What we do

Bespoke software development and legacy modernisation

A system that was right five years ago now needs a quote for every change. We build software to standards — documented, tested, in your repository — so the next change is cheap and you are never held to ransom by the people who built it.

.NET · React · Azure · API integration · ISO 9001 delivery · Code in your repository

This service at a glance

Scope and shape

Who leads itAn architect, day one
DiscoveryFixed price, 2–3 weeks
First release6–10 weeks
Core stack.NET, React, Azure
Code and IPYours from commit one
Buy it viaG-Cloud or direct
What you get

Software you can still change in five years

Anyone can ship a first version. What matters is what it costs you to change it after we leave.

A platform built to standards

Tested, documented and built the way ISO 9001 says we will build it. No clever shortcuts that only the original developer understands.

Integration with what you already run

APIs into the finance system, the CRM, the MIS, the line-of-business tool nobody wants to replace. We integrate rather than insist on a clean slate.

Legacy modernised in stages

We take the risky part first and replace it behind the existing interface, so you are never asked to switch everything over on one weekend.

Code and IP that are yours

Source in your repository from the first commit. IP transfers under the contract, with no licence to keep paying and no lock-in to us.

Security built in

Role-based access control, encryption, audit logging and UK GDPR alignment, from people screened to BPSS and BS7858 before they touch your systems.

Support to an SLA

Monitoring, patching and a named contact who knows the codebase. Change requests priced individually, service reviews quarterly.

Proof

The same engineering, either side of the fence

Two platforms in daily use. References available in both cases.

Public sector

40 → 150+

Fuze — Learn Sheffield

A governed education data platform grown from 40 to over 150 schools, ingesting more than five million attendance rows every month.

Commercial

Platform

Ascend Payroll

A secure payroll and document platform, built and supported as the operational backbone of a next-generation managed payroll business.

The stack

What we build it on, and why

Proven, boring, well-supported technology. We are not going to build your operational backbone on this year’s framework.

.NETC#ReactTypeScriptAzure App ServiceAzure FunctionsSQL ServerAzure DevOpsREST and GraphQL APIsMicrosoft Entra IDDockerPlaywright

Where you already run something, we audit it before proposing anything. Sometimes the honest answer is that your system is fine and the problem is a single integration — that is a cheaper piece of work, and we would rather do it than sell you a rebuild.

Two ways to start

Buy it through a framework, or start with a health check

Same team and same standards either way. The route depends on who signs.

Public sector

Public sector — through G-Cloud

  1. Tell us the outcome and the constraints; we send service definitions and pricing.
  2. Buy through the Digital Marketplace — no full tender needed for most engagements.
  3. Procurement gets one link: DPIA, security questionnaire, certificates, referees.
  4. Fixed-price discovery, then delivery against a scope you can hold us to.
Commercial

Business — start with a health check

  1. A short review of your systems, data and reporting, free of charge.
  2. A written summary of what is costing you money and what we would fix first.
  3. Fixed-price discovery if the numbers justify it — and we will say if they do not.
  4. First working release six to ten weeks after discovery ends.
Questions

What people ask before commissioning software

No. Code sits in your repository from the first commit, IP transfers to you under the contract, and we document as we go so another supplier or an in-house team can pick it up. Our retention rate comes from clients choosing to stay, not from being unable to leave.

Yes, and we do it regularly. We start with a technical review: what state the code is in, what it would cost to run and change, and whether it is worth keeping. You get that assessment in writing before anything else is agreed.

Whichever costs less over five years. Most often we modernise in stages, replacing the riskiest component first behind the existing interface, so there is no big-bang switchover and no weekend where everything might stop working.

Automated unit and integration tests in the pipeline, end-to-end tests for the journeys that matter, accessibility testing to WCAG 2.2 AA where there is a user interface, and a release process defined under our ISO 9001 certification.

Senior people. Architects lead delivery from day one, which is the single biggest difference between a system you can change later and one you cannot. You are not handed a team of juniors once the contract is signed.

Let’s talk about what you need built.

A short, senior-led conversation — or a free systems and data health check. No hard sell.