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Who We Are

A Digital Agency
in Huddersfield.

Gold Top Collective designs, builds and runs websites, online shops and bespoke software for businesses across the UK. We are a small team, we use AI to do the heavy lifting, and a human checks everything before it ships.

2021Founded in Huddersfield
6Services under one roof
8Named client stories

What we actually do

We are a digital agency. We build websites, online shops and bespoke software, and then we look after them. Most of our work is for small and mid-sized businesses in the UK: manufacturers, laboratories, housebuilders, care providers and health services.

There are six services under one roof: web design and build, e-commerce, bespoke platforms and tools, branding and design, AI development and automation, and hosting, care and SEO. You can read what each one involves on the services page.

We are not a marketing agency, a recruitment agency or a reseller. We do the design and the engineering ourselves, in house.

How we work

AI does a lot of the heavy lifting on our projects. That is how a small team gets through the volume of work you would normally need a much larger one for, and it is why your budget goes further with us. But nothing ships without a human reading it first. We treat AI as a very fast junior, not as a replacement for judgement.

We work on fixed monthly plans rather than hourly billing, so you know what you are paying before the work starts. You own everything we build for you: the code, the content, the hosting accounts and the domains. If you ever want to leave, you take it all with you.

We tend to stay. Several of the relationships you can read about in our case studies have run for years, and they usually started as one small job.

Who runs it

Gold Top Collective was founded by Dan Akers and James Foster. Dan also runs Startling, which handles scoping, specification and safe AI adoption. James also runs Crushing, which does graphic and digital design. Between the three there is a single group of people who have worked together for a long time, and we pull in specialists we know and trust when a project needs them.

Where we are

We are based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, and we work with clients across the United Kingdom. Nearly all of it is done remotely, so where you are is rarely the issue. If you would rather meet, we can.

Talking to us

The easiest way in is a free workshop: thirty minutes on a video call, an honest look at what you need, and a written action plan you keep whether or not you hire us. If we are not the right fit we will tell you, and we will usually tell you who is.

You can also email hello@goldtopcollective.com.

Company details
Legal name
Gold Top Collective Ltd
Trading as
Gold Top Collective
Company no.
13334037, registered in England and Wales
VAT no.
377538844
Incorporated
14 April 2021
Based in
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Email
hello@goldtopcollective.com
Elsewhere
LinkedIn and the Companies House register

Want to talk it through?

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