Why 55
Why businesses choose 55.
Choosing a technology partner is a decision you live with for years. Here's the case for making it us, stated plainly, like everything else we do.
20+ years
designing and delivering business-critical systems
Senior-led
you work directly with the people who build
UK-based
one accountable team, from discovery to operation
01
Twenty years of delivery
We have been designing and delivering business-critical systems for over twenty years: health insurance platforms, property portals, mortgage solutions, learning platforms and the bespoke operational systems in between. Longevity in this industry means one thing: the things we build keep working, and so do the relationships.
02
Local, national and international
Our clients range from local firms to national names and international operations. The common thread isn't size. It's that their business runs on the systems we build. We bring the same senior team and the same standards to every engagement, whatever the scale.
03
Strategy and engineering, one team
We combine strategy with software engineering, so the people who shape the plan are the people accountable for making it run. Nothing is lost in handover between advisers and builders, because there isn't one.
04
Integration, done properly
Payments, telephony, accounting, marketing, industry platforms (GoCardless, 3CX, HubSpot, Google and QuickBooks among them) and the legacy systems with no API at all. We make estates behave like one system, with the error handling and monitoring production integration demands.
05
Modern technology, proven in production
We build on a modern stack chosen for a long service life, and we put AI to work where it produces measurable returns rather than demos. Technology decisions are made on evidence: what's shipping and proven, not what's on a vendor's roadmap.
06
You own everything we build
Full source code ownership, your own repositories, no licence fees on our work and no vendor lock-in. The system is yours to extend, with us or with any competent team you choose. We think that's how it should be, and we win the long-term work anyway.
Security
Enterprise-grade security as standard.
Security is built into what we deliver, not sold as an upgrade. The platforms we build ship with two-factor authentication and role-based access control, and are designed to UK GDPR requirements from day one. The applications we host run on Vercel's global edge platform, with protection that sits in front of every request.
Protected at the edge
DDoS mitigation and a web application firewall guard every application at every edge location, without adding latency.
Access under control
Two-factor authentication and granular role-based access are standard in the platforms we deliver, so people see exactly what their role allows.
Data protection by design
Encrypted in transit and built to UK GDPR requirements as standard, with audit trails where the work demands them.
Certified infrastructure
Our hosting platform is independently audited and certified, so the foundations under your system meet recognised standards.
Certifications held by Vercel, the platform our hosted applications run on.
How we work
A disciplined path from ambition to operation.
01
Discover
We start by understanding the business (goals, systems, constraints and risks) and define what success measurably looks like. You get a clear, costed view before committing to anything.
02
Design
Architecture, workflows and interfaces designed around your operation, with the trade-offs made explicit and agreed before build begins.
03
Build
Senior engineers delivering in short, visible cycles: working software in your hands early, tested rigorously, with no surprises at the end.
04
Run
Launch is the start, not the finish. We operate, support and evolve the platform with you. The partner for the decade, not the deliverable.
Don't take the claims on trust. Read what we've built and how we think.
Contact
Start with a conversation.
Whether you have a defined requirement, an ageing estate, or just a problem worth solving, we'll give you a clear, honest view of the way forward. Every engagement begins with discovery.
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