What Is the Best Way to Dispose of Company Vehicles?
For a single tidy van in a hurry, a direct trade sale is hard to beat. For anything mixed, older, damaged or above a handful of units, a live trade auction reliably returns more, because the price is set by competition rather than by one buyer's margin.
Match the route to the situation
Volume, condition and how fast you need the vehicles gone decide the answer more than anything else.
- 1-2 clean vans, need cash this week: direct trade sale
- Mixed batch of 3-50: live trade auction with staged entry
- 50+ over months: an ongoing disposal programme
- Insolvency or asset recovery: auction, for the defensible market price
- Genuinely scrap: authorised treatment facility with a certificate of destruction
Do not overlook the audit trail
Company vehicle disposal has to stand up later — to auditors, to insurers, to HMRC on VAT status, and in insolvency to creditors. Auction produces an independent, evidenced price per vehicle plus documentation, which a private handshake sale does not.
Getting the data off the vehicle
Telematics units, dashcams and any device holding driver or route data should be removed or wiped before disposal, alongside fuel cards and toll tags. It takes minutes at collection and avoids an awkward conversation later.
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How It Works
Send your vehicle details
Registrations and rough condition are enough — a spreadsheet, an email or a photo of the list.
Free valuation in 24 hours
We return an expected auction range per vehicle, in writing, with no obligation.
Free nationwide collection
Collected from your depot, site or a driver's home, including non-runners.
Sold and settled
Entered into live EAMA Group trade auctions with your reserve, and paid after sale.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is auction slower?
Slightly — usually a week or two longer than a direct trade sale, and typically worth it on anything other than a single clean vehicle.
What documentation do we get?
A per-vehicle record of the sale price, costs and settlement, which is what auditors and insolvency practitioners require.
Who handles DVLA notification?
Ownership transfer is documented as part of the sale, and we tell you exactly what to notify and when.
Can we dispose of vehicles across several sites at once?
Yes, with a separate collection window per site and consolidated reporting.
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