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Built for the people mainstream software overlooks
WheelHouse Software is an Edinburgh software company. We shape, build and keep developing digital services for charities, public bodies, founders and specialist businesses: services for young people planning for adult life, disabled people travelling by bus and train, and businesses that don't fit off-the-shelf tools.
Who you'll work with
You'll work with Blair
Blair Harper founded WheelHouse and is the software engineer who'll lead your project. You'll talk to Blair on the first call, while shaping and building the first release, and through the years of support and development after launch. There's no sales team or account manager in between.
Blair agrees with you what gets built and is accountable for every change. Through Voyager, our in-house delivery system, AI writes code to that brief, and Blair reviews and signs off each change before it goes live. That's why your budget goes further. Code in sensitive areas, such as payments or personal data, also gets a specialist AI security review first. It reads the code, never personal data.
Our values
What we believe
Three things that shape every decision we make with you.
Works for the people using it
We design with the people who'll use the software and build to accessibility standards from the first release. A service people can't use hasn't worked.
Honest about trade-offs
We explain the options in plain English, say when an existing tool would do, and tell you when software isn't the answer.
We stay
Most clients stay with us after launch. Our longest partnership has run for more than six years.
Why WheelHouse
Why clients choose us
A large consultancy can give you a team you rarely meet. A freelancer can move on. We sit in between: an accountable company, tested releases, and the engineer who built your software still answering your calls years later.
The organisations we work with run services people depend on: Compass for ARC Scotland, Thistle Assistance for SEStran, WelcoMe for Neatebox. Accessibility and careful handling of personal data aren't extras for them, so they aren't for us.
We're based at 5 South Charlotte Street in Edinburgh, and work with organisations across the UK.
Let's see if we're a good fit
Tell us what you want to create or improve, and you'll get an honest view from the engineer who'd lead your project.