The service
Advisory Retainer
£495/month
£495/month, rolling, about 1 day a month of advice and design reviews.
Architecture
Architecture as a service
The service is a monthly retainer of advice and design reviews. A health check is a good place to start if you want a written view first. Separate from the website packages.
Websites for UK businesses; onsite IT support across Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
We’ve led architecture for a global airline’s new digital platform and for integration work during a major international logistics merger.
Ways to start
Architecture Health Check
£995
A good place to start. 2–3 days of review, then a written report with a prioritised fix list and a walkthrough call. The £995 is credited against any follow-on work.
Day rate
£450
£450 a day, or £250 for a half day.
Enterprise and larger organisations
Support for platform architecture, integration, and merger or migration programmes, including microservices, Kubernetes, and API gateways.
By conversation, scoped per engagement.
What you get
A short piece of writing and pictures you can hand to whoever builds it.
The parts, and what they own
Which piece stores what, which piece may change it, and which piece may only read it.
What to build first
The first slice, and what to leave until there is a real constraint. A folder can be a boundary. A new service often should not be.
A health check, in writing
A written report, a prioritised fix list, and a walkthrough call. The £995 is credited against any follow-on work.
Diagrams for the brief
Context, then the containers inside it. The pictures below are examples. Yours would be drawn for the brief.
Who it is for
Who it’s for
- A founder or a tech lead who needs the system clear before anyone builds the wrong thing.
- A small team about to split a system, or about to commit to a cloud setup.
- A larger organisation on platform architecture, integration, or a merger or migration programme.
Who it isn’t for
- A website. Those packages, with prices, are on the offer page.
- A build disguised as a diagram. We write the design and review it. A build is a separate conversation.
- A 24/7 operations desk. Local IT support, where we offer it, says the same.
Example designs
Three themes. Each one shows the system in context, then the containers inside it. They are examples, not a named client’s system.
Airline digital platform
Post-merger logistics
Kubernetes platform
Read more
Plain-English notes on the same subjects.
Microservices Explained: Does Your Small Business Actually Need Them?
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What an Architecture Review Actually Involves (and What You Get)
A plain-English guide for UK small businesses to what an IT architecture review covers, how it works, what you receive and when one is worth it.
Questions
Is this a website package?
No. Foundational, Expert, and Expert Pro are on the offer page. Architecture is a separate piece of work.
What does the health check include?
2–3 days of review, then a written report with a prioritised fix list and a walkthrough call. The £995 is credited against any follow-on work.
What does a larger programme cost?
By conversation, scoped per engagement. We do not publish a figure until the brief is known.
Who is it for?
A founder or a tech lead who needs the system clear first, and a larger organisation on platform architecture, integration, or a merger or migration programme.
Ask us
Tell us whether this is architecture, a larger programme, or that you are not sure. We reply within one working day, Monday to Friday.