Founded 2003 · 20+ years in field service

Built for field service.
From the ground up.

Clockwork IT has been building operational software for field service businesses for over 20 years. TotalCtrl is the result: not a generic platform adapted for the industry, but one built around how this work actually runs.

2003
Founded
Clockwork IT established
2010
TotalCtrl
Platform launched
2020
Banyan
Strategic investment
2025
Jerrold
AI operations layer live
Now
50+ customers
Across the UK
Our mission

Give every field service business
the operations team it deserves.

Most field service businesses run hard on thin margins, with planners doing work that systems should handle: chasing completion records, rebuilding schedules after changes, discovering SLA breaches after the fact.

We built TotalCtrl to change that. Not by adding features to a generic platform, but by building an AI operations layer, Jerrold, that understands how field service actually works and actively helps run the operation.

“Competitors build AI features. We build AI operations. That’s the difference between a dashboard and Jerrold.”

20+
Years in field service
Founded 2003
50+
Service organisations
Using TotalCtrl today
33
Jerrold tools active
Live today, not a roadmap
£385
Recovered per engineer
Per week on average
Our story

20 years.
One industry.
One focus.

Everything we’ve built has been for field service businesses. We haven’t diversified. We haven’t pivoted. We understand this industry because we’ve worked in it for two decades.

2003

Clockwork IT is founded.

Clockwork IT is established with a single focus: operational software for field service businesses. Not generic workflow tools repurposed for the industry. Software built from the ground up around how scheduled and reactive maintenance work actually runs.

2010

TotalCtrl is built.

After years working directly with grounds maintenance and facilities management businesses, the team builds TotalCtrl: a platform that connects quoting, scheduling, job management, field compliance and invoicing in a single operational system. No rekeying. No gaps.

2020

Banyan Software invests.

Banyan Software, a long-term operator of mission-critical business software with $1B+ annual recurring revenue across 150+ companies, acquires Clockwork IT. Their model is buy and hold: they invest for the long term, not to flip. For TotalCtrl customers, this means the platform will be here in ten years, actively developed.

2025

Jerrold goes live.

After two years of development informed directly by customer operations. Jerrold launches with 33 operational tools active from day one. Not a chatbot. Not a dashboard assistant. An AI teammate that monitors your business continuously, briefs your team every morning and actively helps run the operation. The product we've been building toward since 2003.

The team

The people behind
TotalCtrl.

CA
Chris Aspley
CEO

Joined Clockwork IT in 2006 and has built the business into what it is today. Over nearly two decades working directly with field service operations, Chris has shaped TotalCtrl from the ground up. Leads product and technical strategy.

JS
Jon Suddards
Chief Revenue Officer

Leads commercial strategy, customer relationships and growth across TotalCtrl's customer base. Direct point of contact for new business and strategic partnerships.

sales@clockworkit.co.uk
JW
Jack Waine
Chief Solutions Officer

Bridges the gap between customer operations and the TotalCtrl platform. Leads solution design, implementation and customer success, ensuring every deployment is configured around how the business actually works, not how software usually forces it to.

Get in touch

New business, partnerships and demos: our commercial team handles all enquiries personally.

Send an email →03300 577 170
Backed by

Banyan Software.
Long-term investment.

Backed by Banyan Software, a buy-and-hold acquirer of mission-critical software businesses. Not private equity. Not a platform flip. Banyan has $1B+ ARR across 150+ companies and holds them for the long term.

For TotalCtrl customers that means one thing: this platform will exist in ten years. Your data, your workflows, your team’s institutional knowledge. All of it is safe.

“We acquire businesses that serve essential workflows and hold them for the long term. TotalCtrl is exactly the kind of mission-critical software we build for.”

Banyan Software · Portfolio philosophy

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Banyan Software
Long-term operator · Buy & hold model
$1B+
Annual recurring revenue
Across portfolio
150+
Software businesses
Acquired and held
Buy & hold
Ownership model
Never to sell or flip
Mission-critical
Investment focus
Operational software
How we work

Six things we believe.

Built for field service. Only field service.

We have never tried to be a generic operations platform. Every feature, every Jerrold capability, every design decision is made for ground maintenance, facilities management, maintenance contracting and asset operations. Not generalised. Not adapted.

Proactive, not reactive.

We believe operational software should tell you what matters before you ask, not present a dashboard and wait. Jerrold was built on this principle. He monitors. He flags. He recommends. He doesn't wait to be queried.

The human is always in control.

Jerrold recommends. You decide. He will never move a job, reassign an engineer or send a customer communication without confirmation. This is a design principle, not a limitation. The intelligence is his. The authority is yours.

Commercial honesty.

We price by conversation, not by rate card, because the right structure depends on your business. We tell you if TotalCtrl isn't right for you. We don't pitch Jerrold as the answer to problems he doesn't solve. Trust is more valuable than a closed deal.

Long-term over short-term.

Backed by Banyan Software, we are not optimising for an exit or the next funding round. We are building software that field service businesses will still rely on in 2035. Every product decision is made with that horizon in mind.

Specificity over generality.

Jerrold's morning briefing for a grounds maintenance business is different from his briefing for an energy operator. Different compliance requirements, different scheduling constraints, different margin pressures. We build for the specific, not the general.

Jerrold is live today. 33 tools active

Ready to see TotalCtrl
in your operation?

30 minutes. No slides. We open the Scheduler, the Dashboard and Jerrold in scenarios built around your team size and job type.

No commitment · 30 minutes · Or email us: sales@clockworkit.co.uk · 03300 577 170