Honcho

Registered in Manchester, England, but staffed by a fully remote team spread across the UK and abroad, Honcho works as a small specialist studio rather than a full-service agency, deliberately limiting its remit to web design, web development and branding. Founded in 2013 and profitable without outside investment, the team has taken on projects for organisations including Google, the University of Oxford and the feedback and task-management platform Quality Hive, indicating a client base that spans large institutions and product-focused businesses. Team size is kept small and focused, with work handled by named specialists in design, development and account management rather than a large generalist staff. Services centre on UI/UX and web design, accessibility, design systems, branding and identity, and web development built specifically on Craft CMS rather than WordPress, which the agency states is a deliberate technical choice. Engagements typically begin with a Website Discovery Workshop intended to align business goals with user needs before design or build work starts. Branding and identity work is described as covering full visual identity development, while web development covers Craft CMS builds rather than off-the-shelf templating. The agency is explicit that projects are not quick or low-cost, with typical starting budgets from £15,000, reflecting bespoke rather than templated output. Work is organised around discrete service lines—Web Design, Web Development, Craft CMS, Branding & Identity and Design Systems—rather than broader digital marketing disciplines.