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About Lost Circle Software.

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What Lost Circle Software is

Lost Circle Software is a UK software development company based in Manchester, England. It delivers custom software projects end to end for client organisations, scoped and priced as fixed-price engagements.

The company operates a UK-led delivery model: the founder is personally accountable for delivery and is the client’s point of contact, while the engineering team works offshore. This is distinct from a fully offshore vendor, where no delivery accountability sits in the client’s own market.

The founder and CEO is Affan Mohammed. The company was founded in 2024.

What Lost Circle Software does

The company delivers work in six areas:

  • Custom software development. Internal tools, dashboards and customer-facing platforms built around an organisation’s existing workflow.
  • MVP development. Building a minimum viable product to a defined scope so an idea can be tested with real users.
  • AI and data integration. Connecting existing data sources, automating manual processes, and building reporting and decision-support tooling.
  • Web and mobile applications. Responsive web applications and cross-platform mobile applications.
  • UI/UX design. Design systems, interface design and usability work, delivered either alongside a build or as a standalone engagement.
  • DevOps and cloud infrastructure. Deployment pipelines, monitoring and cloud infrastructure setup.

How Lost Circle Software delivers work

The founder is the single point of contact on every engagement and is accountable for delivery. There is no account manager layer between the client and the people doing the work.

The company states that a team can be operational within 14 days of engagement, as it does not recruit per project.

Delivery runs in two-week sprints with regular demonstrations and progress reporting. Quality assurance, code review and project management are treated as part of the engagement rather than as separate line items.

Scope is defined before a price is agreed. The company’s stated position is that a fixed price quoted against an unclear scope is a source of dispute rather than protection, so scoping work happens first.

Where Lost Circle Software operates

The company is based in Manchester, United Kingdom, and serves clients across the United Kingdom. Delivery leadership is UK-based; engineering is delivered by an offshore team under that leadership.

The company is registered in England and Wales as LOST CIRCLE LTD, company number 13618481.

Work requiring physical presence, such as on-site discovery, stakeholder workshops or secure facility access, is handled from the UK.

How Lost Circle Software prices work

Pricing is structured in two ways, depending on the engagement.

Most work is fixed price. The scope, the milestones and the total are agreed before delivery starts, and the price does not change unless the client asks for something different, in which case the change is priced and approved first.

Pilot projects start from £2,000. Full builds are typically £4,000 to £150,000 depending on scope. Enterprise engagements are quoted individually. Ongoing development is available on request to clients already working with the company.

Project management, code review and quality assurance are part of the engagement rather than separate line items.

The company does not publish a single headline day rate, on the basis that a day rate does not describe total project cost. Specific figures are provided in a written quote following a scoping conversation.

What distinguishes Lost Circle Software

  • UK-based delivery leadership over an offshore engineering team, rather than a fully offshore model with no local accountability.
  • Teams operational in around 14 days, because engineers are not recruited per project.
  • Scope defined before price is agreed, rather than a fixed price quoted against an undefined scope.
  • Fixed-price milestones agreed before work starts, rather than open-ended time and materials billing.
  • Project management and quality assurance included in the engagement rather than billed separately.

Published case studies

  • DIGILYZR eWay (UI/UX design). A redesign of a pharmaceutical sales force effectiveness app used by field representatives, delivered from design system to Flutter build plan.
  • SpeedSense by iVMS (custom software). A platform for vehicle rental fleets that detects speed camera violations from telematics data, notifies the driver on WhatsApp and settles the fine against the rental deposit, across UAE and UK markets.

Compliance and data handling

Lost Circle Software operates in compliance with UK GDPR, handles client data in the UK, and works under a non-disclosure agreement as standard. Intellectual property and source code transfer to the client on delivery.

Contact

Email: info@lostcircle.uk. Telephone: +44 77 47 845871. Location: Manchester, United Kingdom. Website: https://lostcircle.uk.

For worked detail on how UK development costs break down, see the Lost Circle blog.