Business asset auctions in Sunderland
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, and the towns around it including Washington, Houghton-le-Spring, Seaham, South Shields, Durham, Gateshead, Peterlee, Chester-le-Street. 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.
Sunderland has one of the largest car manufacturing sites in the country at Washington, with a battery plant next to it. Tier one and tier two suppliers for pressings, plastics, seating and trim are on the estates around it, along with tooling, automation and maintenance contractors. The port handles bulk cargo and offshore equipment. Main industrial areas include Pallion Industrial Estate, North Hylton, Sunderland Enterprise Park, Hylton Riverside, the Washington estates such as Pattinson, Armstrong and Glover, Rainton Bridge Business Park and the International Advanced Manufacturing Park.
The A19 runs north to south past the west of the city. The A1231 and A690 connect it to the A1(M) at Washington and Durham. Sunderland station is on the Durham Coast line and the Tyne and Wear Metro. The estates at Washington and Hylton have flat, wide roads and can take articulated lorries and low loaders.
Services in Sunderland
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Business retirement auctions in Sunderland
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 Sunderland
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 Sunderland
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 Sunderland
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 Sunderland
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 Sunderland
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 Sunderland
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 Sunderland
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Sunderland
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 Sunderland
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Sunderland
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Sunderland
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 Sunderland
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Sunderland
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 Sunderland
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from automotive manufacturing businesses
- Equipment from battery manufacturing businesses
- Equipment from automotive supply chain businesses
- Equipment from advanced manufacturing businesses
- Equipment from port and offshore businesses
- Equipment from logistics businesses
Guides and questions
- How a commercial asset auction works
A stage by stage account of an online timed auction for business assets. It covers the asset schedule, cataloguing, viewing days, how bidding closes, buyer's premium and VAT, collection and how you get paid.
- Closing a business: a timeline for selling the assets
Work backwards from the day you hand the site over. This guide covers lease end and dilapidations, when to instruct, when staff should leave, when to keep the power on, and how to leave enough room for collection and making good.
- Selling a commercial vehicle fleet
Fleet sales fail on paperwork more than on price. This guide covers the V5C, MOT and plating documents, clearing finance before the HPI check, keys and livery, recording mileage and tachograph data, and how to defleet in batches while still trading.
- Can I keep some items back?
- Who dismantles the racking and mezzanine?
- Do buyers pay VAT?
- How quickly can a kitchen be cleared?