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Bond Wolfe reviews: the auction fees and the figures

Read from Bond Wolfe's buying and selling guides, its published results and the public registers on 23 September 2026.

By Haroon Ali Updated Covers England and Wales, with a West Midlands base
On this page
  1. Who owns Bond Wolfe
  2. How an auction works, and the seller fee
  3. The buyer fee, and the figure that disagrees
  4. The promise on guide and reserve
  5. The success rate, and what it counts
  6. Bond Wolfe Auctions reviews, two profiles
  7. Registers and complaints
  8. What we could not confirm
  9. Questions people ask

The short answer

Bond Wolfe reviews sit on two Trustpilot profiles: 4.6 of 5 from 136 reviews and 2.4 of 5 from 20, on 23 September 2026.910 Bond Wolfe Auctions Limited publishes no seller fee and charges buyers a fixed £2,700 including VAT on every lot.45 The Bond Wolfe reserve will not sit more than 10 per cent above a single figure guide.5

Bond Wolfe: the fees, terms and records we checked

  • Seller fees published A listing fee is mentioned; no amount, commission or unsold fee is given.4
  • Buyer fee published £2,700 on the buying guide, £2,340 on the glossary, both including VAT.7
  • Reserve terms published No more than 10 per cent above a single figure guide.5
  • Company behind the brand Bond Wolfe Auctions Limited, 11738560, accounts filed and nothing overdue.1
  • Who owns it BWA Securities Limited holds 75 per cent or more; who stands above it is not established.2
  • Redress scheme The Property Ombudsman register returns the auction company.8
  • RICS regulation and client money protection No claim on the site, and none confirmed.
  • Results published Lots sold and lots offered, for its March 2026 auction.11
  • Review profiles claimed Both Trustpilot profiles are claimed; neither rests on invited reviews.9
The House Desk's check on 23 September 2026 of Bond Wolfe's buying and selling guides, glossary and results, Companies House, The Property Ombudsman and both Trustpilot profiles.

Who owns Bond Wolfe?

Bond Wolfe Auctions Limited, the company a seller at auction signs with, is owned by BWA Securities Limited, which holds 75 per cent or more.2 BWA Securities is a holding company registered in London.3 Who stands above it, we could not establish.

The Bond Wolfe name appears on more than one company. The auction company, number 11738560, is registered at The Counting House in Birmingham.1

Bond Wolfe Auctions on the public record, 23 September 2026

The company a seller signs with
Bond Wolfe Auctions Limited1
Company number
117385601
Status
Active, accounts filed and nothing overdue1
Owner
BWA Securities Limited, 75 per cent or more2
Ombudsman record address
75 to 77 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2AP8

From incorporation to the March 2026 auction

  1. 21 December 2018 Company incorporated1 Bond Wolfe Auctions Limited, 11738560.
  2. December 2019 Ownership changes shape2 Two named individuals stop being registered as people with significant control on the day BWA Securities Limited is notified as holding the company.
  3. 31 December 2025 Latest accounts1 Made up to this date and filed.
  4. 26 March 2026 March auction11 Results published by the firm.

How does a Bond Wolfe auction work?

A Bond Wolfe auction is a traditional sale: contracts exchange when the hammer falls, so the buyer is bound on the day, and the reserve is the minimum price the property can be sold for.4 The Bond Wolfe guide to selling at auction says a seller entering a property into a live streamed auction must also pay a listing fee, without saying how much.4

We found no commission rate, no fee for an unsold lot and no withdrawal charge published anywhere on the site, which directs sellers to phone instead.

  1. 01 The hammer falls Contracts exchange there and then, so the buyer is bound.4
  2. 02 Deposit paid Non refundable, usually 10 per cent, subject to a £5,000 minimum.
  3. 03 Completion Usually within 28 days.

What are Bond Wolfe's auction fees for buyers?

Buyers at Bond Wolfe pay a flat administration fee rather than a percentage: £2,700 including VAT, that is £2,250 plus VAT, payable on every lot the moment the gavel falls.5 Their buyer questions page repeats the figure and notes it can vary for local authority lots.6 For online auctions, £7,700 is taken automatically from the card the bidder registered.6

A flat fee behaves differently from a percentage, and the difference matters most at the bottom of the market. Allsop charges a flat £2,000 including VAT on most residential lots, while SDL charges a percentage with a floor, so the three firms load a cheap lot very differently.

What a £2,700 flat buyer fee costs, as a share of the price5

  • On a £40,000 lot 6.8%
  • On a £100,000 lot 2.7%
  • On a £250,000 lot 1.1%
  • On a £500,000 lot 0.5%
The House Desk's arithmetic on the fee Bond Wolfe publishes. A flat fee is heaviest on cheap lots.

Every pound a bidder has to find in fees is a pound they cannot put in the bid. Bidders allow for it, so know the buyer side of the ticket before you set a reserve. For RICS firms, the auction standard requires a charge like this to be stated clearly from the first day of marketing.12 Our auction fees guide sets the firms that publish figures side by side.

Setting a low guide to draw bidders only helps if the reserve still protects you. Here the reserve cannot sit more than 10 per cent above a single figure guide, so I would settle the reserve first, let the guide follow from it, and have both confirmed on paper.

Haroon Ali Author, The House Desk. Over 11 years in property and renovation

The promise it makes on guide and reserve

The Bond Wolfe buying guide states that the reserve will never be higher than the top end of a bracket guide price, or more than 10 per cent higher than a single figure guide price.5 The glossary puts it the other way round, saying the guide sits within a 10 per cent range of the reserve, and that the reserve stays confidential between seller and auctioneer.7 The two pages describe one promise from opposite ends, and the buying guide's version is the one to have Bond Wolfe confirm for your lot. Guide and reserve prices explained sets this promise beside what other auctioneers commit to.

What their published terms mean for a seller

  1. The reserve will not exceed a single figure guide by more than 10 per cent For your lot: The guide is close to your floor, so setting it low to attract interest also caps your protection.5
  2. Contracts exchange on the fall of the hammer For your lot: A sale on the day is binding on the buyer, which is the main advantage of a traditional auction.4
  3. A listing fee applies, amount not published For your lot: Ask for it, plus commission and any unsold or withdrawal fee, in writing before you sign.4
  4. Buyers pay a flat fee on every lot For your lot: Expect bids on a cheaper lot to be trimmed by more, in percentage terms, than on an expensive one.5

What is Bond Wolfe's success rate?

Bond Wolfe reports an 88 per cent success rate for its 26 March 2026 auction: 141 lots sold of 161 offered on the day. It also says it regularly sells over 90 per cent of the lots offered.11 Both are the firm's own figures, measured on lots offered.

  • £26,557,500 Raised at the 26 March 2026 auction11
  • 141 of 161 Lots sold, of lots offered on the day
  • 88% The success rate it reports

Publishing results is more than most auctioneers do, and the firm calls the 88 per cent an industry-leading success rate.11

Read the denominator. A rate measured on lots offered on the day excludes anything withdrawn before the auction, and says nothing about whether a sold lot completed. The surveyors' standard requires published results to be accurate and to exclude VAT. It also bars counting a conditional sale as sold before it completes.12 Since Bond Wolfe publishes lots offered as well as lots sold, ask it for the same two numbers for lots like yours, in your area and price band, at its last three auctions.

Bond Wolfe Auctions reviews: two Trustpilot profiles, two scores

Bond Wolfe Auctions reviews on Trustpilot are split across two profiles with far apart scores, so quoting either one alone would mislead.910

Bond Wolfe's two Trustpilot profiles, as displayed on 23 September 2026
ProfileScoreReviewsLargest group
bondwolfe.com94.6 of 513691 per cent at five stars
bondwolfeauctions.com102.4 of 52090 per cent at one star

Both profiles are claimed, and Trustpilot marks neither as recently asking customers for reviews: neither score rests on reviews the firm invited.91014 Twenty reviews is a small base that a handful of unhappy people can move a long way, so the 2.4 proves little either way. Read both profiles. On the smaller one, what each one star review describes tells you more than the score.

Registers, and where a complaint goes

The Property Ombudsman's register returns Bond Wolfe Auctions Limited, company 11738560, for residential sales, commercial sales, chattels and auctions.8 The address on that record is not the registered office, which is ordinary enough but worth knowing if you are writing to them.8

We found no RICS regulation claim on their site and no listing in the RICS firm search, which matters because the auctioneer standard binds RICS members.12 We found no advertising ruling, no published ombudsman decision naming the firm and no trading standards action. Across the sector, the ombudsman's June 2026 figures have auctions producing more than four times their share of complaints, most of them from buyers.13

What we could not confirm

Questions people ask

What does Bond Wolfe charge a seller?

Bond Wolfe does not publish one. Its selling guide says a listing fee is payable to enter a property in a live streamed auction, without giving an amount, and no commission rate, unsold fee or withdrawal fee appears anywhere on the site. Ask for all four in writing.

Can the reserve be higher than the guide price at Bond Wolfe?

Their buying guide says the reserve will never be higher than the top end of a bracket guide price, or more than 10 per cent above a single figure guide price. Get the same promise in writing for your own lot.

Before you commit to an auction

What Bond Wolfe sells a seller is a buyer bound when the hammer falls, paid for with the room to negotiate and usually some of the price. Selling at auction covers when that trade is worth making. Before you pay a listing fee whose amount you have had to ask for, run the same figures through the three ways to sell, with an estate agent and a direct sale alongside.

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Sources

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Numbers in the text link to these. Each was read on the date shown. How we research

  1. BOND WOLFE AUCTIONS LIMITED, company 11738560 Companies House. Official register. England and Wales. Read 23 September 2026.
  2. BOND WOLFE AUCTIONS LIMITED, people with significant control Companies House. Official register. England and Wales. Read 23 September 2026.
  3. BWA SECURITIES LIMITED, company 12263772 Companies House. Official register. England and Wales. Read 23 September 2026.
  4. Our guide to selling property at auction Bond Wolfe. Company's own published information. England and Wales. Read 23 September 2026.
  5. Our buying at auction guide Bond Wolfe. Company's own published information. England and Wales. Read 23 September 2026.
  6. How to buy a property at auction, buyer questions Bond Wolfe. Company's own published information. England and Wales. Read 23 September 2026.
  7. Glossary of terms Bond Wolfe. Company's own published information. England and Wales. Read 23 September 2026.
  8. Bond Wolfe Auctions entry on the register of businesses The Property Ombudsman. Redress scheme. United Kingdom. Read 23 September 2026.
  9. Bond Wolfe reviews, bondwolfe.com profile Trustpilot. Review platform. United Kingdom. Read 23 September 2026.
  10. Bond Wolfe Auctions reviews, bondwolfeauctions.com profile Trustpilot. Review platform. United Kingdom. Read 23 September 2026.
  11. Bond Wolfe sets sights on 50th auction as March results top 26.5 million Bond Wolfe. Company's own published information. England and Wales. Read 23 September 2026.
  12. Auctioneers selling real estate (incorporating Common Auction Conditions), RICS professional standard, UK, 7th edition Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Regulator or enforcement body. England and Wales. Read 14 September 2026.
  13. Property auctions generate four times more complaints than the wider housing market, says Ombudsman The Intermediary. News report. United Kingdom. Read 23 September 2026.
  14. Trustpilot's review labels Trustpilot. Review platform. Not applicable. Read 14 September 2026.