Councils & their ancillary bodies
Digital infrastructure for local government — and the organisations around it
A digital partner for councils across the UK — and the organisations around them. We build the booking, payment, portal and automation tools they actually need — fast, accessible by default, and built so that awarding to an independent SME advances your social-value and local-spend duties.
The big platforms aren't built for everything
Councils run on large, capable systems-of-record — but those platforms are slow and expensive to change, and they leave gaps: the booking journey nobody finished, the microsite the corporate CMS can't handle quickly, the manual back-office process, the trading company that needs to look like a real business. We fill those gaps — fast, accessible, and priced for a single below-threshold award. We build alongside what you already have; we never ask you to rip it out.
Who We Build For
We start where the procurement is commercial and the decision is quick — the bodies around the council — and build the references that open the council itself.
Business Improvement Districts
BID companies & town-centre partnerships
Commission-free, not SaaS-rented. We build your directory, gift-card and loyalty tools on your own infrastructure — so you keep 100% of every transaction and own the data, instead of renting it back from a vendor.
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Independent leisure, sport, theatre & museum trusts
You sell it, you keep it. We build your booking, membership and retention tools on your own Stripe account, so every membership, class and ticket is 100% yours — and the lapsed-member win-back runs automatically.
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Town & parish councils and their clerks
We make your “Yes” truthful — and low-risk. A genuinely accessible website, a fixed-fee audit and statement, and bookable facilities with payment built in — all signed off by the clerk, no tender required.
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Council-owned development, regeneration & housing companies
A private-sector website for a public-sector vehicle. Bespoke, cinematic scheme marketing with enquiry capture and a back-office dashboard — built to the standard a private developer would expect, on a public-sector budget.
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Council trading companies (LATCos), shared services & finance teams
Banking-grade automation, SME-priced. Our founder spent 20+ years in investment banking and fintech — uniquely credible for finance-process automation — and we deliver it as a fixed-price assessment → pilot → build, not an open-ended consulting bill.
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Low-risk by design — see it working before you commit, buy it at a fixed price, keep it compliant on a care plan.
A free working prototype
Before any contract, we build a working mock of one of your own services — your booking page, your directory, your portal — so you see it, not a slide deck.
A fixed-price first build
A scoped, fixed-price project — usually a below-threshold direct award, so there is no formal tender to run. You know the cost before you commit.
A care plan that keeps it compliant
Hosting, monitoring, accessibility re-testing and changes on a simple monthly care plan — your site stays fast, secure and legally compliant.
Built to Public-Sector Standards
The things a council, trust or BID needs to be able to tick — built in, not bolted on.
Accessible by default
Every build to WCAG 2.2 AA with a published accessibility statement — the legal duty under the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018.
UK data residency
Hosted in UK/EU regions, built to UK GDPR, with a clear data-processing agreement on every engagement.
Built to the Cyber Essentials control set
MFA, least-privilege access, patching and backups baked in — the public-sector security baseline.
GOV.UK-ready
We integrate with GOV.UK Pay and GOV.UK Notify, and follow the GOV.UK Design System where it fits.
Procurement Act 2023-ready
Comfortable with below-threshold direct awards and quotes — no heavyweight tender required to get started.
Social value built in
An independent UK SME. Awarding to us helps evidence your social-value and SME-spend duties — and where we are your local supplier, the work can be reserved as local spend under the 2026 rules.
Awarding to a UK SME is the easy win
Councils must have regard to the National Procurement Policy Statement and the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 — both of which prioritise SME spend and local economic benefit. Since February 2026, below-threshold competitions can also be reserved for local suppliers. As an independent UK SME that hires, trains and spends in its community, awarding work to Ophir helps you evidence all of it.
Let's build a working prototype of one of your services
No deck, no obligation — we'll build a working mock of your booking page, directory or portal, and walk you through it. If you like it, we scope a fixed price. If you don't, you keep the ideas.
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