Custom Software
Web platforms, APIs, and data systems that scale with your business. Delivered in sprints with full documentation.
Nottingham, UK · Est. 2023
Build. Ship. Support.
We engineer software that carries weight — custom platforms, mobile apps, and advertising systems for companies that ship, scale, and stick around.
- 6+ Service areas
- 99.9% Uptime SLA
- UK Registered
What We Build
Six Capabilities.
One Team.
Mobile Apps
iOS and Android with native performance. Apps that ship with four-star ratings.
Ad Platforms
Programmatic dashboards and campaign managers that turn spend into measurable return.
IT Support
SLA-backed support: Standard, Priority, and Critical tiers. On-call engineering when it matters.
Cloud & Infra
Migrations, CI/CD, and architecture audits. Reliability from day one.
API Integration
Third-party connectors, data pipelines, and documented APIs. End the integration backlog.
Featured Case
Calibre CMS — Headless Publishing for Media
A regional media group needed five broadcast channels publishing from a single content hub. We built a headless CMS that ingests feeds, normalises metadata, and pushes to web, apps, and syndication partners in real time.
- Unified editorial workflow across five channels
- Sub-second publish latency for breaking news
- Zero security incidents in 18 months post-launch
- 5Broadcast channels unified
- <1sPublish latency
- 18 moZero security incidents
Selected Work
Products We've Shipped.
CMS
Calibre CMS
Headless publishing platform for multi-channel teams with real-time distribution and unified editorial control.
Mobile
VeloTrack
Native-first mobile experience for dispatch teams with route health visibility and instant anomaly alerts.
Ad Tech
AdPulse
Real-time performance dashboard for campaign managers with spend diagnostics and pacing control.
Sector Experience
We Know Your Field.
- Healthcare
- Legal
- Financial Services
- Media
- Logistics
- Retail
- Education
- Government
- SaaS
- Energy
How We Work
Five Steps. No Guesswork.
- 01
Discovery
Understand constraints, goals, and what "done" means. Plan before you estimate.
- 02
Design
Architecture documented and agreed before any production code.
- 03
Build
Sprint-based delivery with weekly demos. Course-correct early.
- 04
QA
Automated tests, manual edge cases, performance profiling.
- 05
Deploy
Full documentation and handover. You leave in control.
Tech Stack
Tools of the Trade.
Languages
- TypeScript
- Python
- Swift
- Kotlin
Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- React Native
Backend
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- FastAPI
Cloud
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD
Client Voices
What Teams Say.
“They delivered a platform we'd been struggling to scope for two years. Shipped in four months. No drama, no delays — just a product that worked exactly as discussed.”
“The mobile app has a 4.8-star rating on both stores. That quality doesn't happen by accident.”
“No fluff, no excuses. They told us what was achievable. Then they built it exactly right.”
By The Numbers
Engineering That Accounts.
2023
Incorporated in England & Wales
15183883
Company Number
99.9%
Target uptime SLA
6
Service verticals
FAQ
Straight Answers.
What size companies do you work with?
Growth-stage startups and SMEs (10–500 employees). We also do specialist capacity for enterprise teams.
Fixed-price or time-and-materials?
Both. Fixed-price for well-scoped deliverables; T&M for products that evolve through discovery.
How quickly can you start?
Most engagements begin within 2–3 weeks of a signed agreement.
Do you build MVPs or only production systems?
MVPs designed to graduate into production. Architecture decisions in week one matter.
What about IP ownership?
Full transfer to you on final payment. No licensing hooks, no vendor lock-in.
Ready to ship?
Whether you have a scoped brief or just an idea — drop us a message. We respond within one business day.
Get in TouchContact
Let's Talk.
itadmin@formanwaves.comUnit 27 Trent South Industrial Park
Nottingham, NG2 4EQ
England & Wales, UK
Company No. 15183883