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Codena Studios

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.

Who you will be working with.

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

Codena Studios is the design and build studio of PayTrader Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales. Behind it is thirty years in technology and financial services: systems where the money had to be right, the detail had to be checked and the security had to hold. Every project gets that standard, whatever its size: senior people on the work, one fixed price agreed up front, every account set up in your name from day one, and the same care over design, function and security that money-critical work demands.

Every project has one point of contact who is also doing the work, so questions are answered by the person who knows. We take on a few projects at a time, design in the browser, build to be extended rather than to demo, and stay close after launch.

Based
United Kingdom, remote-first
Clients
UK and abroad, all worked remotely
Company
PayTrader Ltd, registered in England and Wales, no. 17164786
Availability
Booking new projects for 2026
Engagements
A few at a time
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
Email
hello@codena.co.uk
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

What we make.

Eight kinds of work, each with a working example on the home page rather than a stock image.

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.

  1. 01

    Websites

    Marketing sites and web apps that load fast, rank well and feel considered. Designed from scratch for the brand, never from a template, and hosted close to your customers wherever they are.

    See it work

  2. 02

    Mobile apps

    iOS and Android from one codebase, native where it counts, smooth on the phones people actually carry.

    See it work

  3. 03

    Design systems

    Tokens, components and documentation your team can build on without asking us first. Change one value and everything follows.

    See it work

  4. 04

    Complex products

    Bespoke, money-critical software where the numbers have to reconcile and every action leaves a trail.

    See it work

  5. 05

    APIs and integrations

    Payments, identity checks, maps, messaging and the systems you already run, connected through their APIs so the product does the work instead of someone re-keying it.

    See it work

  6. 06

    Multiple languages

    Built for more than one language from the start: every word in one place, money and dates formatted for each country, right-to-left layouts handled, hosting in the market it serves. A new market is a translation, not a rebuild.

    See it work

  7. 07

    Content and campaigns

    Launch films, social cuts, adverts and the stills that go with them, designed and produced by us to the same standard as the product they sell.

    See it work

  8. 08

    Performance and accessibility

    Fast, usable for everyone, and easy for search engines and AI assistants to read. Treated as features you can feel, not a checklist at the end.

    See it work

How we work.

The same four stages on every project, with you in the room for each one. Scroll, and the project walks from brief to live.

The stages 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.

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.