Bespoke software built around how your organisation actually works.
We design and build custom-made portals, dashboards and systems for organisations whose processes have outgrown spreadsheets, email and manual admin — plus automation and AI integration, but only where it actually helps.
- Fixed scope, written down before we start
- Fixed price, agreed in advance
- You own the code, outright
Services
Built for you, from scratch
The aim is simple: take the friction out of how your organisation runs. The re-typing, the chasing, the spreadsheet only one person understands. We remove those pain points in two ways.
Bespoke software
When a core process lives in a spreadsheet nobody dares edit, or depends on one person who knows how it works, we build the system that replaces it: internal portals, admin systems, dashboards, client portals, booking and scheduling.
If the software you've tried doesn't quite work the way you do, we'll build one that does. Everything we make is yours outright, with no licensing and no lock-in.
More on bespoke software →Automation & AI integration
When the same information is typed into several systems, or someone spends hours moving data between them, we connect your existing tools so it happens on its own. Where AI can take on a repetitive task, we'll show you where and build it.
More on automation & AI →Products
Software we build for ourselves
Two products for education so far, both built to make learning more interactive. Get in touch and we'll show you where each one is up to.
Pallas
Interactive tools that help students learn by doing: step-through explanations, manipulable diagrams and self-marking exercises that teachers set, track and adapt to their class.
About Pallas →Simora
Business simulation and gamification, so students learn by making decisions and seeing the consequences rather than reading about them.
About Simora →Our work
One example of what it looks like when it's finished
A recent build, written up in full. Every project is different, but this is the shape of how we work and what changes once it's live.
One portal replaced the spreadsheets, printouts and email chains running University Foundation Programme.
Everything involved in managing students and teaching — from the day a student arrives to the day they leave for university — in one place for course directors, teachers, students and parents. Built and live in three months.
Read the full case study“The Senmuru team took the time to understand our requirements, then built a system around the way we already worked — rather than asking us to change our processes to fit the software.”
Who we build for
Any organisation with a process that's outgrown its tools
If the software you've tried doesn't fully work the way you want it to, we can build one that does. The same problem shows up in almost every sector:
- Colleges, schools & training providers
- Clinics & dental practices
- Recruitment & staffing agencies
- Logistics & transport operators
- Accountants & law firms
- Membership bodies & associations
How we work
Four steps, no mystery
A proper conversation
A free 30-minute call where we mostly listen — what's slow, what's manual, what keeps going wrong.
Agreed in writing
A written scope and an exact figure, both settled before anything starts.
Build in short cycles
Something you can click at the end of each cycle, and direct access to the people developing your product.
Launch, then support if you want it
Your product and its documentation handed over to you. Ongoing support is available, never required.
About
A London studio you can actually talk to
Whoever writes your software is who you talk to about it — no account managers relaying messages, and no technical knowledge needed at your end. Describe the problem in plain English and we'll turn it into something that works.
More about SenmuruAgreed before we start
A written scope and a fixed price, so the number on the invoice is the number you agreed.
Yours outright
Code and documentation handed over with no licensing and no lock-in.
Visible as it's built
A working demonstration every week, with your feedback refining it to fit the way you work.
Questions
A few things people ask first
Almost any organisation, in almost any sector. Education is where we've done the most work, and we also build for healthcare, recruitment, logistics, professional services and membership bodies — but the list isn't the point. If your work involves spreadsheets, printouts, phone calls and email holding a process together, custom-made software will make it easier.
No, and you don't need any technical knowledge. Describe the problem in plain English — what's slow, what's manual, what keeps going wrong — and we'll turn that into a written scope you can check before anything gets built.
For custom-made software, most SME projects land between £5,000 and £30,000 depending on scope and complexity. You get an exact figure in writing before we start, so the invoice matches what you agreed. Our own products, Pallas and Simora, are priced separately, so get in touch and we'll talk you through them.
Most run from a few weeks to a few months, with a working demonstration every week rather than one reveal at the end. Our college portal went from first conversation to live in three months — the case study sets out exactly what that covered.
Read the case study →Usually, yes. We'd rather connect to what already works than replace it, so your finance tool, CRM or scheduling system can stay exactly where it is.
Changes are expected and entirely natural — you always see things more clearly once the software is in front of you, and refining it as you go makes for a better result. We build with that in mind, and we'll do everything we can to accommodate what you need. If something substantial changes direction, we'll pause and talk it through properly before carrying on.
Yes, outright — for any bespoke software we build you, the code and documentation are handed over with no licensing and no lock-in.
No. You hold the code and the documentation, so any competent developer can pick it up. Ongoing support is available if you want it, never a condition of the work.
Start a conversation
Tell us what you need
Tell us what's slow, manual or not working. A few sentences is plenty. We'll reply within three working days, even if the honest answer is that we're not the right fit.
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