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ARISTRAL Platform Overview · 2026
The AI-native point-of-sale platform
POSENGINE
Built from the ground up for UK cafés, restaurants, and independent retailers — with AI agents running the back-office work owners would rather not.
Product POS ENGINE
By Aristral — aristral.com
Market United Kingdom
Date April 2026
270K+
UK hospitality & independent retail SMBs live on the platform's target market
8
Native UK payment rails supported on day one, from contactless to Pay by Bank
Multi-site
Multi-tenant, multi-role architecture — from single site to national group
ARISTRAL POS ENGINE · 02 / 11
The Problem

UK high streets are stuck with POS tools built for someone else's market.

Foreign payment stacks
Most POS platforms ignore Faster Payments, Pay by Bank, and UK-first card UX. Stripe, Worldpay, and SumUp sit outside the till instead of inside the flow.
Hardware-first, offline-fragile
Independents pay £1,200+ upfront for locked-in terminals, then lose sales the minute the café's 4G drops. No graceful offline mode. No device freedom.
No multi-site scale
Single-shop tools break the moment a group opens site two. Managers have nowhere to centralise menus, pricing, staff, or stock across locations.
ARISTRAL POS ENGINE · 03 / 11
The Solution

One POS. Every site. Built for the UK.

POS ENGINE is a cloud-native, multi-tenant point-of-sale platform designed from the ground up for UK cafés, restaurants, and independent retailers — with AI agents handling the work owners would rather skip.

Native UK payment rails — Stripe, Worldpay, SumUp, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Pay by Bank baked in
GBP-first receipts with full VAT handling and Making Tax Digital exports built in
Multi-site, multi-role from day one — one login for every branch in the group
Real-time dashboards, not end-of-day spreadsheet exports or paper cash-up sheets
Today · Live
Shoreditch Branch · London
£2,840
↑ 18% revenue vs. yesterday
Flat White× 52£260
Fish & Chips× 18£234
Sourdough Toastie× 24£108
Full English× 42£546
Live on every device. Every branch. Every second.
ARISTRAL POS ENGINE · 04 / 11
How It Works

A three-tier architecture, ready from day one.

One platform serves platform operators, groups running multiple sites, and the counter staff on the ground — each with the view they actually need.

Tier 01 · Super Admin
Platform Operator
Manage every account, subscription plan, and invoice. Impersonate any group for white-glove support. Push platform updates to every tenant in one move.
Tier 02 · Account
Group / Business
Run multiple sites, invite team members, configure payment methods, and set branch-level pricing, menus, and themes — all from one central dashboard.
Tier 03 · Branch
Single Site
POS, kitchen display, orders, products, customers, and expenses — every daily-ops tool the counter, kitchen, and office need to run the shift.
ARISTRAL POS ENGINE · 05 / 11
The Product

Everything a modern venue needs. Nothing it doesn't.

Point of Sale
Fast, category-filtered product grid, cart, split bills, and receipt flow — tuned for one-handed use on a tablet at peak service.
Order Kanban
Pending → Preparing → Served → Paid, with prep timers and colour-coded alerts when a ticket ages past target.
Live Analytics
Hourly revenue, category mix, payment breakdown — every chart filterable from today back to any custom date range.
Customer Profiles
Auto-flag VIPs after 10 orders or £200 spent. Track preferences, allergens, and visit frequency for every repeat customer.
Expense Tracking
Localised categories — energy, business rates, rent, wages, supplies — with receipt capture and MTD-ready exports.
Kitchen Display
Dedicated screen so the kitchen never misses a ticket — ticket printers optional, station routing built in.
ARISTRAL POS ENGINE · 06 / 11
Localisation

Built for the UK — not ported to it.

Every localisation detail most SaaS tools leave to "Plugin #47", POS ENGINE ships by default.

8
UK payment rails, day one
Cash Chip & PIN Contactless Apple Pay Google Pay Stripe Worldpay SumUp Pay by Bank
GBP-first currency
Every figure, receipt, and report formatted in Pounds Sterling by default. No currency plugin. No decimal-comma surprises.
Email, SMS & wallet receipts
Digital-first receipts with WhatsApp Business, Apple Wallet, and Google Wallet pass sharing built in. Paper roll optional.
Localised expense categories
Energy, business rates, rent, wages, stock — the line items UK owners actually track, pre-mapped to HMRC-friendly exports.
GMT / BST aware, VAT-ready
Timestamps, VAT handling, and Making Tax Digital exports that match UK operations out of the box — no timezone fudging.
ARISTRAL POS ENGINE · 07 / 11
Real-time Analytics

Every decision, backed by live data.

Category-level sales, payment-method breakdowns, and hourly revenue curves — filterable from today back to any custom date range.

Hourly Revenue
Today · Shoreditch
£5,342
↑ 22% vs. last Tuesday
06:0010:0014:0018:0022:00
Payment Method Mix
Last 7 Days
£38.4K
1,842 transactions
Contactless & Chip & PIN48%
Apple Pay22%
Google Pay14%
Cash9%
Pay by Bank & other7%
ARISTRAL POS ENGINE · 08 / 11
Roles & Security

Role-based access — designed around real operations.

Owners see everything. Cashiers see the till. Accountants see the books. No configuration headaches, no hidden toggles.

Role POS Orders Products Dashboard Team & Billing
Owner ✓✓✓✓✓
Admin ✓✓✓✓✓
Site Manager ✓✓✓✓—
Cashier ✓✓———
Accountant —✓—✓—
Row-level security isolates every tenant. Every invitation, permission, and action logged to an immutable activity trail. GDPR-aligned by default.
ARISTRAL POS ENGINE · 09 / 11
Market Opportunity

A massive, underserved market — digitising now.

The UK's hospitality and independent retail sector is moving off legacy terminals and paper cash-ups onto cloud-native tools — with contactless and Open Banking leading the shift.

270K+
Hospitality & independent retail SMBs
Hospitality and independent retail across the United Kingdom
~60%
Still on legacy terminals or spreadsheets
Untapped opportunity for a cloud-native, AI-assisted POS
2×
YoY growth in contactless & Pay by Bank volume
UK Finance & Open Banking Implementation Entity data
Sources: UK Finance, ONS, UKHospitality, Open Banking Implementation Entity (directional estimates).
ARISTRAL POS ENGINE · 10 / 11
Business Model

SaaS pricing. Priced for UK operators.

Three tiers that match every operator — from single-site cafés to multi-site groups and white-label rollouts.

Starter
£39
per month · per site
1 site
Up to 3 users
POS + Orders + Receipts
Email support
Growth — Most Popular
£89
per month · per site
Unlimited users
Full analytics & dashboards
All UK payment methods
Kitchen Display + Expenses
Priority support
Enterprise
Custom
volume pricing
Unlimited sites
White-label option
API & webhook access
Dedicated account manager
ARISTRAL

Let's digitise the UK high street.

POS ENGINE is shipping today. Ready to run your first shift this week — across London, Manchester, Birmingham, and every UK high street in between.

Aristral
admin@aristral.com
aristral.com
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