Charlton Recycled Autoparts Ltd was founded in 1971 by my father Ron Charlton.  We started in Sawston, Cambridge, and from the outset specialised in dismantling modern vehicles.

In 1977 I started working for the family business. During the 1980s we continued to develop and outgrew the Sawston site. As a result we moved to a larger premises at Waterbeach & became a premier supplier of quality, tested secondhand parts.

In 2001, from a new premises in Thriplow, we began to specialise in selling parts for Mercedes, Mitsubishi, Dodge, SmartCar and Chrysler/Jeep.

In 2015, we once again refocused our activities on 'specialism', this time focusing on 4x4 vehicles:

After 44 years of trading we still operate to the same high standards as we did in 1971.

Nowadays we dismantle approx 300 4x4 ‘breaker’ vehicles each year, plus thousands of ‘end of life’ vehicles.