Retiring? We’ll handle the sale of your equipment

Most owners only retire once. The workshop or yard holds years of careful buying, and you want it sold properly, at a fair price, to people who will use it.

You do not need to know how auctions work. We explain it all at the first visit, and you can be as involved, or as hands-off, as you like.

A sale like this is the end of something. We treat your equipment, your premises and anyone still working there with care.

1. 1

   Valuation and advice

   We visit, value everything and talk through timing, such as whether to run down stock first. You get the values and our costs in writing. There is no obligation.
2. 2

   Cataloguing

   We photograph and describe every lot at your premises. Well-kept equipment with a history sells well, and we make sure buyers can see it.
3. 3

   The auction

   A timed online auction advertised to the trade, usually with viewing days at your premises. Buyers bring their questions to us.
4. 4

   Payment and clearance

   Buyers pay before anything leaves. We manage collection and loading and leave the premises clear. Once the lots are collected, we pay you the proceeds, less our commission.

A retirement sale usually covers the whole business. We sell single machines too.

The workshop

Machine tools and equipment, welding and fabrication kit, tooling built up over decades, and benches, vices and stores.

Vehicles and plant

Work vans and wagons, forklifts and yard plant, trailers and attachments, and private number plates.

Stock and materials

Finished and part-finished stock, raw materials and steel, spares and consumables, and shop or trade counter stock.

The premises

Racking and storage, office furniture and records, compressors and services, and kitchen and welfare items.

• No successor The family is not taking the business on, so the equipment is part of your pension. Every pound at auction matters.
• Selling the premises The building is sold or the lease is ending, and everything inside must be gone by completion day.
• Partial retirement Keeping a small operation going and selling the rest? We help you decide where the line falls.
• Health Sometimes the decision is not made freely. We move quickly and take the work off the family.
• Partners going separate ways An independent sale that every partner can trust.
• A planned exit Retiring in a year or two? We help you plan the sale so trading winds down smoothly.