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Codena Studios

UK design and build studio

Design & buildfor the web, properly.

A UK studio crafting fast, distinctive websites and apps for founders who sweat the details.

Three things, done to one standard.

If it is web, mobile, or genuinely hard, it is us. No handoff to a team you never met.

Websites

Marketing sites and web apps that load fast, rank well, and feel considered. The kind a serious buyer trusts on sight.

Mobile apps

iOS and Android from one codebase, native where it counts.

Design systems

Tokens, components and docs your team can build on.

Complex products

Bespoke, money-critical software where correctness is not optional.

Performance and accessibility

Fast and usable for everyone, treated as features not an afterthought.

Selected work

A sense of what we make.

Representative of the work we take on. Names and detail on request, real case studies land here as they clear.

012025

A payments platform where the maths has to be right

Web platform moving real money between parties. Built so balances reconcile exactly, checkout stays fast, and every transaction leaves a trail.

  • Product
  • Next.js
  • Payments
  • Design system
022025

A field app that works with no signal

Cross-platform app for teams away from a desk. Offline-first, native where it counts, smooth on the mid-range hardware people actually carry.

  • iOS + Android
  • React Native
  • Offline-first
032024

A marketing site that earns the second click

Brand and build for a founder-led company. Fast, distinctive, and easy to keep current, without a rebuild every time the story changes.

  • Website
  • Brand
  • CMS
  • Motion
042024

A booking product that replaced the spreadsheets

Bespoke scheduling tool shaped around how the business actually runs. A data model that fits reality and an interface people picked up without training.

  • Product
  • Next.js
  • PostgreSQL

How the hard part gets done.

A small number of projects, each taken from a rough idea to something people rely on. Four moves, no theatre.

01

Discover

We dig into the problem, the users and the constraints before writing a line of code. Fewer surprises later, less rework, a shape everyone agrees on.

02

Design

We design in the browser as much as in Figma, so what you review moves and behaves like the real thing. No pixel-perfect mockup that falls apart on contact with data.

03

Build

Typed, tested, reviewed. Built to extend rather than to demo. The money-critical paths get the scrutiny they deserve, the rest stays simple on purpose.

04

Launch

We ship, measure and stay close. Handover is the keys and the docs, not a shrug. You are never locked out of your own product.

A small studio, on purpose.

Codena Studios is a UK web and mobile studio. Senior people do the actual work, not a layer of management in front of a rotating cast of juniors. You talk to the person writing the code.

We take on fewer projects and finish each to a standard we will happily put our name to. This site is one of them.

Based
United Kingdom, remote-friendly
Availability
Booking new projects for 2026
Engagements
A few at a time, done right

“I build the things I would be comfortable depending on myself. Fast, accessible, and correct where it counts.”

Founder and principal engineer

Start a project

Let’s make something worth the visit.

Tell us what you are building. We read every enquiry and reply personally, usually within one working day.

Prefer email? hello@codena.co.uk