices and browsers, because accessible sites are better sites for every visitor.

It’s secure. We’re Cyber Essentials accredited, we host every project on our own AWS platform, and we take care of the security work so you don’t have to think about it.

It’s built to be maintained. Most of our websites are built on Craft CMS, which means your team can update content, add pages, and evolve the site without having to come back to us for every small change.

What we deliver

Our website projects typically include:

• Discovery and information architecture work to shape the structure before any design begins
• Custom design: visual direction, page templates, and a design system tailored to your brand
• Content management configured in Craft CMS so editors have clear, flexible tools
• Responsive front-end development tested across browsers and devices
• Accessibility and performance built in from the start, not bolted on later
• AWS hosting, deployment pipeline, and ongoing support

Who we design for

Most of our website clients are organisations between 10 and 500 people: small and medium-sized businesses, charities, professional services firms, and academic institutions. The common thread is that they take their website seriously as a working part of the organisation, not just a brochure.

Get in touch to talk through a project. We’ll happily give you an honest view of what’s possible within your timeframe and budget before anyone commits to anything.