Bikes that have been recovered and sold at auction

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.025973

I note you seek access to the following information:

Please could you provide me with:

The number of bikes you have recovered that have been sold at auction for both 2020 and 2021 and the value that was received for them.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Please Note - There are caveats regarding the information provided.

The number of bikes you have recovered that have been sold at auction for both 2020 and 2021 and the value that was received for them.

The number of bikes disposed to auction in the period requested are below but there are caveats around the current auction process.

Bikes disposed to auction do not automatically go into the next available auction and may appear outside the requested date range.

• Bikes disposed in 2020 and 2021 could appear in 2022 or relate to invoices we are yet to receive for 2021.
• Bikes sold at auction will include bikes sent to Wilsons in the period before the requested time period.
• I would not be able to provide a list of items sent to auction prior to 2020 due to different property management systems in use at that time.
• Wilsons, our contracted auctioneer, run auctions throughout the UK and slot items into the most suitable location/auction for the item being sold. This can be at some time removed from the point they collected the item.
• Wilsons provided a detailed update for all bikes auctioned throughout the period requested
• The below summary is limited to what we have received to date with a detailed breakdown for bicycles marked as Disposed in the period.

Bikes disposed to auction recorded on ePMS*a
Years	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2020			1	121	63	160	70	37	96	89	98	61	796
2021	41	12	74	20				70	61	74	63	31	446
Total	41	12	75	141	63	160	70	107	157	163	161	92	1242

*Data extracted from ePMS by Category ‘Pedal Cycles’ & ‘Bicycle’s with Status of ‘Disposed’ and disposal method of ‘CO34 Auction’ and marked as Disposed between ‘01/01/2020 and 31/12/2021’

Bikes sold at auction – will include bikes disposed to auction outside the requested date range.
Year		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2020	Bikes	138	73	1			113	10	117				214	666
	Value	£8,771	£2,769	£6			£7,303	£205	£8,086				£10,803	£37,943
2021	Bikes	49	48	13	66	17	44	80	31	97	70	4	34	553
	Value	£1,993	£1,678	£553	£2,474	£597	£2,988	£3,801	£1,498	£4,122	£865	£3,331	£1,314	£22,214
Total	Bikes	187	121	14	66	17	157	90	148	97	70	4	248	1,219
	Value	£10,764	£4,447	£559	£2,474	£597	£10,291	£4,006	£9,584	£4,122	£865	£331	£12,117	£60,157