A free website build
for UK small businesses.
It’s not a trick. The bureau designs and builds a custom 5-page site for free, then hosts and looks after it for £50 a month over a 24-month minimum. £0 upfront. £1,200 total.
Orchestrix offers a free custom website build for UK small businesses. The build is paid for through a 24-month hosting plan at £50 a month (£1,200 total). The bureau covers the upfront cost and recovers it over the term. The domain is registered in the client’s name on day one, the design is owned by the client on launch, and a free static export is available on exit. Five custom-designed pages, UK hosting, SSL, monthly backups, small edits included.
The build isn’t
actually free.
Free at the point of sale, not free in the literal sense. The build costs the bureau real time and the £50 a month over 24 months covers that cost (plus the hosting, plus the small edits, plus monitoring and backups).
A typical UK web agency quotes £3,000 to £5,000 upfront for a five-page custom site, then charges £30 to £100 a month for hosting on top. The total over 24 months sits somewhere between £3,720 and £7,400.
The same shape of build through this plan is £1,200 over 24 months, with hosting and small edits included. The difference is the payment shape, not the work.
The reason this is possible at all is that the bureau is one operator, not an agency stack. There is no account manager, no project manager, no designer-and-developer handoff. The same person scopes, designs, builds, and hosts. That removes roughly £2,000 to £3,500 of overhead from a typical agency quote.
The 24-month commitment is what makes the offer honest. Without it, the bureau would lose money on every build. With it, the maths works out for both sides.
- Custom 5-page designFrom a blank canvas, built around your business. Not a template.
- Mobile-first buildResponsive across phone, tablet, desktop. Real-device tested.
- Custom domainRegistered in your name from day one. Annual renewal included.
- UK hosting + SSLManaged UK infrastructure, free auto-renewed SSL certificate.
- Monthly off-site backupsAutomated. Rollback in minutes if anything ever goes wrong.
- Uptime monitoringPatches and security updates included for the term of the plan.
- Small content editsText, phone numbers, hours, photo swaps. Included, no extra charge.
- Performance + SEO foundationsCore Web Vitals in the green, sitemap, structured data.
- Free static exportTake the site files at any time. No exit fee.
What is not included: e-commerce, payment processing, custom integrations, content writing, photography, ongoing SEO marketing services, and paid advertising. Each can be quoted separately.
The questions everyone asks.
- Is it actually free?
- Yes. There is no deposit, no setup fee, no design retainer. The bureau covers the cost of the build upfront and recovers it through the 24-month hosting plan at £50 a month. £1,200 total over the term. No surprise invoices.
- What's the catch?
- The 24-month commitment. The plan only works because the hosting fee underwrites the build cost over that period. If you cancel before month 24, the remaining months at £50 become payable on settlement. After month 24 the plan rolls onto a 30-day rolling basis and you can leave any time with 30 days' notice.
- Is this just a template with my logo on it?
- No. The bureau designs the site from a blank canvas around your business, your photos, your offer. One round of revisions included. The design is yours on launch, the source files are yours, and the design is not reused for any other client.
- What's included for £50 a month?
- UK hosting, SSL certificate, monthly off-site backups, uptime monitoring, security patches, custom domain registered in your name, and small content edits (text changes, phone numbers, opening hours, image swaps). New pages, redesigns, e-commerce, payments, and integrations are quoted separately.
- Who is this for, honestly?
- UK sole traders, owner-operators, and small businesses (1 to 10 staff) who need a credible web presence and have been quoted £3,000 to £5,000 by an agency for the upfront cost. If you're running real e-commerce, you need Shopify, not this. If you need complex integrations or backend logic, see the Engineering pillar.
Free build,
real website.
The discovery call is 15 minutes. If the plan isn’t the right fit for your business, the bureau will say so on the call and point you at what is.