Software engineering and automation / United Kingdom

Custom software and process automation, engineered to a specification.

Blueray Automations Solutions (UK) Limited designs, builds and supports the software that runs operational processes. We work with organisations that have outgrown manual workflows and the limits of off-the-shelf tools.

Schematic of an automated integration layerSource systems on the left feed an orchestration layer that validates, transforms, routes, reconciles and logs, writing to a ledger, a portal and an alert queue.ERPbatchCRMrestSHEETSimportFORMSwebhookORCHESTRATIONvalidatetransformroutereconcileaudit logLEDGERpostgresPORTALweb appALERTSqueueSOURCE SYSTEMSAUTOMATED LAYERSYSTEMS OF RECORD
How an automated layer sits between the systems an organisation already runs and the records it has to keep.
Registered inEngland and Wales
Company number17452289
Incorporated11 September 2026
Registered officeBirchwood Park, Warrington
Capabilities

Four things, done properly.

Our registered activities define our scope. We do not take work outside them.

01

Custom software development

Business and domestic software built to a written specification: web applications, internal platforms, integrations between systems that were never designed to talk to each other, and the data layers underneath them.

SIC 62012
02

Information technology consultancy

Independent advice on architecture, build or buy decisions, vendor selection, integration strategy and technical due diligence. Delivered as a written recommendation with the trade-offs set out, not a slide deck.

SIC 62020
03

Process and operating model consultancy

Mapping how work actually moves through an organisation, identifying the steps that do not require a person, and sequencing the change. Management consultancy other than financial management.

SIC 70229
04

Managed delivery and business support

Ongoing operation of the systems we build under a defined service agreement, plus delivery capacity for teams that need engineering resource without a permanent hire.

SIC 82990
The problem

Most process failures are handoff failures.

Work stops between the steps, not inside them. A specification makes the handoffs explicit, and an automated layer removes the ones that never needed a person.

Manual handoffs replaced by a specified pipelineA row of disconnected manual steps with gaps between them, compared with a continuous pipeline of intake, rules, exception handling and commit.CURRENT STATE / MANUAL HANDOFFSemailxlsapprovalcallre-keychasesign-offqueue time, rekeying, no audit trailAFTER / SPECIFIED PIPELINEintakerulesexceptioncommitone owner per step, exceptions raised not buried, every change logged
A manual chain of email, spreadsheets, approvals and chasing, replaced by a single specified pipeline with one owner per step.
Method

How an engagement runs.

The same four stages every time, so you know what you are buying at each point and what you own at the end of it.

STAGE 01

Scope

A fixed-fee discovery. We document the current process, where it fails, what it costs and the measurable outcome you want. The output is yours whether or not we go on to build anything.

STAGE 02

Design

Architecture, data model, integration points and interface decisions recorded in writing with the trade-offs stated. Decisions are not settled verbally and lost.

STAGE 03

Build

Delivery in short increments against the agreed specification, with working software demonstrated at each one. Source code, infrastructure definitions and documentation sit in your repository from the first commit.

STAGE 04

Operate or hand over

Support, monitoring and change under a defined service agreement, or a clean handover to your own team with the documentation and access needed to run it without us.

Engineering

Working languages and frameworks.

We select the stack to fit the problem and the client's ability to maintain it after handover. Choosing something the in-house team cannot support is a failure, not a technical preference. Where a capability is not held in-house for a particular engagement, that is stated in the proposal rather than discovered later.

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • Java
  • React
  • Vue.js
  • Flutter
  • Dart
  • Swift
  • PostgreSQL
  • REST and event-driven integration

What we will not do

We will not quote a build before the process is documented. We will not recommend a platform we cannot support. We will not hold a client's source code, credentials or infrastructure as a commercial lever.

If the right answer is an off-the-shelf product and a week of configuration, that is the answer you will get.

Assurance

What you can hold us to.

UK registered counterparty

Registered in England and Wales, company number 17452289. Contracts under English law.

No lock-in by design

Source code, infrastructure definitions and credentials sit with the client from the first commit.

Written before verbal

Scope, architecture and change are recorded in writing. Nothing chargeable starts on a verbal instruction.

Answered in one working day

Enquiries received on a UK working day are acknowledged the next working day at the latest.

Governance

Compliance position.

A UK counterparty with disclosable statutory details, a stated data protection posture and no hidden processing.

Statutory and compliance position of Blueray Automations Solutions (UK) Limited
Legal entityBlueray Automations Solutions (UK) Limited, a private company limited by shares registered in England and Wales, company number 17452289.
Registered officeSuite 116 Lovell House, Birchwood Park, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 6FW, United Kingdom
Statutory filingFirst accounts made up to 30 September 2027, due by 11 June 2028. First confirmation statement date 10 September 2027, due by 24 September 2027.
Data protectionProcessing is carried out under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Registration with the Information Commissioner's Office is being completed and the registration reference will be published here once issued.
Information securityThe company does not hold a published third-party security certification. The technical and organisational measures applied to an engagement are set out in the data processing agreement for that engagement.
InsuranceInsurance certificates are supplied on request as part of supplier onboarding.
ContractingEvery engagement is governed by a written agreement issued with the proposal and signed before chargeable work begins.
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Next step

Tell us what the process looks like today.

Most engagements start with a short written brief and a scoping call. If we are not the right firm for the work, we will say so at that point rather than after an invoice.