Technology that fits the way your business works.
We design, build and look after the software behind small and growing businesses: websites, internal tools, integrations and automation. You bring the problem. We’ll help work out what to build.
- Engineers, not account managers
- Fixed-scope quotes
- Supported after launch
- 09:14:02New enquiry → CRM record created ok
- 09:14:03Project folder set up ok
- 09:15:40Invoice synced to accounts ok
- 09:31:12Weekly report sent 12 recipientsok
- 10:02:55Payment matched to booking ok
- 10:18:09Timesheet reminder posted ok
Somewhere between doing it yourself and hiring a big consultancy.
Quick to start, hard to grow.
Website builders and no-code tools get you going. Then the workarounds pile up, and someone ends up copying data between systems every Friday.
Senior engineers, sized for you.
We take time to understand how you work, scope a clear first version, build it properly and stay around to run and improve it.
Thorough, but built for enterprise.
Discovery phases, steering groups and day rates that make sense for a bank, not a 20-person business that needs something working this quarter.
Most projects are a mix of these. If you’re not sure which one you need, that’s normal: describe the problem and we’ll suggest an approach.
- 01
Custom software
Web applications built around how your team actually works, rather than bending your process to fit an off-the-shelf product.
e.g. A quoting tool that pulls live supplier prices and produces branded PDFs.
- 02
Websites
Fast, well-built sites that are easy to update, found on search and connected to the rest of your business.
e.g. A booking site that writes straight into your diary and CRM.
- 03
Integrations
Make the tools you already pay for talk to each other, so information is entered once and stays in sync.
e.g. Online orders flowing into your accounts package with stock levels kept up to date.
- 04
Automation
Take repetitive admin off people’s plates, reliably, with monitoring and alerts when something needs a human.
e.g. Invoices chased automatically, with a daily summary of who’s overdue.
- 05
Internal tools
Dashboards, admin panels and portals that replace the spreadsheets and email chains holding things together.
e.g. A single view of every job, its status, and who’s working on it.
Small steps, clear costs, no surprises.
Understand
We spend time with you and your team to see how things work today and where the time goes.
Scope
A plain-English proposal: what we’ll build first, what it costs and what we’d leave for later.
Build
Working software every fortnight, so you can try it early and steer while it’s cheap to change.
Run
Hosting, monitoring, fixes and improvements on a simple monthly plan. You own the code.
How working with us feels.
We’re a new studio, so no glossy case studies yet. These are the promises we hold ourselves to.
You talk to engineers
The people who scope your project are the people who build it. No account managers in between.
Fixed-scope quotes
A clear price for a defined first version. Changes are agreed before they cost you anything.
Working software early
Something you can click on within weeks, and a new version every fortnight after that.
You own everything
The code, the data and the accounts are yours, in your name, from day one.
We stay around
Support and improvements after launch on a monthly plan, or a clean handover if you prefer.
Plain English
Proposals and updates you could forward to your accountant without a glossary.
Tell us what’s slowing you down.
No brief needed. A few sentences is plenty. We’ll reply within one working day and, if it makes sense, arrange a 30-minute call with an engineer.
Email hello@system56.co.uk- hello@system56.co.uk
- Based in
- Manchester, working UK-wide
- Replies
- Within one working day