What we do · Custom software

Software built around the way you actually work

Legacy replaced, systems connected, the manual steps taken out — then looked after for the long term. Building it since 2005 for a bank, a car manufacturer and a school.
What you get
Web applications and client portals
Workflow automation — re-keying and spreadsheets gone
Systems integration and APIs
Legacy replacement, in phases, keeping the data
Reporting and dashboards on live data
Run through the same pipeline as our managed service
Fit

When custom is the right answer

Three situations we see over and over. If one of them is yours, a product off the shelf will cost you more than it saves.
Your process is the advantage

Mapping it onto a product means compromising the thing that makes you better than the next company.

Several systems that do not talk

Someone is re-keying between them, and the spreadsheet that joins them up is the real system of record.

The old system nobody dares touch

It holds twenty years of data and the person who understood it has left.

What we do

Four things, done properly

Each one is a project shape we have delivered many times. Most engagements are two of them.
Industries
Financial services
Manufacturing
Education
Public sector
Charities and trusts
Stack
Java / Spring
MySQL
Kubernetes
Automated pipeline + security scan
01
Replace what is holding you back

Legacy systems rebuilt on a modern stack, keeping the data and the parts that work. Usually in phases, so nothing stops while it happens.

02
Connect what you already have

Integrations and APIs between your systems and your suppliers', so information is entered once and lands everywhere it needs to.

03
Take the manual steps out

We follow the flow of information through your business and automate the steps that only exist because two systems could not talk.

04
Give people the numbers

Reporting and dashboards built on live data, so decisions are made from what is happening rather than last month's export.

Proof

Built for people who depend on it

Case studies from the Projects collection — the people still using what we built.
The Reach2Teach AFIT pupil dashboard
CourseWeDo · Education

Reach2Teach Action for Inclusion Tool

A custom tool that helps schools keep vulnerable children in mainstream education: pupil profiles, evidence-based strategies cross-checked against the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and GDPR-compliant sharing with external agencies.

Scope
Custom software · UX · web
Key metric
95% of users would recommend it
Read the case study →
More custom builds

Systems people use every day, years after launch

More on the Our Work page.
Process

How we build custom software

The same four steps on every project, whether it is a loan journey for a bank or a case tool for a school.
01
Start at the beginning
We learn your processes, follow the flow of information and talk to the people who actually use the thing. That is where the savings are found.
02
Design the solution
Architecture, data flows, wireframes and a working prototype, so everyone agrees the shape of it before anything is built.
03
Build in short cycles
Frequent releases you can see and use, through the same automated pipeline that runs our managed service.
04
Support for the long term
Systems have to evolve to stay useful. We look after what we build and measure how it performs long after launch.
AFIT pupil needs profile — an example of a system designed around how a school actually works
Built to be kept

Not an add-on. How the work is done.

Everything goes through the same machine as our managed service. That is why nine in ten clients are still with us.
Clients on a support agreement
9 in 10
Oldest client relationship, still running
2001
Rehearsed production rollback, one recent platform
2m 19s
Security scan on every release, evidenced monthly
Managed service →
Contact

Let’s Talk

Tell us what you're trying to do — a website, an app, a system that needs looking after, or an accessibility audit.
Quick response
We read every enquiry ourselves and come back to you within a working day.
Clear next steps
You'll get an honest answer on whether we're the right people for it, and what it would take.
Direct to our team
hello@haywyre.co.uk07476 916764
Burton-on-Trent · Mon–Fri
Let’s Talk
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