ABOUT · EST. 2023
ISSUE 001
— A LETTER FROM THE STUDIO —

Websites that earn their keep.

Hand-built in Cambridgeshire, UK — for founders, small teams, and tradespeople who want a site that does its job, quietly and well.

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You've seen the ads. Build a stunning website in ten minutes. No code needed. Drag, drop, done. They make it sound effortless — and in fairness, it is. The trouble is the result is effortless too.

Quick-build platforms promise a professional site for the price of a coffee. What they deliver is exactly what you paid for: generic templates, sluggish load times, a monthly bill that quietly escalates, and a site that looks like a thousand others because — well — it is a thousand others, with your logo dropped on top.

§02 · THE RESPONSE

Orb55 started because small businesses deserve better. Not everyone needs a full agency. But everyone deserves a site that loads fast, looks like it was made specifically for them, and keeps working on launch day and every day after — no tinkering, no "just one more plugin."

Every site I build is hand-crafted. The code is clean. The design is considered. Lighthouse scores sit at 95+ across all four categories — every time, on every page. That isn't a sales line. It's something you can test, on any preview, in your own browser.

No subscriptions. No hidden fees. No lock-in. You own the code, the design, and the domain — fully yours, forever.

§03 · THE TRADE

Are my sites more expensive than a drag-and-drop builder? Yes. You're not paying for a template with your logo pasted on it. You're paying for a site built around your business — one that performs like it was engineered by a full team, and doesn't come with a monthly bill attached.

I work with small businesses, startups, and tradespeople. Whether you're down the road in Cambridgeshire or on the other side of the world, if you want a website that earns trust from the first click — let's talk.

2–3 DAYS
Average turnaround
From brief to live site
95 +
Lighthouse scores
Every page, every category
100 %
Code ownership
Yours. Always. Forever.
HOW I WORK

Four rules, in order.

Everything else is negotiable. These four aren't.

P/01

No lock-in

Full ownership of the code, the design, and the assets. You walk away with everything.

P/02

Performance-first

Speed and accessibility are baked in from the first line — not bolted on at the end.

P/03

Direct contact

One person from brief to launch. No account managers, no handoff gaps, no Slack noise.

P/04

UK & beyond

Based in Cambridgeshire, working with clients anywhere. Most of my work is remote.

THE NEXT STEP

Got a project in mind?

Tell me about it. A 20-minute call, no hard sell, and you'll know whether we're a fit before the coffee goes cold.