Fixed scope
Fixed-scope first release
A defined first release with agreed scope and cost, so you can judge delivery on a real piece of working software.
- Agreed scope before build
- Change control in writing
- Handover expectations stated
About Oakhurst Technologies
The platform changes. The service keeps running.
A London software company building custom systems, modernising legacy platforms for the cloud, and operating them through managed services for UK businesses.
1 Broadgate, London EC2M 2QS
About Oakhurst Technologies, a London software company
Oakhurst Technologies is a software development and IT services company at 1 Broadgate, London, EC2M 2QS. We help UK businesses build custom software, modernise legacy systems for the cloud, integrate the platforms they already own, and operate those systems through managed services. Contact [email protected] to start a conversation.
Who we are
A focused team, from first assessment to delivery
We are a London-based technology company serving clients across the UK, including businesses in regulated industries and organisations working within public-sector procurement constraints. Our work centres on software development, cloud modernisation, system integration and managed IT services.
The team brings together product and platform engineering, delivery management and operations experience. We keep the team deliberately focused: the people who assess your project are the people who will help deliver it, so the facts gathered at the start are not lost in a handover.
Custom software
Cloud modernisation
Managed IT services
The old platform, still serving while it is replaced
How we work with clients
Discovery first, then small releases
Engagements begin with discovery: documents, system access where available, and conversations with the people who run the service daily. We write down findings, constraints and options, including work we advise against.
Delivery then proceeds in small releases with regular demonstrations and documented decisions. This costs a little more time at the beginning and saves considerably more later, because the expensive arguments happen on paper rather than in production. Clients receive the findings summary whether or not they continue with us.
Discover
Documents, access and daily operators, written down as findings and options.
Plan
Scope, costs, risks and ownership agreed in writing before build work starts.
Release
Small releases, regular demonstrations and documented decisions.
Our working method
The workshop wall
A visible plan, visible risks and visible ownership, updated as work proceeds. When a dependency fails, a date slips or a supplier changes terms, it goes on the wall the same day. Nobody should learn about a problem from a missed release.
Experience
Regulated and public-sector work, with evidence alongside delivery
Regulated industries and public-sector-adjacent clients need evidence: security documentation, data handling terms, accessibility awareness and record retention. We prepare that evidence alongside delivery rather than at the end, and work to the standards of the client's own security function where one exists.
Public-sector procurement routes and timelines are discussed early, so technical planning and procurement planning move together. We state clearly which frameworks or certifications we do not hold, and we do not accept work where the route is unrealistic.
Security and operational discipline
We apply least-privilege access, separate environments, centralised logging and tested backups to the systems we deliver and operate. Access reviews and patching are scheduled and recorded.
- Least privilege, separate environments. Access is reviewed and patching is scheduled, not left to ad hoc fixes.
- Runbooks and named owners. Operational documentation is part of every engagement, because a system only its builder can run is not finished.
- Client standards first. Where a client has its own security team, we follow its standards and record any departures; where it does not, we set a baseline and explain its limits.
Cloud fundamentals first, new tools only where the case is clear
Delivery models
Three ways to start, each in writing
Each model includes costs, change control and handover expectations in writing before work starts. Managed services can follow a build, or cover existing systems after an assessment.
Monthly cadence
Dedicated team
A small dedicated team working to a monthly cadence, with regular demonstrations and documented decisions as work proceeds.
- Small team, monthly cadence
- Regular demonstrations
- Costs and ownership in writing
Time-boxed
Discovery to a build decision
A time-boxed discovery that ends with a clear build decision, and a findings summary you keep either way.
- Findings, constraints and options
- Work we advise against, stated
- Clear next step at the end
If a model does not fit your risk or budget, we will recommend an alternative, including telling you that a smaller piece of work is the right start. UK buyers now weigh delivery credibility, integration with legacy systems, sector experience and security posture alongside price — our response is integration and cloud fundamentals first, and evidence over claims in every proposal.
What we do not do
Declining work that does not fit is part of how the commitments we do make stay credible.
We do not invent case results, testimonials or certifications, and we do not promise outcomes we cannot control.
We do not take on work where the procurement route, timeline or budget makes failure likely.
We do not build custom software where a standard product would serve the need at lower cost, and we will say so when we see that case.
Working with us
Start with a short description of your current system
Send a short description of your current system or process, your key dates and the constraints you know about, to [email protected]. We will respond with next steps, which may include a discovery session, a document review, or a direct recommendation to look elsewhere.
If we proceed, you will receive a written plan covering scope, costs, risks and ownership before any build work begins. That clarity is the basis of every project we accept.
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM · +44 20 7940 4317 · 1 Broadgate, London, EC2M 2QS
Next steps
Prefer email? Write to [email protected]