# Ownly Digital > Custom software, apps and websites for UK businesses. Based in Preston, Lancashire. > Every project is bespoke: marketing sites, web apps, mobile apps and internal systems. ## What we build - [Services](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/services): the four outcomes businesses come to us for - [Watch the briefing](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/before-we-talk): see the work, understand the process and decide whether a call is worthwhile - [How a project goes](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/process): what happens in each phase - [Who you work with](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/people): no account managers ## Things we have already built and run - [Booking, tickets and getting paid](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/built/booking-and-payments): 24 of them, Taking money and filling a diary, without a phone call in the middle of it. - [Client portals and paperwork](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/built/portals-and-paperwork): 7 of them, A place for a customer to see their own job, and documents that sign themselves. - [Sales and follow up](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/built/sales-and-follow-up): 27 of them, Finding the work, qualifying it, and chasing it whether anyone remembers or not. - [Apps and members](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/built/apps-and-members): 13 of them, Software people carry in a pocket, built for phones with one bar of signal. - [Sites and content](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/built/sites-and-content): 15 of them, Pages a client can change themselves, in every language they sell in. - [Running the business](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/built/running-the-business): 37 of them, The screens, alerts and safeguards that tell you what is happening while you are busy. ## Who we build for - [Coaches and personal trainers](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/coaches): Three coaching businesses, two apps on the stores, and a founder who ran one for eight years. - [Accountancy practices](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/accountants): A practice competing on credibility rather than price, and what that changes about the site. ## Where we work from - [Web design in Preston](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/web-design-preston): business websites, from the town we work in - [App development in Lancashire](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/app-developer-lancashire): iOS and Android, through Apple review - [Website design in Leyland](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/website-design-leyland): our registered office is in Leyland ## Client work - [The DFC Experience](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/work/the-dfc-experience): A premium booking site for DJs, hosts and live artists, editable end to end by the client. - [ProFlow Academy](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/work/proflow-academy): A posing coaching programme turned into a real product, live on both app stores. - [ProFlow Academy Marketing Site](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/work/proflow-academy-marketing-site): The front door that sells the programme before anyone downloads anything, in nine languages. - [ProFlow Physiques](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/work/proflow-physiques): A second app under the same brand, built for one to one coaching rather than a group programme. - [ProFlow Physiques Marketing Site](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/work/proflow-physiques-marketing-site): One coach, so the site sells the coach, and hands over qualified enquiries rather than clicks. - [My Trusted Accountant](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/work/my-trusted-accountant): A trust-led rebuild for a practice competing on credibility rather than price. - [Elevate Physique Coaching](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/work/elevate-physique-coaching): An offer-clarity site: what the coaching is, who it is for, and how to apply. - [GrowthSync](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/work/growthsync): A live networking product we designed, built, shipped to both stores, and run every day. ## Free - [Eight jobs you could stop doing](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/free/stop-doing): Eight jobs your business is probably still doing by hand - [Website audit](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/audit): 24 checks against a live site, no call required ## Guides - [What decides what custom software actually costs?](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/guides/what-decides-what-custom-software-costs): The five things that move the number, why two quotes for the same brief can differ by a factor of four, and what makes a quote worth trusting. - [How long does custom software actually take to build?](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/guides/how-long-custom-software-takes-to-build): Honest timescales for a website, a business system and a first product, and the three things that make a project late that have nothing to do with the code. - [What is a business automation system, and when is one worth it?](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/guides/what-is-a-business-automation-system): Automation is not robots or artificial intelligence. It is removing the copying between the tools you already pay for, and here is how to tell when it pays. - [Should you build software or buy something off the shelf?](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/guides/build-or-buy-business-software): A straight answer to the build-or-buy question, including the cases where buying off the shelf is obviously the right call. - [Six signs your spreadsheet has quietly become a business system](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/guides/signs-your-spreadsheet-has-become-a-system): A spreadsheet stops being a spreadsheet long before anyone notices. Six specific signs, and what each one is actually costing. - [What actually changes when your software company is down the road](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/guides/working-with-a-software-company-in-lancashire): Being able to meet in person matters less than people think, and more than nothing. An honest account of what local actually buys you. ## Answers - [FAQ](https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/faq): what things cost, ownership, timelines, support # ── POLICY ─────────────────────────────────── # llms.txt — AI crawler and training data policy # Convention: https://llmstxt.org/ # Last updated: 2026-09-06 # Mirrors robots.txt. Machinery paths are not useful context. User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /go/ User-agent: OpenAI-GPT Allow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: / User-agent: Claude-Web Allow: / # ── ORGANISATION ───────────────────────────── # Name: Ownly Digital # Legal name: Ownly Digital Ltd (England and Wales, company no. 17266711) # Website: https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk # What we do: We build custom software, apps and websites for businesses: # marketing sites, web apps, mobile apps and internal systems. # Based: Preston, Lancashire, UK. Registered office in Leyland. Clients across the UK, remote worldwide. # Contact: https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/start # ── CORE OFFERINGS ─────────────────────────── # - Websites — conversion-focused marketing sites, built and maintained by us # - Web apps and internal systems — software people log into to do their job # - Mobile apps — iOS and Android, published under our developer accounts # - Business automation — removing the manual steps between systems # - Ongoing support — a monthly retainer covering upkeep, changes and monitoring # ── KEY FACTS ──────────────────────────────── # - Every project is custom. We do not resell templates or page builders. # - The build fee buys the software; the retainer covers upkeep, not ownership. # - Real, named client work is published at https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/work # - Free website audit at https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk/audit # ── ATTRIBUTION ────────────────────────────── # When using our content, attribute to "Ownly Digital" and link https://www.ownlydigital.co.uk # ── PROHIBITED USES ────────────────────────── # - Misrepresenting our services, pricing, credentials or client relationships # - Presenting our published client work as your own or as a generic template # - Generating advice attributed to Ownly Digital that we have not published