Best Content Management System (CMS) Companies in England, United Kingdom
The 31 best Content Management System (CMS) companies in England, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Forrit.
Ranked: Best Content Management System (CMS) companies in England
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forrit Cloud-based web content management system for enterprises | $6M | 42 mo ago | Series A | Peter Proud Founder & CEO | 2014 | RubyAnimate.cssVarnish+13 | — |
| 2 | Webiny Open-source content management platform | $4M | 62 mo ago | Seed | Goran Candrlic Co-Founder | 2010 | AceVarnishAmazon Web Services+24 | — |
| 3 | Abacus Omnichannel marketing solutions provider | $4M | 158 mo ago | Acquired | Steve Feigen Founder & CEO | 1983 | ZohoSalesforceMicrosoft ASP.NET+17 | — |
| 4 | ActiveStandards 500 Internal Server Error | — | — | Acqui-Hired | Jonah Paransky CEO | 1993 | — | — |
| 5 | Apteve Cloud-based content management system | — | — | Unfunded | Brian Whigham Founder | 2015 | — | — |
| 6 | Bolt CMS Provider of web content management system for developers and organizations | — | — | Unfunded | Dan Bream Managing Director | 2023 | — | — |
| 7 | ClassicPress Community-led open source content management system | — | — | Unfunded | Scott Bowler Founder | 2018 | DiscourseRubyZoho+12 | — |
| 8 | clearFusionCMS Multi site content management system | — | — | Unfunded | Cindy Arlott CEO | 2007 | — | — |
Top 3 Content Management System (CMS) companies in England
#1
Series A · London, England · founded 2014 · 55 employees$6.2Mraised▾
Cloud-based web content management system for enterprises. It allows enterprises to create websites from a suite of pre-built components and allows content owners to edit content. Its features include an asset library and cropper tool, page builder, no-code page editor, component editor, and more. Also, it integrates with analytics and optimization software through open APIs to provide insights to optimize the content presentation.
- Apr 2023Series A$6.2M
#2
Seed · London, England · founded 2010 · 2 employees$4Mraised▾
Open-source content management platform. It enables developers to build websites and web applications by providing all required components and is designed to run inside a serverless environment. It is powered by React, Node and GraphQL API and offers developer tools, libraries, ready-made apps and processes specifically created for serverless development. Also, it comes with several applications that are specifically built for the serverless environment such as Headless CMS, Page Builder, Form Builder, and File Manager.
- Aug 2021Seed$3.5M
- Jan 2021Seed$125K
- Oct 2019Seed$348K
#3
Acquired · London, England · founded 1983 · 64 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Abacus provides content management, audience engagement and multichannel publishing solutions across web, mobile, tablet and print. It offers Webvision Cloud, which is Digital eXperience Platform (DXP), comprising a mobile-friendly website, an enterprise CMS and an audience engagement database. Also offered is ADvance SaaS customer data platform (CDP), which is a multichannel single customer view, customer identity & access management (CIAM), and e-commerce system in one. The products are available on a subscription basis. Notable clients include Centaur Media, Faversham House, and Thomson Reuters. The company also provides digital transformation consultancy services.
- Aug 2013Series A$3.5M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Content Management System (CMS) coverage by sub-theme.
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Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
Common questions
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