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Smithfield

We create websites and digital tools for community-serving organisations.

Working with charities, research, education and heritage teams, combining human-crafted design with sustainable technology.

Selected work

Recent projects

All work

Proud to support projects that exist to benefit their community.

  • The angular stone facade of V&A East

    Coming soon

    Culture and heritageDesign & Website

    The angular stone facade of V&A East

    Coming soon

    V&A Americas Foundation

    V&A Americas Foundation promotes and supports the V&A family of art, design and performance museums, raising funds and expanding awareness of its collections through a programme of events.

    Sector
    Culture and heritage
    Services
    Design, Website
    Visit their site
  • The Teacher Tapp app on a phone, showing yesterday’s results, over a green sofa

    Coming soon

    EducationProduct design & Website

    The Teacher Tapp app on a phone, showing yesterday’s results, over a green sofa

    Coming soon

    Teacher Tapp

    Engaging with more than 10,000 teachers in England, they provide valuable classroom insights and empower education leaders to shape the future of education.

    Sector
    Education
    Services
    Product design, Website
  • The Urban Food System Toolkit for Cities open on a phone, on a table laid with bread, herbs and grapes

    Coming soon

    CharityDigital tools

    The Urban Food System Toolkit for Cities open on a phone, on a table laid with bread, herbs and grapes

    Coming soon

    WWF Urban Food Systems Toolkit

    WWF is the world’s leading independent conservation organisation, and they’re determined to find and share opportunities to feed the world in a way that supports nature. The Urban Food System Toolkit for Cities gathers guides, tools and case studies from WWF and their partners for people working on food in cities.

    Sector
    Charity
    Services
    Digital tools
    Visit their site
  • An Arevo article listing over photography of a corn plant

    Coming soon

    AgricultureMultilingual website

    An Arevo article listing over photography of a corn plant

    Coming soon

    Arevo

    Arevo stands for change in how agriculture works at a fundamental level: replacing mineral fertilisers with technology that activates the root zone, resetting the fundamentals of crop nutrition so growers can produce more with less.

    Sector
    Agriculture
    Services
    Multilingual website
    Visit their site
  • The Difference logo over a photo of pupils walking past a school, in purple

    Coming soon

    Education charityBrand & Website

    The Difference logo over a photo of pupils walking past a school, in purple

    Coming soon

    The Difference

    The Difference helps schools and school leaders become more inclusive, working to reduce exclusion and absence across England by 2030.

    We’re working with them on a new brand identity and website.

    Sector
    Education charity
    Services
    Brand, Website

What we do

Websites made to grow with you.

We craft websites that help people understand your organisation and know what to do next, built from blocks your team can update without a developer.

  • Built to be edited
  • Fast, accessible, green
  • Always on brand
  • Research
  • UX
  • UI Design
  • Audits
  • Motion
  • Design Systems
  • Front-end Development
  • CMS Integration
Websites

Digital tools that make complex data easy to understand.

From dashboards to living libraries, tools that open up your data for people to explore – turning insight into action.

  • Designed for people
  • Clarity from complexity
  • Built to scale
  • Product strategy
  • Prototyping
  • Data visualisation
  • UX research & design
  • Front-end development
  • APIs & integrations
Digital tools

Support that keeps your site working and moving forward.

A retainer for the sites and tools we build or take on: hosting, updates and security handled, with hours for fixes and new features whenever you need them.

  • Same-day responses
  • Hours used as you need them
  • A team that knows your site
  • Hosting
  • Security & updates
  • Monitoring
  • Quarterly maintenance
  • Performance
  • New features
Ask about support

How we work

Fix or improve what you already have

A short, fixed-price block of work on your existing site or tool: fix what’s broken, speed it up, or add the feature you’ve been missing. Quick to start, done in days or weeks.

Something broken and not sure why?

Book a free hour

Build something new, from first sketch to launch

A fixed-price project for a new website or digital tool. We agree the scope, the price and the launch date before we start, and train your team to run it.

Got a brief, or the start of one?

Send us your brief

Keep improving after launch

A flexible retainer for support, hosting and new features. Same-day responses, hours you use as you need them, and a team that already knows your site.

Want to talk it through first?

Book a call

“Working with Smithfield on the V&A Americas Foundation website was a pleasure, and they made a hugely daunting task simple and straightforward.”

Michael Linington,
Head of Philanthropy,
V&A Americas Foundation.

“Smithfield went above and beyond to build a user friendly, smart, innovative and informative tool, which has received rave reviews from around the world.”

Brent Loken,
Global Food Lead Scientist,
WWF.

“Our ongoing collaboration has been instrumental in shaping user experience on both our website and app.”

Nick Kostelnik,
CTO,
Education Intelligence.
  • 4+ years average partnership length
  • 90% of partners come back for more work
  • 24 hour typical response time
  • 150+ projects delivered

Who we are

A small team, proud of the studio we’ve built.

A close-knit team of six, based across the UK, working together for five years. We play to our strengths, know the process inside out, and know when to step outside it. You work with us directly, start to finish.

About us
Three of the team talking on the lawn in front of the red-brick studio

Common questions

Good to know before we start.

Who do you usually work with?

Charities, research organisations, education teams and cultural institutions, from small teams to international organisations like WWF and the V&A. We also build for brand agencies, under your name or ours.

Do you design websites or just handle the build?

Both. We design and build most projects start to finish, and we also build from other studios’ designs. Either way, design and development sit in the same small team.

What tech stack do you recommend?

Usually WordPress with a block-based editor, so your team can build pages without a developer. For tools and data-heavy projects we use SvelteKit or Laravel. We recommend what suits the job and your team.

Can you work with our existing tech stack?

Usually, yes. We regularly take on existing WordPress and Laravel sites, and we’ll tell you if a rebuild would cost less than patching.

How long does a website project take?

Most websites take three to five months from kick-off to launch. Fixes and improvements take days or weeks. We agree the launch date before we start.

What happens after the site goes live. Do you offer ongoing support?

Yes. We host on Kinsta, and most clients stay on a support retainer for updates, security, monitoring and new features, with same-day responses in working hours.