True North 54 Carlisle · 54.89° N

Web design and development · Carlisle, Cumbria

Web projects. Delivered properly.

We make the web stuff simple. A trusted partner for growing businesses and charities that need their website to do more.

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  • Senior people on every job

    The people you meet are the people doing the work, from the first chat to launch day.

  • Straight answers

    If something's going to cost more or take longer, you hear it from us first.

  • Yours to keep

    Your code, your content, your logins. If you ever want to move on, all of it goes with you.

What we do

Websites, start to finish

Planning, design and build as one package. For bigger jobs we bring in senior designers and developers we trust, so you get a proper team with one person who knows your project inside out.

The main event

Web design and development

One package, one point of contact. We work out what you need, design it, build it and hand it over, with one person keeping the whole thing on track.

Project management

Timelines, budgets and decisions in one place. You'll always know where things are, and nothing gets lost in someone's inbox.

Design

Sitemaps (a map of every page), wireframes (simple page layouts) and page designs, all built around the people who'll use your site.

Development

Drupal, WordPress or plain static HTML, whichever fits the job and your budget. We'll explain the trade-offs in plain English before you choose.

  1. Discovery
  2. Design
  3. Build
  4. Handover

Bolt-ons

Add these when you need them

Found Locally (SEO)

SEO means getting found on Google when people search for what you do. We fix the technical bits, tidy the content and show you what changed.

Systems Review

Are your tools working together, or against each other? A look under the bonnet at your CRM (where you keep customer details), forms and spreadsheets: what's worth automating, what's duplicated, and what to leave well alone.

Recent work

Three platforms. Three very different jobs.

We pick the tool that fits the job, not the one we're comfiest with.

  1. Premier Management Services homepage

    Drupal

    Premier Management Services

    Commercial energy broker, Carlisle

    A fixed-price Drupal build with a custom theme, designed so their team can update pages without ever breaking the layout.

    • Custom theme built from approved designs
    • Structured content blocks for easy editing
    • Fixed scope, fixed fee, no surprises

  2. WordPress

    Baby Buntin Wellness

    Baby and family classes

    Turned a list of classes into something parents can actually book from, on their phone, with a baby on one arm.

    • Class calendar with instant filters
    • Shareable filtered links for socials
    • Cancellation list so full classes still take names
  3. Border Asset Reliability homepage

    Static HTML

    Border Asset Reliability

    Maintenance and reliability consultancy, Carlisle

    A small business that needed a fast, credible site and zero upkeep. So we built one with nothing to patch and nothing to hack.

    • Hand-built HTML and CSS, no plugins
    • Hosted on Cloudflare Pages for next to nothing
    • Built to load fast on a rural signal

Who you'll be talking to

Hi, I'm Dan.

I've spent years running web projects, from small local sites to builds for national organisations. True North 54 is how I think they should be run: properly, honestly and in plain English.

I lead every project from the first chat to launch day. On each job I work with senior developers and a UX designer (the person who makes sure your site is easy to use), so you get a proper team and one person who knows your project inside out.

Dad of three, based in Carlisle, and one weekend a month you'll find me putting up fences on a farm. Turns out that's decent training for project management.

Dan

How we work

No faff. No lock-in. No surprises.

Staff change, boards change, budgets change. Your website shouldn't fall over when they do.

  • You talk to us

    You speak directly to the people doing the work, on the phone, by email or over a brew.

  • Accessible as standard

    We build to WCAG 2.2 AA, the recognised standard for making a site usable by everyone, including people using screen readers. It's part of every build.

  • Fixed milestones

    Clear stages with sign-off, so you can line them up with budgets and board dates.

  • Proper handover

    Your code, your content, your logins, and a plain-English guide for your team.

  • 100%Escaped corporate
  • 0Boring meetings
  • ReadyDad jokes

Next step

Not sure where to start? The first chat is on us. No pitch, just straight answers.

Tell us what you're trying to sort and when it needs doing. You'll get a straight answer on time, cost and whether we're the right people for it. If we're not, we'll point you at someone who is.

Book a free 30-minute chat dan@truenorth54.co.uk