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Our services

Websites your team can run, built to last.

Sites that help people understand an organisation and know what to do next, built from blocks your team updates without a developer.

Recent websites

Our focus

Our websites are crafted with care.

  • Editable

    A block library with guardrails. The right choice is the easy one for your team, and nothing an editor does breaks the layout.

  • Fast

    Lean code, caching and optimised images from day one, with Core Web Vitals checked before launch and again after.

  • Accessible

    Tested against our checklist before launch: keyboard, screen readers, colour contrast and structure, so everyone can use it.

  • Green

    Hosted on infrastructure run on renewable energy, with lighter pages that use less energy every time they load.

  • Maintained

    Updates, security and backups handled, and same-day replies when something needs looking at.

The process

Built through our tailored process

Every project runs the same way. Here’s what happens at each stage, what you get from it, and how long it takes.

Our websites include

Every website includes the tools we built to run our own. They let your team add pages, stay on brand and get problems fixed without waiting on us.

Component library

A library of blocks designed for your brand, so new pages look right without starting from scratch.

Copy and paste

Copy a block from one page, or from the styleguide, and paste it into another, styled and ready to edit.

Digital Styleguide

Every block and style on your site with a working example, at /styleguide, so editors know what each one is for.

Oh Bugger

Bug reporting on the page: click what’s wrong, mark up the screenshot, and the report reaches us with the browser and page filled in.

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

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.