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Annual leave and desk booking, in one place

Holiday requests, sickness records, desks and meeting rooms for UK teams. Everyone can see who's off and who's in, and you pay one price for your whole company, not a fee per person.

Free for up to 3 people, with no time limit. No card required.

The Catapult dashboard: office presence for the month, a leave balance of 14 days remaining with the next leave booked, and the team presence tracker
  • One price per company

    Not a fee per person. £49 a month covers up to 25 people.

  • Free for up to 3 people

    It doesn't expire and needs no card. Sign up and start straight away, with no demo or sales call.

  • Hosted in London

    That's your database and the web app. The privacy policy lists every supplier.

  • Made for UK teams

    Bank holidays for England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, from GOV.UK.

Holiday requests without the spreadsheet

People pick their dates, and Catapult counts the working days, shows what's left and sends the request to the right approver. Balances stay up to date and everyone can see who's off.

  • Email and in-app notifications, with reminders if a request waits
  • Cover for approvers who are away
  • Your own leave types, working days and leave year
  • Carry-over and custom entitlements for each person, from Starter
  • Sickness recorded separately, with every view of a record logged
More about annual leave management
Catapult's Request Absence window: annual leave from 26 to 30 October, a request summary showing 5 of 20 available days and an approval process of Leila Haddad then Noah Caldwell
The real request window: 5 working days selected, 20 available and two approvers in line.

Stop the whole team being off at once

Set absence rules team by team. When someone asks for time off, Catapult checks the request first and shows any clash.

  • Limit how many people in a team can be off at the same time
  • Name people who can't be off together, so cover stays in place
  • Pending requests count too, and admins can override a rule when they need to
More about leave rules

Absence rules

Set limits on when people in Design can be off.

Check leave requests against these rules

How many people can be off at the same time

No limit1234

Up to 2 of the 5 people in Design can be off at the same time. Pending requests count too.

People who can’t be off together

Keeps cover in place: only one person in each group can be off at a time.

Priya and Amelia can’t be off at the same time.

Amelia HartJames O'ConnorPriya ShahHannah KimSofia Marin

Team Rules Conflict: Cannot be off at the same time as: Amelia Hart

The Absence rules window with an example team, and what a clashing request shows.

Desk booking that shows who's coming in

Pick an office day, see how many desks are free and which colleagues will be there, then book. No rota to keep up, and no coming in to find your team stayed at home.

  • Names and job titles, so you can pick the day that suits the people you need
  • Book a desk for yourself and anyone sitting with you
  • Meeting rooms by the half hour, from 30 minutes to four hours
More about desk booking
Catapult's Book A Desk page: each day of the week with the colleagues booked in and the seats still available
The real Book A Desk page: on Wednesday 7 people are in and 13 of 20 seats are free.

Usually that's two tools and two bills. Here it's one of each.

Leave and desks share one system, so the plan for the week is never split across tools.

  • The team presence tracker: 9 people in the office, 2 remote and 1 on leave, listed team by team

    Who's in, team by team

    The dashboard shows who is in the office, working from home or on leave.

  • The Book A Desk calendar for October 2026, with the selected week highlighted and days of leave booked marked in amber

    Leave on the desk calendar

    Bank holidays and your own leave are marked, and desks can't be booked on those days.

  • The office presence chart: 75% of people in, up 5.6 points on the week before

    Reports on how the office is used

    Office presence from desk bookings and availability against leave, from Starter.

One price for your whole company

Plans are priced per company, not per person. With 25 people on Starter that’s £1.96 each a month, and with 100 on Professional it’s 99p. Every workspace starts on the free plan, which doesn’t expire, and you can upgrade, downgrade or cancel from Settings at any time.

  • Free

    The essentials for a small team

    £0No card required, no time limit

    Up to 3 people

    Start free
    • Leave requests and approvals
    • Desk or room booking up to 3 days ahead
    • 1 building, 1 room
    • Email support
  • Starter

    For small businesses replacing spreadsheets and desk rotas

    £49a month for your whole company, plus VAT

    Up to 25 people

    Get started
    • Half-days, carry-over and custom allowances
    • Office and capacity reports (month to date)
    • Google Calendar and Outlook sync
    • 2 buildings, 10 rooms
  • Professional

    Recommended

    For growing organisations that need more control, reporting and sites

    £99a month for your whole company, plus VAT

    Up to 100 people

    Get started

    Everything in Starter, plus:

    • Multi-level approvals
    • Reports for any period, by team, room and person
    • 5 buildings, 25 rooms
    • Priority support
  • Enterprise

    For larger organisations that need no limits, onboarding and an SLA

    CustomPriced for your organisation

    Unlimited people

    Contact sales

    Everything in Professional, plus:

    • Dedicated onboarding
    • Priority support with an SLA
    • Unlimited buildings and rooms
    • Unlimited report exports

Every plan includes leave requests and approvals, sickness records, UK bank holidays, team rules, desk and meeting-room booking and the who's-in dashboard.

Compare every plan, line by line
FeatureFreeStarterProfessionalEnterprise
People325100Unlimited
Buildings125Unlimited
Rooms (desk areas and meeting rooms)11025Unlimited
Teams110UnlimitedUnlimited
Book desks and rooms ahead3 days30 days90 days1 year
Half-days, carry-over and custom allowancesNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Multi-level approvalsNot includedNot includedIncludedIncluded
Office and capacity reportsNot includedMonth to dateAny periodAny period
Team, room and person breakdownsNot includedNot includedIncludedIncluded
PDF report exportsNot includedNot included50 a monthUnlimited
Google Calendar and Outlook syncNot includedIncludedIncludedIncluded
SupportEmailEmailPriorityPriority, with an SLA

Prices exclude VAT. Paid plans are billed monthly or annually, and renew automatically until cancelled. Upgrades take effect straight away, charged pro rata; downgrades apply at the end of the period you have paid for.

Leave and sickness records are personal

Catapult gives you the controls to keep them that way, and the paperwork your own review will ask for.

  • Hosted in London

    Your database and the web app are hosted in London.

  • Two-factor sign-in

    Optional, or required for everyone or for people you choose, with a grace period to set it up.

  • Clear roles

    Employee, HR admin, facilities admin, billing admin and admin, plus the account owner.

  • An audit log

    Role changes, leave settings, rooms, integrations and security events, with who did what and when.

  • Private sickness records

    Sickness is kept apart from holiday, and every view of a record is logged.

  • Deletion done properly

    Employees can ask for their data to be deleted. Closing the account has a 7-day cooling-off period.

Questions before you start

Something not covered here? Get in touch and we’ll get back to you.

Who is Catapult for?

UK organisations that want leave, sickness and office bookings in one place, from small teams to companies across several sites. Free covers up to 3 people, Starter up to 25, Professional up to 100, and Enterprise has no limits.

Is Catapult's free plan really free?

Yes. It doesn't expire and you don't need a card. It covers up to 3 people, 1 building, 1 room and 1 team, and you only add payment details if you choose a paid plan.

Can Catapult match how our leave works?

Set your own leave types, working days, leave year and default allowance. On Starter and above you can also allow half-days, carry leave over and give each person their own entitlement. Team rules can limit how many people are off at once and stop specific people being off together.

Does Catapult work with Google Calendar or Outlook?

Yes, both. On Starter and above, approved leave appears in the Google or Outlook calendar you choose, filtered by leave type, and updates when the leave changes.

How do we get started?

Create an account with your email or Google, name your company and invite your team. There's no demo or sales call to book, and a short checklist on the dashboard walks you through allowances, teams and office locations.

Plan next week in Catapult

Free for up to 3 people, with no time limit. No card required.

  1. Create an account with your email or Google.
  2. Name your company and invite your team.
  3. A short checklist walks you through allowances, teams and office locations.