Software development in Lancashire
Bespoke software for businesses across Lancashire.
From Preston, we build the systems Lancashire firms run on: internal tools that replace spreadsheets, customer portals, web and mobile apps, and the automation that takes repetitive work off your team. We work with businesses in Blackpool, Blackburn, Lancaster, Chorley and across the North West.
The work itself.
Engineered for production reliability, long-term maintainability, and clean architecture from day one.
Systems that replace spreadsheets
Job, stock, booking and finance tools built around how your business already works, so the spreadsheet that one person understands stops being a risk.
Customer portals
Places where your customers can book, order, track and pay without phoning the office.
Web and mobile apps
Products for your customers or your staff, from first version to ongoing support.
Automation and AI
Document processing, email handling and workflows that take hours of manual work off a small team.
What usually goes wrong
The problems people arrive with.
Off-the-shelf software fits most of your business, but not the part that matters.
What we do
We look at whether a bespoke tool, an integration or a change to how you use existing software solves it, and only recommend building when it pays back.
Your business runs on a system nobody wants to touch.
What we do
We rebuild it in stages, keeping the old system running until the new one has proved itself, so nothing stops while it happens.
Agencies in Manchester and London quote prices built for large firms.
What we do
Our engineering team works with EmporionSoft, which keeps costs within reach of small and medium Lancashire businesses without cutting corners on quality.
You have been burned by a project that never finished.
What we do
Work is delivered in short cycles you can see and use, with a written scope agreed up front, so you always know where the money has gone.
How the work runs
Five stages, in order.
- 1
Understand the business
We learn how the work is done today and where the time, money or errors are going.
- 2
Agree the scope
A written plan for the first release, with a fixed estimate and what is left for later.
- 3
Build and show
Working software every week or two that your team can try, not a big reveal at the end.
- 4
Move over carefully
Data migration, training and running old and new side by side until you are confident.
- 5
Support
Fixes, improvements and hosting looked after by the people who built it.
Stack
Proven, not experimental.
Questions
Asked often enough to answer here.
Do you work with businesses outside Preston?
Yes. We work with firms across Lancashire and the North West, including Blackpool, Blackburn, Lancaster and Chorley, and with clients elsewhere in the UK. Most of the work happens over video calls and shared tools.
Are you a local company?
TheCodeV Ltd is registered at 26 Adelphi Street, Preston PR1 7BE, company number 15461237. Our engineering team works with EmporionSoft, our strategic partner.
We are a small business. Is bespoke software realistic for us?
Often, yes, if it starts small. Our project form starts at a £5k to £10k budget band, and we will tell you if a smaller first step or an existing product would serve you better.
What happens after launch?
We stay on to fix, support and improve the software, or hand it over to your own team with the code and documentation.
How do we start?
Tell us about the problem through the project form or contact page. An engineer replies within one working day.