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Bastin MitchellVehicle recycling. Commercial.£195 ranking

Commercial consultancy for vehicle recyclers

Sell more of the stock you already own.

Bastin Mitchell Ltd works with UK and Irish recyclers on the commercial side of the yard: what gets broken, what gets listed, how it is priced, and where the money leaks. Run by an operator with 20+ years in the trade who ran the eBay operation at two UK vehicle recyclers and builds the software he recommends.

Get your ranking — £195See how it works

Start for £195. No account access needed. Independent — no DMS to sell you, no marketplace to push.

In the trade
20+ yrs
Recyclers benchmarked, weekly
30
Positive feedbacks logged, 12 months
421,599
To start
£195

What we do

Three doors. One direction.

These are depths of engagement, not departments. Most yards start with the £195 ranking. Some go on to a listing month. The ones that want the commercial side run with them go on retainer.

OneCommercial growthFor the owner or MD of a vehicle recycler.Grow revenue, tighten how the yard runs, fix what leaks. A monthly retainer with your position in the Dismantler Index built in, so you can see what you are paying for.Taking clients from autumn 2027Open TwoeBay performanceFor UK and Irish recyclers outside the top ten on eBay.Rank, diagnose, list at volume. Free shop score, then your store ranked against the field for £195, then a contracted lister putting up the stock you own that is not on eBay.Entry at £195Open ThreeDigital productsSoftware we build and run.AutoReclaim, NikkSi and the Dismantler Index dashboard. Live products with paying use, not concepts. None of them is sold on this site.Group companiesOpen

The core of it

The retainer is the business. The Dismantler Index is its spine.

Consultancy retainers die in month four, when the client cannot see what they are paying for. So every retainer here includes your yard's live position in the Dismantler Index — 30 UK and Irish recyclers, measured from public eBay data, refreshed weekly. You watch your own position move toward the top quarter. That turns an invisible service into a visible one.

On top of the scoreboard: one commercial call a month on your numbers, a short written action list from it, and priority on the add-ons. Scoped in deliverables, not in open-ended access.

Taking clients from autumn 2027. The £195 ranking is credited against your first month.

What a retainer includes
Every month
Index position, refreshed weekly. One call. One action list.
Median negative rate, field
0.12%
Top quarter
≤ 0.06%
Top Rated holders
28 of 30

Who you are actually getting

Simon Bastin-Mitchell

Twenty-plus years in UK vehicle recycling and end-of-life vehicles, most of it in commercial management, with revenue and margin growth at scale. He ran the eBay operation at two UK vehicle recyclers. He builds software for the trade and runs it in a live yard.

No slides about “transformation”. A yard has stock, a shop front and a number at the end of the month. This is about the number.

Group companies

A consultancy that ships software is unusual in this trade.

  • AutoReclaim

    ELV vehicle pricing and quoting software. Multi-tenant SaaS, live.

    Live. Not for sale — runs in the background for a UK recycler.

  • NikkSi

    AI assessment and training for businesses.

    Live, sold on its own site.

  • Dismantler Index dashboard

    The weekly benchmark as a live dashboard, for yards on a retainer.

    Coming early 2027.

Named for what they prove, not to sell you. Nothing here has a buy button. About the group

How it works

Start small. Every step is priced or quoted before you commit.

  1. 1

    Get your ranking — £195

    Your store against the 30, on public data. A written report and a short action list. No login, no call needed.

  2. 2

    Decide what it told you

    Most yards find the gap is listing volume or one of four complaint causes. Either is fixable. A listing month puts a contracted lister on the first; the action list covers the second.

  3. 3

    Go deeper when it pays

    An eBay Store Audit on your own Seller Hub data, or the retainer with the Index built in. Your £195 is credited against either.

Questions yards ask

Straight answers.

What does it cost to start?
£195, one-off, for the ranking. Everything after that is priced on its page or quoted before work starts. Retainers are taking clients from autumn 2027.
Do you need access to my eBay account or DMS?
Not for the ranking — it uses public data only. The Store Audit uses exports you send us. Nothing needs a login handed over.
Are you selling me a system?
No. Bastin Mitchell Ltd takes no commission from any DMS, marketplace or auction. AutoReclaim is our own software and is not for sale.
Will you work with my competitor?
The Index measures every yard the same way, from public data anyone can see. Nothing one client shares with us is shown to another.
Where are you based?
Hampshire, UK. We work with yards across the UK and Ireland.
Who does the listing work?
A contracted lister working to our process, not a temp. Simon scopes it, checks it and closes it out.

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Where does your store rank against 30 other breakers?

£195, launch pricing. Public data only. Credited against your first retainer month or a Store Audit.

Get your ranking — £195Free shop score first