We’ve been building websites for over 20 years.

We have been designing, building, and delivering for businesses since 1997; we’ve built 100s of sites that are easy to manage and deliver growth.

Who we are.

Toast Design Consultancy Limited is a 16-strong creative agency based in Banbury, Oxfordshire.

We have been running since 1997 with a real team, a real studio, and a track record that spans nearly three decades.

We design and build things for businesses that need professional work delivered on time and on budget. That covers WordPress websites, SEO, branding, print, annual reports, packaging, and everything in between.

Most of our clients come to us for one thing and end up using us for several others, because everything is under one roof and the quality does not drop from one service to the next.

Our studio is at 16 North Bar Street, Banbury. You are welcome to come and visit us – we have three floors, a nice garden, and a vaulted cellar nobody wants to work in.

The DBA is a renowned UK organisation, setting high standards in design and business. Membership is a badge of quality, indicating commitment to delivering top-notch design solutions grounded in solid business principles.

DBA membership signifies a dedication to impactful design. This focus on effectiveness underscores the DBA’s philosophy that design drives business success.

Engaging a DBA member agency ensures your design needs are met by professionals adept at integrating design with business strategy.

You can verify our DBA membership here.

We’re accredited by The Good Business Charter.

The Good Business Charter is an accreditation that organisations of all sizes in the UK can apply for in recognition of responsible business practices.

Accredited organisations include FTSE100 companies, partnerships, local authorities, universities, SMEs, charities and sole traders.

An organisation must meet all 10 commitments to receive GBC Accreditation.

You can verify our GBC membership here.

We support Ecologi to offset our carbon.

We do our bit by contributing to Ecologi to ensure our staff offset carbon where possible. We’re a paperless office, we avoid unnecessary project miles and we champion environmentally sound design practices.

We also help our clients use less electricity by building super-fast websites.

You can verify our Ecologi membership here.

How we work.

When you work with Toast, you talk directly to the people doing the work. Not account managers. Not project coordinators. The actual designers and developers.

This is a deliberate choice. It makes us faster, keeps communication clearer, and means nothing gets lost between the person who sold the project and the person building it – because they are the same person.

We do not use freelancers or offshore developers. Every piece of work that leaves this studio is done by a full-time, employed member of our team. That matters for quality, for consistency, and for your peace of mind.

We work with most clients remotely and keep meetings to when they are actually needed. Our clients are busy. We do not ask them to hold our hand through every stage – we take a brief, ask the right questions, and get on with it.

Our Studio.

We all work out of a Victorian townhouse in the centre of Banbury.

With the exception of Devan, all our staff are studio-based – for creative teams, this is the best way of working and means our clients get a truly creative team.

We have three floors (and a nice garden), with the branding and print team on the ground floor, the digital team on the first and then meeting rooms and creative space on the top floor.

We also have a lovely vaulted ceiling cellar, but no one fancies working down there.

You’re welcome to come and visit us!

What we are good at.

We have been doing this long enough to know what we are good at and what we are not. We stick to the former.

On the digital side, we design and build bespoke WordPress websites from scratch, handle SEO across technical, on-page, and AI search, and manage ongoing support and hosting for the sites we look after. We do not use page builders or off-the-shelf themes. Everything is hand-coded and built for performance.

On the creative side, we work across branding and logo design, brochures and printed marketing, annual reports and publications, and packaging design. We have print designers with 15-plus years of experience and developers who have been writing clean WordPress code for just as long.

Most projects at this level need both sides. A website redesign often needs brand work done first. An SEO push needs well-written content. A new product launch needs packaging, a website, and something to hand out. We can handle all of it without you having to manage three separate agencies.

Why businesses trust us.

Nearly 30 years in business is not an accident. Clients do not keep coming back to agencies that do average work.

A lot of agencies promise quality and then cut corners. They hire offshore developers, use cheap themes, recycle designs, and pad out projects with account management that adds cost without adding value. We have seen it all because clients come to us after it has happened to them.

We do none of that. Our accounts are filed at Companies House and publicly available. Our team are all employed and based in our Banbury studio. Every site we build is done from scratch and is yours outright when the invoice is paid. We do not lock you into licences for page builders or proprietary frameworks you do not own.

If you want to check us out before calling, our Companies House number is 04451696. We have nothing to hide and actively encourage you to do your due diligence – because the agencies that ask you not to usually have a reason for that.

Our accreditations and partnerships.

We do not collect badges for the sake of it. The ones we have mean something.

• DBA member – the Design Business Association sets high standards for design and business practice in the UK. Membership requires a genuine commitment to quality and effective design, not just a fee.
• Good Business Charter accredited – an independent accreditation covering ten commitments to responsible business practice, including fair pay, staff wellbeing, and ethical operations. We meet all ten.
• WP Engine Agency Partner – we host client sites on WP Engine, one of the best-regarded managed WordPress hosting platforms available. This partnership reflects the volume and quality of the work we put through it.
• SEMRush Agency Partner – we use SEMRush for site audits, keyword research, and ongoing SEO reporting. The partnership reflects our investment in proper tools, not guesswork.

The small print.

Everything you need to know about who you are actually dealing with.

Toast Design Consultancy Limited is registered in England and Wales. Company number 04451696. VAT number GB 695693663. Registered office: 16 North Bar Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 0TF.

We were founded in 1997 as a partnership and incorporated as a limited company in 2002. Toast is a registered trademark in the EU.

You can view our full filing history on Companies House.