Spotlight Studios designs and builds websites for Manchester businesses from our studio in Ancoats. Prices start at £999 + VAT for a Pro-Site, £1,499 for a custom design and £4,999 for a fully bespoke build. Most smaller sites are live within a couple of weeks.
Fixed price before we start
Based in Ancoats, Manchester
4.5 on Trustpilot
Trusted by Manchester media, charities, manufacturers and growing businesses
Manchester Media Group
The Mancunion
Fuse FM
Colour Index
Sporting Solutions
LBBC Group
National Youth Brass Band
Museum of Music History
Poolec
Addparts
Little Bees
Work With Impact
Special Projects Group
North Property Group
Manchester Media Group
The Mancunion
Fuse FM
Colour Index
Sporting Solutions
LBBC Group
National Youth Brass Band
Museum of Music History
Poolec
Addparts
Little Bees
Work With Impact
Special Projects Group
North Property Group
Manchester Media Group
The Mancunion
Fuse FM
Colour Index
Sporting Solutions
LBBC Group
National Youth Brass Band
Museum of Music History
Poolec
Addparts
Little Bees
Work With Impact
Special Projects Group
North Property Group
Designed around the people you want to reach
A good website does one job really well: it turns the right visitors into enquiries. So we start with your customers, not a template. Who are they, what do they need to see, and what would make them pick up the phone?
From there we design a site that loads fast, reads easily on a phone, ranks in Google and is simple for you to update. You see your home page before we build the rest, and you can watch every change on a live preview link.
Why Spotlight
What makes it work
You see it first
We mock up your home page before the build, so you know exactly where it’s heading.
Fast on every device
Built mobile first and tuned for speed, because slow sites lose customers and rankings.
Ready for search
Clean structure, structured data and good titles from day one, for Google and AI assistants.
Easy to update
Change text, photos and news yourself, with no code and no waiting on us.
A real team
A dedicated account manager, plus designers and developers in our Manchester studio.
Looked after
Hosting, updates, backups and support, so your site stays fast and secure.
Our work
Recent projects
A few of the sites we’ve designed, built and still look after.
“The team at Spotlight Studios are brilliant! The design of my website is exactly what I wanted”
Lisaon Trustpilot, February 2024
★★★★★
“Pete was patient and attentive to all of our requests and transformed our website”
Fuse FMon Trustpilot, June 2024
★★★★★
“They have been amazing, patient and accommodating with my chaos and short deadlines.”
Samon Trustpilot, November 2025
Questions
Website design: your questions answered
How much does website design cost in Manchester?
Our Pro-Sites start at £999 + VAT for up to five pages. A custom Pro-Site with your own layout and up to 15 pages starts at £1,499 + VAT, and fully bespoke design starts at £4,999 + VAT. If you would rather not pay upfront, our free website design and pay monthly options spread the cost.
What’s the difference between a Pro-Site and a bespoke website?
A Pro-Site is built on our premium frameworks with features made for your industry, so it’s quicker and cheaper. A bespoke site is designed from a blank page by a dedicated designer, with custom features and integrations that no framework covers.
Will I own my website?
Yes, on our standard Pro-Site, custom and bespoke packages the site is yours. Free and pay monthly websites are different: they stay on our platform, which is how we keep the upfront cost at zero.
Do you work with businesses outside Manchester?
Yes. Most of our clients are in Greater Manchester and the North West, but we work with businesses across the UK and abroad. Everything runs through our online project app, so distance doesn’t slow anything down.
