Bespoke Portal Development
We develop online and in-app portals. We are a highly capable UK portal development agency. Strategic, providing exceptional ongoing support.
Building for teams across healthcare, logistics, motorsport and manufacturing
Trusted by 220+ organisations
How we work · VelocitySprint®
Bespoke software, without the usual risks
Software projects usually go wrong in three ways: the bill keeps growing, nobody can see progress, and you're locked in. VelocitySprint® is designed to stop all three.
Learn More- MonSprint starts
- TueDaily update
- WedDaily update
- ThuDaily update
- FriYour call: continue · change · stop
Daily progress through the week. Every Friday is your call: continue, change or stop.
Pay for output, not hours
Each deliverable is scoped and priced in OutputUnit® units, a unit of finished work rather than time spent. The bill doesn't grow because a task took longer.
See progress every day
Short sprints with daily updates and working software early, so you judge real screens rather than status reports.
Escape Hatch Friday™
You're never locked into a sprint that stopped making sense on Tuesday. Change direction or stop at the end of any week.
What will it cost? Bespoke builds under £7.5k are rare. Every sprint is priced before it starts and payments are phased with delivery, so you agree the cost of each step before it begins.
Get a free estimateWe specialise in building AI-powered apps, complex platforms, and scalable web systems
We're experienced App Developers, and have spent over sixteen years helping businesses — from funded startups to global enterprises — turn ambitious ideas into reliable digital products.
Featured Case Studies
Creating web applications that enable new business models, or streamline existing ones
We do the research to identify the best solution for you, based on your requirements.
Web application development in Birmingham
The design is important, and we take pride in creating good-looking solutions that convert. Most digital projects are 25% graphic design and 75% programming and development. So, do you think it is important for your project to be managed by a company that has a highly technical team?
We think so, which is why we have taken a great deal of care to ensure that we have processes that enable technology innovation, and support the growth of your project over time. We specialise in solving complex problems.
Capability and process
Here is a list of solutions to give you an idea of what we are capable of, and to give you confidence that we have the experience to support you with your project. Scorchsoft are a UK team, based in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham.
In our clients' words
On time, on budget, and sold before it was finished
“It was delivered on time - early in fact - and on budget. Highly recommend.”
Rebecca PalserDragonfly Intelligence“We were able to sell the product for use by our first customer before the product was finished.”
Since launching, they’ve secured a major television network as a client.
Aimee SpinksMD, ImageApprovals.com “They have been accurate with timelines and budget, delivering a solid product.”
A web portal for monitoring patients remotely while they use a novel at-home medical device.
Daniel GreenSensTrain
Where to start
Where are you starting from?
- Find & prioritise
“We need to improve, but don’t know what to build”
We find the friction in how your team works, pick the first improvement worth making and put it into controlled use over 90 days.
- Build & change
“We know what we need built”
Apps, web portals, integrations and automation, delivered in VelocitySprint®.
- Operate & improve
“Our software needs rescuing or support”
Understand the risks in an existing app, rescue a stalled build or arrange support for live software. The free App Risk Check below can help you identify what to verify first.
- Plan & validate
“We have an idea and need to know if it’s worth it”
Validate, scope or prototype it before you commit a full budget, then launch a first version fast.
Not ready to talk yet?
Find the next question worth answering
Choose a free assessment for your business, existing app or startup. If you already know what help you need, you can enquire directly.
- AI Opportunity ScoreWhere could AI save effort or create value?
- Free App Risk CheckWhat needs checking before you rely on an existing app?
- AI Readiness ScoreAre the foundations in place for an AI pilot?
- Startup Readiness ScoreWhat should you validate before funding a build?
Sample report · example values
- Opportunity Hotspots
- Growth Upside
- Data & Knowledge Fuel
- Build-vs-Buy Fit
- Readiness to Act
An opportunity to explore: Reduce repeated document handling before adding more tools.
- A score and a breakdown by area
- Practical actions based on your answers
- A report emailed to you to discuss with your team
Next step
Tell us what you want to build
An idea or a problem is enough; no specification needed. We'll come back with our thoughts, a realistic plan and a rough cost estimate.
We aim to reply within one working day a free 15-minute call a plan and a ballpark.
Andrew Ward
Founder & Managing Director, Scorchsoft