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Bespoke software for small UK businesses

When the spreadsheet stops coping, we build the system that replaces it.

British Software Company builds bespoke systems for businesses with one to fifty staff: training records, bookings, job sheets, registers, rotas, invoicing. You agree a fixed price before we start, see a working version within weeks, and deal with one engineer throughout.

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Free first call. We reply within one working day. A UK company working with businesses across the UK.

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A spreadsheet that one person understands becomes a system everyone can use.
  • Fixed price, agreed in writing before we start.
  • A working version in weeks, not months.
  • Hosted, backed up and supported afterwards.
  • You own your data and can export it at any time.
  • A fixed price, in writing, before we start.
  • A UK company. One engineer, no hand-offs.
  • We reply within one working day.

What happens when you get in touch

  1. We reply within one working day, usually by email, to arrange a call.
  2. A 20-minute call to understand the problem. We tell you honestly whether we can help.
  3. If it makes sense, a written proposal with a fixed price and a date.

Read how a build runs

Sound familiar?

  • The spreadsheet became the business

    It started as a list. Now it holds the rota, the renewals and the invoices, only one person understands it, and it fell over last month.

  • The ring binder and the WhatsApp group

    Checks are on paper, photos are on someone's phone, and when an inspector asks for six months of evidence it takes an afternoon to assemble.

  • The off-the-shelf tool that nearly fits

    It charges per user, does half the job, and makes you work its way. You have thought about bespoke but assumed it was for bigger firms.

Anthony Dowds, director of British Software Company

Who you will deal with

British Software Company is run by Anthony Dowds, a software engineer who has been building systems since 2018: rota, timekeeping and payroll tools early in his career; online car configurators for Cadillac and Lucid Motors at ZeroLight; enterprise data-protection software at Hitachi; HMRC digital services on a contract with Accenture; and most recently leading a team of seven developers on an analytics product.

You speak to Anthony, Anthony writes the proposal, and Anthony builds and supports the system. There is no sales team and no hand-off.

More about Anthony and the company

Built for the sector you work in

The offer is the same for any small business. These pages describe it in the language of particular trades, with an example of what a first build usually looks like.

  • Care homes

    The rota, the training matrix and the daily checks, ready for the CQC.

  • Scaffolding

    Every live scaffold, its 7-day inspections and its hire weeks in one register.

  • Skip hire

    Bookings, permits, run sheets and waste records, ready for digital waste tracking.

  • Food producers

    Batch records and two-way traceability in seconds, ready for the SALSA mock recall.

  • Kennels and catteries

    Bookings, vaccination warnings and the Schedule 4 register, built around your runs and pens.

  • Pest control

    Visit reports, numbered site maps and trend charts your clients hand to the auditor.

  • Letting agents

    Every certificate, inspection and landlord statement on one screen, with reminders before anything lapses.

  • Training providers

    Course calendar, certificates with expiry dates, and renewal reminders that bring the refresher business back.

Not listed? That changes nothing about the offer. Tell us what is not working.

What a typical first build looks like

A 30-bed care home

Before
Staff training lives in a colour-coded spreadsheet; supervisions are in a Word log; checks are on paper.
What we build
  • A staff list with roles.
  • A course list with renewal periods.
  • Certificate uploads.
  • Overdue flags and reminder emails.
  • Supervision and appraisal scheduling with sign-off.
  • Tablet checklists for the weekly fire alarm test and the water and fridge temperatures.
  • A one-click evidence pack per CQC quality statement.
Outcome
The manager's overdue list each morning, and an inspection pack that takes a minute instead of a weekend.
How long
The delivery date is in the proposal, not in a sales pitch.

More worked examples

Tell us what is not working

A short call costs nothing and we will tell you plainly whether we can help.

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