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What we do

In a world where software is everywhere, businesses have to work hard to find solutions that fit just right.

We specialise in building systems that work for businesses, and not the other way around.

Designed for the web and hosted in the cloud, our systems leverage user-centric design, powerful automation, data analytics, and AI to help businesses increase efficiency and deliver transformative services.

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We are Abstract Leap

A small software development company based in Oxford, UK.

Our passionate and talented team of software engineers design and build unique software solutions for small and large enterprises.

We pride ourselves on delivering excellent outcomes by understanding our clients needs and creating elegant, maintainable solutions.

Meet the team

James

Director

Software developer and ex-management consultant, James helps clients solve problems through innovative use of data and technology, and has experience working across the private and the public sector (CG, health, policing).

Mark

Director

Masters degrees in Physics and AI, from Oxford and Imperial College. Consultancy experience at PA Consulting and KPMG, working in FTSE 100 private sector clients as well as across numerous public sector bodies.

George

Engineer

Our first full-time employee, George joined Abstract Leap in 2017. He has a degree in Physics from Durham University, excels in solving problems and writing elegant code. In his spare time competes for Britain as a Powerlifter.

Lauren

Engineer

Previously a research assistant in AI, developing algorithms to enable active inspection of bridges by swarms of drones. Has a complimentary passion for designing great UX and UI. A talented archer.

Peter

Engineer

A PhD in Computer Vision and founded his own software company before joining Abstract Leap, Peter has a broad range of experience across the whole software development lifecycle. When he’s not writing elegant code he likes to try his hand at wildlife photography.

Carrie

Engineer

Formally a biologist with a PhD in Breast Cancer, Carrie joined Abstract Leap in 2021 after a career switch to programming. She loves problem solving and developing practical solutions. In her spare time, she crochets, participates in puzzle hunts and plays computer games.

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Our values

Thinking Deeply

We seek out the root causes of problems, understand business objectives and design solutions that provide long term impact.

Elegance

We aim to create simple solutions to complex problems. We make use of abstractions and tools to increase our productivity.

Integrity

We are not content to simply do what is asked of us. We strive to do the right thing for our clients, pushing back where necessary.

Solid Delivery

Elegance, integrity and thinking deeply don't guarantee output so we balance those values with a desire to drive meaningful change.

Goodness

Goodness at Abstract Leap means two things: that our work should benefit society, and that our professionalism leads to good, high quality results.

Kindness

In all our interactions with others we will treat them in a friendly, generous and considerate way, always striving to be kind.

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EyeMed and Abstract Leap

10 year strategic partnership

EyeMed are a leading eyecare provider in the UK, helping businesses to protect the eyesight of their workers using innovative approaches, deep process automation and a network of local partner opticians.

We've been a core technology partner for EyeMed since we first opened our doors in 2014, and have supported their growth across all aspects of their business: from working with the leadership team on technology and business strategy, supporting IT transformation from on-premise to the cloud, developing and maintaining their flagship online corporate healthcare platform, and building the supporting technologies, processes and organisation to deliver excellence to their clients.

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The team at Abstract Leap have been instrumental in delivering my vision for the business: their deep understanding of our context and needs have allowed us to maintain our competitive advantage and rapidly launch new products and services.

James is a trusted advisor and has provided valuable input to our strategy throughout our partnership. Abstract Leap's powerful combination of strategic advice and software engineering allows me to focus on commercial and operational matters whilst trusting them to deliver on technology.

Lyn Hodges, Managing Director

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Oxford Royale Academy

Helping 30,000+ students since 2014

Oxford Royale Academy is one of the UK’s leading providers of international summer schools and year-round university preparation programmes. Their signature summer schools offer a sample of authentic, world-leading university environments.

Our software provides Oxford Royale with a key competitive advantage. Our API delivers live availability to their website to help customers commence their purchasing journey. The bespoke e-commerce checkout is optimised for fast enrolment and streamlined to remove obstacles for purchase. And the Student Portal automates key tasks, such as chasing customers, enabling employees to focus on enquiry handling and more complex customer service cases.

Since we started working, we have helped them scale up in terms of customer numbers, student numbers and revenue, but also assisted in their diversification and expansion - from a summer school focused on Oxford, to one that now operates in 7 different locations internationally.

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The key benefit of working with Abstract Leap is their understanding of the business model. They are able to advise on best practice and allow us to streamline our models using intelligent solutions.

Instead of being reactive, they are happy to lead, making innovative suggestions that we haven't considered, leading to better outcomes.

They have a strong team and we have a good and trusting relationship with them. They bring value that makes their day-rate worthwhile.

Tom Whales, Assistant Director

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Boots

Supported 1,000,000+ vaccinations to the UK

Oxford Royale Academy is one of the UK’s leading providers of international summer schools and year-round university preparation programmes. Their signature summer schools offer a sample of authentic, world-leading university environments.

Our software provides Oxford Royale with a key competitive advantage. Our API delivers live availability to their website to help customers commence their purchasing journey. The bespoke e-commerce checkout is optimised for fast enrolment and streamlined to remove obstacles for purchase. And the Student Portal automates key tasks, such as chasing customers, enabling employees to focus on enquiry handling and more complex customer service cases.

Since we started working, we have helped them scale up in terms of customer numbers, student numbers and revenue, but also assisted in their diversification and expansion - from a summer school focused on Oxford, to one that now operates in 7 different locations internationally.

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The key benefit of working with Abstract Leap is their understanding of the business model. They are able to advise on best practice and allow us to streamline our models using intelligent solutions.

Instead of being reactive, they are happy to lead, making innovative suggestions that we haven't considered, leading to better outcomes.

They have a strong team and we have a good and trusting relationship with them. They bring value that makes their day-rate worthwhile.

Tom Whales, Assistant Director

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Arla Foods

Competency, Training and Compliance

Arla Foods is a Danish-Swedish multinational cooperative based in Viby, Denmark, and the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia. It is the fourth largest dairy company in the world with respect to milk volume, seventh with respect to turnover.

We worked with Arla to help them manage their training compliance across their cheddar and mozzarella division. This was a classic problem of different sites doing things in different ways with varying levels of success.

Our training and performance management system worked across the organisation, enabling employees and managers to take ownership of their training/compliance requirements and to use those requirements to drive their performance management process.

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An innovative company, who worked extremely hard to understand our unique business requirements and deliver a bespoke system that is functional and robust.

The software is an extremely useful tool that has completely re-designed how training and development is tracked throughout the business.

They are flexible and professional in their approach and take the time to understand our business and the needs that we have.

Tammy Huxley, Training and Development

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National Demolition Training Group

Knocking down buildings since 2017

Oxford Royale Academy is one of the UK’s leading providers of international summer schools and year-round university preparation programmes. Their signature summer schools offer a sample of authentic, world-leading university environments.

Our software provides Oxford Royale with a key competitive advantage. Our API delivers live availability to their website to help customers commence their purchasing journey. The bespoke e-commerce checkout is optimised for fast enrolment and streamlined to remove obstacles for purchase. And the Student Portal automates key tasks, such as chasing customers, enabling employees to focus on enquiry handling and more complex customer service cases.

Since we started working, we have helped them scale up in terms of customer numbers, student numbers and revenue, but also assisted in their diversification and expansion - from a summer school focused on Oxford, to one that now operates in 7 different locations internationally.

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The key benefit of working with Abstract Leap is their understanding of the business model. They are able to advise on best practice and allow us to streamline our models using intelligent solutions.

Instead of being reactive, they are happy to lead, making innovative suggestions that we haven't considered, leading to better outcomes.

They have a strong team and we have a good and trusting relationship with them. They bring value that makes their day-rate worthwhile.

Tom Whales, Assistant Director

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Swiftlier

Automating Educational Admin

Launching in the second half of 2024, Swiftlier is our new bookings and administration platform designed to make running an educational institution easier.

Building on the knowledge gained across our educational and training clients, Swiftlier delivers a modern, cloud native web platform that will enable organisations to deliver a great experience for their customers whilst minimising the admin required to deliver their courses.

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The Swiftlier platform will enable us to deliver more flexible solutions to our educational clients.

The flexible model underlying the Swiftlier system help organisations fulfil their core business whilst enabling agility in their business models and customer support functions.

Mark Jerzykowski, Director

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