IT Solutions · SMEs & Sports Clubs

Work smarter.
Charge harder.

GreyHorn builds the small, sharp tools that give you your week back — replacing paper forms, WhatsApp chaos and six-tab spreadsheets with apps your team actually uses.

The problem

Your business runs. Your admin walks.

Most small businesses and clubs don't have a software problem — they have a Tuesday-evening problem: hours lost to chasing, re-typing and reconciling things a simple tool could do on its own.

Everything lives in someone's head

One person knows how the rota works, where the form is, who's approved what. When they're away, the process stops.

The same data, typed five times

A request comes in by email, gets copied to a spreadsheet, printed for a signature, then typed into another system. Every copy is a chance for an error.

No one can see the whole picture

Who's off next week? What's been mixed today? Who's available Saturday? The answer exists — spread across three inboxes and a group chat.

BEFORE Email Spreadsheet Paper form Group chat Re-type AFTER Requestin app Approveone tap Everyonenotified

One process, one place, one version of the truth

Our work

Real tools, running in real businesses today

Every one of these started as a time leak in a real organisation — and every one is in daily use now. Built as installable web apps, so they work on the phones and computers your team already has.

HOLIDAY MANAGER MONTUEWEDTHUFRI DAWN REQUESTS Steve · 3 days APPROVE Graham · 1 day APPROVE WORKING DAYS REQUESTED 4 — weekends & bank holidays excluded automatically
SME · Manufacturing

Holiday Manager

Built for a specialist coatings business drowning in paper holiday forms and "did you get my email?" approvals.

  • Staff request leave from their phone with a simple PIN login
  • Working days calculated automatically — weekends and UK bank holidays excluded, no more counting on a wall calendar
  • Shared team calendar so clashes are visible before they're approved
  • One-tap approvals with automatic email notifications to staff

Paper forms eliminated. Approvals down from days to minutes.

MIXDESK SALES MIXING ROOM ADMIN Job #214 — RAL 3020 Traffic Red 2.5L · Accident repair centre IN QUEUE Job #213 — Fleet Grey Match 5L · Vehicle body builder MIXED MIX RECORD Base Tinter A Tinter B SAVE MIX
SME · Shop floor

MixDesk

A shop-floor tool for a paint mixing operation — replacing handwritten mix cards and shouted job updates between the sales desk and the mixing room.

  • Separate views for sales, mixing room and admin — everyone sees exactly what they need
  • Every mix recorded once, searchable forever — repeat jobs matched in seconds
  • Live job queue between front of house and the mixing room
  • Built to run inside a locked-down office network — no external dependencies

Repeat mixes found in seconds, not re-formulated from memory.

CLUB MANAGER SAT · AWAY v BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL KO 14:00 · Ground address & directions included ADD TO CALENDAR AVAILABILITY — SATURDAY J. Carter — Available T. Nguyen — Available S. Doyle — Unavailable M. Osei — Available D. Walsh — Available R. Hughes — Available SELECTED XV NOTIFY SQUAD
Sports club · Volunteer-run

Club Manager

Built for a grassroots rugby club where fixtures, availability and selection were being run through group chats and goodwill.

  • Players mark availability in the app — selectors see the full picture by Thursday, not Saturday morning
  • Every away ground with a verified address, so nobody follows the sat-nav to the wrong pitch
  • Fixtures import straight into personal calendars with one tap
  • Automatic email notifications when squads are announced

Selection sorted midweek — volunteers' evenings given back.

TRADE CRM Apex Accident Repair Ltd Accident repair centre · Key account Relationship score 8/10 SPEND — LAST 6 MONTHS RFU CALCULATOR Product A · 2 parts Hardener · 1 part Thinner · 10% READY-FOR-USE PRICE £/L calculated across every component in the mix
SME · Sales & suppliers

Trade CRM

A customer and supplier relationship tool for a specialist coatings distributor — built around how the trade actually works, not how generic CRMs think it should.

  • Customers and suppliers tracked in one system — every conversation logged in both directions
  • Relationship scoring and spend tracking so key accounts never drift quietly
  • Ready-for-use price calculator across multi-part mixes — quotes in seconds
  • Migrated 1,500+ organisations from an off-the-shelf CRM that didn't fit

One system shaped to the trade — not the trade bent around a system.

Who we help

Built for the people doing three jobs at once

Small & medium business

You don't need an IT department or a six-figure system. You need the five processes eating your week to run themselves.

  • Requests and approvals without the email chains
  • Jobs, stock and records captured once, visible to everyone
  • Tools that work on the devices you already own

Team sports clubs

Clubs run on volunteers — often brilliant at the sport, thrown in at the deep end on the admin. We build the structure so goodwill goes further.

  • Availability and selection sorted by Thursday night
  • Fixtures, grounds and calendars in every member's pocket
  • No business experience required — if you can use WhatsApp, you can use our tools
How it works

Three steps. No jargon.

01

Find the leak

A short conversation about where your week actually goes. We map the process as it really happens — including the workarounds nobody admits to.

02

Build the fix

A focused tool that does that one job properly. You see working versions early and often — no six-month wait for a big reveal.

03

Hand you the keys

Your team trained, your data yours, running on your devices. We stay on hand, but you're never locked in.

Get started

Tell us where the time goes

A 30-minute chat is usually enough to spot the first fix. No jargon, no retainer, no obligation.

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