# Dopara Group Ltd

> A UK software studio. We build and run TenureBook — property portfolio software, priced per firm after a short conversation — and build proprietary databases, bespoke systems, portals, automations and websites for established UK firms. A Proprietary Database we built and run for a UK commercial-property firm — live in daily use — is the proof.

Contact: help@doparagroup.com · Registered in England and Wales (No. 17170040).

## Key facts
- Company: Dopara Group Ltd, registered in England and Wales, No. 17170040. UK-based and supported.
- Contact: help@doparagroup.com · https://doparagroup.com/contact · book a call at https://doparagroup.com/book
- TenureBook (property portfolio software, off the shelf): three plans — Standard (3 seats), Branded (7 seats, your logo on packs and reports) and Custom (up to 20 seats, we migrate your spreadsheets, priority support). Priced per firm; ask at help@doparagroup.com. Works in the UK, US, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
- Proprietary Database (bespoke, built around one firm): £7,000 to build, then £100/month to run — hosted, supported, and owned by the client.
- Websites: from £750 one-off, or £35/month hosted; larger builds from £2,950. Every project starts with a free review of the current site and a fixed quote.
- Systems, portals and automations: priced per project, fixed quote agreed before work starts.
- Proof: a Proprietary Database built and run by Dopara has run a UK commercial-property firm's whole portfolio since the start of July 2026. Tiber Course (tibercourse.com) is Dopara's own brand, on a site and platform Dopara built.
- Founder and build lead: Ben Makin. Guides are written first-hand from real builds and publish real prices.

## Pages
- [Dopara Group — TenureBook, property portfolio software](https://doparagroup.com/): TenureBook keeps your whole property portfolio in one book and drafts the board packs for you. A UK software studio that also builds bespoke databases, websites and systems.
- [TenureBook — property portfolio software | Dopara Group](https://doparagroup.com/tenurebook): TenureBook keeps every occupier, lease, key date, arrear and facility in one book — with board packs and reports that draft themselves from your own figures. Tell us what you hold and we will tell you what it costs.
- [Proprietary Database — built for your firm | Dopara Group](https://doparagroup.com/database): We build private databases for UK firms — your companies, assets, agreements and figures in one secure place, with every key date on screen before it bites. £7,000 to build, £100 a month to run. This page shows one we built — a Proprietary Database in daily use at a UK commercial-property firm.
- [Systems & portals — bespoke business software | Dopara Group](https://doparagroup.com/systems): Client portals, operations dashboards, internal tools and automations — built around how your firm actually works, as one joined-up system on one set of records. Fixed scope and price, agreed up front. UK-built and supported.
- [Websites — bespoke sites that turn visitors into enquiries | Dopara Group](https://doparagroup.com/websites): Bespoke websites for UK businesses, designed around your brand and built to turn visitors into enquiries. Start with a free review of the site you have now — you keep it whether you hire us or not.
- [What we build](https://doparagroup.com/what-we-build): Professional websites, client portals, internal business systems, databases and dashboards, automation, and proprietary databases for UK businesses. Fixed scope and price agreed up front.
- [How it works](https://doparagroup.com/how-it-works): Our process: understand the business, design the pages and screens, build a fixed-scope first version, test it on real work, then improve and expand.
- [Work — a live Proprietary Database | Dopara Group](https://doparagroup.com/work): A real system in real use: a Proprietary Database we built and run for a UK commercial-property firm — a private property-management platform. Their whole portfolio — occupiers, leases, financials and key dates — in one secure database. Built, and in daily use since the start of July.
- [About](https://doparagroup.com/about): Dopara Group is a UK software studio run by its founder, Ben Makin. He builds what it sells and keeps it running — websites, databases and the systems behind them, for established UK firms.
- [Get in touch](https://doparagroup.com/contact): Tell us about your project — a website, a system, a database, or a mix. We'll come back with what we'd build, what it would cost, and how long it would take.
- [Book a call](https://doparagroup.com/book): Pick a time that suits you — a short, friendly call about what you want built.
- [Privacy policy | Dopara Group](https://doparagroup.com/privacy): How Dopara Group Ltd collects, uses and protects your information — in plain English. UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.
- [Manage your subscription — cancel, change plan, invoices | Dopara Group](https://doparagroup.com/billing): Cancel a TenureBook subscription, change plan, add seats or query an invoice. Cancelling takes effect at the end of the period you have paid for, with no fee and no retention call.

## Guides
- [Custom database cost UK (2026): what it actually costs](https://doparagroup.com/guides/custom-database-cost-uk): A straight 2026 UK price guide to custom databases: real Dopara prices from £295 a month, what drives the cost up or down, and off-the-shelf vs bespoke.
- [Commercial lease key dates: how to never miss a break clause](https://doparagroup.com/guides/commercial-lease-key-dates): The dates every UK commercial lease needs tracked — expiry, break notice deadlines, rent reviews — with a free tracker template and real system costs.
- [Commercial lease management software UK: honest 2026 guide](https://doparagroup.com/guides/commercial-lease-management-software-uk): A straight guide to commercial lease management software in the UK: what each option really costs, with real prices, and when a spreadsheet is still enough.
- [How to manage a property portfolio (UK): system beats spreadsheet](https://doparagroup.com/guides/manage-property-portfolio-uk): How to manage a UK property portfolio day to day: the records you need, the dates that cost money, spreadsheet vs software with real prices, and the reports lenders ask for.
- [Professional website cost UK (2026): real prices, not ranges](https://doparagroup.com/guides/professional-website-cost-uk): What a professional website really costs in the UK in 2026: published prices from £750, market ranges to sanity-check any quote, and the five questions that expose a bad one.
- [Custom CRM: build or buy? An honest UK guide (2026)](https://doparagroup.com/guides/custom-crm-build-or-buy-uk): Build or buy a CRM in the UK: the real costs of each, when building genuinely pays, when it does not — and the middle option most people miss. From a studio that sells both.
- [Spreadsheet to a system: when to move, and what it costs](https://doparagroup.com/guides/spreadsheet-to-business-system-uk): When a spreadsheet stops coping, what actually breaks, and what replacing it costs in the UK. Real prices from a studio that does this build — plus when to stay put.
- [Landlord admin: spreadsheet, software, or a system of your own?](https://doparagroup.com/guides/landlord-software-vs-spreadsheet-vs-custom-uk): The honest three-way comparison for UK landlords in 2026, with real prices — including the option the software listicles never mention, and why most landlords should ignore it.
- [Custom, off-the-shelf, or Airtable? An honest comparison](https://doparagroup.com/guides/custom-vs-off-the-shelf-vs-no-code-uk): Off-the-shelf, no-code or bespoke? The 2026 three-way comparison for UK small businesses, with real published prices and the point each one stops fitting.
- [Website or system? Where the line actually falls](https://doparagroup.com/guides/website-vs-business-system-uk): A website brings people in. A system runs what happens next. The honest boundary for UK businesses — which you need, which to build first, and what joins them.
- [Off the spreadsheets: what one property system really took](https://doparagroup.com/guides/replacing-property-portfolio-spreadsheets-uk): A first-hand account of replacing a UK commercial-property firm's spreadsheets with a private database: the real timeline, what changed after launch, and what it cost.
- [After the build: what a custom system costs to run](https://doparagroup.com/guides/custom-software-maintenance-cost-uk): What custom software actually costs to maintain in the UK — the industry rule of thumb, what hosting really costs, what 'maintained' looks like week to week, and who owns it.
- [Permissions that stop the buttons, not the data](https://doparagroup.com/guides/user-permissions-small-business-software): Most business systems check who you are in the app, not in the database. Here is the difference, why it matters, and the questions to ask your software supplier.
- [Is your website dated? Seventeen checks, all measurable](https://doparagroup.com/guides/is-my-website-outdated-checklist): Not "it looks tired" — seventeen things you can actually measure on a homepage, what each one costs you, and the scoring we use to decide whether a site needs rebuilding at all.
- [Importing your spreadsheet: what the tests will not catch](https://doparagroup.com/guides/spreadsheet-import-what-goes-wrong): Moving years of records into a new system is where these projects actually fail. Here are the failures we found in our own importers, and the one question to ask your supplier.
- [Should you let AI use your website? Three different questions](https://doparagroup.com/guides/should-you-let-ai-crawl-your-website): Crawling, citing and training are separate things with separate switches. Here is the position we took on our own site, the reasoning, and the numbers behind it.
- [If your developer goes out of business, what do you actually own?](https://doparagroup.com/guides/software-developer-goes-out-of-business-uk): Paying for bespoke software does not make the copyright yours — under UK law the person who wrote it owns it by default. Here is what you do get, what happens if the supplier is struck off, and the four things to settle before the next invoice.
- [How long it actually took: three builds, with dates](https://doparagroup.com/guides/how-long-bespoke-software-takes-uk): Everyone answers this with a range. Here are three real projects with the dates they started and the dates they went live, what the dates do not show, and the one thing that decides your timeline.
- [You can have your data. Can you read it?](https://doparagroup.com/guides/getting-your-data-out-of-software-uk): Most advice about leaving a software supplier treats it as a data-protection question. It usually is not. Here is what the law actually gives a business, what an export is really worth, and how to test it before you need it.