We exist to make the digital bit easier for good causes.
Third Sector Studios is a small UK web and IT studio that works exclusively with charities, non-profits and community groups. We are based in the south of the UK, just north of London, and we work with organisations everywhere.
Started because good causes deserve better than confusing quotes.
Too many charities are quoted tens of thousands of pounds for a website they cannot update, by agencies that talk in acronyms and disappear after launch. Meanwhile, the trustees are volunteers, the budget is stretched, and nobody on the team signed up to be the IT department...
We started Third Sector Studios to do the opposite: keep the price low and honest, do the work for you, explain everything in plain English, and stay around afterwards as the friendly person you can email when something breaks.
That means we say no to jargon, no to long contracts full of small print, and no to selling you things you do not need. What we say yes to; is practical, well-built digital tools that free your team up to do the work that actually matters.
Four promises we hold ourselves to
These are the principles we were founded on, and the ones we would want from a supplier if we were in your position.
Accessible by default
Your website should work for everyone; on an old phone, with a screen reader, on a slow connection in a village hall. We build with that as the starting point, not an afterthought.
Honest about money
Prices are published, quotes are fixed, and we will tell you when a free or cheaper option would serve you just as well. Every pound you spend with us should be defensible to your funders.
Plain English, always
If we cannot explain it simply, we will not put it in a proposal. You should always understand what you are buying, what it does and what happens next.
You own everything
Your domain, your website, your content, your donor data. If you ever want to move on, we hand it all over cleanly and wish you well. No lock-in, no hostage-taking.
Made for organisations like yours
Social enterprises
Mission-led businesses that need to sell, tell their story and prove their impact.
Registered charities
From one-person operations to teams of thirty, fundraising and reporting to funders.
Community groups
Village halls, sports clubs, food banks, befriending schemes and volunteer networks.
Faith & place groups
Churches, community groups, and local associations serving local people.
A small studio, on purpose
Third Sector Studios is deliberately small. When you get in touch you speak to the person who builds and looks after your website — not an account manager reading from a script.
We bring a background in web design, hosting, IT support and data automation, and we spend our time applying it to the third sector: donation tools, internal systems, safer email, sensible reporting and the kind of quiet maintenance that means you never have to think about your website at all.
Tell us about your organisation
Whether you are starting from nothing or rescuing a site nobody can update, we would be glad to hear from you.