Every valuation starts with a conversation.
Tell us what the valuation needs to do and we'll tell you how we'd approach it, what we'd need, and what it would cost. Scope and terms are agreed before any work starts.
(+44) 01905 384910- A written view on value, grounded in comparable sales
- Methodology you can put in front of a lender or creditor
- Scope and terms agreed before any work starts
Written valuations for the people who act on them: insolvency practitioners, banks and finance companies, insurers and investors, and owners who need a grounded view of what their plant is worth.
A machinery valuation is only useful if it stands up to the person reading it. Charter's are grounded in what comparable machines have actually sold for in the last 12 to 18 months, adjusted for condition, hours, region and current demand, because we trade this machinery every day.
That matters differently to different readers. An insolvency practitioner needs a figure that survives creditor challenge, with the methodology disclosed and an audit trail behind it. A lender needs realisation values they can write against. An insurer needs cover that reflects today's market, not the invoice from 2016. An investor needs to know what the plant on the floor is actually worth before the deal closes. The same discipline serves all four: real comparables, stated method, a written report.
What a Charter valuation gives you
- Written valuations with the methodology disclosed, defensible against challenge.
- Values grounded in live dealing, not a price guide: Charter buys and sells this machinery daily.
- Desk-based or on-site, scaled to the job: one machine, one site, or a portfolio across several.
- Scope, timeline and fee agreed in writing before any work starts.
- A straight line into disposal if that is the outcome: the same team runs the sale end to end.
Thinking of selling rather than just valuing? Start at the Sell with Charter hub: the value conversation happens there as part of the sale, handled by the same specialist from first call to final payment. For insolvency appointments specifically, the IP-facing process covers reporting, audit trail and realisation.
Valuations, answered
The questions lenders, practitioners and owners ask before instructing.
Who uses Charter's machinery valuations?
Insolvency practitioners and administrators realising assets under appointment, banks and finance companies lending against plant, insurers setting cover, investors weighing an acquisition, and owners who want a grounded view of what their machinery is worth before making a decision.
How does Charter value plant and machinery?
Against real comparable sales: what similar machines have actually sold for in the last 12 to 18 months, adjusted for condition, hours, region and current demand. Charter trades this machinery daily, so the comparables come from live dealing, not a price guide.
Are the valuations written and defensible?
Yes. Valuations are delivered in writing with the methodology disclosed, so the figure stands up in front of a lender, an insurer or a creditors' report. For appointments, the audit trail runs from inspection through to any subsequent sale.
What does a valuation cost?
It depends on what the valuation needs to cover: the number of machines, the number of sites, the purpose and the deadline. Scope and fee are agreed in the first conversation, before any work starts.
What if we decide to sell?
Then the valuation folds straight into the sale: the same specialist runs marketing, viewings, negotiation and logistics end to end. If selling is already the plan, start at the Sell with Charter hub instead and the value conversation happens as part of it.