We do have them in the UK, and they're free. I use them for my instrument flying, as do a number of other people I know. Perhaps marginally less user-friendly than Jeppesen, and you have to work out your own approach minima, but since they're free, I'm not going to start complaining.
You'll need to register with the AIS website, but they are
here.
For free charts for the rest of Europe, you need to register with the EAD website
here
All you need then is a printer. I just print them out on A4 on my home inkjet, and have little folders made up of those in A4 filing pages, strung together with treasury tags - one folder per airport I am likely to visit. Quick check online before a trip to make sure they're still current, print out new ones if they're not.
If like me you are an IMC rather than IR holder, then the minima are very straightforward anyhow. Ignoring all the advisory guff in the IMC syllabus, it always comes out at 1800m RVR, 500ft DH on a PA, 600ft DH on an NPA. I spent quite a lot of time trying to fine any exception that that, and failed. Add more if rusty!
For those who do like a nice spiral bound set of approach plates - you can buy them from the RAF for £27.50 +p&p for a book that covers half the UK. Details
here.
Just sometimes Britain does do things at-least as well as the rest of the world!
G