I’m Nick, a freelance web designer for charities, nonprofits and churches. I design and build the whole site myself, with donations, events and sign-up forms that work, on a platform your staff and volunteers can run without calling anyone. Fixed price, from £3,000, and the alternative to a charity web design agency.
Good causes
250+ sites built, including charities, NGOs and churches
Most charities that find me are doing brilliant work behind a website that undersells it. The site was built in a rush, by someone who’s since moved on, and now it’s the first thing a funder, a volunteer or a family in need sees.
Four of the sites in my portfolio are charities, nonprofits and churches: a Liverpool charity built in two weeks, a Greek animal welfare organisation with donations and two languages, a Belgian climate nonprofit redesigned from the ground up, and a church with four locations on one site. Every project is in the portfolio.
Social SignatureA charitable initiative by the Windmills Foundation that needed a digital hub for a growing library of videos and downloadable programme resources. Built in two weeks, on budget, and warm enough to bring in new schools, supporters and community partners.
Negative Emissions PlatformA carbon removals nonprofit whose website had grown messy over the years. Reimagined from the ground up around their three strategic pillars, with dedicated sections for policy, funding and demand, events, a blog and newsletter sign-up.
Life ChurchA church moving off a clunky old platform. Six weeks to a modern site that makes four locations, upcoming events and membership easy to find, with worship, sermons and outreach front and centre.
Animal Action GreeceAn animal welfare organisation that needed to showcase its projects, take donations and reach supporters in more than one language. Eight weeks to a bilingual site with a donation system that makes contributing simple.I’m Nick Croce. I learned big-brand standards at an agency and started Design by Ency to give smaller organisations that level of work without the agency price. Charities were some of the first clients who took a chance on me, and some of the ones I’m proudest of.
Since then I’ve built more than 250 websites for businesses and organisations in Liverpool, London, across the UK and overseas, and Squarespace made me a Circle Platinum Partner for it, their highest tier. The charity, nonprofit and church sites among them have taught me what the sector needs from a website: trust at first glance, a donate button that works, and a site the team can run themselves.
What you get is me. I answer the emails, I design the pages, I build the site and I fix the things. Everything runs over video calls, start to finish, so it doesn’t matter whether you’re in Liverpool, Brussels or Indiana.
one designer, your whole site
No more costly custom code
Doctors bookable by state
A full site, built in just 2 weeks
Squarespace 7.0 to 7.1 full redesign
Built exact to wireframes
Visuals brought to life
From DIY to finished article
A cohesive brand identity & website
A charity website has a harder job than most business sites. It has to earn trust from a funder, a donor, a volunteer and a person who needs help, all on the same page, and then be kept up to date by whoever has an hour spare on a Tuesday. These are the things I build in; for examples of charities doing them well, I’ve pulled apart ten of the best UK charity websites.
A donate button on every page, one-off and monthly gifts by card through Stripe or PayPal, and if you need Gift Aid declarations or fundraising pages, your JustGiving, Enthuse or Donorbox forms embedded so they feel part of the site.
An events calendar your team updates in a minute, with ticketing or RSVP where you need it. No more announcing things on Facebook because the website is too hard to change.
Forms that go where they should, to the right inbox or straight into your spreadsheet or CRM, for volunteers, members, newsletter subscribers and referrals. Built with a honeypot so you aren’t wading through spam.
If your community speaks more than one language, the site can too. Animal Action Greece runs in two, with a language switch that keeps visitors on the same page rather than dumping them on the homepage.
Proper colour contrast, alt text on every image, headings in order and a site you can get around on a keyboard. For a charity that’s not a nice-to-have, it’s part of the mission, and it helps Google read the site properly too.
Flexible, depending on what you need: handover training so staff and volunteers can update the site themselves, or Managed-For-You from £150 a month with the build included, where you email me the change and I make it. Either way, nobody is stuck.
Whatever stage the organisation is at, there’s a route in. Every one is custom, every one includes the SEO foundations, and every one is done by me. Prices are on each page, and on the pricing page, so you never have to ask.
Bespoke web design for charities: designed around your brand and built from scratch, with donations, events and forms set up properly. From £3,000, yours to keep.
Custom buildsGot a site that’s dated, slow or impossible to update? I rebuild it properly, move your content across, redirect your old links, and give it a look people trust at first glance.
RedesignsThe build included, then looked after every month: updates, fixes, security and support, for one fee. For teams who never want to log into a website again.
Managed-For-YouStraight answer: two ways to work with me, both with a fixed figure in writing before any work starts, which is the number a board or a funder wants to see. No hourly rates, no surprise invoices.
Managed-For-You website
£150
The build is included, so there’s no big upfront cost to find. Then I run it for you every month: updates, fixes, security and changes on request. Send me the new event and it’s live.
Custom website build
£3,000
One-time fee, quoted per project. Designed and built around your cause, with donations, events and forms set up, then handed over with training so your team runs it. Yours to keep, forever.
Want a number for your project? Build a ballpark in about twenty seconds, no email needed.
Build your quoteusually 3 to 6 weeks
A clear, collaborative process from start to finish. You deal with me at every stage, so nothing gets lost in translation.
Book a discovery call to talk through your vision, what the site needs to do, and whether we’re the right fit for each other.
Once we’ve agreed the scope and you’ve accepted the proposal, the build begins: custom design, layouts and features, shared with you as it takes shape.
When you’ve approved the finished website, it goes live and you get bespoke handover training, so you feel confident running it yourself.
A charity web design agency has account managers, an office and a sales team to pay for, and the quote reflects it. You work with me directly: one person, designing and building every page, which is why the same site costs a fraction of the agency figure. Money that can go back into the work.
A Liverpool charity, a Greek animal welfare organisation, a Belgian climate nonprofit, a church with four locations. I know a charity site has to work for a funder, a donor and a volunteer at once, and that whoever updates it is usually doing three other jobs.
Social Signature went from first call to launch in two weeks. Most charity builds take three to six, and the thing that sets the pace is how fast the content comes together on your side. Everything runs over video calls, wherever you are, with one person to email.
Already built for clients in the UK, US and Europe
Start to finish, no account managers
Squarespace Circle Platinum Partner
Whichever the project actually needs
Titles, alt text, compressed images, redirects
In writing before any work starts
“Nick was an absolute pleasure to work with on a website for one of my charity clients. He was responsive, flexible, kept everything on budget, and delivered a website that exceeded expectations. His creativity and eye for design added a real wow factor, bringing the whole project to life. If you're looking for a talented, reliable web designer who genuinely cares about delivering a great result, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Nick.”
“Nick was super helpful, came up with novel ideas to showcase content, was open to implementing new features, suggested best practices, stuck to the deadlines. I would recommend him to anyone looking to revamp their old website. Thanks Nick!”
“Nick built the Waters Agency website, and I couldn’t recommend him more highly. He quickly understood what we wanted to achieve and translated it into a polished, professional site that reflects our brand brilliantly. He was creative, responsive and straightforward to work with throughout the entire process. The website has continued to run smoothly since launch, and Nick has always been helpful whenever we’ve needed support. A talented designer and a genuinely great person to work with.”
Declan Waters“We’ve had an outstanding experience working with Nick. From day one, he brought a level of care, precision, and creativity that’s hard to find. He quickly understood what we were trying to achieve and consistently delivered high-quality work — on time, with great communication throughout. Nick doesn’t just build websites; he solves problems, adds value, and genuinely feels like part of the team. We’re genuinely thrilled with the results and look forward to working with him again. Highly recommend!”
Patrick Smith“Unhesitatingly recommend Nick! He absolutely knocked our project out of the park. From start to finish, he was collaborative, communicative, and incredibly knowledgeable about Squarespace. He was proactive, responsive, and genuinely invested in the project's success. We look forward to working with him again in the future.”
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no such thing as a silly question
It depends on who you hire. UK charity web design agencies typically quote £5,000 to £15,000 for a site of this kind, and freelancers can be anywhere from a few hundred pounds up. My custom builds start from £3,000 for a site that’s yours to keep, with donations, events and forms set up. The Managed-For-You plan is from £150 a month with the build included, which spreads the cost and is often the easier line for a board to approve. Every price is fixed in writing before any work starts.
For most charities, nonprofits and churches, yes. It has a built-in donation block for one-off and monthly gifts, an events calendar, forms, a blog and newsletter tools, and most importantly your staff and volunteers can update it themselves without a developer. It isn’t right for everything: if you need a complex membership database or a custom portal, we’ll talk about building in code instead. I’m a Squarespace Circle Platinum Partner, the top tier, so I’ll give you a straight answer either way.
Yes. The site takes one-off and recurring donations by card through Stripe or PayPal, with a donate button on every page. Gift Aid declarations aren’t handled by the built-in donation tools, so if you need those, or fundraising pages and campaign targets, I embed your JustGiving, Enthuse or Donorbox forms so they look and feel like part of the site.
That’s the point of building it this way. On a custom build you get bespoke handover training, recorded so new volunteers can watch it later, covering the things you’ll actually do: add a news post, change an event, swap a photo, update the team page. If nobody has the time, the Managed-For-You plan means you email me the change and I make it.
Yes. Life Church in Indiana is in the portfolio: four locations, service times, upcoming events and membership on one site, with sermons and outreach front and centre. The same approach works for a single congregation or a group of parishes.
Yes. Animal Action Greece runs in two languages with a switch that keeps visitors on the page they were reading. If your community speaks more than one language, we build that in from the start rather than bolting it on later.
Every site I build has proper colour contrast, alt text on every image, headings in a sensible order and keyboard navigation, and I check it in a real browser rather than assuming. If you have a formal accessibility obligation, I’ll say plainly what the build covers and where a specialist audit is the right next step.
Most take three to six weeks from the first call to launch; Social Signature took two. The biggest factor is how quickly the content comes together on your side: copy, photos, your impact numbers. If you need the words written too, the copywriting add-on takes that off your plate.
Yes, and it’s most of what I do. I rebuild it properly rather than patching the old one, move your content across, redirect the old links so nothing breaks, and set up donations and events the way they should have been. Negative Emissions Platform in the portfolio is exactly that kind of job.
Yes. The charity and nonprofit sites in my portfolio are in Liverpool, Greece, Belgium and the United States. Everything runs over video calls, start to finish, so where you are doesn’t change anything. If a bigger project warrants meeting in person, that can happen too.
Fifteen minutes, no pitch. Tell me about the organisation and what the website needs to do, and I’ll tell you honestly what I’d build and what it would cost.
