ScaleUp · Bespoke Software

Software built around your business. Not the other way round.

Off-the-shelf software makes you work its way. We build yours the other way: fully coded, fully customisable, running on your own domain, with any module or feature your business needs. You describe how you work. We build the system that fits. £2,750 to build it. From £250 a month to run it.

See what we build

Real systems, running real businesses, today.

100%

Built to your spec

Yours

On your own domain

£2,750

Fixed build cost

See how

Sound familiar?

You're paying for five apps and none of them actually fit.

Every business ends up here. A subscription for this, a subscription for that, a spreadsheet holding it all together, and a workaround for the one thing none of them do.

The software almost does what you need. So you bend your whole process around its missing feature, forever.
The subscriptions quietly stack up. Per user, per month, per feature. Five tools doing one job each, none talking to the others.
Spreadsheets fill every gap. The real system is a folder of files only one person understands.
Your operation lives on someone else's platform. Their branding, their rules, their price rises, their roadmap. Not yours.
You've asked for the feature. It's "on the roadmap". It has been for two years. Your workaround is now part of the job.

There's a point where renting software that half-fits costs more than owning software that fits perfectly.

Most businesses passed that point a while ago.

What you get

Fully coded. Fully yours. On your own domain.

This isn't a template with your logo on it, and it isn't a no-code toy that falls over when you push it. It's proper software, written for you.

Fully coded, from scratch, for you

Not a drag-and-drop platform you'll outgrow. Real code, built around the way your business actually runs, with nothing you don't need slowing it down.

Built into your own domain

Your system lives at yourcompany.co.uk, carrying your brand. Your staff and your customers see your business, not somebody's platform with your logo squeezed in.

Any module. Any feature.

Permits, registers, bookings, ticketing, rotas, dashboards, customer portals, QR codes, notifications. If your business needs it, it goes in. If it doesn't, it stays out.

Works where your people work

Phones on site, tablets on the door, desktops in the office. One system, everywhere, no app store required.

We run it so you don't have to

Hosting, security, backups, support and upkeep are all handled in the subscription. You use the system. We keep it healthy.

It grows as you grow

New module next year? A feature you didn't know you'd need? It's your system, so it changes when your business does. No waiting on someone else's roadmap.

What we build

Not theory. The same kit we run our own companies on.

ScaleUp comes out of a working construction group that got fed up with software that didn't fit and built its own. That kit now runs real sites, real crews and real money every day. Here's the shape of what a build looks like.

Built · in daily use

Full CDM Site Management

A complete construction site-management system, run from the phones in the crew's pockets. Operatives sign on to site, complete inductions, raise permits and fill in the site diary without a sheet of paper on the job. The office sees everything live. This is the exact system our own civils firm runs every working day, on its own domain.

Permits to dig & break ground Digital sign-on registers Site inductions Site diary RAMS & briefings Plant & vehicle checks Live office dashboard

The proof: this isn't an app off the internet. It's the actual system we run our own contracting business on, and we build the same for yours.

Example build

Public Venue Management

One system for running a venue that the public walks into: what's on, who's booked, who's working, what needs checked and what went wrong, all in one place instead of a diary, three spreadsheets and a wall planner.

Bookings & hires Staff rotas & shifts Safety checklists & inspections Incident & maintenance logs Compliance records Visitor & capacity tracking Management dashboard

Example build

Event Management

Everything between "we should run an event" and everyone home safe: tickets sold and scanned on the gate, traders and staff organised, the safety paperwork done, and a live picture of the day as it happens.

Ticketing & QR entry Vendor & trader management Staff scheduling Site plans & setup checklists Event safety documentation Live event-day dashboard

Those are three shapes it can take. Yours will be a fourth. Whatever your business runs on, that's what we build.

How it works

You talk. We build. It runs.

A free scoping call, in plain English

You tell us how the business works and where it hurts. We map the modules, agree exactly what's in the build and put it in writing, including the monthly figure, before anything starts. No surprises later.

We build it, for a fixed £2,750

Fully coded, on your own domain, tested with real scenarios from your business. You see it as it takes shape and steer it while it's still easy to change. No day rates, no creeping bill.

It goes live, and we keep it running

Your team gets a walkthrough in plain English, then the subscription takes over: hosting, security, backups, support and ongoing improvements, from £250 a month. Want the system to keep evolving without lifting a finger? Go Done-For-You: message us any feature add, edit or update and it's live within 3 working days, from £750 a month.

Simple, honest pricing

One build cost. Pick your monthly. That's it.

Bespoke software used to mean a five-figure quote and a six-month wait. Modern tools changed that, and we pass it on. Compare it with what the pile of subscriptions it replaces already costs you.

The build

Your system, built

£2,750 one-off

Fixed price · agreed scope · in writing

The full design and build of your system, whatever modules it needs.

Fully coded, built to your spec
Any modules and features you need
Live on your own domain, your brand
Works on phones, tablets and desktops
Team walkthrough in plain English

Your system, running

from £250/mo

Exact figure fixed in writing before we build

Everything it takes to keep your system fast, safe and improving.

Hosting, security & backups handled
Support when you need a human
Fixes and upkeep included
Small tweaks as the business changes
Bigger new modules quoted the same way: fixed, in writing

Done-For-You

from £750/mo

Message a change · live within 3 working days

Your system, constantly evolving. Drop us a message; we build it.

Everything in the running plan
Message us any feature add, edit or update
Delivered within 3 working days
No quotes, no meetings, no waiting
The system keeps pace with the business

Both monthlies depend on the size of the system and what it has to do, and they're agreed and fixed before the build starts. You'll never discover the real price after you're committed.

Straight answers

Common questions

If you can describe it, we can almost certainly build it: forms, registers, bookings, ticketing, rotas, dashboards, portals, QR codes, documents, notifications, reports, user logins with different permission levels. The scoping call is where we tell you honestly if something's genuinely hard or not worth the money, before you spend any.

Yes, for the scope we agree in writing on the scoping call. That's the point of scoping first: you know exactly what's in the build and exactly what it costs before anything starts. If you later want a substantial new module, that gets its own fixed quote the same way. No day rates, no drip-fed extras.

Everything it takes to keep the system running well: hosting, security, backups, support and ongoing upkeep, plus small tweaks and improvements as your business changes. It starts from £250 a month depending on the size of the system, and the exact figure is fixed in writing before we build.

You drop us a message, in plain English, with any feature add, edit or update: "add a column for PO numbers", "the crew need a photo upload on that form", "new report for the accountant". We build it and it's live within 3 working days. No quotes to wait on, no meetings, no ticket system. It's for businesses that want the system to keep evolving without ever thinking about how. From £750 a month, exact figure fixed in writing like everything else.

No. The system is built around how your team already works, and we design it so the least techy person on the payroll can use it from day one. Your team gets a plain-English walkthrough at handover, and there's a human to ring when you need one.

Weeks, not months, for most systems. The honest answer depends on how much it does, so you get a firm timeline at the scoping call along with the price, and you see the system as it takes shape rather than waiting for a big reveal.

The system runs on your own domain, under your brand, and the data in it is yours. If you ever leave, you get your data out in a usable format. We'll walk through exactly how that works on the scoping call, in writing, so there's no small print to discover later.

Usually, yes. Accounting packages, calendars, payment providers and most modern tools can be connected. Bring the list of what you use to the scoping call and we'll tell you straight what connects easily and what doesn't.

Sometimes you should, and we'll tell you when that's the honest answer. Custom makes sense when your way of working doesn't fit the template, when the subscriptions have stacked up, or when the workarounds are costing real time and money. That's most operations sooner than they think.