The original developer is leaving
Knowledge sits with one person and the business needs a credible handover before access, history and intent disappear.
Software continuity · London
Free 20-minute checkFull-stack developer
Need a full-stack developer? Define the job first.
If an existing internal application needs changing, supporting or rescuing, a developer may be part of the answer. Stonehold defines the whole operating job—then can take responsibility for it.
Book a free Software Continuity Check
For UK organisations with important internal software and no accountable application-operations team.
You are probably searching because something changed.
The best response depends on the ownership event, not the job title. We start with the software and the people who rely on it.
An internal tool became important
A useful prototype now serves customers, staff or core operations and needs proper tests, monitoring, security and recovery.
Your supplier stopped supporting it
The application still matters, but changes are slow, documentation is weak or the current developer wants to move on.
Coding capacity and software ownership are different jobs.
A strong full-stack developer can build across the application. Business continuity also requires explicit responsibility for what happens between releases and when things go wrong.
A developer changes software
Features, integrations, bug fixes, databases, interfaces and technical improvements are development work.
An operator keeps it dependable
Ownership, monitoring, incident response, releases, recovery, documentation and safe handover make the software operable.
What Stonehold can own around the code.
Codebase takeover
Repository, stack, dependencies and delivery path understood before material change.
Business behaviour
Critical journeys and rules translated into tests and approval boundaries.
Production controls
Monitoring, releases, rollback, access, backup and recovery made explicit.
Ongoing changes
Prioritised improvements delivered without losing operating discipline.
Named accountability
A clear owner coordinates engineering, QA, cloud and specialist work.
Usable handover
Current documentation keeps the arrangement reversible and avoids a new key-person risk.
A safer route than writing a vague job description.
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Free Continuity Check
In twenty minutes, establish whether there is a real software ownership problem worth investigating.
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Software Continuity Map
For £3,500, map the business dependency, code, data, infrastructure, controls and smallest sensible response.
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Hire, hand over, retire or Stonehold
Use the evidence to recruit precisely, brief another supplier, retire the software or ask Stonehold to take responsibility.
Questions buyers usually ask.
Can Stonehold provide a full-stack developer?
Stonehold provides accountable software delivery and operation, using the right engineering capability for the system. We are a better fit when you need somebody to own an existing business application, not simply add an extra pair of hands to a development team.
Should we hire an employee or use a managed service?
Hire when there is enough continuous product work and you can provide technical management, peer review and operational cover. A managed service is often stronger when the need is fractional, crosses development and operations, or must not depend on one person.
Can you work with software built by somebody else?
Yes. Stonehold is designed for inherited software. We first map the code, data, infrastructure, dependencies, business behaviour and operating gaps before recommending changes.
What technology stacks do you support?
Fit is assessed during the initial check and Continuity Map. Stonehold uses named senior engineering capability appropriate to the codebase and will say clearly if a specialist or different provider is required.
Bring us the software. We'll help define the job.
The first call is free and requires no preparation. We'll tell you whether the sensible next step is a developer, a takeover, managed support—or no Stonehold engagement at all.
- 01 Tell us what the software does.
- 02 Tell us who depends on it.
- 03 Suggest a time that works.