Software, design and research for NGOs.You own all of it.

I build what your organisation needs, price it by your funding, and hand over everything: the code, the docs and the keys.

Tell me what you need

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Software and tools

Tools your staff can run without calling anyone.

The spreadsheet only one person understands, rebuilt

A small web app that does what the spreadsheet does, with a screen anyone on the team can use.

Most organisations run on one spreadsheet with years of formulas in it. I turn it into a simple application with proper records, logins and an export button, so the work no longer depends on one person.

Ask about this: The spreadsheet only one person understands, rebuilt

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Dashboards and reporting

The numbers your board asks for, already added up.

Funder report generator

Turn the spreadsheet you already keep into the report your funder asks for.

You keep recording activity the way you do now. The generator reads that sheet and produces the funder’s template, with the totals, breakdowns and charts filled in, ready for you to check and send.

See the demo: Funder report generator
The funder report generator showing a quarterly progress report built from sample data for a fictional organisation: totals for sessions, attendances and spend, and attendances by month.

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Design

Clear enough for a funder, plain enough for everyone else.

Annual report design

Your year laid out as a document people read to the end, in print and as an accessible PDF.

I set your text, figures and photographs into a report with a clear order, readable type and charts that make one point each, and deliver the source files so next year’s edition can start from them.

Ask about this: Annual report design

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Research and policy

Evidence put in order, with every source shown.

Policy brief

A short, sourced argument written for the one decision-maker you need to reach.

I gather the evidence, check it, and write it as a brief that states the problem, the options and the ask, with every claim footnoted so your team can stand behind it in a meeting.

Ask about this: Policy brief

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Plans

What to do first, what next, and what it costs.

Digital plan

Which tools to keep, build, buy or stop, in order, with running costs you can check.

I look at the systems you use today, talk to the people who use them, and write a plan with each step, its cost and its owner, short enough that it gets read and specific enough that it gets done.

Ask about this: Digital plan

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How it works

Every piece of work runs the same five stages, so you always know where it stands and what you hold at the end of each one.

  1. Discover

    We talk through the problem, who it affects and what you already have.

    You get a short written summary.

  2. Scope

    We agree what will be built, what will not, and how we will check that it works.

    You sign off a written scope.

  3. Deliver

    I build it in small pieces that you can see and try as it grows.

    You get working versions to try.

  4. Hand over

    The code, documents and accounts move to you, and I show your team how to run it.

    You hold the repo, docs and keys.

  5. Support

    Optional: I stay on for fixes and changes, on terms written down in advance.

    Only if you want it.

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Pricing follows funding

There is no price list. We decide together, based on your funding, and write down why.

  • Free

    When your organisation has little or no money for the work, and it is work I can take on.

  • Grant-funded

    When a funder will pay for it. I help you cost the work into the bid, and the grant covers it.

  • Discounted

    When you have some budget of your own: a reduced rate, set against what you can afford.

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You own it

When the work is done, it belongs to your organisation, with nothing left that ties you to me.

  • MIT licence

    You can use, change and share the work, and so can anyone you choose to work with next.

  • Your repository

    The code lives in a repository your organisation owns, from the first commit.

  • Setup and user docs

    Written instructions for the person who runs it and for the people who use it.

  • Credentials transferred

    Every account, password and domain is handed to you and moved out of my name.

  • No lock-in

    Nothing depends on my accounts, so you can change supplier or bring the work in house.

  • Hosting and support, optional

    Paid extras you can take, change or stop at any time. The work is built to keep running without me.

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About

I’m Yashvardhan Singh, an independent freelancer trading as goodplotworks. I build software, dashboards and reports, design, research and policy, and plans for NGOs.

Each job follows the same stages, from a first conversation to a full handover, and is priced by what your organisation can afford.

Name
Yashvardhan Singh
Trading as
goodplotworks
Works
Independently, as a freelancer

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