WebdesigninLeeds,builtbyhand.
helium is a digital studio based in Leeds. We design and code websites line by line — no templates, no page builders — for businesses across Leeds and West Yorkshire that want their site to actually do something: win work.
A Leeds business is judged in seconds.
When someone in Leeds searches for what you do, they see a page of your competitors before they ever see you. The sites that win that moment load fast, look like a real business, and make the next step obvious. That is the whole job of web design, and it is where we start.
We are not a marketplace freelancer and not a big-agency production line. You deal with the people building the site, the code is yours at the end, and the build is engineered so it stays fast long after launch — your accounts, no lock-in.
Every build, as standard.
Every helium site ships hand-coded and performance-first: clean structure Google can read, titles and schema done properly, motion that guides the eye rather than shows off, and a working enquiry path tested end to end. Design, build and search visibility are one conversation here, not three suppliers.
Diagnosis before design
We start with what the business is trying to become, not with a template. Sometimes the fix is the website; sometimes it isn't, and we'll say so.
Designed and coded by hand
Custom design, custom code. Lean pages, no plugin bloat, sub-second loads on real phones — the kind of build that passes the checks Google actually measures.
Built to be found
Semantic structure, per-page titles, structured data and a clean sitemap from day one — so the search work has something solid to stand on.
Launched, measured, supported
Deployed on modern hosting with SSL as standard, measurement wired in with consent handled properly, and a studio on the end of the phone afterwards.
Leeds first, Yorkshire wide.
We work with businesses across Leeds and the wider region — trades, services, professional firms and growing teams. Most of the work happens face to face or over a quick call, whichever suits how you run.
- 01Leeds
- 02Horsforth
- 03Headingley
- 04Morley
- 05Pudsey
- 06Wetherby
- 07Bradford
- 08Wakefield
- 09Harrogate
- 10West Yorkshire