Business asset auctions in Swindon
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Swindon, Wiltshire, and the towns around it including Cirencester, Marlborough, Chippenham, Faringdon, Royal Wootton Bassett, Highworth, Calne, Wantage. 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.
Swindon has a large manufacturing and distribution base along the M4 corridor. The former car plant site at South Marston is being redeveloped for logistics and advanced manufacturing, and the surrounding estate has engineering, warehousing and trade units. Pharmaceutical and electronics firms are found on the north and east sides of the town. Cheney Manor, Groundwell, Kembrey Park and Dorcan are the main older estates, with a mix of workshops, vehicle repair and light industrial space. Blagrove and Symmetry Park near junction 16 hold larger distribution sheds.
The M4 has junctions 15 and 16 at Swindon. The A419 runs north to Cirencester and on to the M5 near Gloucester, and the A420 goes east to Oxford. Swindon railway station is on the Great Western Main Line between London and Bristol. Most estates have wide roads and turning space for articulated lorries.
Services in Swindon
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Business retirement auctions in Swindon
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 Swindon
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 Swindon
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 Swindon
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 Swindon
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 Swindon
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 Swindon
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 Swindon
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Swindon
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 Swindon
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Swindon
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Swindon
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 Swindon
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Swindon
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 Swindon
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from automotive businesses
- Equipment from logistics and distribution businesses
- Equipment from pharmaceuticals businesses
- Equipment from electronics and engineering businesses
- Equipment from construction businesses
- Equipment from printing businesses
Guides and questions
- Auction or private treaty: which route to choose
Auction gives you a fixed date and an open market. Private treaty gives you a negotiated price and privacy. This guide sets out when each route suits, what you give up with each, and why many sales use both.
- What insolvency practitioners need from an auctioneer
For office holders realising physical assets. Covers the instruction letter, the asset schedule and valuation basis, retention of title, finance and HPI checks, site security, health and safety during the sale, and the reconciliation you need for the file.
- What happens to unsold lots
Not every lot sells, but the site still has to be cleared. This guide covers why lots go unsold, private treaty after the sale, lowering or removing the reserve, a later sale, scrap and WEEE recycling, and what disposal costs.
- How do I get an estimate of what my equipment is worth?
- Do you take everything, including the rubbish?
- Can we set a reserve on stock lots?
- Does the landlord need to agree to the sale?