script monkey: business solutions using digital intelligence 
Bespoke application and database development UK
19th October 2026
Script Monkey are experts at relational database design and the applications that go with them.
We make bespoke database application development look easy. As a UK graduate trainee at Babcock in 1990, our owner was asked by the commissioning manager if he could write software to track all aspects of commissioning a petrochemical plant. A year later when FoxPro, a database application, was released, he wrote software called CCS (Commissioning Control System) to manage and control hundreds of thousands of data points typically found when setting a major plant to work. James' love of these applications, bringing efficiency and structure to even the most chaotic of scenarios, was born, and he has been developing them ever since.
There are few people who can say they have been designing databases for over 35 years. Our owner can, and this experience and confidence means that no matter how complex your business workflow, we can understand it through business analysis and bring structure, efficiency, and transparency to the way you work.
Why outgrow the spreadsheet?
Most businesses start out running on spreadsheets, and for good reason: they are quick, flexible and everyone has one. But as a business grows, the cracks begin to show. Several people try to edit the same file at once. Copies multiply until nobody is sure which version is correct. A single mistyped formula quietly throws out every figure that depends on it, and there is no record of who changed what, or when.
A well designed database solves these problems at the root. Information is entered once and used everywhere, rules stop bad data getting in, and every change can be recorded.
What a bespoke database gives you
- One version of the truth, shared by everyone, in real time.
- Multi-user access, so whole teams can work at once without overwriting each other.
- Security, with staff seeing and editing only what their role requires.
- Audit trails, showing exactly who did what, and when.
- Instant reporting, turning hours of manual collation into a single click.
- Room to grow, with a structure designed around your business rather than squeezed into someone else's product.
Platforms and languages
We can work using Microsoft Access, SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB and any other platforms using SQL. We can also work with NoSQL databases like MongoDB. We can wrap applications round these data sources using VB.NET, VBA, Pascal, C#, Python and web technologies like ASPX or by using JavaScript and its many libraries.
Choosing the right platform matters. Microsoft Access can be ideal for a small team in a single office, while SQL Server, MySQL or MariaDB come into their own when you have many users, several sites or need access through a web browser. We will recommend whatever genuinely fits your business, not whatever is fashionable.
Where possible, we build on the systems and licences you already own, so you get the benefit of bespoke software without a pile of new subscriptions.
Databases in action
Our construction stock management system linked ordering and stores to release cash tied up in forgotten materials, while our billing management case study replaced a manually tracked process with one where every step is auditable.
If you can describe what you want to achieve or how you want it to work, we can make it a reality and have your data structured and easy to report or audit on. During the process, we will make suggestions to take your application to new levels of efficiency and functionality.
Questions we often hear
Can you work with the database we already have?
Yes. Whether you want to extend an existing system, fix one that has grown unwieldy, or connect it to other software, we are happy to pick up where things are today.
Can you move us off our spreadsheets?
Absolutely. Bringing existing spreadsheet data into a properly structured database is one of the most common things we do, so your history comes with you.
What happens once it is built?
We roll it out in stages alongside your team, with training and support, so the new system is adopted with confidence.
We don't charge for a consultation and everything we do once engaged is fixed price, lump sum based on agreed specifications. Give us a try!
