The Technology Framework

South West wealth

A Head of IT for South West wealth, IFA and SIPP firms.

Advice firms, SIPP operators, and wealth managers in Bristol and the wider South West. You hold other people's money, and the insurer knows it.

A named Head of IT. One or two days a week. You keep the MSP. We sit above it.

Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Who this is for

Who this is for

IFA networks and independents. SIPP and SSAS operators. Discretionary and advisory wealth firms. Often 50-200 people, or a smaller firm whose client book already carries a 200-person risk.

The FD has become the IT department. The next cyber form has landed. Copilot is on a tenant that still shares a drive called "Clients".

What we do

What we do here

  • Fill the fractional Head of IT seat. Operating model, vendors, board paper.
  • Build the evidence pack. Cyber Essentials, CE+, ISO 27001 when a platform, a PE holder, or an enterprise introducer asks. We implement. An accredited assessor certifies.
  • Make Copilot wait until oversharing is closed. Then a 30-day pilot on the seats that advise, not the seats that file.

Azure FinOps only if the cloud bill is over £10k a month. Most wealth tenants are not there. We will not force it.

Bristol and the South West

Head of IT, Bristol and the South West

We know this room. Clifton is already on the homepage hero. The work is in the tenant, the insurer pack, and the leadership meeting, not in a harbour office we do not have.

If you are in Bath, Exeter, or further into the South West, the same seat applies. If you are a wealth firm in London with a South West book, book the conversation anyway.

How it runs

How it runs

How we work. Diagnose. Ninety days. Then a retainer if the seat still needs filling.

In ninety days the board has an operating model and the insurer has evidence. You stop being the IT department.

What you leave with

What you leave with

  • A named senior the managing director can put in front of the board.
  • A pack for the insurance cyber questionnaire.
  • A tenant that can survive a prompt.
  • The MSP still in place, governed.

Questions

FAQs

Do you understand IFA and SIPP IT security?

The work is ownership, the tenant, and the evidence pack. Client data, access, and the insurer form are the job. We implement controls. We do not pretend to be your compliance officer or your certification body.

Are you a Bristol IT support company?

No. We do not sell helpdesk or MSP tickets. The number is 0117. The offer is a named Head of IT plus assurance.

Will this help with FCA or insurer questions?

The evidence sprint is built for the insurance cyber questionnaire and for buyers who ask for CE+ or ISO 27001. FCA permissions stay with you and your compliance lead.

Can a smaller IFA book a conversation?

Yes, if the risk is the client book rather than the headcount. The usual qualifier is 50-200 people.

Do you replace our outsourced IT?

You keep the MSP if it works. We sit above it.

Book a conversation

Book a conversation.

Book a conversation.

Telephone
0117 456 5486