Before
Total value
£311 140
Machines
15
Top-1 concentration
14.8%
Top-5 concentration
58.0%
Avg age
5.5 yrs
Avg maint / value
28.68%
Active SELL signals
10
Expected value 12m
£290 605
After rebalancing
Total value
£268 731
Machines
10
Top-1 concentration
17.1%
Top-5 concentration
67.2%
Avg age
4.3 yrs
Avg maint / value
14.06%
Active SELL signals
5
Expected value 12m
£250 374
What this means
Capital and timing. Selling these 5 machines frees up £42 409 that you can redeploy — into newer assets, debt repayment, or other investments. Holding them for 12 more months would have eroded an additional £2 178 in resale value through depreciation alone, so this captures value before it disappears.
Risk diversification. Before rebalancing, your top-5 machines represented 58.0% of your fleet's total value — meaning a problem with any one of them (e.g. a market shock, major repair, or unsold inventory) would impact a large slice of your asset base. After selling these 5 machines, the top-5 share drops to 67.2%. In practical terms, the same single-machine value drop now hurts your fleet -16% less.
Recurring savings. The maintenance reduction of £19 848 per year is not a one-time gain — it's operating cost you stop incurring as long as you stay rebalanced. Over a 5-year horizon that compounds to roughly £99 242 in cash that doesn't leave the business.