33 years
of building software
people rely on.
We've been delivering custom software and cloud platforms since 1993 - quietly, on time, and to specification. No drama. No end-of-life emails six months after launch. Just work that keeps working.
How we got here
UmbrellaDev started in 1993 as a small web development and software company, well before "digital transformation" was a phrase anyone used. From the start, we invested in building our own technology platform rather than reselling someone else's - a decision that, three decades on, means our customers benefit from £10 million of platform development without paying for any of it themselves.
That platform is the engine behind our cloud-based payments, ticketing, membership, fundraising, private-community and image-management products. It's why we can embed payments into a website in minutes rather than weeks, and why we can offer "no end of life" guarantees that most SaaS vendors won't.
Who we work with
Our client list ranges from small businesses that just want a competent, available partner, through mid-market businesses running mission-critical systems with us, to large enterprises, regulated financial businesses, government departments, professional membership bodies and international NGOs. The requirements vary. The standards don't.
We are indebted to individuals at UmbrellaDev who have provided the know-how and resources to build PurpleSpace from the ground up.
Where we work
Our team is based across the UK and Europe. Our servers are UK-based, running on 100% renewable energy, backed by 24/7 server support. For sensitive projects we develop in SOC (Secure Operations Centre) environments, and we have a long track record on government work.
Credentials
We're members of the Institute of Directors (IoD) and the British Computer Society (BCS). Our founders and senior team have been building software professionally since the early 1990s - through the mainframe-to-client-server transition, the dot-com years, the move to mobile, the rise of the cloud, and now AI. Not a fashionable history, but a useful one.
What we believe
No drama. No surprises. No "end-of-life" emails six months after launch. Our job is to remove the overheads that erode your efficiency and profitability - not add to them.