Thatcham Research sets the UK insurance industry’s repair standards. Approval means the workshop’s equipment and methods have been assessed against them.
What we ask for before showing it
A shop claiming Thatcham Approved has to upload the certificate before the badge appears on its profile. We check it, and only then does it go up — no document, no badge. We re-check it every year.
Where it sits
Repair standards — the audited schemes that say a workshop’s equipment, training and methods have been assessed against a written specification.
Bodyshops with Thatcham Approved
None listed with us yet — the directory is new and we’re signing our first shops now. If you run a bodyshop that holds it, get listed and it’ll show here once we’ve checked your certificate.