How it works
Clear engagement models. Fees sized to your firm.
Every engagement has a defined method, timeline and deliverable — and you know the number before you commit.
Our approach to pricing
Four commitments on fees.
Fees scale with your size
Bands are set by revenue, so a £10m firm pays £10m prices for the same method a £200m firm gets. The promise is the same expertise sized to the firm — not a cheaper version of it.
Fixed price, no scoping phase
Every engagement has a defined method, timeline and deliverable. You can start within days of saying yes, and you know the number before you commit.
Skin in the game on cost work
Cost & Contract Reset can carry a success element — for example 10% of verified year-one savings. Part of the fee only exists if the saving does.
Designed to pay for itself
We track identified value against fee on every engagement, with a 10× target. The Diagnostic or Growth Accelerator fee is credited against your first month of a fractional retainer.
Revenue bands
Which band you sit in.
Small
c. £5–20m revenue
- Typical situation
- No CIO; IT run by a manager or an MSP.
- What you need
- Confidence that spend is sane, quick wins, vendor and contract reset.
- Start with
- Diagnostic
Lower mid-market
c. £20–100m revenue
- Typical situation
- An IT team, but no board-level technology leader.
- What you need
- Roadmap, growth enablement, programme grip.
- Start with
- Diagnostic or Growth Accelerator
Mid-market
c. £100–500m revenue
- Typical situation
- A CIO/CTO gap, or a major programme in flight.
- What you need
- Fractional leadership, ERP and integration delivery, cost take-out.
- Start with
- Growth Accelerator or fractional retainer
Engagement models
The engagements.
Every engagement has a defined method, timeline and deliverable. We confirm a fixed price in writing before any work begins.
Diagnostic
2–3 weeks
Rapid review of technology operating health: spend, platforms, team, security basics and vendor contracts. Identifies savings, risks, untapped potential and quick wins.
You get: Board-ready report: findings, quantified opportunities, 90-day quick-win plan, 12-month roadmap.
Growth Accelerator
3–4 weeks
Finds revenue potential in what you already own: digital channels and portals, sales and service automation, data and AI opportunities, products your platforms could support but don't.
You get: Revenue-opportunity map with sizing, priority business cases and a delivery plan.
Cost & Contract Reset
2–3 weeks
A focused pass over vendor contracts, licences, cloud and infrastructure spend and duplicate systems. Targets savings that can be banked within the year.
You get: Savings schedule with owners and dates, plus renegotiation support.
Programme Rescue
Scoped
For a stalled or over-budget ERP or platform programme: independent review, reset of scope, vendors and governance, then delivery grip until it is back on track.
You get: Reset plan, restructured delivery, board reporting.
Fractional CIO / CTO
Monthly retainer
A seat on the leadership team one or two days a week, owning the roadmap, vendors, delivery and board reporting. Six-month minimum, then rolling.
You get: Ongoing leadership with a built-in exit — including help hiring a permanent leader when the time is right.
Common questions
Questions we hear often.
Bands are set by revenue: Small covers firms of around £5–20m, Lower mid-market around £20–100m, and Mid-market around £100–500m. If you are near a boundary, we will agree the right band with you before quoting.
Cost & Contract Reset can carry a success element — for example 10% of verified year-one savings — agreed up front. Part of the fee only exists if the saving does.
Fractional CIO / CTO retainers carry a six-month minimum, then roll monthly. That gives the engagement enough continuity to make a genuine difference, with a built-in exit — including help hiring a permanent leader when the time is right.
Yes. The Diagnostic or Growth Accelerator fee is credited against your first month of a fractional retainer if you go on to one.
Tell us what is stuck.
A 30-minute call, no charge and no pitch deck. If we are not the right answer, we will say so.