Care
Keeps your site online, secure and up to date.
£25/mo
per monthNo VAT added
- Hosting and SSL
- Backups, and restores if something breaks
- Monthly updates and security checks
- Uptime monitoring
- 30 minutes of edits a month
Website maintenance for UK small businesses
Our website maintenance plans for UK small businesses cost £25/mo for Care or £45/mo for Care+, with no VAT added. Both cover hosting for sites we build, backups, monthly updates, security checks, uptime monitoring and restores if something breaks. Care includes 30 minutes of edits a month, and Care+ gives you an hour plus a monthly health report.
From £25/mo, no VAT added
Monthly, cancel anytime
Restores included
PRICES
How much website maintenance costs in the UK
Our two website maintenance plans cost £25/mo and £45/mo, with no VAT added. Both are monthly and you can cancel anytime. For comparison, most published UK plans for small sites cost £40–£99 a month, usually plus VAT, according to Jamie Grand’s check of 12 published UK plans (July 2026).
Care+
Everything in Care, with more time for changes and a monthly report.
£45/mo
per monthNo VAT added
- Everything in Care
- 1 hour of edits a month
- Edits done within 1 working day
- Monthly health report
- No VAT added. Monthly, cancel anytime. If you leave, you get your site files and the latest backup.
- Building a new site as well? Our website cost calculator adds a care plan to your build and shows the total for year 1 and over 3 years, or compare the website packages.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
What our website maintenance plans include
Both plans look after the same things: hosting, backups, updates, uptime, security, restores and replies. Where a WordPress site and a Next.js site are looked after differently, both are listed. The difference between Care and Care+ is edit time and the health report.
In both Care and Care+
- Hosting and SSL
Hosting for sites we build. The SSL certificate renews automatically.
- Backups
WordPressDaily, kept for 30 days and stored off the server.
Next.jsEvery version is saved, so any change can be rolled back.
- Updates
WordPressWordPress core, theme and plugins, monthly.
Next.jsFramework and dependency updates, monthly, tested before they go live.
Critical security fixes within 2 working days.
- Uptime monitoring
Around the clock. We’re alerted if the site goes down and act on it during UK working hours (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm).
- Security
WordPressA firewall and malware scanning.
Next.jsDependency security checks.
- Restores
If something breaks, restoring the site from a backup is included.
- Replies
Replies within 1 working day.
Care
£25/mo30 minutes of edits a month, completed within 2 working days
Care+
£45/mo1 hour of edits a month, completed within 1 working day
A monthly health report covering:
- Uptime
- Updates applied
- Backup status
- Google’s mobile speed score
- Search Console errors (if you give us access)
- Broken links
- One recommendation
- Unused edit time doesn’t roll over. Bigger jobs are quoted before we start.
- Care+ suits most small online shops. We confirm the plan when we quote.
- Monthly, cancel anytime. If you leave, you get your site files and the latest backup.
NOT INCLUDED
What isn’t included
A care plan keeps the site you have running well. New work and other people’s fees sit outside it, and we tell you about them before we start.
Ongoing SEO isn’t part of a care plan either. It’s a separate monthly service: see our SEO packages.
New pages and features
Unused edit time doesn’t roll over, and bigger jobs, such as a new page or a new feature, are quoted before we start.
Your domain name
Domain registration, charged at cost.
Third-party fees
Paid plugins, platform subscriptions and payment processing fees are paid separately.
Wix, Squarespace and Shopify sites
Wix, Squarespace and Shopify sites aren’t eligible, because the platform handles hosting and updates. Edit time for them is quoted per job.
ALREADY ON WORDPRESS
Maintenance for a WordPress site someone else built
We look after WordPress sites we didn’t build, at the same price. We check the site first, so you know what you’re taking on before you pay anything monthly.
A free check first
Our free website check looks at 5 things, including speed on a phone, with results back within 48 hours. Request a free website check.
A fixed quote for anything that needs fixing
If something needs putting right before we take the site on, you get a fixed quote first. A site that’s already been hacked gets a quoted clean-up before it joins.
Then Care, on your current hosting
The site can stay where it’s hosted now. Care then covers everything except the hosting itself, for the same £25/mo.
Read more about our WordPress websites. If the site is beyond patching, our website redesign service rebuilds it and keeps your URLs.
DO YOU NEED ONE?
Do you need a website maintenance plan?
Rule of thumb
- Nobody will do the updates each monthA care plan
- You or your team already do themSkip it
A care plan
- Updates done for you
- Backups and restores
- Edit time each month
Not always. A plan earns its keep when the site brings in work and nobody has time for upkeep. A WordPress site needs core, theme and plugin updates every month, or it slows down and becomes a security risk. If your phone rings because of the site, a day offline costs you enquiries.
Skip it
- Wix, Squarespace or Shopify
- Updates done in-house
- A site that rarely changes
You can safely skip it if your site is on Wix, Squarespace or Shopify, because the platform handles hosting and updates. The same goes if someone on your team already does the updates and backups, or if the site rarely changes and you’d rather pay for help when you need it. Not sure where yours stands? Our website grader checks one page for free while you wait.
HOW IT WORKS
How our website maintenance works
You can start a plan when your new site launches, or move an existing WordPress site across. Questions first? Contact us.
Choose a plan
Care or Care+, monthly. A site we build can go on a plan from launch.
The first check
A WordPress site someone else built gets a free website check first, and a fixed quote for anything that needs fixing.
Every month
Updates go on, backups are kept, and you send us edits. Care+ adds the monthly health report.
If something goes wrong
We’re alerted if the site goes down and act on it during UK working hours (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm). Restores are included.
FAQ
Website maintenance questions
How much does website maintenance cost per month?
With us, £25/mo for Care or £45/mo for Care+, with no VAT added. Most published UK plans for small sites cost £40–£99 a month, usually plus VAT. Both of ours include hosting for sites we build, backups, updates, uptime monitoring and edit time, and you can cancel anytime.
What’s included in a website maintenance plan?
Both plans include hosting and SSL for sites we build, backups, monthly updates, critical security fixes within 2 working days, uptime monitoring, security checks, restores and replies within 1 working day. Care adds 30 minutes of edits a month. Care+ gives you an hour, done within 1 working day, plus a monthly health report.
What’s the difference between maintenance and hosting?
Hosting keeps your site online: it’s the server your site runs on. Maintenance is the work that keeps it healthy, such as updates, backups, security checks, uptime monitoring and edits. Our plans include hosting for sites we build. A WordPress site someone else built can stay on its current hosting, for the same price.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Both plans are monthly and you can cancel anytime. If you leave, you get your site files and the latest backup, so another developer or host can pick the site up where it is. Unused edit time doesn’t roll over, so there’s nothing to use up before you go.
Can you maintain a website someone else built?
Yes, if it’s on WordPress. It starts with a free website check. Anything that needs fixing first gets a fixed quote, and a site that’s already been hacked gets a quoted clean-up. Then Care covers it at the same price, and it can stay on its current hosting. Wix, Squarespace and Shopify sites aren’t eligible.
Does unused edit time roll over?
No, unused edit time doesn’t roll over to the next month. Care includes 30 minutes a month, done within 2 working days, and Care+ an hour, done within 1 working day. Anything bigger, such as a new page or a new feature, is quoted before we start, so you know the price first.
What happens if my website is hacked or goes down?
We monitor your site’s uptime around the clock. If it goes down, we’re alerted and act on it during UK working hours, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. If a site on a care plan is hacked, the clean-up and restore are included, and restoring from a backup when something breaks is included too.
Is VAT added to your prices?
No. CodeKodex isn’t VAT-registered, so no VAT is added to any of our prices. So Care is £25/mo and Care+ £45/mo, and that’s the whole monthly price. Most published UK maintenance plans are priced plus VAT, which adds 20% at the standard rate, so check which a quote shows before you compare.
From £25/mo, no VAT added
Want someone to look after your website?
Tell us about your site: who built it, what it runs on and what you’d like changed. We’ll tell you which plan fits, or whether you need one at all.
- Reply within one business day
- You own the code and assets
- Fixed-scope proposal in 48h
GET STARTED
Ask about website maintenance
Tell us which plan you’re interested in, and share your website address if you have one. We’ll reply within one business day. Prefer to start with the check? Results come back within 48 hours.
- 1
We read it properly
A real person reviews your notes and comes back within one business day.
- 2
Book a free 30-minute call if it’s useful
We go through what you need, your budget and your deadline, then tell you honestly which option fits.
- 3
Fixed-scope proposal
Scope, milestones and pricing in writing within 48 hours of the call.
Hours
Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm UK time
Working style
Remote-first, timezone friendly
From £25/mo
No VAT added