Get IT right from employee number one.
Every startup IT mess we untangle started the same way: tools bolted on hire by hire, no MFA, files everywhere. We set up your Microsoft 365 properly on day one and run it from £35 per user/month — so IT scales with your headcount instead of fighting it.
Cancel with 30 days notice anytime in your first 3 months, no questions asked. Setting up fresh? Fixed-price setup projects.
Why startups pick us
Per-user pricing, published
£35 / £55 / £75 per user per month, on the website. A 5-person team knows exactly what IT costs this quarter and next - no surprise invoices at Series A.
Security by default
MFA, safe sign-in rules, phishing protection and device management configured from the start — the controls investors and enterprise customers ask about in due diligence.
Hiring that doesn't hurt
New hire? Laptop ships to their door and sets itself up out of the box; accounts, email and file access ready before their first stand-up.
No long contracts
Annual standard terms, but you can cancel with 30 days notice anytime in your first three months. We earn the renewal.
Copilot & AI-ready
When you're ready for Microsoft Copilot, your Microsoft 365 environment already has the permissions hygiene it needs — because we built it that way from day one.
Grows into co-managed
Hire an internal IT person later and we shift to co-managed: they keep strategy, we keep the helpdesk, tooling and security stack.
Common questions
How much does IT support cost for a startup in the UK?+
With Circuit Minds, from £35 per user per month for managed IT including Microsoft 365 management, security and device support. You can cancel with 30 days notice anytime in your first three months.
When should a startup get IT support?+
The honest answer: before your first hire. The most expensive IT problems we fix — shared logins, personal email for company business, no MFA, files scattered across personal drives — all start in the first weeks and get harder to unpick with every new person. Setting Microsoft 365 up properly from day one costs less than fixing it at 15 staff.
What does a startup actually need on day one?+
Microsoft 365 on your own domain, MFA enforced from the first account, sensible file structure in SharePoint, device security baselines, and a joiner process so hire number two takes minutes, not days. That's the core of our startup setup.
We can't afford enterprise security. What's realistic?+
Most of what matters at startup size is configuration, not spend: MFA everywhere, safe sign-in rules, managed devices and phishing protection are included in licences you'll likely buy anyway (Microsoft 365 Business Premium is around £17/user). Our plans build the security in from £35/user/month rather than selling it as extras.
Can you grow with us?+
That's the point of per-user pricing - you pay for 5 people now, 40 later, same plans. And because we document everything from the start, scaling or even moving in-house later is straightforward. If you raise and hire an IT manager, we work co-managed.
Starting up? Start IT right.
Free Microsoft 365 security audit - Cancel anytime in your first 3 months