Meeting every ship.

From the mouth of the Wear.

Foyboat Ltd makes quiet, careful software and apps for everyday life.

The name

On the Wear, a foyboat was the small coble that rowed out to meet the ships coming in past Roker.

Day or night, whatever the weather, someone was out there waiting for them.

One of them was Tommy.

Chris, who founded Foyboat, grew up with Tommy as part of the family, and named the company after him. Ships came in at all hours, and Tommy met them all steady and unhurried. Some people make the whole world feel that steady just by being in it, and he was one of them. If he said he'd be there, you never gave it another thought. He carried more than most people knew and made it look light, and around him you were looked after before you'd thought to ask.

Everything we build starts there.

Ships came in at all hours, and Tommy met them all steady and unhurried. Some people make the whole world feel that steady just by being in it, and he was one of them. If he said he'd be there, you never gave it another thought. He carried more than most people knew and made it look light, and around him you were looked after before you'd thought to ask.

Everything we build starts there.

How we work

The foyboatmen didn't build the ships or sail them. They met them, took a line ashore and made them fast at the right berth, so the crew could rest.

We work the way they did.

What we do

Foyboat Ltd is a small software company with its roots in Sunderland and a foyboatman's ethos: be there when you're needed, and do the job properly.

We build software for the quiet, skilled work that keeps everyday life moving. It meets what comes in and sees it safely to where it needs to be, so people can get on with their day.

We're starting at home, with software for family life, and going beyond it from there.

Everything we make is held to the same standard.

The same standard

Every product we make gets its own charter, a set of rules it's checked against. These four hold for all of them.

A person says yes: Our software suggests. You decide.
Built to need less of you: We'd rather you put the phone down. Good software gets out of the way.
Your data does your job: We use what we need to help you, and that's all. We never sell it.
Once, at a sensible hour: We tell you what you need to know, when it's useful, then leave you be.

Your data does your job: We use what we need to help you, and that's all. We never sell it.
Once, at a sensible hour: We tell you what you need to know, when it's useful, then leave you be.

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