Sell your machinery with Charter

Start with a free valuation: tell us about the machine (make, model, year, hours) and add a few photos. A Charter specialist gets back to you within two working days with a market-grounded valuation. If you decide to list, Charter markets the machine to our buyer network across 52 countries and handles every enquiry, viewing, negotiation, and the logistics through to handover.

No. Charter Machinery operates 0% sellers fees on private-treaty sales — the agreed sale price is what hits your account. No listing fees, no marketing fees, no commission deduction. The buyer pays a separate margin to Charter; the seller side is free.

Charter values machines against real comparable sales — what similar units have actually sold for in the last 12-18 months, adjusted for condition, hours, region, and current demand. You get a target price plus the floor we'd recommend not going below. The valuation conversation is free and carries no obligation to list.

Most machines sell in 4-12 weeks from listing. Faster for high-demand categories (CNC machining centres, lasers, current-spec presses); longer for niche or older equipment. The marketing approach and expected timeline are agreed before listing so there are no surprises.

You owe nothing. Charter only earns on completed sales, so if the machine doesn't sell there's no listing fee, marketing fee, or kill fee. Most unsold machines either need a price adjustment after the first marketing window or a different routing (export, auction, parts dealer) — we'd talk that through with you before the listing expires.

Charter is brand-independent — we sell every OEM (Mazak, Haas, DMG Mori, Trumpf, Bystronic, and every smaller brand) and we don't have an arbitrary age cut-off. The conversation that matters is whether a machine has a buyer, not whether it's on a preferred-brand list. The free valuation tells you whether yours does.

Yes — Charter works with insolvency practitioners, administrators, and businesses winding down. For IP-led sales we produce written valuations with the methodology disclosed, full audit trail through to remittance, and reporting in line with the appointment's creditor-update cadence. See /sell/insolvency for the dedicated IP-facing process or /sell/closing for general business closures.

Charter Machinery is UK-based — yard and team in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. We collect machines from sites across the UK and ship to buyers in 52 countries. Site visits, valuations, and on-site assessments are handled by Charter's team directly.