Leave it alone.
If it is doing the job, the best fix may be no fix.
Spreadsheet → software
Are you a freak in the sheets?
We turn complex spreadsheets into custom software.
Send us the messy version. We’ll tell you honestly whether it should stay a spreadsheet.
You’ll recognise this
It stopped being just a file.
A good spreadsheet can carry years of operational knowledge. The trouble starts when it becomes too important to stay a spreadsheet.
- ✓More than one person needs to use it.
- ✓Only one person understands how it works.
- ✓There are macros nobody dares touch.
- ✓You cannot use it properly on site.
- ✓It is hard to permission or audit.
- ✓It is too easy to break.
Four honest answers
Conversion is not the automatic answer.
Sometimes the most useful thing we can say is: leave it alone.
Make the sheet safer.
Tidy the workbook when the right answer is a better spreadsheet.
Plug it in.
Connect or automate it with tools you already use.
Make it software.
Turn the useful logic into fit-for-purpose software when the value justifies the build.
What’s usually inside
The specification is often already there.
Inputs → rules → calculations → outputs → exceptions.
A strong spreadsheet exposes the data model, business rules and operational knowledge.
How it works
One problem. One fix.
We start with the real work, not a technology preference.
01
Send the messA workbook, screenshots, report or rough description.
02
We qualifyWe say no if it is not valuable, bounded or worth solving.
03
We understand itPeople, rules, exceptions, current tools and baseline.
04
One bounded fixAgreed scope and fixed price.
05
Measure and reportCompare to the agreed baseline. No baseline, no claim.
What we ask you
The FS Sheet Audit.
Plus a copy of the workbook (dummy data is fine).
- What does this spreadsheet actually run?
- Who uses it?
- Who understands it?
- How often is it used?
- What is the most annoying or dangerous part?
- What would become better if this stopped being a spreadsheet?
Run it your way
You choose the operating model.
The solution should suit the job, including where it runs.
FS-hosted
FS can host the agreed solution, with operating boundaries written down clearly.
Your infrastructure
We can set it up on infrastructure you control.
What the first engagement looks like
Start with one process.
- A 20-minute conversation about one process — free and bounded.
- If it needs proper diagnosis, we say so and price that separately.
- One contained fix at a fixed price agreed before we start, with testing, handover and a defined defect-support period.
If the problem is clear enough to quote responsibly, we quote it. We don't sell you discovery you don't need.
What you own afterwards
No difficult exit.
You own the solution and your data.
Hosting with us or on your infrastructure: your choice.
Any third-party subscription costs are named up front.
Who maintains it, what support includes and how leaving works are written down.
Who does the work
Tufi, founder of Fruition Solutions.
Tufi diagnoses the problem, designs the fix and builds it. The founder capability example below shows the kind of manual administration process that can become a working system; it is not a client result.
Custom for custom’s sake.
We will not build custom software when an off-the-shelf tool does the job properly.
Sell you a platform.
We solve the problem in front of us, not a generic platform.
Make up a win.
We will not claim a result we have not measured.
Founder capability example
The kind of work behind FS.
A national coaching-accreditation workflow once run through Excel and email by one person became a multi-admin system with user self-service and automated steps.
It shows the ability to understand operational work, turn a manual process into a practical IT solution, and design around real users. This is a capability example, not a client result.
Start here
Send us the messy version.
We’ll tell you honestly whether it should stay a spreadsheet.
How we handle your file: read our privacy note.