HCOMS · Software studio · Est. 2001

Software for the work the rest of the market overlooks.

Operations platforms for institutions whose work doesn't fit a CRM: dioceses, property portfolios, charities, regulated bodies. UK-built, UK-supported, in production for the long haul.

Founded2001
BasedHethersett · UK
SectorsDiocesan · third sector · tech
SpecialismWeb, databases & software
Trusted by dioceses · third sector · start-ups · tech teams
What we make

Five ways we work.

Four productised platforms born from real client work, plus the bespoke practice that built them. Each one lives in production, with a UK team behind it, on a flat monthly fee.

Diocese Management System

The operations layer for the Church of England.

A single platform that replaces the spreadsheets, Access databases and Outlook inboxes that diocesan offices accumulate over decades. It sits on top of the National CMS rather than replacing it.

  • Over 25 operational areas, one mental model
  • Safeguarding · DBS · faculty · finance · net zero
  • Two-way National CMS sync
  • Role-aware permissions out of the box
  • Live UK dioceses · monthly release cadence
  • Hosted on UK Azure · audit-trailed
DMS · LiveLive in production
Over 25 areas
People & Persons
Pipelines & Workflow
Finance
DAC & Faculty
Synod & Governance
Mission & MAP
Documents
Reporting
CDM
AI Assistant
Person 360 · Faculty · Finance · …v6.4
Property Management System

For portfolios that have outgrown the spreadsheet.

Tenancies, repairs, inspections, gas and electrical safety, EPCs and fire risk, all tracked as compliance cycles rather than line items. Originally built for diocesan housing; the same engine now runs for other multi-site landlords.

  • Tenancy lifecycle · void to renewal
  • Compliance calendars · 8 cert cycles tracked
  • Repair workflow with contractor portal
  • Inspection scheduling · mobile-ready
  • Section 21 · arrears · risk register
  • Live in production, growing
Property Management System94%
Diocesan Property Management
House fabric record
Helpdesk & vesting dashboard
Data visualisations entities
Purchase order detail
Parish map
Contractor & house picker
Parish viability score
Workflow detail
Parish share table
Eco Church progression
Calendar
Workflow library
Pipelines library
Net Zero dashboard
RAG project overview
Success metrics
Live sync
Event Jamboree

Run your camp from one place.

Bookings, leaders, attendees, activities, kit, dietary and transport, for scout districts, dioceses, charities and anyone else running residential camps or large gatherings. It started in the scouting world and now turns up wherever a spreadsheet has stopped coping.

  • Public booking pages · capacity caps · waiting lists
  • Leader, attendee & safeguarding records
  • DBS expiry tracking · permits · consents
  • Activities · kit · transport · catering
  • Day-of: QR check-in · live timetable
  • Stripe / SagePay / PayPal payments
District Camp 2026412
Booked412 / 500 attendees
Leaders68 · 64 DBS valid
Activities18 bases · 142 sessions
CateringLive numbers + dietary
KitTents allocated · 96%
CommsSMS + email per group
Phone-friendly · field-testedv3.2
Custom App Building

When the answer is software, but it doesn’t exist yet.

A senior team that designs, ships and runs custom web applications. Production in six to eight weeks. Flat monthly fee, run by us for as long as you need it.

  • Laravel · Livewire · Tailwind · Postgres
  • UK Azure / AWS hosting · UK support
  • 2-week paid diagnostic to brief
  • Senior engineers only · no juniors offshored
  • Average client tenure: 5+ years
  • Fixed-price option after diagnostic
Bespoke engagements

System rescue and careful migration.

Part engagement, part consultancy. Most of these start with "can you take a look at this?". A senior team that adopts what's already running and stays with it.

  • Adopt & stabilise inherited systems
  • Embed alongside in-house teams
  • SQL Server → Postgres · legacy → modern
  • Spreadsheet → real database, carefully
  • £0 day-rate consultants
  • By conversation — no tender required
Typical engagementv2026
Four-stage path
① Diagnostic
2 weeks
② Stabilise
4–6 wks
③ Modernise
3–6 mos
④ Run
Ongoing
No tender · no day-rate · no surprisesUK team
Who we work with

Dioceses, scouts,
start-ups and tech.

Two ends of a spectrum, the same standard of work. On one side: established organisations with regulatory cycles, statutory reporting and a deep distrust of rip-and-replace. Dioceses, charities, scout districts, housing associations, professional bodies. On the other: start-ups and tech teams who need shipping done fast and done properly. We meet you where you are, integrate with what’s already running, and write down what we touch.

More about us →
25+
Years building
web & databases
UK
Long-running
client relationships
TRANSPARENT
Honest monthly pricing.
Never per-feature.
UK
Owned · hosted ·
supported
How we work

How we run a project.

We run our own platforms in production, so the stack is one we know. Pricing is flat per month rather than per-feature. And we expect to still be on the phone with you in five years, because most of our clients are.

Step · 01

We listen first.

Discovery isn't a workshop with sticky notes. It's a few weeks of sitting alongside the diocesan secretary, the property manager or the finance lead until we can describe the work better than they can.

Step · 02

In production before others have started.

Six to eight weeks from scope to a live system, with your team using real data inside the first quarter. We measure progress by what is running, not by the slide count.

Step · 03

We stay.

Most of our clients have been with us for five years or more. We host the system, patch it, and evolve it from one quarter to the next. There's no separate support team to hand over to, and no re-platforming charge waiting in year three.

Talk to us

If your operations don't
fit a CRM, we should talk.

Whether you've already got a brief or you're at the "we know there's a better way to do this" stage, drop us a line. The first conversation is free and there's no pressure to take it further.