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Accessibility Statement

The website of Smithfield Studio Ltd (“Smithfield”, “we”, “our”, “us”) at smithfield.studio partially conforms to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA. Partially conforms means that some parts of the site do not yet meet the standard. They are listed below under Known issues.

We know we can do more, and this statement sets out how.

This statement is a living roadmap. We update it as we find and fix issues.

Human first design and development

We aim to make websites that put people first. Every website we build, including this one, should work for everyone, including people with visual, auditory, motor and cognitive disabilities.

This site was rebuilt from scratch and launched on 13 November 2026. It is built to:

  • work with a keyboard alone, with a “Skip to content” link at the start of every page
  • fit a screen 320 pixels wide without scrolling sideways, so it can be zoomed to 400%
  • keep its text readable when line, letter and word spacing are increased
  • give every page a clear title, one main heading and labelled regions
  • describe images in text, and hide decorative images from screen readers
  • put a pause button on testimonials that move on by themselves and on looping videos
  • stop moving content, including the grain and light rays on the gradient sections, when your device is set to reduce motion or when you switch on “Reduce motion” at the bottom of any page, which this site remembers on your device
  • show form errors as text under each field, which stays until the field is fixed
  • show its pages and menu without JavaScript, offering email in place of the forms and booking calendar, which need it

Known issues

Our testing found the following issues. We are working through them and will update this list as each one is fixed.

  • On our sector and service pages, the small sector and service labels under each project on the orange-brown gradient have too little contrast. Some other small text on that gradient falls below the required contrast over the lighter parts of the texture.
  • In the “What we do” and “How we work” tabs, the names of the tabs that aren’t selected have too little contrast.

We have not yet tested the site with screen readers. We will add any issues we find to this list.

Feedback and contact

We’d love to hear your feedback, or about any problem you’ve had using our site. Email us at hi@smithfield.studio and tell us the page and the device or assistive technology you were using. If a form or the booking calendar doesn’t work for you, email us and we’ll arrange things directly.

It will never be 100% perfect, but we will keep improving the accessibility of all our digital and creative work.

Thank you for bearing with us while we roll out improvements, and for helping us make Smithfield a more inclusive space 🙏

Past fixes

  • Motion is reduced or removed when your device is set to reduce motion, or when you switch on “Reduce motion” at the bottom of any page: the grain and light rays on the gradient sections stop, content no longer fades in as you scroll, testimonials don’t move on by themselves, looping videos wait for you to press play, and page and dialog transitions are switched off.
  • 13 November 2026: in the “Book a call” form, choosing a time now moves keyboard focus to the first field. Sections that fade in show as soon as something in them has keyboard focus. The “Contact” and “Menu” buttons in the header show a visible focus outline. On phones, the header no longer covers the link or button with focus, and the open menu closes when you tab out of it. The “Book a free hour” form is announced with the right heading, and its website address field supports autofill. Contact form errors show as text under each field until they’re fixed, instead of your browser’s own messages, and placeholder text in the forms has enough contrast. Without JavaScript, every tab of “What we do” and “How we work” shows, and on phones the menu links show under the header.

How we tested

We tested smithfield.studio on 13 November 2026 against WCAG 2.2 Level AA. The test covered every public page plus the contact forms, the booking calendar, the case study previews and the 404 page. It used automated axe checks at phone and desktop widths, plus manual keyboard, zoom, text spacing, reduced-motion and JavaScript-off checks.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was first prepared on 6 February 2025 for our previous website. It was rewritten for this website on 13 November 2026 and last updated on 13 November 2026.