Your CTO.
One day a month.

Senior technology leadership embedded in your business — strategy, decisions, investor presentations, and direct access — for less than 25% of the cost of a full-time hire.

£150k+/yr → £4,000 /month

Save over £100,000/year vs a full-time CTO. No pension. No NI. No hardware. No notice period.

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The Problem

You need a CTO.
You can't justify a CTO.

A full-time CTO costs £120,000–£180,000 in salary alone. Add employer's NI, pension contributions, equipment, office space, and management overhead and you're looking at £150,000–£220,000 per year. For most businesses between £500k and £10M in revenue, that's a hire you can't afford to make — but also can't afford not to.

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Expensive mistakes on repeat

You've spent £30k+ on an agency build that doesn't work, chosen the wrong platform, or hired a developer who couldn't deliver. Without technical leadership, every decision is a coin flip.

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Gambling on tech hires

Should you hire a React developer or use no-code? Go with an agency or a freelancer? A wrong hire costs £40k+ in salary, recruitment fees, and lost time. You need someone who knows.

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Data you can't trust

Your business runs on spreadsheets and gut feel. You know the numbers matter but nobody's built the dashboards, the reporting, or the data strategy to make decisions with confidence.

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Investors want a tech story

You're raising capital or pitching partnerships, but your technology narrative is thin. You need someone who can present a credible roadmap and answer hard technical questions.

The Maths

The real cost of a full-time CTO

Most founders compare my fee to a consultant's day rate. That's the wrong comparison. Compare it to what you'd actually pay for this level of leadership on your payroll.

Full-Time CTO (PAYE)
What you'd actually pay
Base salary£120,000
Employer's NI (15.05%)£16,260
Pension contribution (5%)£6,000
Equipment (laptop, monitors, software)£3,500
Office space / desk£6,000
Recruitment fees (20%)£24,000
Health / insurance benefits£2,400
Training & development£2,000
28 days holiday + sick pay£13,200
Management overhead£5,000
Total annual cost £198,360
YOU PAY THIS
The CTO Day (Monthly)
What you pay me
Monthly retainer£4,000
Employer's NI£0
Pension£0
Equipment£0
Office space£0
Recruitment fees£0
Benefits£0
Holiday / sick pay£0
Notice period if it's not working30 days
Total annual cost £48,000
You save £150,360/year — and you can cancel with 30 days' notice. Try doing that with a PAYE hire on a 6-month notice period.
How It Works

Your CTO Day, every month

This isn't a phone call with some slides. It's a full day of embedded technology leadership — the same calibre of decisions a £150k CTO would make — compressed into a structured, high-output monthly rhythm.

1

Background Research & Preparation

Before your CTO Day, I do the homework. I review your tech stack, research your market, analyse competitor technology choices, and prepare recommendations — so we don't waste a single minute of the day itself.

Done before the day — no charge
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The CTO Day (In-Person or Virtual)

A full day working alongside you and your team. We tackle whatever's most critical: tech strategy, vendor evaluations, hiring decisions, data infrastructure, investor prep, architecture reviews, or hands-on problem solving. The agenda is set by your priorities.

Your day, your priorities
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Deliverables & Documentation

After each CTO Day, you receive written documentation: an updated roadmap, decision log, action items, and a recorded Loom walkthrough so your team can act without waiting for you to relay everything.

Delivered within 48 hours
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Direct Access Between Days

You get my direct phone number and email. Quick question about a tech decision? Call me. If it relates to work from the CTO Day, no charge. For anything beyond scope, a flat £200 — no invoice surprises, no hourly billing, no "let me check and get back to you."

Phone & email — real access, not a ticket system
Every Month You Get

The full offer stack

1

Technology & Data Audit (Month 1) → Ongoing Reviews

Your first CTO Day includes a full audit of your tech stack, data infrastructure, tools, processes, and team capabilities. Every month after, we review progress and course-correct. Nothing stagnates.

Consultancy charge for initial audit alone: £5,000–£8,000
2

Living Technology Roadmap

Not a slide deck that gathers dust. A working document updated every month: what to build, what to buy, what to kill, sequenced by ROI. Your team and investors always know the plan.

Consultancy charge: £4,000–£6,000
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Data Strategy & Reporting

I identify every metric that matters, design the reporting structure, and build or spec the dashboards you need. Over time we build a data culture — not just a one-off dashboard.

Consultancy charge: £3,000–£5,000
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Vendor & Hire Evaluation

Evaluating agencies, interviewing developers, choosing platforms — I sit alongside you and make these decisions with you. I'll join interviews, review proposals, and give you a clear recommendation.

Cost of one bad hire you'll avoid: £40,000+
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Investor & Board Presentations

I will prepare and present your technology strategy to investors, board members, or partners on your behalf. Slides, data, talking points, live Q&A — positioned to build confidence in your technical capability and roadmap.

Fractional CTO investor prep elsewhere: £3,000–£5,000
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Direct Phone & Email Access

Between CTO Days, you're not left waiting. You have my direct mobile and email. In-scope queries are included. Out-of-scope work is a flat, pre-agreed £200. No hourly billing, no surprises.

Retainer access at other firms: £1,500–£3,000/month
Who You're Working With
Warren Christie — Fractional CTO

Warren Christie

Fractional CTO

I have led the data and analytics function for major UK busineses, managing technology strategy, data infrastructure, and reporting. I am not just someone who's read a blog post about being a CTO, I have lived and breathed it for almost two decades. It's the same leadership I delivered full time, available to your business one day a month.

My background spans data strategy, analytics, technology evaluation, business process design, and investor-facing reporting. I've built dashboards, hired teams, evaluated vendors, and presented to boards. I bring that experience to your business — not theory, but decisions I've made and outcomes I've delivered.

Based in Southampton, working in London. Available in person across the South and virtually anywhere in the UK.

Bonuses

Included at no extra cost

BONUS 1

Recorded Loom Summary After Every CTO Day

A 15–30 minute video walkthrough of every decision, recommendation, and next step — so your team can act immediately without a game of telephone.

Value: £500/month

BONUS 2

Technology Stack Comparison Document

A living, editable comparison of every tool and platform option for your business — with my recommendation, pricing analysis, and migration notes. Updated as your needs evolve.

Value: £1,000

BONUS 3

Technical Hiring Toolkit

Curated interview questions, red flags to watch for, and evaluation frameworks tailored to the exact roles you're hiring — so you can assess developers, analysts, or agencies with confidence.

Value: £750

BONUS 4

Quarterly Business Data Health Check

Every 3 months, I run a diagnostic across your key business metrics: what's improving, what's declining, what's missing. A one-page executive summary you can share with your board or investors.

Value: £1,500/quarter

The Guarantee

Zero risk. Month to month.

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The "First Day" Guarantee

If after your first CTO Day you don't feel the value exceeded what you paid — if you can't point to at least one decision that will save or make your business more than £4,000 in the next 12 months — I'll refund the full amount. You keep every document, every recording, and every deliverable.

After Month 1, either of us can cancel with 30 days' notice. No lock-in contracts. No exit fees. No awkward "retention" calls. If I'm not delivering value every single month, you should leave.

Compare that to a 6-month notice period on a PAYE CTO hire.

I Take 4 Monthly Clients. That's It.

This is deliberate — it means I can research and attend industry events to bring live, current experience to your business, not theory from five years ago. But it also means I have a hard cap of 4 monthly CTO Day clients. When I'm full, the waitlist opens.

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3 of 4 slots currently available

Fit Check

Is this right for you?

✓ This is for you if...

  • ✓ You're a non-technical founder at £500k–£10M revenue
  • ✓ You need ongoing technology leadership, not a one-off audit
  • ✓ You're making build/buy/hire decisions every month
  • ✓ You're raising investment or reporting to a board
  • ✓ You want data-driven decisions but your reporting is chaos
  • ✓ You can't justify a £150k+ full-time CTO — yet

✕ This is NOT for you if...

  • ✕ You need someone writing code 40 hours a week
  • ✕ You're pre-revenue and bootstrapping on savings
  • ✕ You already have a capable CTO or VP Engineering
  • ✕ You need day-to-day management of a development team
  • ✕ You want the cheapest option — this is premium, concentrated leadership
Next Step

Book your first CTO Day

15-minute discovery call. No pitch. I'll tell you honestly whether this is the right fit — and if it's not, I'll point you in the right direction for free.

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£4,000/month · 30-day cancellation · First month guaranteed