Fractional CTO Services · London

Fractional CTO Retainer

For creative agencies and growing startups that need ongoing technical leadership without committing to a full-time hire.

A full-time CTO costs £150k+ before equity. Most retainer clients are running on 2–4 days per week — enough to make the decisions that matter, without the overhead.

• — Weekly technical strategy and architecture reviews
• — Engineering team oversight and mentorship
• — Technology roadmap planning and prioritisation
• — Vendor and partner evaluation
• — Stakeholder and client technical communication

AI Development Workshop

For product teams that want structured AI-assisted development workflows — anti-slop practices, safe deployment, and velocity that scales beyond a single developer.

The Shipyard workshop: 2 days in-person, your team leaves with four working AI agents covering your full development lifecycle. Priced from £5,000 for up to 6 people.

• — Claude Code and AI-assisted development training
• — Structured team workflow design with review gates
• — Custom agent team creation
• — Half-day or full-day workshops
• — Online and in-person

Fixed-Scope Project

For founders and agencies that need a specific problem solved — a tech audit, an MVP, a team setup, or a system integration.

Quoted at a fixed price with defined deliverables — no time-and-materials ambiguity. Tech audits typically turned around in 5 working days.

• — Scoped deliverables with clear outcomes
• — Tech stack and architecture decisions
• — MVP builds and proof-of-concept development
• — Agency build rescue and quality review
• — System integration and automation setup

Technical Due Diligence

For investors, acquirers, and founders who need an independent expert assessment of a codebase, team, or technology decision.

Delivered as a written report within 5 working days. Covers codebase quality, architecture risk, team capability, and a prioritised buy-vs-build recommendation.

• — Codebase quality and maintainability assessment
• — Architecture risk analysis
• — Team capability and process evaluation
• — Buy-vs-build recommendation
• — Written report with prioritised findings and risk rating