Custom software — Oxford / worldwide
When off-the-shelf
stops fitting.
Portals, internal tools, dashboards and integrations built around how your business actually works — instead of bending the business around someone else's product.
You're probably here because
- You're paying for software and still doing half the job in spreadsheets.
- Clients ask for updates because there's nowhere for them to look.
- Your reporting is assembled by hand from four different places.
- Two systems hold the same data and neither is trusted.
- A process that's core to your business has no software behind it at all.
How we go about it
- 01
Scope against the outcome
We start from the decision or the hour you're trying to save, not a feature list. Half of what people ask for on day one drops out here.
- 02
Ship the smallest useful version
Something real in weeks, in the hands of the people who'll use it, before the expensive parts get built on assumptions.
- 03
Build on boring, durable foundations
Next.js, Postgres, Stripe, well-understood hosting. Bespoke where it earns you something; standard everywhere it doesn't.
- 04
Hand it over properly
Documented, in your accounts, with the credentials in your name. You should be able to take it elsewhere — that's what makes staying a choice.
Software we've shipped
BFS Associates
Specialist Finance Website
A refined website for BFS Associates that positions the firm as a specialist finance partner for care homes, charities, property owners, and growing businesses.
4 sectors served with specialist clarity
THIXO
Shopify Storefront
A dark, editorial Shopify storefront direction for THIXO, built around a first-screen entry experience, minimal navigation, and a product-drop feel.
Drop storefront direction
The two questions everyone asks
Isn't custom software expensive?
It can be, which is why we scope against the hours or the revenue it's meant to return. If the maths doesn't work, an off-the-shelf tool and some automation usually does — and we'll say that.
What happens if we stop working with you?
You keep everything. Code, accounts, credentials, documentation. Nothing is held hostage.
Not sure whether you need custom software or better joins between what you already have? The Digital Systems Score is a five-minute way to tell the difference.
Take the ScoreTell us what you're trying to build
Thirty minutes. Bring the problem rather than a spec — we'll tell you whether it's a build, an integration, or something you shouldn't do at all.
Book a discovery call