Tikit

Legal Practice Management Softwaretikit.com

Tikit is a UK-headquartered software provider delivering cloud-native practice, case, and matter management alongside Time Capture billable-hour tracking to law firms primarily across the United Kingdom and Ireland, now operating as a subsidiary of OneAdvanced.

Company typePrivate
Founded1994
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Headcount251–500
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What Tikit does

Tikit is a UK-headquartered software provider specialising in cloud-native practice, case, and matter management for law firms, alongside its Time Capture (formerly Carpe Diem) billable time tracking solution. Founded in 1994, the company has built its products around deep UK and Irish legal compliance, with integrated accounts, billing guardrails, and document management via its NetDocuments partnership. Its technology stack is cloud-native, supports 24/7 access from any device, and includes AI-driven time tracking accuracy with pre-submission validation against billing rules, plus proactive security monitoring.

The business operates on a transparent per-user, per-month subscription model for both Practice and Case Management and Time Capture, sold directly to law firms via an enterprise field sales motion with phone and callback-based engagement. Customers identified in source materials include Clarkslegal, Hopkins Solicitors, and Merovitz Potechin. Tikit also operates the National Will Register, a centralised electronic will registration service.

Tikit has been acquired by OneAdvanced, a multi-sector vertical SaaS group serving legal, healthcare, education, and government, and now operates as part of that portfolio. The company's geographic scope is concentrated in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with no disclosed expansion beyond that corridor. Headcount sits in the 251-500 band, led by CEO Katherine Ainley, COO Simon Hill, and Development Director Mark Garnish. As a privately held subsidiary, no standalone revenue disclosure is available.

Tikit firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Tikit
Legal name: Tikit
Website: https://tikit.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 1994
Operating status: Acquired
Headcount range: 251–500 employees
Short description: Tikit is a UK-headquartered software provider delivering cloud-native practice, case, and matter management alongside Time Capture billable-hour tracking to law firms primarily across the United Kingdom and Ireland, now operating as a subsidiary of OneAdvanced.
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Tikit industry classification

Industry

Product category: Legal Practice Management Software
NAICS: Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)
SIC: Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)
akta.pro primary industry: Legal Practice Management & Case Management (BPAEAPAC)

Keywords

Legal practice management
Case management software
Time tracking software
Legal billing software
Will registration services

Where Tikit is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: London
HQ country: United Kingdom
HQ region: Europe

Markets served

Tikit business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

SaaS Subscription (Practice and Case Management): Cloud-native practice management software delivered as subscription service with transparent per-user, per-month pricing. Provides integrated accounts, matter management, and compliance capabilities.
SaaS Subscription (Time Capture): Time tracking and validation solution sold as subscription to law firms, enabling fee earners to capture and validate billable hours with AI-driven accuracy.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Per seat	Monthly	Per-user per-month subscription

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Tikit product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Tikit provides cloud-native legal practice management software to law firms in the UK and Ireland. Its portfolio centres on Practice and Case Management, an integrated client, matter, task, and accounts/billing platform, and Time Capture (formerly Carpe Diem), an AI-driven billable time tracking and validation solution. The suite is complemented by The National Will Register service for electronic will registration and search.

Product overview

Tikit, now part of OneAdvanced, provides a suite of legal technology solutions for law firms. The product portfolio centers on Practice and Case Management — a cloud-native platform for matter and client management with integrated UK-compliant accounts and billing — complemented by Time Capture (formerly Carpe Diem), a market-leading time tracking and validation solution. Together, these products enable law firms to manage clients, matters, billing, and time tracking within an integrated, secure cloud environment accessible from any device and location.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

Practice and Case Management: Cloud-Native, Integrated Accounts, Matter and Task Management solution designed to streamline legal operations
Time Capture

Products and services

Practice and Case Management

Quantifiable outcome

Boosting billable hours and improving realisation rates through precision time tracking

Companies that use Tikit

Customer profile

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Tikit technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Tikit partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

NetDocumentscoreTechnology or IntegrationNetDocuments is integrated as a key component of Tikit's legal tech portfolio, providing document management capabilities for law firms. The partnership enables secure document handling and storage within the broader practice management ecosystem.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Tikit competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Broad incumbents

Elite (Thomson Reuters): Thomson Reuters' enterprise legal practice management suite, competing head-to-head with Tikit in larger UK and Irish law firms. A broad incumbent with significantly deeper R&D and global distribution.
Wolters Kluwer: Global information services and legal software incumbent (TeamMate, LegalVIEW) with significant UK presence. Competes with Tikit in the broader legal technology stack though it does not focus on UK mid-market practice management.
LexisNexis (RELX): Major legal information and software provider with practice management and matter management products serving UK and Irish firms. A broad incumbent with overlapping customer base but a wider portfolio focus.

Direct peers

Aderant: Specialist legal practice management platform serving mid-market and large law firms with matter management, accounting, and timekeeping — the closest direct functional competitor to Tikit's Practice and Case Management product.
Clio: Leading cloud-native legal practice management SaaS with integrated time tracking, billing, and AI features (Clio Drafting, Clio Manage). Competes with Tikit in the UK mid-market and sets the modern UX benchmark.
Smokeball: Cloud legal practice management with automatic time tracking and matter activity capture — a direct conceptual competitor to Tikit's Time Capture AI-driven billing accuracy positioning.

Regional players

LEAP Legal Software: Cloud-native practice management platform dominant in UK and Australian small and mid-market law firms. Directly comparable to Tikit in target segment and cloud-per-seat pricing model, with stronger small-firm traction.
Eclipse Legal Systems: UK-focused legal practice and case management vendor serving mid-market and larger law firms. A regional peer with overlapping UK customer base and similar vertical specialisation.

Others

NetDocuments: Cloud-native document management system for legal — already a 'core' technology partner of Tikit. Comparable as an adjacent legal-tech platform and potential future integration or competitive vector for DMS-led practice management.
iManage: Enterprise document and email management for law firms, frequently integrated into UK and global practice management stacks. A peer in the broader legal software ecosystem and an alternative DMS partner to NetDocuments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Tikit financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Tikit leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Tikit funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Tikit M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Tikit

What does Tikit do?

Is Tikit a public or private company?

Tikit is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently acquired.

When was Tikit founded?

Tikit was founded in 1994. It employs 251 to 500 people.

Where is Tikit based?

Tikit is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, in the Europe region.

How does Tikit make money?

Two revenue lines are on record. SaaS Subscription (Practice and Case Management) is the primary driver. The others are saaS Subscription (Time Capture).

Who are Tikit's main competitors?

Broad incumbents on record are Elite (Thomson Reuters), Wolters Kluwer and LexisNexis (RELX). Direct peers are Aderant, Clio and Smokeball. Regional players are LEAP Legal Software and Eclipse Legal Systems. Others are NetDocuments and iManage.

Does Tikit have an API?

No public API is recorded for Tikit.

What industry is Tikit in?

Tikit's product category is Legal Practice Management Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAEAPAC, Legal Practice Management & Case Management. Its NAICS code is 54151 and its SIC code is 7371.