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Codena Studios

Designed to be noticed.
Built to be relied on.

A small UK studio making websites and apps you can depend on, for clients here and abroad. You talk to the person writing the code.

What we make.

Websites, mobile apps, and the hard problems behind them, designed and built from scratch on an open stack. Pick a row to see a piece of it working.

Selected work.

Live sites and a live product, each designed and built here, each with the story behind it.

3 projects on the shelf. Scroll sideways, or use the arrows.

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The paytrader.net app: a bathroom renovation with its four stages, the first released and the second held in escrow, and a button to review photos and approve the stage.
The paytrader.net mark

paytrader.net: escrow that pays when the job is done

paytrader.net is Codena's own product. Money for UK home-improvement work is held safely until each stage of the job is confirmed, for homeowners and tradespeople. Mobile apps and a web platform, built so every balance reconciles and every movement leaves a trail.

Product2026

  • Product
  • iOS and Android
  • Web
  • Escrow
  • Payments
  • Payment API
  • Design system
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The Profile's home page: the headline 'Building the future of creator partnerships.' on a black ground, with buttons to work with the agency or apply as a creator.

The Profile: a creator agency site the agency runs itself

Website for a creator and influencer management agency: rosters of creators and campaigns, enquiry forms for brands and creators, and a dashboard the agency uses to keep all of it current. Built to grow into a portal.

Website2026

  • Website
  • Admin dashboard
  • Next.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Lead capture
  • Automated tests
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The CMS home page: the headline 'Exceptional homes, quietly delivered.' over a photograph of a restored red-brick London mansion block and its garden.

CMS: construction management, credible at a glance

Website for a chartered construction manager running luxury residential projects in prime central London. Clients arrive by referral and look the firm up before they call, often on a phone.

Website2026

  • Website
  • Astro
  • Photography
  • Enquiry form
  • Lighthouse 100
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All the work, and paytrader.net taken apart

How it gets done.

Four stages, in order, with you in the room for each. No black box, no big reveal at the end.

Typical timing
A simple site live inside a week; larger builds up to a month.
Each stage in full
  1. 01

    01 Discover

    First call, next day

    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.

  2. 02

    02 Design

    First draft in days

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

  3. 03

    03 Build

    Days to weeks, by scope

    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.

  4. 04

    04 Launch

    Launch day, and after

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

Honest starting prices.

Three starting points and one fixed price, agreed after a short scoping call. The figure you sign off is the figure you pay.

Starting prices
TierFromWhat it is
Marketing sitefrom£199A fast, distinctive site that makes people trust you on sight. Designed and built for you, never from a template.
Simple appfrom£749A focused app that does one thing well, on mobile or the web. The quickest way to put your idea in people's hands.
Site with a dashboardfrom£999Everything in a marketing site, plus a dashboard so you can edit your own content with no developer in the loop.
  • Marketing site

    Start herefrom

    £199

    A fast, distinctive site that makes people trust you on sight. Designed and built for you, never from a template.

    • Custom design and build
    • Up to about eight pages, or a sharp one-pager
    • SEO, analytics and launch handled
    • Yours to keep, in full
  • Simple app

    from

    £749

    A focused app that does one thing well, on mobile or the web. The quickest way to put your idea in people's hands.

    • iOS and Android, or web
    • One core feature, built properly
    • Custom design and build
    • Yours to keep, in full
  • Site with a dashboard

    from

    £999

    Everything in a marketing site, plus a dashboard so you can edit your own content with no developer in the loop.

    • A custom CMS or dashboard
    • Editor roles and training
    • Integrations where you need them
    • Built to grow with you

Bespoke sites

Larger or unusual builds: complex content, custom interactions, the things that do not fit a bracket.

Content and campaigns

Launch films, social cuts, adverts and still creative, designed and produced by us. Priced per brief, after the same short scoping call.

Bespoke apps

Money-critical software, web or mobile, built to be depended on. Priced to the problem, not to a bracket.

Always included

  • Speed and accessibility checks passed before launch (Google's Lighthouse, 95 or better)
  • SEO and AI-answer readiness built in, not bolted on
  • Senior people on the actual work
  • One fixed price, agreed up front
  • You own everything: code and accounts

Prices in pounds sterling. We can invoice in euros, US dollars or Australian dollars at the rate on the day.

Full pricing and what is included

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.

About the studio
Codena Studioscodena.co.uk

Design and build studio for the web and mobile.

Trading as
A trading name of PayTrader Ltd
Company
No. 17164786, England and Wales
Based
United Kingdom, remote-first
We build what we would be comfortable depending on ourselves. Fast, accessible, and correct where it counts.

The studio’s standard

Questions, answered.

What does a website cost?

Marketing sites start at £199, a simple app at £749 and a site with its own dashboard at £999. Every project gets one fixed price agreed after a short scoping call, so the figure you sign off is the figure you pay.

How long does a project take?

For a simple site you will see a first draft within a few days and can be live inside a week. A more involved build with custom features or a dashboard takes up to a month. Apps and bespoke products are scoped on their own terms. Either way we agree the timeline alongside the fixed price and tell you straight away if anything changes it.

Who owns the code and the accounts?

You do, in full. The repository, the hosting, the domain and every service account are set up in your name from day one. If you ever want to take the work elsewhere, nothing is held hostage.

Do you work with clients outside the UK?

Yes. We are a UK studio and work remotely with clients anywhere. Our working hours overlap Europe comfortably and the American east coast in the afternoon, and we arrange calls beyond that. Prices are set in pounds sterling and we can invoice in euros, US dollars or Australian dollars at the rate on the day. Contracts are under English law, and hosting is placed in the region your customers are in.

Tell us what you are building.

We read every enquiry and reply personally, usually within one working day. Prefer email? hello@codena.co.uk

Or email hello@codena.co.uk. Kept for 24 months, then deleted.