JG Core
Things I’ve built, and the stickmen who look after them.
Every project below has a small world of its own. Draw on any of them. Sometimes you’ll help. Sometimes you’ll ruin someone’s day.
Draw a line between them. Whoever’s play you ruin will be sad about it. On a phone, tap the pencil first.
Live
CoreFi
Personal finance app and commercial finance brokerage
CoreFi is our flagship. A personal finance app for individuals, plus a commercial finance brokerage that helps advisers run funding deals for their business clients.
- Budgeting, tax, and wealth tools for individuals
- Commercial finance brokerage for advisers
- Business funding matching across lenders
Coins fall. He keeps the ones he catches. Draw him a funnel into the jar, or bat them away.
Live
Core Careers
Job matching and CV tools for job seekers
CV builder, salary benchmarks, and take-home pay tools for job seekers.
- Professional CV builder
- Job matching and salary guides
- Take-home pay calculator
She wants the job on the top ledge but can’t jump that far. Draw her a ledge or two.
Live
Revitaco
Operations and compliance tools for care providers
Operations, staffing, and compliance tools for residential and nursing care providers.
- Residential, nursing, and specialist care
- Compliance and clinical reporting
- Staffing and operations
The wool keeps rolling away. Draw a wall to stop it and save the carer a run.
Live
Civic Core Institute
Public spending transparency and place-level data
UK public spending comparisons, outcome analytics, and a place-level data explorer.
- Local authority comparisons
- Spending and outcome analytics
- Place-level data explorer
Public money pours in and most of it misses. Draw lines to send it into the buckets.
Live
Core Health
Evidence-based health information, recipes and tools
Recipes, workout programmes, and wellbeing tools for everyday health, written to be checkable rather than promotional.
- Recipe library with nutrition info
- Workout programmes for all levels
- Wellbeing calculators
He’s out running. Draw low lines for hurdles, or one at head height to make him duck.
Live
Core Holidays
Price tracking for UK package holidays
Records what UK all-inclusive package holidays cost across resorts, departure airports, dates and board basis, so the price history exists to compare them properly. The comparison and seasonality views are live; the booking-window trend is still in development.
- Comparison across resorts and departure airports
- Seasonality, board basis and party size
- Price history recorded daily
Draw a wave and he’ll surf it. The lowest point gets a price tag.
Live
Supercargo
Landed cost, stock and cash for Amazon sellers who import
Works out what a unit of imported stock actually costs (freight, duty and trade remedies included) and reconciles it against what customs charged, then plans from that number: when each listing must be reordered, what running out would cost, what the order plan does to the bank balance, and what Amazon owes back in refunds and lost stock. For sellers who are the importer of record. The site is live; the product itself is in build.
- Landed cost calculated, not typed in
- Order-by dates and cash planned from true cost
- Recoveries: what Amazon owes you, with claim windows
Draw chutes to guide the crates into the container. Anything that misses goes in the sea.
Live
Instrukt
Commercial lease reviews by independent solicitors
Instrukt introduces businesses that need a commercial lease reviewed to an independent, SRA-regulated property solicitor, who reviews it and explains it in plain English. Instrukt is not a law firm; the solicitor does the legal work. A practice platform for independent property solicitors is opening to members soon.
- Introductions to independent property solicitors
- A fee agreed before any work starts
- Practice software for solicitors, opening soon
He tips the first domino and the rest follow. Draw a line into the row to stop the chain.
Live
Core Blinds
Mobile quoting app for a blinds and awnings manufacturer
A guided quoting tool for design consultants working in a customer’s home. It replaces a printed price list and a hand-filled spreadsheet with a question flow that prices the job and shows its workings. Running as a pilot with one manufacturer.
- Guided question flow to a priced quote
- Visible workings behind every price
- Built for use on a phone, on site
The sun is in his eyes. Draw lines across the rays to shade him, or tap the window for the blind.
On hold
Core Commerce
Construction materials sourced direct, priced against UK retail
A construction materials trader that sources direct from international makers and sells to UK trade and retail customers, charging for the work of importing rather than a retail margin. Stone, doors, fixtures and joinery, landed in the UK.
- Direct sourcing from vetted makers
- Landed pricing set against UK retail
- Trade and retail supply
He stacks bricks until it all comes down. Draw a buttress against the tower to keep it standing.
In build
CoreTax
Tax intelligence apps for small-business accounting platforms
A family of tax intelligence apps that plug into Xero, QuickBooks, and FreeAgent, covering tax forecasting, property and construction tax, Gift Aid, expense classification, and an accountant practice dashboard. Built; not yet launched.
- Tax liability forecasting
- Property and construction tax tools
- Accountant practice dashboard
Tap either side to add weight. Draw a prop under the plank to help it balance.
In build
CoreVentures
SEIS, EIS, and R&D tax relief documentation for startups
A compliance and documentation tool that helps early-stage UK companies prepare SEIS and EIS and R&D tax relief paperwork, with audit-ready bundles the founder reviews and submits themselves. It is a documentation and workflow tool, not tax advice. Built; not yet launched.
- SEIS and EIS documentation
- R&D tax relief workflow
- Audit-ready submission bundles
The rocket launches on its own. Leave the sky clear, or don’t.
In build
Core RE
Property investment intelligence for UK investors
Property search, screening and portfolio tools for UK investors, covering entities and ownership structures, deal timelines, and shareable packs for advisers. Built; not yet launched.
- Search and screening across GB councils
- Portfolio, entity and ownership tracking
- Adviser-ready packs and timelines
Draw a line along the ground to mark out a plot. Someone will build on it and move in.
In build
Core Travel
Flight pricing intelligence and fare analysis
Flight price comparison, fare analysis, and trip planning tools. The earliest-stage of the ventures, and the least far along.
- Flight price comparison
- Fare analysis
- Trip planning tools
Help her land on the cheap fare. Lines catch the parachute.
In build
Undertow
An exploration game set in a layered Manchester
An action-exploration game set in a reimagining of Manchester city centre, built in layers that go deeper the further you dig. What you discover changes how the world behaves. In early development, in Godot; not playable yet.
- Manchester city centre, rebuilt in layers
- Knowledge as progress: discoveries change the world
- Early development in Godot
About
JG Core Ltd is my company. I build software and run it myself. CoreFi is the main product. The others are at different stages, and each one above says which.
I’ve always drawn stickmen, so they’re here to keep the projects company.