Answers
What a website costs in the UK.
The honest answer is that it depends on what the website actually has to do, and anyone who gives you one number before asking that is guessing. What actually moves the price is not the number of pages. It is what sits behind them.
What actually changes the cost
Whether it is a brochure site or a shop. A website that shows what you do and takes an enquiry costs less than one that takes payment, holds stock and handles returns. The second one is a different piece of software wearing the same look.
Whether there is a system behind it. A website on its own is one thing. A website connected to a front desk that answers customers, bookkeeping that raises invoices, and reports that build themselves is a bigger build, and a bigger saving once it is running.
How much is truly custom. A site built around how your business actually works costs more up front than a template with your logo dropped on it. It also lasts longer, because it was never going to need replacing in a year.
Ongoing running, not just the build. A site that nobody touches again is one price. A system that keeps working for you after launch, chasing and answering, is a different kind of cost, closer to a wage than a one-off bill.
Our own price bands
There is no single number, because the range is wide before anyone knows what you actually need. What moves the price is how much the site has to do: a few clear pages, bookings or payments, a shop, or systems joined up behind it. After a short call, you get a clear price in writing before anything is built.
Where the number actually comes from
The fastest way to get an accurate figure for your own business is not to guess from an answer like this one. Run the free check on your current website and we will tell you what is actually slipping, which tells you what really needs building. Or book a 15-minute call and describe what the site needs to do; the figure follows from that.
Questions
Do you charge by the number of pages?
No. Pages rarely move the price much. What changes it is what sits behind them: whether it takes payment, connects to your other systems, and how custom the build actually is.
Is there a cheaper way to start?
Yes. Most businesses start with the website itself, then add reception, bookkeeping or reporting once that part is up and running.
Is the price a one-off or ongoing?
Both, depending on what you choose. The website itself is usually a one-off build. Reception, chasing and reporting run monthly, because they keep working for you after launch.