Custom software
Custom software shaped around how your business actually works.
Same tools as everyone else. Same problems as everyone else. Your business has processes, rules and ways of working that no off the shelf tool was designed for, so we build around them. Every screen, every workflow. Nothing extra, nothing missing.
Seahorse is an AI consultancy and custom software studio based on Teesside, working with small and medium-sized businesses across the UK. We build AI agents, which we call AI employees, and bespoke systems.
From £1,500 ex VAT · no per seat licensing · you own it outright
- ✓Quote raised off the rate card4 minutes, not 40
- ✓Job scheduled to an engineerTravel time checked automatically
- ✓Site photos filed against the jobStraight from the engineer's phone
- ✓Certificate issued and emailedCustomer copy on file
- ✓Invoice pushed to the accounts packageNobody rekeys anything
- !Inspection due in 14 daysFlagged before it lapses
- ✓Office, workshop and field agreeOne version of the day
The process
From brief to live in weeks, not months.
You are involved the whole way through, so it never disappears for six months and comes back as the wrong thing.
- Discover
We get deep into how your business actually works. Not just what you think you need, but the real processes, the workarounds and the edge cases. This is where the problems worth solving turn up.
- Design
We map the simplest system that solves the real problem, and show you the flows before anyone writes code you have to pay for twice.
- Build
Shipped in tight visible loops with working software in your hands early, so it always moves in the right direction.
- Launch and support
We go live, train your team and stay available. It is built for maintainability from day one, so changes stay fast and cheap.
What we build
Software that fits. From day one.
The job planner
The process currently held together by spreadsheets, emails and one person who knows where everything is. Replaced with something the whole team actually trusts and uses without being told to.
The bits behind the scenes
Inspection pipelines, quoting systems, client portals and dashboards. The operational tools that make the team faster every day.
Nobody types it twice
Bridges to your CRM, accounting software and industry tools, so the data flows on its own.
Whatever you are still fighting
A clunky package from years back, or a spreadsheet that has quietly grown into a monster. We replace it with something modern and maintainable, built around how the team works now rather than how it worked then.
Real work
Built for businesses like yours.
Antlia Services needed the office, the workshop and the engineers in the field to work from the same day. Move a job at a desk and it reaches the engineer's phone and the workshop screen without a phone call.
Durham Lifting's planner turned inspection scheduling, certification and job packs into one system, with renewals flagged before they lapse. The paper never came back.
Plastic Processing's production system builds the kit list, delivery note, control plan and order acknowledgement from one order record, and took about three hours a day of paperwork off the office. Read the case studies.
Antlia Services
Office, workshop and field all reading the same day.
Custom software, cheaper than most people expect it to be.
Typical time from brief to a first working build in your hands.
No per seat fees, ever, and no annual increase landing in your inbox. You own the thing outright, source and all, and it stays yours whether you keep working with us or not.
The businesses that win are not working harder. They just waste fewer hours on admin.
Why we build what we build
Straight answers
Three things people ask first.
How long does bespoke software take to build?
Most projects ship in two to six weeks. A simple automation can be live within a week; a full bespoke app with several features takes three to six weeks of build, delivered in working increments with weekly demos. No six-month consultancy timelines.
Do we own the software?
Yes. You own the source code, the intellectual property and the hosting accounts from day one, and everything runs in your own accounts paid by your card. If you ever want to change developers or self-host, you can. We use mainstream technology, not a private framework.
Which businesses is it right for?
Firms with 5 to 100 staff and a problem that has niggled for years: a process that lives in spreadsheets, a tool the team works around, or software that does not exist for your niche. If an off-the-shelf product genuinely fits, we will say so.
Most of our clients are in the North East; we deliver UK-wide remotely with weekly video calls. Local to us? See custom software and AI agents in Teesside.
Who it is for
More revenue, without more overhead.
We do not lead with a list of industries, because the problem is always the same shape. Somewhere in your business there is a process that only works because one person remembers how it works. That is the thing worth replacing, and it looks the same in an office, a workshop or a site cabin.
The business works, but the system holding it together is somebody's workbook.
Most commonYou pay for software that does 60% of the job and fight it for the rest.
Best returnThe same data gets typed into three systems by three people.
Quick winIf there is no hour being wasted, there is nothing for us to give back.
We will say soDon't wait to find out
If it is not you today, it is your competitors tomorrow.
The businesses investing in better tools now are the ones that will be hardest to catch later. Tell us what is not working and we will tell you how we would approach it.
Or call George on +44 7802 514415.