Bring us the business problem. Our Birmingham team builds the app, portal or AI that fixes it.

Yes, where suitable interfaces and access are available. We connect AI features to applications, CRMs, databases and operational workflows, with permissions, validation, monitoring and human approval designed around the actions involved.

We start with the business outcome rather than the technology. Sometimes a conventional rule, an integration or a process change is the better answer. AI opportunity planning maps where AI would make a measurable difference, and AI agents and automation development builds it.

Yes. We build mobile apps for iOS and Android, typically with React Native for one shared codebase and native development where a product needs it. We also build web apps and portals, from customer portals to internal tools that replace spreadsheets.

Most platforms are a mix: a web portal for staff, a mobile app for customers or field teams, and integrations with the systems you already use. We help you choose the smallest useful first release rather than building everything at once.

Often, yes. We regularly pick up applications built by another agency, a freelancer or an in-house team, including AI-built and vibe-coded prototypes. Working screens don't prove that the code, security and deployment are ready for real users, so we start by finding out.

An App Rescue Assessment reviews the codebase and recommends whether to support it, stabilise it, use it as a reference or rebuild. We don't assume a rebuild is necessary.

Ownership and licence rights are set out in your contract before work starts. Bespoke deliverables are normally yours once paid for, subject to those terms. Pre-existing Scorchsoft tools and accelerators remain ours, with the usage rights you need for the delivered solution agreed up front.

Third-party software, open-source components, cloud services and AI providers keep their own licences, and we identify those dependencies for you rather than implying that everything becomes your property.

Scorchsoft is Cyber Essentials certified, and security requirements are agreed around your application, its data and the consequences of a failure. The design can include role-based access, secure authentication, encrypted connections, protection of stored data, validation, audit logging and dependency checks.

Hosting, backups, recovery and monitoring are agreed for your environment and documented rather than assumed. Specialist assurance, such as a penetration test, is scoped separately where it's needed. Tell us your organisation's security standards early so we can plan around them.

Yes, and most clients stay with us long after launch. Support and maintenance keeps the application healthy in use, Momentum delivers planned new features and improvements, and hosting and Lifeline support covers the infrastructure.

These services solve different needs and are agreed separately, so you only pay for what you need. We also flag likely running costs during planning, such as hosting, licences and AI usage, so nothing comes as a surprise.

Yes. Our developers, designers and project specialists are an in-house team based in Birmingham, and you work directly with the people building your product. When a project needs faster delivery than the core team can give, we can add extra development capacity to meet the deadline.

About Scorchsoft explains the team and how we work.

No. We're based in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter and work with clients across the West Midlands, London, Manchester, the rest of the UK and internationally. Most projects run remotely with regular video calls, and clients nearby are welcome to meet us in person at the studio.

Over 16 years we have worked with more than 220 clients, from startups launching a first product to established organisations modernising how they work.