Red Owl IT

Red Owl IT is a UK software consultancy in Bath specialising in the Microsoft technology stack. Since 2013, we've designed and built .NET, Blazor, Azure and AI systems for small and mid-sized businesses going through digital transformation.

Our team is senior, UK-based, and made up of ex-Microsoft engineers with more than a decade of commercial experience and 50+ shipped projects. We don't use offshore handoff and we don't put junior teams on client work — every engagement is led by senior engineers from start to finish.

What we build:
• Line-of-business systems that replace spreadsheets, paper and ageing legacy tools
• Customer-facing web applications on Blazor and ASP.NET Core
• Cross-platform mobile apps (iOS and Android) using .NET MAUI
• Cloud platforms architected for Azure, with cost-aware design from day one
• AI features — chatbots, retrieval-augmented search, agent workflows — using Azure OpenAI
• APIs and integrations, from NHS Spine to payment rails

How we engage:
1. Initial conversations — we tell you honestly whether we're the right team
2. Stakeholder workshop — everyone in the room, requirements drawn out
3. Revised scope — signed off before a line of code
4. Architecture and design — the expensive decisions made deliberately
5. First demo, then user testing, then iterate
6. Ongoing delivery through to handover

We work across regulated sectors including NHS healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, food and logistics, and legal/FinTech. We help SMEs reclaim up to 33% of development costs through HMRC R&D tax credits, documenting qualifying work as we go.

We've also fully embraced AI-assisted development internally, which has cut build costs and shortened delivery timelines for our clients.

Contact: inquiries@red-owl.co.uk