spawn.london case study

ForgeBOS — Complete Business Operating System

ForgeBOS replaces the patchwork of disconnected tools that professional services and project-based businesses run on — CRM, project management, invoicing, HR, email and reporting — with one fully configured system, deployed on the client’s own infrastructure and live in days, not months.

Business Operating System CRM & Pipeline Projects & Finance HR Suite Multi-Tenant Self-Hosted
ForgeBOS - Complete Business Operating System

The Problem

A typical 10-person business pays for 8+ disconnected subscriptions - project tools, CRM, accounting, HR, scheduling and email marketing - with no single view of performance and duplicate data entry at every gap.

That patchwork typically costs £3,120–£7,080 per year in tooling alone — before counting the hours lost to manual reporting and re-keyed data. ForgeBOS consolidates it into one flat platform licence with no per-seat fees.

What We Built

A single, structured system managing the complete prospect-to-paid business lifecycle - every number live, every action audited.

Business Dashboard & Reporting

A configurable real-time view of every project, department and deal — row groups, named view filters and live financial stats. No exports, no pivot tables, no reconciling.

Real-TimeConfigurable ViewsLive Financials

CRM & Pipeline

Company and contact records, prospect Kanban, kiosk capture forms and a complete prospect-to-paid lifecycle — one searchable record per client from first enquiry to final invoice.

Prospect KanbanKiosk CaptureFull Lifecycle

Projects & Delivery

Projects, tasks and sub-tasks with Gantt views, a time logger and workflow templates — including deep-clone project structures that carry their invoicing with them.

GanttTime LoggerWorkflow Templates

Finance & Bookkeeper

Invoicing, recurring billing and subscriptions, debt collection, bank ledger and reconciliation, VAT and multi-currency — with pipeline and cashflow forecasting on live data.

Recurring BillingStripeCashflow Forecasting

Email & Communications

A full IMAP/SMTP inbox inside the platform with multi-account support — smart rules auto-assign every email to the right project and task, with WhatsApp and social comms logged alongside.

IMAP/SMTPSmart RulesAuto-Assignment

HR Suite

Timesheets, annual leave, payroll, PAYE/P32 tax, pension dashboard and mileage claims — fully integrated, so people data connects to the work actually being done.

TimesheetsPayroll & PAYELeave & Mileage

Engineering & Deployment

Not generic SaaS - a configured business system delivered to each client’s specific workflow, on infrastructure they control.

Self-Hosted & Sovereign

Deployed via Docker on the client’s own VPS, cloud or our data centre — full data sovereignty, simplified UK GDPR compliance, and no data hostaging. One deployment supports multiple brands with strict tenant isolation.

DockerOwn VPSMulti-Tenant

Security Throughout

JWT authentication on every API route, optional TOTP two-factor, role-based access control, UUID routing so internal IDs are never exposed, bcrypt hashing and a complete audit trail on every action.

JWTMFARBACAudit Trail
AI Feature

AI-Accelerated Delivery

The core subscription, billing and CRM platform reached functional first release in around a week — AI-accelerated development with architecture, security, code review and testing firmly under human control. Configuration and data import take days, so clients go live fast.

AI-Assisted BuildHuman-GovernedLive in Days

Ready to run your business from one system?

ForgeBOS is fully configured to your workflow before go-live - visit forgebos.com for a demo, or talk to us about what a business operating system could replace for you.

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