Business asset auctions in Plymouth
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Plymouth, Devon, and the towns around it including Saltash, Tavistock, Ivybridge, Torpoint, Liskeard, Totnes, Kingsbridge. Sales are catalogued and held on your premises, or we collect the assets and sell them from our own premises when that suits better. Bidding is online and open to trade buyers across the UK.
Plymouth's industry is shaped by the naval dockyard and the sea. Marine engineering, ship repair and boat building firms are spread along the waterfront and the Tamar. Fishing and seafood processing work from Sutton Harbour. Advanced manufacturing and medical device firms are found at Estover, Langage near Plympton and the Roborough and Southway estates. Marsh Mills, Faraday Mill and Valley Road have trade counters, vehicle workshops and smaller industrial units.
The A38 Devon Expressway runs across the north of the city and connects to the M5 at Exeter. The A386 heads north to Tavistock and the A38 continues west over the Tamar Bridge into Cornwall. Plymouth railway station is on the main line between Exeter and Penzance. Some older sites near the water have tight access, so a site check before collection is sensible.
Services in Plymouth
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Business retirement auctions in Plymouth
Selling the machinery, stock and fittings when an owner retires and nobody is taking the business on.
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Business closure auctions in Plymouth
Turning the contents of a closing business into money before the lease ends and the keys go back.
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Surplus equipment sales in Plymouth
Selling the machines, tools and kit a working business no longer uses, without disrupting what it still does.
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Machinery and engineering auctions in Plymouth
CNC machines, lathes, mills, presses and workshop equipment sold to a trade market that knows what they are worth.
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Factory and workshop clearance in Plymouth
Selling everything on a commercial site and managing its removal so the premises can be handed back clear.
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Business relocation and downsizing sales in Plymouth
Selling the equipment that will not move to the new premises, timed around the move itself.
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Liquidation and insolvency asset sales in Plymouth
Sales run on the instruction of administrators, liquidators, lenders and landlords, with the records they need.
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Complete site dispersal auctions in Plymouth
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Plymouth
Surplus inventory, discontinued lines and bulk trade stock sold in lots sized for trade buyers.
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Plant and construction equipment auctions in Plymouth
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Plymouth
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Plymouth
Forklifts, pallet trucks, racking, conveyors and handling equipment from warehouses that are closing or changing.
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Catering and hospitality equipment auctions in Plymouth
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Plymouth
A negotiated direct sale for a single high value machine or a situation where an open auction is the wrong route.
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Collective auctions and single item consignments in Plymouth
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from marine engineering and ship repair businesses
- Equipment from defence businesses
- Equipment from fishing and seafood businesses
- Equipment from advanced manufacturing businesses
- Equipment from food processing businesses
- Equipment from boat building businesses
Guides and questions
- Preparing machinery and equipment for sale
What to do in the days before viewing so machines fetch what they should. Isolate and make safe, clean but do not repaint, find the tooling and manuals, sort out access, and avoid the mistakes that cost sellers money.
- How used machinery is valued
Buyers pay for what a machine will do for them, less what it costs to get it out and running. This guide explains how make, hours, tooling, demand and removal cost feed a guide price, and why that price is not book value.
- Can I keep some items back?
- Who dismantles the racking and mezzanine?
- Do buyers pay VAT?
- How quickly can a kitchen be cleared?