New Drupal builds, on the version with a future
Every new build starts on current Drupal 11 — so you're not facing a major upgrade the year after launch. Architecture first, accessibility as standard, editors treated as the users they are, and a handover pack that means you're never locked in.
Builds we take on
Corporate & organisational sites
Multi-section sites with real editorial workflows: departments publishing independently, approvals where governance needs them, consistency everywhere else.
Public & third sector platforms
Councils, charities, universities and membership bodies — WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility built in from the first template, not audited in at the end.
Membership & community platforms
Member registration, tiered content access, directories, events and renewals — Drupal's permission system doing what lighter CMSs fake with plugins.
Intranets & knowledge bases
Internal platforms with SSO, structured documents and search that finds things — the institutional memory, organised.
Multisite estates
Many sites, one codebase: shared components and governance with per-site freedom where it's earned. One patch run covers the estate.
Multilingual sites
Drupal's translation system is the best in open source CMS. Content, menus and media translated properly — not a plugin bolted on and regretted.
Drupal is overkill for some sites. Maybe yours.
If you need a five-page brochure site with a blog, Drupal will cost more to build and more to maintain than WordPress, and we'll tell you so in the first call. Drupal earns its weight when you have structured content, many editors with different permissions, accessibility obligations, multilingual needs, or systems to integrate. That's an honest scoping conversation — and it's free.
Common questions
How much does a new Drupal site cost?
Small builds typically start around £8,000–£15,000; platforms with integrations, membership or multisite run £25,000+. Discovery produces a fixed quote before build begins.
Do you build from our designs?
Pixel-accurately, from Figma, Sketch or XD. No designs yet? We pair you with a design partner and quote design + build as one project, or customise a professional theme for tighter budgets.
What happens after launch?
Editor training, documentation and a full handover pack are part of every build. Most clients then move onto a care plan; some hand to an internal team. Both are fine — it's your site.
Tell us what the site needs to do
Content, editors, integrations, obligations — rough notes are fine. A Drupal developer replies with honest first thoughts, usually the same day.
Discuss your build