Business asset auctions in Portsmouth
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and the towns around it including Havant, Fareham, Gosport, Waterlooville, Chichester, Petersfield, Emsworth, Southampton. 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.
Portsmouth is a naval city and its industry reflects that. Marine engineering, ship repair, defence electronics and precision manufacturing firms are the main employers of machinery and equipment. The Airport Industrial Estate at Hilsea, which includes Voyager Park on Portfield Road, is the largest industrial area on Portsea Island. Farlington, Fratton, Paulsgrove and Cosham have older estates with workshops, trade counters and vehicle repairers. Dunsbury Park at Havant, beside the A3(M), is a newer industrial and manufacturing park. Trafalgar Wharf at Portchester holds boatbuilders, sailmakers and marine trades. The commercial port handles ferries and freight.
The M275 carries traffic from the M27 straight into the city. The A27 and A3(M) connect east to Chichester and north to Petersfield and Guildford. Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth and Southsea stations have direct services to London Waterloo. Hilsea and Fratton stations serve the industrial areas.
Services in Portsmouth
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Business retirement auctions in Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Portsmouth
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth
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 businesses
- Equipment from defence businesses
- Equipment from advanced manufacturing businesses
- Equipment from boat building businesses
- Equipment from logistics businesses
- Equipment from construction businesses
- Equipment from electronics 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.
- How quickly can a closure sale run?
- Can a director instruct the sale after the appointment?
- What if a vehicle has no MOT or is not running?
- When do I get paid?