Website builds and support
Websites which rotate around you and your business.
Your website should work as hard as you do. We build and support websites that are fast, easy to manage, and built around your goals — not ours. Whether you need something new or want to get more from what you already have, we keep it simple and we keep it honest.
Built for you
Websites built around you. No padding.
A website is not a project. It's infrastructure. The moment it goes live, it starts doing a job — and how well it does that job depends entirely on the decisions made before a single page was built.
The difference between a website that works and one that doesn't rarely comes down to design. It comes down to whether the people who built it understood what it needed to achieve, who it needed to serve, and what would happen to it six months after launch. Too many organisations end up with something that looked good in a browser at handover and became a liability twelve months later — slow to update, expensive to change, dependent on whoever built it to touch it again.
We build on WordPress with Divi, hosted on Kinsta, because that combination gives our clients something genuinely valuable: a fast, stable, professionally structured site they can actually manage. We lean on what these platforms do well rather than building bespoke solutions that create dependency. The result is a site that costs less to run, is easier to hand back, and keeps performing without constant intervention.
Support works the same way. It's not about keeping the lights on. It's about having someone who knows your site, knows your goals, and can act quickly when something needs to change.
What good looks like
- One system for all your teams, not just a sales system but an essential tool which provides unique insights and supports your teams.
- Workflows which run in the background and enable your team, streamliing processes so your teams can focus on what matters.
- Data which you can trust with reports that tell you something useful.
- A system which feels like your own, not one which feels built for a template business but designed around you and your team.
How it works
What we offer
Website Builds
Get a site that works as hard as you.
Starting from scratch is an opportunity most organisations underuse. A new build isn't just a chance to make something that looks better — it's a chance to make something that works harder. We start by understanding what the site needs to do commercially, then build around that. WordPress and Divi give us a proven, flexible foundation. Kinsta gives us the hosting performance to back it up. The result is a site built for the people who will use it and the people who will run it — not just for the handover meeting.
Structured around you
A structured discovery process that establishes goals, audiences and success criteria before anything is designed
Designed for growth
Clean, well-organised builds that are easy to manage and built to grow with the business
Built to perform
Performance and SEO foundations baked in from the start, not retrofitted afterwards
No lock-in
A handover that leaves you genuinely in control — built to let you take full ownership.
Ongoing Support
We'll keep things running so you can focus on your business.
Most websites don't fail dramatically — they quietly underperform. Support is what stops that happening. Whether we're picking up a site we built or one we're meeting for the first time, we take the time to understand it properly before we touch anything. From there, we handle the maintenance, monitoring and updates that keep things running well, so you're not discovering problems when a client reports them.
Ongoing maintenance
Regular maintenance covering updates, security, backups and performance monitoring
Simply communication
A named contact who knows your site and can act quickly when something needs to change
Clear reporting
Honest reporting on how the site is performing and where the gaps are
Support to scale
Flexible support that scales with what you actually need — not a padded retainer
How it works
A process built around you
We're here to help you reach your goals and gain more from technology. Whether you're building a new website, launching a campaign or looking for support maintaining your site.
At Cawood we build solutions with you, tailored to your needs and backed by our expertise. We make sure your technology works for you and can grow and scale with your brand.
Discover
Each project starts with a discovery, we spend some time with you and your teams finding out where you are now, what your want to achieve and what the specific challenges are that you would like to solve.
Define
We agree the priorities with you and your teams making sure that each outcome is well understood before any work starts.
Design
A solution is designed with you to solve each of the goals agreed. Every solution is planned out and prepared for impementation.
Deliver
We with your teams collaboratively to ensure that your solution is delivered.
... which evolves with your needs.
Once the initial work is completed we're there to keep supporting you. Whether with regular support or as a to support your teams taking full ownership. We'll help you keep driving your CRM forwards.
Let's build something
together
Why Cawood
Built on experience. Focused on results.
Cawood brings over 15 years of senior digital leadership to every engagement. We have built and led digital functions inside charities, professional membership bodies and e-commerce businesses. We know what good looks like and we know what it takes to get there.
We are not here to make ourselves indispensable. We are here to make you capable.
Years
Senior digital leadership across charity, membership and commercial sectors
Point of contact
You deal with us. We manage the rest. No confusion about who's responsible when things need to get done.
Lock-ins
We work on your terms, with your team, toward your goals