Commercial consultancy for vehicle recyclers
Sell more of the stock you already own.
Of the 30 UK and Irish recyclers in the Dismantler Index, 17 add stock to eBay every day and 4 have not listed anything in a month. Nothing on eBay tells a yard which group it is in.
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
- 421,991
- 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.
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.
- 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
Everything on offer
Nine things. Two are free. Every price is on this page.
- The Dismantler Index, base report
The whole index, thirty sellers A to Z, from public eBay data.
Free
- The Dismantler Index Ranking
Your store placed on every measure, three changes in order, a second capture four weeks on. Enquiry; Simon confirms by email.
£195
- Listing month
A contracted lister puts up the stock you own that is not on eBay. Up to 1,400 listings in a month.
Quoted after a stock count
- eBay Store Audit
Your own Seller Hub exports and Listing Quality Report, read by Simon. Answers why, and what to fix first.
£1,250
- Title rewrite
Your live titles rewritten to the conventions the largest sellers use.
£2,500 / £3,500
- Photo day
A day on site photographing stock to a listing standard.
Quoted
- The Retained Profit Record
A two-page record for one vehicle, source to bale. Download it and run it on your own arrivals.
Free
- The Retained Profit Record
The same record, filled in on your own vehicles over a month on site with Simon.
From £9,500 · from autumn 2027
- Commercial growth retainer
Your Index position weekly, one call a month, a written action list.
Taking clients from autumn 2027
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
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
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
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.
Start here
Where does your store rank against 30 other breakers?
£195. Public data only. Credited against your first retainer month or a Store Audit.