About IGC: custom software for growing businesses since 2005
IGC builds custom business software. We have been doing it since 2005, and we are still maintaining systems we built in 2008. That is not a sales line. It is the simplest way to explain what makes us different: we build things that last, and we stick around to look after them.
We are a small, focused team based in the UK. You will not get an account manager or a project coordinator. You will talk to the person writing the code.
Who We Work With
Most of our clients are growing businesses with 5 to 50 employees. They have outgrown spreadsheets but are not ready for enterprise software. Their operations run on a patchwork of disconnected tools: a CRM here, a shared drive there, a spreadsheet that only one person understands.
The common thread is this: the business works, but it takes too much effort to keep it working. Information is scattered. Handovers get missed. The owner spends more time chasing updates than growing the business.
If that sounds familiar, you are exactly who we built IGC for. And if you are still at the stage where spreadsheets are doing the job, we will tell you that too.
What We Build
We build the systems that run your business day to day: order management, client onboarding, project tracking, financial workflows, team handovers, dashboards. One place to see what is happening and what needs doing next.
The tech stack is Laravel, PostgreSQL, Expo for mobile, and Three.js for visualisation. These are not trendy choices. They are stable, well-documented, and supported by large communities. We chose them because they will still be here in ten years, and the code we write on them will still make sense to the next developer who reads it.
We have built over 50 Laravel applications. Everything from simple internal tools to complex multi-tenant platforms serving multiple clients from a single codebase. Every one of them runs on code that the client owns outright.
How We Think About Software
Three principles guide everything we build.
Own your systems, not rent them
Commodity tools like email and calendars are fine to rent. But the systems that define how your business operates should belong to you. Everything we build, you own completely: code, data, hosting decisions. If you want to bring development in-house later, you can. No lock-in.
Build for the decade
Software should be built for the person who uses it every day a year from now, not for the sales demo. That means boring, proven technology. Clear code that future developers can understand. Documentation that actually gets written. Our longest client relationships span over a decade because the software we built still works and still matters.
Calm over chaos
Technology should bring order, not add complexity. The end state we aim for is a business where the owner knows what is happening without chasing updates. Where teams hand off work cleanly. Where growth does not mean proportional increases in stress.
What Makes Us Different
We are a practitioner, not an agency. The person you speak to during the discovery call is the same person who will design your system and write your code. There are no layers between you and the work.
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Honest about when not to build custom Sometimes the right answer is a £50/month SaaS subscription. Sometimes a well-structured spreadsheet is genuinely the best tool. We will tell you that in the first conversation, before you spend anything. The build vs buy question is one we take seriously.
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In it for the long term Some of our client relationships go back over a decade. We do not build software, hand it over, and disappear. We maintain, extend, and support the systems we create because we understand them better than anyone else could.
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No layers between you and the work You talk to the person who writes the code. No account managers relaying messages, no project coordinators scheduling updates.
How a Project Works
Every project follows the same basic shape.
Discovery call
A 30-minute conversation to understand your situation. No pitch, no pressure. We will tell you honestly whether we can help. Sometimes the answer is "not yet" or "you do not need us."
Process mapping
Before we write a line of code, we map how work actually flows through your organisation. Current state, future state, gaps. These maps become the specification. Software built on accurate understanding of reality, not assumptions, has fewer surprises and higher adoption.
Build
We work in two-week cycles with regular demos. You see progress continuously, not just at the end. Fixed prices for defined work, agreed before we start.
Support
After launch, we are still here. Same-day response for critical issues. Bug fixes, feature additions, security updates. Pay-as-you-go or monthly retainer, your choice.
The Short Version
IGC has been building custom business software since 2005. We work with growing companies that have outgrown their current tools but are not ready for enterprise platforms. We use proven technology and we stick around for the long haul.
If you are running a business on disconnected tools and manual processes, and you are wondering whether there is a better way, there probably is.
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