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We map how your business works, then help it work better.

We’re a systems consultancy in Cambridge. We plan with your team, build what you need and look after it once it’s live.

  1. One of our consultants leading a session at a whiteboard, with four people round a table01Plan it
  2. One of our team at his desk building a client’s system02Build it
  3. Two of our team talking a client through their system in a glass garden pod03Keep improving it

Why us

A partner who builds it and stays to look after it.

  • No handovers

    The people who learn how you work build your system and look after it.

  • Honest advice

    We make the software, so we know what it can do. If it isn’t right for you, we’ll say so.

  • Someone who stays

    We built First Ascent Group’s first CRM, and we still support them today.

  • No lock-in

    Your data stays yours to export, with no minimum contract.

active users supported with Kinabase
2,500+
projects delivered for businesses and charities
150+
of clients still with us after their first year
98%
years of combined industry experience
50+

How it works

From the first conversation to a system that grows with your business.

One of our consultants talking a room through how work flows
Step 1 of 3

Plan it, with the people who do the work.

We follow the work through, see where it slows down, then agree what to change first.

What you get

  • The bottlenecks, found with the people who know the work
  • A shared understanding of how information flows
  • The biggest wins, and the order to tackle them, agreed by everyone

Start here if…You’re not sure where to start.

Two of our team building a system together at a desk with two screens
Step 2 of 3

Build it, on our own software, Kinabase.

The everyday parts come ready, so your budget goes on what’s particular to you.

What you get

  • A system shaped around how you work
  • Your data moved over from spreadsheets and old systems
  • Automation, and connections to Microsoft 365, Xero and QuickBooks

Start here if…Your requirements are already clear.

Two of our team talking a group through what makes a good data management system, at our stand at a manufacturing event
Step 3 · ongoing

Keep evolving it, as your business changes.

We host and support your system, check in regularly and help you find the next improvement.

What you get

  • Regular check-ins to spot what could work better next
  • Changes made by your own team, or handed to us
  • UK hosting, support by email and phone, and regular product updates

Start here if…Your team needs AI or systems skills.

Let’s find where to start.

Most projects begin with a half-day workshop. Prefer to talk first? Give us a call.