Plant and Machinery Valuation
Machines are valued separately from the building they sit in. Ours are inspected and certified by a practising chartered engineer.
- Working since 1995
- Government approved valuer
- ISO 9001 certified
- Reports in 48 to 72 hours
- Trusted by 800 plus chartered accountants, CPAs and lawyers
Why machinery is its own job
A building lasts decades and loses value slowly. A machine can lose half its worth in a few years, or hold value for twenty if it is well maintained and still in demand.
So the two are never lumped together. When a lender takes a factory as security, they want to know what the land is worth, what the shed is worth, and what the machines are worth, separately.
What decides a machine's value
- Age, and remaining useful life. Not the same thing. A ten year old machine well maintained may have more life left than a five year old one that was abused
- Condition. Whether it is running now, and how it has been looked after
- Make and model. Some brands hold value because parts and service are easy to find
- Whether it is still made. Obsolete machines with no spares available fall sharply in value
- Whether it can be moved. A machine bolted into a purpose built foundation is worth less to a buyer who has to extract it
- Demand in the second hand market. Some equipment sells in a week, some sits for a year
How we do it
- We list every machineMake, model, serial number, year, capacity. Photographs of each, including the nameplate.
- We assess conditionRunning or idle, maintenance history, visible wear.
- We establish replacement costWhat it would cost to buy the same or an equivalent machine today.
- We apply depreciation honestlyBased on actual remaining life, not a formula pulled from a book, and we show the working.
- We cross check the second hand marketWhere a resale market exists, we use it.
Who asks for this
- Banks lending against machinery
- Companies buying, selling or restructuring
- Insurers and claimants
- Customs, for imported used machinery, usually with a CE certificate. See that page
- Courts and auditors
Questions people ask us
- Do you value imported machines?
Yes, and for customs purposes this usually needs a chartered engineer certificate covering age, condition and value. We issue both together.
- Our machines are old but still working fine.
Then they still carry value, and a report based only on age would understate them. We assess remaining life from actual condition, which is exactly why inspection matters.
- Can you value machinery without visiting?
No. Condition is most of the value and it cannot be judged from a list.
- How is this different from what our accountant shows in the books?
Book value follows accounting rules and often bears no relation to what a machine would actually fetch. Our figure is what it is genuinely worth today.
Checked by Parish Rao, Chartered Engineer and Government Approved Valuer (Registration number CAT-I/443/117/2000-01).
Page last checked on 7 October 2026.
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