In developmentTechnology holding company · Sherwood, Arkansas
Priestley Holdings is a technology company first. We build software that makes everyday services easier to book, run, and pay for, then put it to work in service businesses we're building. Their profits will fund meals for neighbors experiencing homelessness.
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What we do
Priestley Holdings is a technology company. We build the software that makes modern services simple, then own the service businesses that run on it. One platform can power many companies, and that's why we're a holding company.
We design the software first: booking, scheduling, payments, and follow-up that make a service easy to buy and easy to run.
We're building service businesses that run on that software, starting with carpet cleaning. Their profits will come up to the parent to fund what's next.
2% of everything the group earns will go to feeding people experiencing homelessness. Every company we add carries that commitment.
The platform · in development
Most local services still run on phone tag, paper quotes, and payment apps that don't talk to each other. We're building one platform that handles the whole job, from the first quote to the follow-up, and running our companies on it.
Book
Book a cleaning
Pick a day
Pick a time
Example screens. The platform is in development.
Portfolio
Every company and program under the Priestley Holdings name, and the role each one plays in the group.
The shared software layer behind every company in the group: online booking, scheduling, routing, payments, and customer follow-up, built in-house.
Our first business, planned as the group's main source of revenue and the proving ground for our platform. Residential and rental carpet care using commercial hot water extraction, for Sherwood, Little Rock, and the surrounding area.
Websites and web apps for local businesses, built with the same tools we use to run our own companies.
Funded by the group to provide meals for people experiencing homelessness. We're building relationships with local outreach groups.
We're evaluating the next business and venues. Each one has to pay its own way and support the mission.
Mission statement
Priestley Holdings exists to make everyday services easier through technology, run them honestly, and turn what they earn into meals for the people our community too often overlooks.
Christopher Priestley, Founder
The meals plan
Here's exactly how Priestley Holdings will turn its work into meals for neighbors experiencing homelessness in central Arkansas: how much, how it's set aside, and where it goes.
One dollar of revenue, as 100 cents
Our commitment
2%
of gross revenue from every company in the group goes to the meals fund, starting with our very first paid job.
See what 2% adds up to
a monthFor example, a $250 carpet cleaning sets aside $5, and a $3,000 website sets aside $60.
Our platform splits 2% of every payment into a dedicated meals account. Nobody has to remember to do it.
We start by funding established outreach groups and meal programs in central Arkansas that already know the people and the need.
Once the fund is big enough, we sponsor meal days with our partners, and our own crew serves the food.
Customers can round up their invoice at checkout, and every cent goes into the same fund.
Every quarter we'll post what we earned, what we set aside, and where it went.
Why 2%? Businesses in 1% for the Planet commit 1% of their annual sales. We're starting at twice that: high enough to matter, realistic for a young company, and easy for anyone to check because it's tied to revenue, not profit.
How we operate
The standards every company in the group is held to, no matter what it does.
The founder is in the work. Decisions get made by the person who answers the phone and shows up to the job.
Giving back is built into how the group works. A new company joins only if it can carry the 2% meals commitment.
If a service is hard to book, schedule, or pay for, we fix that with technology before we grow it.
The founder
I grew up in Memphis, I live in Sherwood, Arkansas, and I started Priestley Holdings to build businesses that do real work and do some good with the money.
My background runs through fleet maintenance, retail, route logistics, electronics repair, property management, and customer service. Those jobs taught me how operations actually run and what customers actually notice.
I taught myself to code by running a Minecraft server that grew to around 22,000 players. Since then I've built full web applications, including reputation platforms for contractors and rentals and a serial number tracker for electronics, plus home automation and a catio for the two members of our board. That's why technology comes first here.
I'm earning a B.S. in Business Administration at Southern New Hampshire University, where I hold a 3.9 GPA.
Every holding company needs a board. Ours meets daily, mostly in the catio, and has never once voted against a nap.
Sets the agenda and approves every major decision, ideally from a sunny windowsill.
Reviews everything that comes through the door. Thorough, unhurried, and impossible to rush.
Contact
Partnerships, technology, local outreach groups, business ideas, or questions about the group. Reach the parent company directly.