Charity web design, built around how charities work.
WordPress websites for UK charities and mission-led organisations: accessible, easy to run, and built to last.
- WCAG 2.2 AA
- MOBILE-RESPONSIVE
- Bristol · Est. 2012
- 12+ YEARS EXPERIENCE
Trusted by charities and mission-led brands across the UK
A website that earns trust, takes donations, and you can run yourselves.
A charity website from us is a custom WordPress site your own team can run. Designed, coded and deployed for your organisation. Not a template. Not a page builder. Not a donation button bolted onto a brochure. Just the web, done well, for charities.
Built for trust
Donors, funders and the people you support decide whether to take you seriously in the first few seconds. We design for that. Clear, credible, and quick on every device.
Donations that stay on your site
We set up donation journeys that keep supporters on your own website instead of sending them to a third party and losing them on the way, using our own donation plugin, Tinwell, built specifically for UK charities.
Accessible by default
Every site ships to WCAG 2.2 AA, built in from the first component rather than bolted on before launch. Your audience is more likely than most to need it, and the Equality Act expects it.
Yours to run, ours to support
We design for the people typing. Your team can draft an appeal page or post an update without raising a ticket. Launch day is the start, not the end: every build rolls into a support plan with the same people who wrote the code.
What’s included in every charity website we build
Every project is scoped to your charity, but these come as standard. They’re also the things we most often find missing when we look at charity websites.
Donations that stay on your site
On-site giving with Gift Aid, Google Pay, Apple Pay and Direct Debit through Tinwell, our WordPress donation plugin, with no platform fee taken from each gift. If JustGiving or another platform works for you, we’ll connect it properly instead.
Your CRM, connected
Tinwell can sync donations to Beacon, Donorfy and Raisely. If you use something else, we’ll tell you honestly what connecting it involves before you commit.
WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility
Built in from the first component and audited before launch, so the site works with a keyboard, a screen reader or a phone held in one hand.
Cookie consent that does its job
Analytics only load once people say yes. In our research, 62% of charity homepages that load analytics cookies show no consent tool.
A site your team can run
Native WordPress blocks, no page builder, and training for the people who’ll edit it day to day. If you’re still deciding, our guide to choosing a charity website platform compares the options honestly.
A clean move from your old site
Every old URL mapped to a new one so you keep your search rankings, with your content migrated and analytics kept working.
Hosting and support from the same team
Green hosting and monthly care plans, so the people who built your site are the ones looking after it.
Yours to keep
The code, content and domain belong to you, documented well enough that someone other than us could maintain it.
Let’s have a chat
- You’re a UK charity or mission-led organisation. Our entire practice is built around you.
- You want a site your own team can run, not one that needs us every time a page changes.
- Accessibility matters to you, and not only because a funder asked.
- You want a website that earns its keep, in donations, sign-ups and trust.
- You’d rather talk to a human than read a sales deck.
Let’s save you some time
- You want the cheapest quote on the table.
- You need it live in two weeks for less than a mid-range laptop.
- You want a generic page-builder site you can restyle in an afternoon. We don’t ship Elementor or Divi.
- You’re looking for a big London agency with three account managers.
- You want a donation button slapped on and nothing else.
Our service in numbers
On average we aim for 90 to 98 PageSpeed on the sites we build. If we host it, your site sits on our 100% green, client-only server.
80+
95+
2×
100%
What a charity website costs
Every quote we give is fixed and broken down by stage, so you can see what you’re paying for. These are rounded figures from real projects we’ve built.
Most builds take eight to twelve weeks from the first workshop to launch. Completely bespoke builds can take up to sixteen.
- Registered UK charities get a standing 15% off
- We take on two pro-bono projects every year
For the full picture, including five-year costs and the payback maths trustees ask about, read our guide to how much a charity website costs.
Focused build
About £4,500
Usually right for
A smaller charity that needs a clear, accessible site with on-site donations
Full rebuild
About £11,000
Usually right for
An established charity replacing an older site, with years of content to move
Bespoke build
About £18,000 to £24,000
Usually right for
Network or membership websites with integrations and automations.
The praise we’ve kept, from the charities we’ve built for.
I couldn’t recommend the team at Nebula Design more. From my first interaction the team they were helpful, knowledgeable and nothing (and I mean nothing), was too much trouble. They were quick to respond to emails, send useful support documentation and check our work. 5 stars doesn’t seem enough for how overjoyed we are. Thank you!
The knowledge and time the team and Nebula put in to each project and call with me is brilliant! Always work promptly to get our projects up and running and talk me (a very non techy person) through everything. Really appreciate their support. Would definitely recommend.
Five stages. No mystery. Same team throughout.
Discover
Workshops with the people who’ll actually use the site: trustees, fundraisers and service teams.
Design
Accessibility-first and content-first. Components designed specifically for you.
Build
Custom block theme development in an environment you can watch, with weekly check-ins.
Launch
Content migration, QA sweep, redirect map to protect your rankings, an engineer on standby.
Support
Monthly retainer or block-hour plans. Real humans, the ones who built it.
Three builds. Different shapes, same mission.
What we learned reading every UK charity website
Our crawler, NebulaBot, has read the website of every charity on the three UK registers with one on file. A few of the things it found:
37.2%
of the 55,300 charity websites that answered showed a visible way to donate online
87%
of charity domains publish no enforcing DMARC policy, so nothing tells mail servers to reject email that forges the charity’s address
62%
of charity homepages that load analytics cookies show no consent tool
17.9%
of the website addresses recorded on the charity register were wrong, in a measured crawl
We publish all of it as open research. It’s also how we know what to fix first on a charity website.
Grants that can pay for it
Most charities don’t fund a new website from reserves, and they don’t have to. Our free Funding Finder lists UK grants that can pay for charity websites and digital projects, with deadlines, amounts and an honest note on whether each one will actually cover a website.
Funders such as The Fore and Grants for Good give unrestricted money you can put towards a build, and The Clothworkers’ Foundation treats a new website as a capital cost. Once the site is live, a Google Ad Grant gives eligible charities up to $10,000 a month in search advertising to send people to it.
Based near Bristol, working across the UK
We’re in Chipping Sodbury, just outside Bristol, and work with charities all over the UK. If you’re nearby, see our page on charity website design in Bristol.
The questions we hear most – answered honestly.
If your question isn’t here, email [email protected] or book a 30 minute discovery call. No sales deck, promise.
How much does a charity website cost?
Real projects we’ve built have ranged from about £4,500 for a focused build to about £11,000 for a full rebuild, and completely bespoke builds, such as membership or network sites with several integrations, are around £18,000 to £24,000. Running costs are usually £1,500 to £3,000 a year. Every charity gets a fixed quote, broken down by stage. Registered charities get 15% off, and our Funding Finder lists grants that can help. See the full cost breakdown.
Do you only work with charities in Bristol and the South West?
No. We’re based near Bristol and work with plenty of charities across the South West, but we work remotely with organisations all over the UK, including across South Wales.
Can we update the website ourselves?
Yes. We build on WordPress using the native block editor and set things up so your team can edit pages, post news and update content without needing a developer. We’ll train you, and we’re here if you get stuck.
Will it meet WCAG 2.2 AA?
Yes. Accessibility is baked in from the first component, not bolted on before launch. Every site ships with a full WCAG 2.2 AA audit.
Can you take online donations?
Yes. We set up donation journeys that keep supporters on your own website rather than sending them elsewhere, using our Tinwell donation plugin, built for UK charities, with Gift Aid where it’s needed.
Can you redesign or migrate our existing site?
Yes, and we’ve done it many times. We’ll map every URL for SEO, migrate your content cleanly, and keep your old analytics working.
Who owns the website once we’re done?
You do. Every build ships as a GPL-licensed custom theme in your own repository, with documentation that matches what the site actually does.
How long does a charity website take to build?
Usually eight to twelve weeks, and up to sixteen for a completely bespoke build. Discovery takes about two weeks, design three to five, build four to eight, and testing and launch one to two, and the stages overlap.
Do you only work with charities?
Mostly. Charities and mission-led organisations are most of our work, and our tools, research and Funding Finder are built for them. We also build for a small number of businesses, mainly WooCommerce shops.
Do you offer a discount for charities?
Yes. Registered UK charities get a standing 15% off, with no forms or approval needed, and we take on two pro-bono projects each year.
Can a grant pay for our new website?
Often, yes. Very few funders pay for a website on its own, but many fund core costs or a project that a website helps deliver. Our free Funding Finder lists grants that can pay for charity websites, with an honest note on each.
What should be on a charity website?
At a minimum: a clear explanation of what you do and who you help, an easy way to donate, ways to get help or get involved, your charity number and contact details, and an accessibility statement and privacy policy. Our guide to charity website essentials goes through the rest.
Tell us about your charity, the project.
Book a discovery call
30 minutes on a video call. No slides, no upsell. Bring your questions – leave with honest answers and rough numbers.
Start a project
Fill in ignite.nebula.design – our 12-question brief. We come back within a working day with questions, thoughts and a rough plan.
Or call us on 01454 804 039 · Email [email protected]