Built for the UK boutique market

Yes. Junocal Starter is £29/month and Studio is £79/month (annual rates equivalent). Pricing is published in GBP on the pricing page. Your client-facing storefront prices in whatever currency you set in studio settings. Most UK studios run their storefront in GBP; studios with international clients can accept multiple currencies through Stripe's currency conversion.

Yes. Bacs Direct Debit is the standard recurring-payment mechanism for UK memberships, supported through Stripe Connect Standard. Members can pay monthly memberships by Direct Debit (lower processing rates than cards, no card-expiry interruptions) or by card. SEPA Direct Debit supported for European clients. ACH for US clients on the membership.

Yes. Junocal is built GDPR-first. Client data is stored in EU regions by default for UK and EU studios; data-residency is configurable on studio settings. Subject-access, right-to-erasure, and data-portability exports are one-click from the operator app. Cookie consent is managed by a granular banner with operator-configurable categories. Marketing emails respect double-opt-in by default for UK studios. Full GDPR documentation at /security.

Yes. Studio settings include a VAT registration number field and a VAT rate per service type. VAT-registered UK studios get invoices with the VAT breakdown automatically (net, VAT, gross). The Reports section exports VAT-summary CSVs for accountant handover at quarter-end. Studios under the VAT threshold can leave VAT off entirely. For Making Tax Digital, Reports exports import cleanly into Xero, QuickBooks UK, and FreeAgent.

Term-based courses are a first-class entity in Junocal — fixed sessions on a fixed slot, single up-front payment, swap rules, four-mode refund policies (no refund / medical-doc-only / pro-rata / full-minus-fee). Operationally significant for UK pilates and yoga where 8-week beginner courses, 6-week reformer foundations, and 200-hour teacher trainings are common revenue. Most US-built software treats terms as workarounds over recurring bookings; Junocal ships them as a dedicated schema, like Mariana Tek.

The UK market is dominated by Mindbody (largest installed base) and Glofox (UK-originated, now part of ABC Fitness Solutions). OfferingTree has strong UK uptake for solo instructors and small studios. Walla is growing in premium-positioned UK boutiques. Mariana Tek for reformer chains. Mindbody and Glofox cover the broad mid-market. For one-to-five-instructor UK boutique studios that want pick-a-spot, term-based courses, Bacs Direct Debit on memberships, and no annual contract, Junocal is the positioned alternative — see comparisons at /compare/mindbody, /compare/glofox, /compare/walla, and UK buyer's guides at /best-pilates-studio-software-uk and /best-yoga-studio-software-uk.

Most UK studios migrating to Junocal come from Mindbody, Glofox, or older bespoke systems. Playbooks at /migrate/from-mindbody, /migrate/from-glofox, and /migrate. Typical timeline: 5 business days from CSV export to live cutover. UK-specific data — VAT registration, Bacs mandates on active memberships, UK address formatting — handled by default. Bacs mandates technically need re-collection at platform change (mandates are between payer and merchant of record), but Stripe's Bacs flow re-collects seamlessly on the next membership payment with no operator intervention.

Yes — Junocal's earliest customers include UK boutique pilates and yoga studios in London, Brighton, Manchester, and Edinburgh. The product is built UK-first (Bacs, GBP, GDPR, term-based courses, VAT) with US as second priority. The founder is UK-based and customer support is UK-business-hours-first. For specific UK customer references, get in touch.