Tech that works for SMEs

We build the digital backbone your business deserves

Websites, apps and tailored tech solutions — engineered with the polish of an enterprise team and the pace of a partner who actually picks up the phone.

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  • UK based · global delivery
  • Fast · weeks, not quarters
  • Honest · fixed-scope quotes
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01 / What we do

Built for businesses that want to move

From the first idea to the version your customers love — we design, build and ship the tech that takes your business forward.

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Websites

Premium marketing sites and storefronts that load in a blink, rank in search, and convert browsers into buyers.

  • Brand & landing pages
  • E-commerce
  • SEO & performance
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Apps

Web and mobile apps built on a modern stack — secure, scalable, and shaped around the way your team and customers actually work.

  • Web & mobile apps
  • Dashboards & portals
  • APIs & integrations
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Tech Solutions

Anything tech-shaped. Internal tools, automations, AI workflows — we untangle the messy bits so your team can move faster.

  • Automations & workflows
  • AI & data tooling
  • Bespoke software

02 / Selected work

Quiet work for serious teams

A snapshot of recent projects, by sector and outcome. Most engagements operate under NDA — full case studies available on request.

01Fintech

Investor dashboard

Real-time portfolio analytics platform for a private capital group.

Web app
02EdTech

Member-only mobile platform

Native iOS & Android product launched at scale across a UK institution.

Mobile · iOS & Android
03E-commerce

Premium storefront rebuild

Headless commerce migration that lifted conversion by a meaningful margin.

Web · Headless
04Hospitality

Operations & bookings tool

Internal platform replacing four disconnected tools for a multi-site operator.

Web app · Automations
05AI

Customer-ops copilot

Bespoke AI agent handling first-line support for a high-volume retail brand.

AI · Integrations
06Brand

Founder-led marketing site

Identity, messaging and a high-performance site for a venture-backed founder.

Website · Brand

+ further work across finance, health and logistics — available on request.

03 / In their words

Quietly trusted by serious teams

Most engagements operate under NDA. A handful of clients have shared, in their words, what it's like to work with us.

Fintech

Delivered a real-time analytics platform in eight weeks that our previous agency had quoted six months for. The codebase is genuinely institutional — well-architected, fully documented, and transitioned cleanly to our internal team.

Managing Partner Private capital firm
EdTech

From scoping call to App Store launch in under a quarter. Jake's team operates with the rigour of a senior engineering org and the pace of a startup. Not a single regression in production since go-live.

Head of Product UK education group
E-commerce

Pragmatic, opinionated and properly fast. They re-platformed our store with zero downtime and a measurable lift in conversion within the first month. We've extended the engagement twice.

Founder Premium D2C brand
Hospitality

We needed software that could match the standard of the operation. ashwrk understood the brief immediately, scoped a fixed quote in days, and shipped on time and on budget. Properly impressive.

Operations Director Multi-site hospitality group

+ further confidential engagements across finance, retail, health and logistics.

Jake Ashworth, founder of ashwrk
Multi-award nominated founder

04 / The founder

A direct line to a builder
who's shipped, scaled and raised

Jake Ashworth — Founder, ashwrk.

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    8+ years of production code — startups to institutions.

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    CEO & CTO across multiple ventures — investor-backed and built end-to-end.

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    Multi-award nominated across leading UK start-up programmes.

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    MSc Finance — NOVA School of Business and Economics, ranked 6th in the world.

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    BSc Financial Economics with an Erasmus year studying International Banking.

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    Direct founder involvement on every project — no middlemen, no junior hand-offs.

Fluent in

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • Swift
  • SQL

Enterprise polish. Startup pace

05 / Start a project

Got an idea?
Let's price it up

Tell us what you're building. We come back within one working day with a clear scope, timeline and fixed quote — no jargon, no surprises.

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