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Ballard Chalmers is one of the UK’s leading custom software development companies, specialising in enterprise applications on the Microsoft Platform.

We are principally dedicated to custom software development and integration for the Microsoft Cloud, as well as on-premises and hybrid systems. Our expertise is in Microsoft .NET and Azure, SQL Server, BizTalk Server, SharePoint Server and Xamarin. With over 30 years’ industry experience and as a Microsoft Gold Partner, we have a well-earned reputation for delivering our expert service in these technologies, and for doing so at sensible rates.

Our partnerships:

Microsoft Partners:

- Gold data platform
- Gold data analytics
- Gold application integration
- Silver application development
- Silver cloud platform
- Silver ISV

Crown Commercial Service Supplier
Certified ISO 9001:2008

Our Approach

With a heritage of over 30 years, the company is driven by its founders Geoff Ballard and Andrew Chalmers who have distinct backgrounds in technology and business, yet share the same desire to simply make software work better.

We deliver a flexible and mature approach to application development and have adapted methodologies and terms of business to suit the requirements of our clients. Our real-world business and technical expertise mean we are able to work with clients to find the best possible way of interpreting briefs commercially to deliver projects in scope, on time and in budget.

In the main, we provide IT executives and managers of large organisations with expertise and skills on an outsource service and technical partnership basis to help to achieve programme objectives. Our commitment to our clients is that we will bring the best possible expertise and skill to the partnership and deliver, on time and in budget.

We work with UK institutions and enterprises on a broad and varied range of projects. From designing and developing new applications that support business innovation and business process streamlining; to existing application modernisation, and systems integrations – particularly today with hybrid cloud systems, integrating online and offline enterprise systems securely and efficiently.

Our core services give us great flexibility to work with clients across any point of the development life cycle. 

Certifications/Compliance

ISO 27001
ISO 9001:2015
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Medway House, 18-22 Cantelupe Road, RH19 3BJ
01342 410223
$100 - $149/hr
10 - 49
2005

Service Focus

Focus of Mobile App Development
  • Hybrid - 100%
Focus of Software Development
  • AngularJS - 40%
  • .NET - 40%
  • C# - 10%
  • ReactJS - 10%
Focus of App Designing (UI/UX)
  • Full App - 100%
Focus of IT Services
  • Outsourcing - 30%
  • Cyber Security - 30%
  • Staff Augmentation - 25%
  • IT Consulting - 5%
  • Network & System Administration - 5%
  • Database Administration - 5%
Focus of Big Data & BI
  • Text Analytics - 10%
  • Data Engineering - 10%
  • Big Data - 10%
  • Business Intelligence Consulting - 10%
  • Data Migration - 10%
  • Data Warehousing - 10%
  • Data Science - 10%
  • Data Analytics - 10%
  • Data Mining - 10%
  • Data Visualization - 10%
Focus of Cloud Computing Services
  • Azure - 20%
  • Private Cloud - 20%
  • Hybrid Cloud - 20%
  • Cloud Security - 20%
  • Public Cloud - 20%
Focus of Implementation Services
  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM Consulting - 25%
  • Microsoft Dynamics ERP Consulting - 25%
  • Microsoft Sharepoint Consulting - 25%
  • Office 365 Consulting - 25%

Ballard Chalmers's exceptional Maintenance & Support services give clients a considerable advantage over the competition.

Industry Focus

  • Financial & Payments - 30%
  • Business Services - 15%
  • NGOs - 15%
  • Utilities - 15%
  • Public Sector - 10%
  • Education - 5%
  • Manufacturing - 5%
  • Startups - 5%

Client Focus

10% Small Business
90% Midmarket Business

Review Analytics of Ballard Chalmers

5
Total Reviews
5.0/5
Overall Rating
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Recent Reviews

What Users Say

Web app further development and back end integra
Robert Parsons
Robert Parsons, IT Manager at Jacksons Fencing
They are a real pleasure to work
Greg Morley
Greg Morley , CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
A pleasure to work with
Sean Tubbs
Sean Tubbs, Founding Partner at Notbinary
Perfect fit for our business
Boyd Neal
Boyd Neal, Director at AppCan Ltd
Expertise you can count on
Lucy Jarman
Lucy Jarman, Co-founder, CEO at RATIO CREATIVE

What Users Like The Most

  • Great team with the expertise to get to the heart of the matter and problem solve in a mature and pragmatic way.
  • Competent and easy to deal with.

What Users Like The Least

  • Cheesy, I know, but I can't think of anything. Can't wait to work with them again!
  • Very happy with all services used

Detailed Reviews of Ballard Chalmers

5.05 Reviews
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Robert Parsons
Robert Parsons, IT Manager at Jacksons Fencing
Posted on Apr 30, 2019

Web app further development and back end integra

Ballard Chalmers undertook further web app development to existing application. They were very quick to understand our requirements. Were able to create a complete test environment within azure in record fast time. Fully understood the the existing connectivity solution into our back end systems. Provided further enhancements and on going support. They are a pleasure to deal with being polite knowledgable together with considerable technical skills.

What service was provided as part of the project?

Mobile App Development, App Designing (UI/UX), Maintenance & Support

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Competent and easy to deal with.

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

Very happy with all services used

Rating Breakdown

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  • Schedule & Timing
  • Communication
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Project Detail

  • $0 to $10000
Greg Morley
Greg Morley , CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Posted on Apr 19, 2019

They are a real pleasure to work

We were looking for an expert SharePoint support partner. Ballard Chalmers came highly recommended by a colleague who had used them at his previous organisation. We had an initial meeting with Ballard Chalmers and were immediately confident that they were the right fit for us. We’ve now been working with Ballard Chalmers for almost a year and a half and they’ve assisted us in several areas including SharePoint Support and SharePoint consultancy to help us migrate from a 3rd party intranet solution to ‘Modern’ SharePoint Online. The largest project to date has been developing an application to help us migrate data from three legacy document management solutions to Oracle Aconex, a SaaS document management solution specific to the AEC sector. The data migration project has a high value to our organisation because construction projects require a lengthy period of document retention and the integrity of the data is paramount. We would not have had the same confidence in another company to deliver at such an exceptional level. Ballard Chalmers has consistently exceeded our expectations in terms of teamwork, deadlines, cost and quality of deliverables. They are a real pleasure to work with and I often joke that they are one of my few IT providers that help me sleep at night. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them highly to other organisations.

What service was provided as part of the project?

Software Development

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Sean Tubbs
Sean Tubbs, Founding Partner at Notbinary
Posted on Apr 16, 2019

A pleasure to work with

Ballard Chalmers quickly understood our requirement and deployed the right people to deliver the work effectively. The team were extremely professional and highly competent. They had intimate knowledge of the wider Microsoft stack and they drew on the wider experience within the company to ensure they delivered high quality work.

What service was provided as part of the project?

IT Services

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Project Detail

  • $0 to $10000
Boyd Neal
Boyd Neal, Director at AppCan Ltd
Posted on Aug 23, 2018

Perfect fit for our business

We were looking for a new software development partner to take our software product to the next level, and to provide on-going support. After searching for the right partner for quite a while, we came across Ballard Chalmers. It quickly became apparent they were the perfect fit for our business. The professionalism, technical ability and quality of the people who work at Ballard Chalmers shone through.

Since March 2018, they have been supporting and developing our product and we have already made huge advancements in a relatively short time. The care and attention that is applied to the work they have done, the ability to resolve issues quickly, first rate communication and outstanding approach to project management all contribute to the success.

Having been in Information Technology for 30 years, I have never worked with such an agile company before, and I very much doubt we would have made these advancements with any other software partner. It really has been a breath of fresh air to work with Ballard Chalmers and I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending them.

What service was provided as part of the project?

Mobile App Development

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Lucy Jarman
Lucy Jarman, Co-founder, CEO at RATIO CREATIVE
Posted on Aug 14, 2018

Expertise you can count on

“Ballard Chalmers built a .NET/SQL application for one of our Fortune 500 clients that totally exceeded expectations. They rapidly turned complex business processes and a SKU list of thousands into an easy to use application that enabled our client to run a very successful Partner awards programme. Three other areas of the business adopted the solution too, each tailored to meet their specific needs. At every point Ballard Chalmers brought expert technical knowledge combined with ability to make the complex and often confusing simple and organised. I wholeheartedly recommend Ballard Chalmers.”

What service was provided as part of the project?

Software Development, App Designing (UI/UX)

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Great team with the expertise to get to the heart of the matter and problem solve in a mature and pragmatic way.

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

Cheesy, I know, but I can't think of anything. Can't wait to work with them again!

Rating Breakdown

  • Quality
  • Schedule & Timing
  • Communication
  • Overall Rating

Project Detail

  • $50001 to $200000