Your software should work for you. Not the other way around.
You're running 8 to 15 tools that don't talk to each other. Spreadsheets fill the gaps. Month-end takes days. Nobody has the full picture. We sort it out.
Sound familiar?
We talk to MDs every week who are living this exact pattern. If your firm runs more than a handful of disconnected tools, you already know.
If a member of your team was only delivering 50% of what you're paying them, you'd do something about it. Your software stack is doing exactly that — costing thousands every month and delivering a fraction of what it should.
8–15 tools that don’t talk
Sage for accounts, a scheduling tool, an HR system, a CRM, plus Excel for everything in between. None of them share data without someone re-keying it.
Spreadsheets as the glue
Your management reports live in a spreadsheet. Your compliance tracker lives in a spreadsheet. Your resource planner lives in a spreadsheet. One formula error and the board pack is wrong.
Month-end takes days, not hours
Two to four days to compile management reports. Another day to reconcile figures across systems. Your finance team spends more time gathering data than analysing it.
Compliance on a wing and a prayer
Training records in one system. Safety documentation in another. Regulatory deadlines tracked in a spreadsheet — or someone’s head. The gap between what you should be doing and what you’re actually doing is widening.
8–15
SaaS tools
Each with separate logins, separate data, separate invoices.
avg per mid-market firm
2–4
Days for month-end
Your finance team compiles. They should be analysing.
typical mid-market company
£80K+
Hidden admin costs
Re-keying, reconciliation, spreadsheet maintenance, chasing.
annual overhead — never on P&L
40–60%
True cost above licence fees
Your software doesn’t cost what your invoices say it costs.
admin labour + workarounds + risk
Figures based on assessment data from mid-market UK companies (£10M–£100M turnover).
The cost of standing still
Waiting doesn't make this cheaper. It makes it worse.
Costs compound every year
SaaS vendors raise prices 8–15% annually. Every year you wait, you pay more. Your workarounds get more fragile. The hidden admin costs grow. And the switching cost increases — because your data gets more entrenched in tools that don't want you to leave.
Compliance risk is growing
Regulatory requirements tighten every year — HASAWA, GDPR, sector-specific obligations. Manual tracking gets harder. The gap between what you should be doing and what you're actually doing widens. And the consequences of getting it wrong are getting more serious.
Good people leave
Your IT lead is tired of being the human integration engine. Your finance team is tired of month-end dread. Your best people won't tolerate outdated tools forever. Firms with unified systems attract and retain better talent.
Competitors consolidate first
The firms that sort this out first gain a structural cost and speed advantage. They make better decisions faster, respond to opportunities quicker, and operate leaner. The gap between operationally mature and digitally fragmented widens every month.
What if it all just worked?
What if your MD could see the whole business from one screen? What if month-end took hours, not days? What if a new starter was set up in every system in 10 minutes, not 3 days?
Three steps. No disruption.
Each one delivers standalone value. You progress when your own data tells you it makes sense.
We map your world
A forensic assessment of your current software, integrations, costs, and compliance gaps. You get the complete picture — every tool, every cost, every risk — in a report you'll wish you'd had years ago. 2–4 weeks, £5K–£15K.
We connect everything
A unified dashboard on top of your existing tools. Real-time operational visibility, automated reporting, employee provisioning. Nothing gets ripped out. Live in 8–12 weeks.
You own your platform
When the data says it makes sense, we build a custom platform to replace the tools that aren't earning their keep. You own what we build — the code, the data, the infrastructure. No per-seat fees. No vendor lock-in. No surprise price increases.
Real scenarios. Real roles. Real impact.
What Monday morning looks like after Alden Foundry.
Dave
Managing Director
Opens his dashboard at 7:30am. Real-time status across the whole business — revenue, operations, compliance, team utilisation. Spots a margin issue on one account before the 9am meeting. No calls. No spreadsheets. No guesswork.
The numbers your board hasn't seen yet
Every assessment uncovers the same pattern. Here's what mid-market UK companies running 8–15 SaaS tools typically find.
£150K
Average annual software spend
Direct subscriptions plus unused licences
£80K
Hidden admin costs
Re-keying, reconciliation, month-end compilation
12+
Disconnected tools
Each requiring separate logins, updates, and data entry
12–18mo
To cost-neutrality
Cancelled subscriptions offset the investment
Use the calculator above to estimate your own figures, or see the full cost breakdown. Our assessment includes sector-specific compliance gap analysis
Two ways to take back control
Start by connecting what you have. Progress to replacing what isn't working. Every step delivers standalone value.
Three forces shaping mid-market technology
Your current vendors want to lock you in. The AI giants want to replace your tools with their platform. We sit in between — building something that's yours.
Your current vendors are adding AI to lock you in
They're bolting AI features onto platforms built a decade ago and raising your price to pay for it. The AI is generic. Your data stays in their cloud. And every new feature makes switching harder, not easier.
The AI giants want to replace your tools with theirs
Microsoft Copilot, generic AI agents — powerful, but built for everyone. They don't understand your sector's compliance requirements, your operational workflows, or your reporting needs. No migration path. No one to call when it breaks.
We build something that's yours
Tailored to how your business actually operates. Using the best AI available as infrastructure — not as the product. You own the platform, the data, and the code. Built for UK regulatory reality, not the average business.
Ready to see what your software landscape is really costing you?
Start with a 30-minute conversation. No commitment. You'll walk away with a clear picture of where you stand.