KawachTech is a custom software development company that helps UK founders, CTOs and product teams design, build and scale bespoke software, web applications and mobile apps, from a first MVP to enterprise systems. Our engineering team is based in India and works remotely with UK clients, with a working day that genuinely overlaps with yours, not just a nightly hand-off.
The specific pressures we hear most often from UK founders and technology leaders.
Senior engineering salaries in London and the South East rival most major global tech hubs, and competition for the same small pool of experienced candidates makes direct hiring slow and expensive.
IR35 has made engaging individual contractors more complicated and higher-risk, pushing many UK businesses toward company-to-company engagement models instead, but that shift itself takes care to get right.
Many UK businesses outside the startup scene, including financial services, insurance, and professional services, are still running core operations on systems built well over a decade ago.
Post-Brexit, the UK runs its own UK GDPR alongside the Data Protection Act 2018, enforced by the ICO, and distinct enough from EU GDPR that software built for one market can't just be assumed compliant for the other.
London is one of the world's largest fintech hubs, which means intense competitive pressure to ship fast, while still building the audit trails and data controls FCA-regulated products require.
Migrating from on-premise infrastructure to properly scalable cloud architecture is a project most internal teams agree is overdue, but rarely have the dedicated bandwidth to own end-to-end.
Practical solutions mapped to the challenges above, not a generic service menu.
Software designed around how your business actually operates, not bent to fit an off-the-shelf tool's limitations.
Custom software development →From a focused MVP for a UK startup to a multi-tenant platform, built on architecture that scales as your customer base grows.
SaaS development →Automate repetitive workflows and build AI-powered features grounded in your own data, not a generic model demo.
AI development services →Secure, scalable web applications built with Laravel, React, Next.js or Vue.js: customer-facing platforms, portals and internal tools.
Web application development →Native iOS and Android apps, or cross-platform apps in Flutter and React Native, for customers, field teams or internal operations.
Mobile app development →Migrate ageing systems to modern, maintainable architecture without disrupting the operations that depend on them.
Software modernisation →Hire dedicated developers who work as a genuine extension of your team, not an outsourced vendor at arm's length.
Dedicated development teams →Offshore software development in India is a well-established choice for UK companies. These are the reasons that come up most often, and the trade-offs worth weighing. For a fuller picture, read our guide to outsourcing software development to India.
Instead of competing for scarce senior hires in London, you work with a team that already works together and can start within weeks, then scale up or down as the roadmap changes.
India is 4.5 to 5.5 hours ahead of the UK, depending on BST. Your morning and early afternoon overlap with our working day, which is enough for stand-ups, reviews and quick decisions.
Specifications, code reviews, documentation and calls all happen in English, so nothing gets lost in translation between your product team and ours.
Outsourcing works best with clear ownership, written requirements and regular demos. We build those in by default: a dedicated project manager, two-week sprints, and a contract covering IP, NDA and data protection.
Since Brexit, the UK has run its own UK GDPR alongside the Data Protection Act 2018, enforced by the ICO. It's closely modelled on EU GDPR but a distinct regime in its own right, including its own rules on international data transfers. What that means practically is that software genuinely built for UK GDPR needs to treat it as its own requirement, not assume EU GDPR compliance covers it. Our GDPR and data protection page explains how we handle personal data, Data Processing Agreements and international transfers.
A UK-based client engagement: real challenge, real solution, measurable outcome.
Industries where we've delivered UK-based and company-wide projects.
Final cost always depends on scope, complexity, team composition and requirements. These models describe structure, not price.
Suited to projects with clearly defined requirements: an MVP, a specific feature set, or a scoped integration.
Communication: milestone-based check-ins tied to agreed deliverables.
Flexibility: lower. Scope changes require a formal change request.
Suited to long-term product development where requirements will keep evolving after launch. Also the route for staff augmentation, when you want dedicated developers inside your own team.
Communication: daily/weekly syncs, sprint planning, and a dedicated point of contact.
Flexibility: high. Team composition and priorities adjust as your roadmap changes.
Suited to work where requirements are still being discovered, or where scope is likely to shift as you learn.
Communication: regular reporting on hours and progress against a rolling plan.
Flexibility: high. Priorities can be reordered sprint to sprint.
Regular communication and client involvement at every step, not just at kickoff and launch.
Understand business goals, users, and requirements.
Define technical architecture, scope, and roadmap.
Create intuitive, user-focused experiences.
Build in two-week sprints with a demo each sprint.
Test functionality, performance and security.
Prepare and deploy to production.
30 days of post-launch support, then an optional retainer.
Kawach Technology is headquartered in India. IST is UTC+5:30 all year, so India is 5.5 hours ahead of GMT and 4.5 hours ahead during British Summer Time.
Also serving businesses in other markets, or prefer to talk directly?
Straight answers for UK businesses evaluating an offshore software development partner in India.
Mainly for access to experienced engineers without a long hiring cycle. Senior developers in London and the South East are expensive and heavily contested, and a single senior hire can take three months or more. An established team like KawachTech can start within weeks, with engineers who already work together. India is also a practical corridor for the UK: English is the working language, and the time gap is small enough for genuine daily overlap rather than overnight hand-offs.
India runs on IST (UTC+5:30) all year and does not change its clocks. That makes India 5.5 hours ahead of the UK during GMT (winter) and 4.5 hours ahead during British Summer Time. A 9am start in London is 2:30pm in India in winter and 1:30pm in summer, so stand-ups, sprint planning and ad hoc calls happen in real time during your morning and early afternoon, with written updates on a shared board for everything else.
IR35 concerns the way individual contractors are engaged, not a company-to-company services agreement with an external development partner, but we understand why UK businesses ask. We structure engagements as a services contract with KawachTech as the contracted party, not as individual placements, and your finance or legal team is welcome to review the contract structure. We cannot give IR35 tax advice ourselves (that is a question for your accountant or tax adviser), but we will give them whatever detail they need.
Yes. Our dedicated development team model gives you engineers who work exclusively on your product and follow your priorities, acting as an extension of your team rather than a project vendor. It is the model most UK clients use for ongoing product work, whether that is one developer or a full cross-functional team.
With staff augmentation, our developers join your existing team and you direct the day-to-day work, which suits companies that already have product and technical leadership. With project outsourcing, we own delivery of an agreed scope end to end, including project management, design, QA and deployment. Many UK clients start with one and move to the other as their needs change.
We sign an NDA before any detailed discussion of your product, data or business logic. Custom source code, documentation and IP built for your project transfer to you on full payment, as set out in the project agreement before work begins. If your legal team wants specific IP assignment wording, we will work with them on the contract.
It depends on scope, complexity, integrations and the engagement model you choose. As a general reference, a focused MVP typically starts in the low five figures, and larger platforms cost more. We give a scoped estimate after a discovery conversation rather than quoting a number before we understand what you need.
App costs vary mainly with the number of features, platforms (iOS, Android or both), integrations and back-end complexity. A cross-platform app built with Flutter or React Native usually costs less than two separate native apps. A focused first version typically starts in the low five figures; we provide a scoped estimate once requirements are clear.
A focused MVP typically takes 3 to 6 months from discovery to launch. A more complex platform with significant integrations can run 9 to 12 months or more. We work in two-week sprints with a demo at the end of each one, so you see working software early and can adjust priorities as you learn.
Yes. We build data collection, storage and consent flows with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 in mind, including access controls, encryption and clear data-handling practices. Transfers of personal data to India need an appropriate safeguard, so we can sign a Data Processing Agreement and use Standard Contractual Clauses (with the UK Addendum) or the ICO's International Data Transfer Agreement where your legal team requires them. Final compliance sign-off is your counsel's decision.
We can build software with FCA-relevant requirements or NHS-style healthcare data expectations in mind, including secure data handling, audit trails and role-based access controls. As with any regulated sector, certification and compliance sign-off for your product sit with your own compliance team, and we work alongside them rather than replacing that function.
Yes. We build AI features such as chatbots, document processing, search over your own data and workflow automation, integrated into new or existing software. We design these with UK GDPR in mind, keep a human in the loop where decisions matter, and start with a small, measurable use case before scaling.
Yes. A common setup is us filling a specific skills gap or owning a defined module while your team owns the rest. We adapt to your tools, code review process and sprint cadence, and keep documentation up to date so your team can take over any part of the work later.
Yes. That includes migrating an ageing on-premise system to the cloud, breaking up a monolith into something more maintainable, or rebuilding on a modern stack such as Laravel, React or Node.js while preserving the business logic your team has refined over years. We audit what exists before proposing what changes.
Every project includes 30 days of post-launch support to fix issues and stabilise the release. After that you can move to a monthly maintenance retainer or keep a dedicated team for continued development, scaling the team up or down as your roadmap changes.
Book a free consultation through this page or our contact form. We sign an NDA, ask about your business goals and current systems, then follow up with an honest assessment of scope, a recommended engagement model and realistic next steps.
Tell us about your software or app idea, existing system, or business challenge. We will sign an NDA, help you evaluate the requirements, and come back with a scoped estimate and a realistic roadmap.