What Computime does

Computime is a UK-based workforce management software and hardware provider founded in 1989 in Leeds. The company designs, supplies, and supports time and attendance systems for more than 800 British businesses across construction, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and NHS services, retail, hospitality, and education. The product portfolio centres on two platforms: Syncro Connect, a cloud-native SaaS platform with GPS-enabled mobile clocking and a self-service free trial; and Realtime, an installed workforce management suite with HR records, job costing, access control, visitor management, and fire roll call modules. The offering is completed by biometric (facial recognition and fingerprint) and RFID hardware terminals, including the FA1000 facial recognition unit and P22 portable terminals, all supplied and supported by the in-house Leeds team.

Underlying technology includes PUSH clocking terminals with up to 200,000 offline records, biometric templates stored as encrypted mathematical values rather than images for UK GDPR compliance, offline-capable mobile apps with location-stamped GPS clocking, and rule-based absence scoring via Bradford Factor calculations. The platform integrates directly with Sage Payroll and provides standardised export files for Pegasus, QuickBooks, BrightPay, Xero, IRIS, and ADP.

Computime generates revenue through per-employee monthly subscriptions (from £2 per employee per month, or £3 with the GPS mobile app, billed annually), one-time hardware sales starting at £395 per terminal, chargeable implementation and training services with a dedicated project manager, and add-on module subscriptions on the Realtime platform. Pricing is publicly disclosed, with no setup fees and no long-term contracts, supporting both a self-service product-led growth motion (Syncro Connect) and a consultative, direct-sales motion led from Leeds for larger Realtime enterprise deployments. The company is privately held, family-owned, and has operated without external venture or private equity investment across its 30+ year history.

Name

Computime

Legal name

Computime Ltd

Website

https://computimeuk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Computime is a UK-based workforce management software and hardware provider serving 800+ British businesses across construction, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, retail, hospitality, and education since 1989, delivering cloud and installed time and attendance systems with biometric and payroll integrations from its Leeds headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Management Software

NAICS

Payroll Services (541214), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Computer & Office Equipment (3570), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Payroll, Time & Attendance (BPACAPAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Time, Attendance & Scheduling Administration (BPACAIAE)

Keywords

• Time and attendance software
• Workforce management systems
• Absence management software
• Clocking hardware terminals
• Payroll integration software

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription (Per Employee): Core revenue from monthly subscriptions per employee. Syncro Connect costs £2 per employee per month, or £3 with the GPS mobile app, billed annually. This is the primary recurring revenue stream with no setup fees and no long-term contracts, allowing flexible scaling as customer workforces change.
2. Clocking Hardware Sales: One-time hardware sales including biometric terminals (fingerprint, facial recognition), RFID swipe card readers, and portable clocking devices. Hardware is supplied and supported by the Leeds team as part of the integrated offering, with terminals like the FA1000 facial recognition unit and P22 portable terminals available.
3. Implementation and Training Services: Chargeable professional services including implementation support, installation, in-depth training, and project management during deployment. The company allocates a dedicated project manager and works with experienced installers during implementation.
4. Realtime Platform Add-ons: Additional modules for the Realtime platform including fire roll call, visitor management, and access control sold as chargeable extras alongside the core system.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Computime provides time and attendance and workforce management solutions for UK businesses, delivered through two main platforms: Syncro Connect, a cloud-based time, attendance, and absence platform with GPS mobile clocking, and Realtime, an installed workforce management suite covering HR, time and attendance, access control, job costing, visitor management, and fire roll call. The platforms are paired with biometric (fingerprint, facial recognition), RFID swipe card, and portable clocking terminals, and integrate directly with Sage Payroll plus export files for Pegasus, QuickBooks, BrightPay, Xero, IRIS, and ADP.

Product overview

Computime offers a unified workforce management platform consisting of two main product tiers: Syncro Connect (cloud-based, mobile-first for remote and multi-site workers) and Realtime (installed software for larger, more complex workforces). The core platform includes time and attendance software as the central module, supported by integrated add-on modules for absence management, HR records, payroll integration, job costing, access control, visitor management, and fire roll call. Hardware options include biometric terminals (facial recognition FA1000, fingerprint) and RFID/swipe card terminals, all managed through the same connected software platform. Syncro Connect includes a mobile clocking app with GPS verification. The product ecosystem is designed for UK businesses, scales from 10 to 5,000 employees, and integrates directly with Sage Payroll with exports for Pegasus, QuickBooks, BrightPay, Xero, IRIS, and ADP.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Syncro Connect: Modern cloud-based time, attendance and absence platform with GPS mobile clocking for remote and multi-site workers.
• Realtime
• Realtime 7

Products and services

• Syncro Connect Cloud-based time, attendance, and absence platform with GPS mobile clocking for UK businesses needing mobile and remote workforce management without fixed hardware. Priced at £2 per employee per month, or £3 with the GPS mobile app, billed annually.
• Realtime Workforce Management Installed workforce management suite covering HR, time and attendance, and add-on modules including job costing, access control, visitor management, and fire roll call. Built for larger organisations with 100+ employees and direct Sage Payroll integration.
• Time and Attendance Software Core software module that tracks hours accurately across every site, with automated rules, anomaly flagging, and real-time dashboards. Captures clock-in/clock-out times, shift records, overtime, and absence data.
• Clocking In App Mobile application (Syncro Connect app) allowing employees to clock in and out from their own phone with GPS location verification, self-service holidays and timesheets, entitlement balances, push notifications, and offline working that syncs automatically.
• Absence Management Software Software module for tracking holiday requests, approvals, real-time entitlement balances, and Bradford Factor reporting, fully integrated with time and attendance for seamless absence tracking.
• Access Control Systems Commercial access control systems that manage who can enter buildings and specific areas, working alongside time and attendance with the same staff record governing both hours worked and door access permissions.
• Visitor Management Software Software for signing visitors in and out and keeping a clear record of who is on site, including contractor tracking and access to specific areas for safeguarding compliance.
• Fire Roll Call Management System Fire roll call management system for running safe, accurate fire drills and accounting for everyone on site during evacuations.
• HR Software HR reporting and records management software including employee profiles, in-depth reporting on absences and hours, analytics, an employee self-service centre, and Bradford Factor reporting.
• Employee Web Portal App Employee self-service portal allowing workers to access shift and holiday information, request leave, check remaining annual leave, and view their own records.
• Job Costing Job costing module within Realtime that tracks labour, materials, and overhead against budget in real time, replacing manual spreadsheets and paper timesheets to enable accurate project profitability tracking and faster billing.
• Payroll Integration Payroll data export module that sends approved hours, overtime, and absence straight to payroll software, including direct Sage Payroll integration and standard exports for Pegasus, QuickBooks, BrightPay, Xero, IRIS, and ADP.
• Facial Recognition Clocking Terminal (FA1000) FA1000 biometric clocking terminal using facial recognition for touchless staff verification, storing encrypted mathematical templates (not photos), controlling door access, and working in hygiene-sensitive environments.
• Fingerprint Clocking Terminal Biometric fingerprint clocking terminal that verifies staff by their unique fingerprint with touch-and-go operation, stores encrypted mathematical templates, and can control door access.
• RFID and Swipe Card Clocking Terminal RFID proximity and swipe card clocking terminal for staff to tap or swipe cards or fobs, supporting EM cards and fobs with optional Mifare or HID, door access control, and offline storage of up to 200,000 records.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25% of UK employees have received an incorrect pay cheque, often from inaccurate hours
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Sage PayrollcoreTechnology or IntegrationDirect integration partnership with Sage Payroll enabling approved hours, overtime, and absence data to flow straight into Sage with no spreadsheets or manual re-keying. Available on the Realtime platform and represents the deepest payroll integration in Computime's ecosystem.
• PegasussupportingTechnology or IntegrationPayroll export partnership providing standard export files that import into Pegasus payroll software. Removes manual data entry for Pegasus users with approved hours ready for import.
• QuickBookssupportingTechnology or IntegrationPayroll export partnership providing standard export files that import into QuickBooks payroll. Enables clean, approved hours data to flow into QuickBooks without manual re-keying.
• BrightPaysupportingTechnology or IntegrationPayroll export partnership producing standard export files compatible with BrightPay payroll software.
• Xero PayrollsupportingTechnology or IntegrationPayroll export partnership producing standard export files compatible with Xero Payroll.
• IRISsupportingTechnology or IntegrationPayroll export partnership producing standard export files compatible with IRIS payroll software.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Deputy: Deputy is a workforce management SaaS offering shift scheduling, time clocking (kiosk and mobile with GPS), and HR integrations — closely aligned with Computime's Syncro Connect mobile-first value proposition for multi-site hourly workforces.
• Timetastic: Timetastic is a UK-based absence management and time off platform used by SMEs — a direct SMB competitor in UK absence/time management, though narrower in scope than Computime's end-to-end workforce management stack.
• Planday: Planday (now part of Xero) is a workforce management platform for shift-based industries offering scheduling, time clocking, and payroll integrations — a direct competitor in the UK hospitality, retail, and multi-site verticals Computime serves.
• UKG (Kronos): UKG (formerly Kronos) is a global leader in workforce management and time & attendance, offering cloud platforms like UKG Ready and UKG Pro for shift scheduling, time tracking, absence management, and HR — directly overlapping Computime's Realtime suite for larger workforces.
• Rotaready: Rotaready is a UK-focused employee scheduling, time and attendance, and HR platform purpose-built for hospitality, retail, and healthcare — directly competing for the same vertical customers Computime targets with its mobile clocking and absence features.

Broad incumbents

• Personio: Personio is a European HR platform for SMBs that includes time tracking, absence management, and payroll integrations — overlapping with Computime's Syncro Connect segment but offering broader HR and recruiting tooling.
• ADP: ADP is a global payroll and HR services incumbent offering time and attendance as part of its broader workforce management portfolio — competing through scale, payroll integration depth, and enterprise reach rather than SMB-focused specialization.
• Sage HR: Sage HR is the broader HR platform from the same Sage ecosystem that Computime integrates deeply with — adjacent rather than purely competitive, but increasingly overlapping in time tracking, absence, and HR records for UK SMBs.

Emerging players

• Timeclock Wizard: Timeclock Wizard is a cloud-based employee time tracking and scheduling platform for SMBs — an emerging competitor in the lower-end UK and US SMB time tracking market where Computime's £2 per employee offering also competes.
• Breathe HR: Breathe is a UK SMB-focused HR platform offering absence tracking, employee records, and limited time tracking — an adjacent competitor in the same UK SMB segment where Computime's Syncro Connect competes for HR/ops buyers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/computime-systems

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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