Somewhere in a cold Yorkshire workshop, a man is crouched beside a rusty wheel arch, poking it with a screwdriver and quietly shaking his head. He is not performing. He genuinely does not think this car is worth the money. That is Dave Mathewson, and if you watch Bangers & Cash, you already trust him. He is the eldest son of Derek Mathewson, a director of the family firm, and the man who stops a good story from turning into a bad purchase.

Dave Mathewson: Quick Facts

Full name	David Terrence Mathewson
Born	July 1972
Age	54 (as of August 2026)
Nationality	British
Lives in	England, near Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire
Job	Company director, Mathewsons Classic Cars Ltd
Director since	1 September 2023
Known for	Bangers & Cash and Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics
Father	Derek Mathewson, founder of Mathewsons
Brother	Paul Mathewson, auctioneer
Relationship status	Not publicly confirmed

Who Is Dave Mathewson?

Dave Mathewson is the elder of Derek Mathewson’s two sons, and one half of the pair who keep Mathewsons running from day to day. Companies House records list him formally as David Terrence Mathewson, born in July 1972, which makes him 54 in the summer of 2026. He is a British national living in England, and an active director of Mathewsons Classic Cars Ltd. If you want to understand the whole family and how they fit together, we have set it out in our guide to the Bangers and Cash cast. Dave is the one people describe as steady, and that is not an accident of personality. Somebody in a family firm has to be.

Growing Up Surrounded by Old Cars

Imagine being a teenager whose dad brings home an Aston Martin that has been stolen, crashed and written off, then simply fixes it and drives it to work. That was normal life in the Mathewson house. Derek had been trading cars since 1970, and by 1988 the family had moved north to Thornton-le-Dale, where a motor museum sat where other families had a garage. Dave was a teenager by then. He did not choose the classic car world so much as grow up inside it, absorbing the difference between a car worth saving and a car worth scrapping long before it became his job.

Dave’s Role at Mathewsons Classic Cars

Officially, Dave became a director of Mathewsons Classic Cars Ltd on 1 September 2023. Unofficially, he has been doing the job far longer. The business is registered at Unit 10 Enterprise Way in Pickering, North Yorkshire, and its filed activities are the sale of used vehicles and their maintenance and repair. That second half is where Dave lives. Someone has to look at a barn find and judge honestly what it will take to make it move again. Fans of Rick Harrison of Pawn Stars will recognise the type instantly: the person in the room who has to say no.

Dave on Bangers & Cash: The Quiet One

Television usually rewards the loudest person in the room. Bangers & Cash does the opposite, and Dave is the proof. He does not do catchphrases. He turns up, looks at the car, tells you what is wrong with it, and lets the numbers speak. Viewers have picked up on this. In a trade where a car can be described far more generously than it deserves, honesty is the rarest thing on offer. His father learned that lesson the hard way in the 1990s, walking away from classics for a while after being badly let down by a misdescribed Healey. That memory clearly stuck in the family.

Dave in Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics

The spin-off series suits Dave even better than the main show. Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics follows the actual rebuilding work rather than the auction drama, and Derek, Paul and Dave all appear to talk through the jobs. This is where you see how much he genuinely knows. Restoration is not glamorous. It is welding, wiring, sourcing a part that has not been made since 1974, and deciding whether a chassis is repairable or finished. The spin-off has been a hit in its own right, averaging around 647,000 viewers an episode in its second series, with one finale reaching 760,000.

Is Dave Mathewson Married? The Honest Answer

This is the question people search for most, so here is a straight answer: Dave has not made his relationship status public, and no reliable source confirms it either way. Plenty of websites will happily fill that silence with a guess. We are not going to. He appears on a television programme about cars, not about his private life, and there is no interview, statement or public record that tells us anything more. If that feels unsatisfying, it is worth remembering that he never asked to be famous. He was simply working in the family firm when a camera crew arrived.

Dave Mathewson’s Net Worth

You will find confident numbers online. Treat all of them with suspicion. Mathewsons Classic Cars Ltd is a private company, Dave has never discussed his finances, and no filing breaks down what any individual director is worth. What can honestly be said is this: he is a director of a long-established business that has traded since 1970 and now has a national television profile, so he is comfortable. Anything more precise is guesswork dressed up as reporting. Our piece on Derek Mathewson’s net worth and career explains why estimates for this family vary so wildly.

Why Viewers Warm to Dave

There is a reason British factual television keeps returning to real families rather than presenters. Whether it is Jeremy Clarkson failing at farming or Sarah Beeny knocking a wall through, audiences can tell when someone actually knows what they are doing. Dave has never had to pretend. He has spent his whole adult life around these cars, and when he says a Rover is rotten underneath, it is rotten underneath. In a market where enthusiasts spend real money chasing memories, that plain honesty is worth more than charm.

Inside the Family Firm: Mathewsons Classic Cars Ltd

It helps to understand the business Dave helps run, because it is a real company with real paperwork, not a television set. Mathewsons Classic Cars Ltd was incorporated on 11 May 2021 and is registered at Unit 10 Enterprise Way, Thornton Road, Pickering. Its filed activities cover the sale of used cars and light motor vehicles alongside vehicle maintenance and repair. Dave joined the board on 1 September 2023. Those two filed activities describe the two halves of the operation perfectly: one side sells the cars, the other side makes sure they are honestly described before anyone bids. Dave sits firmly on the second side of that line, and the business depends on him being right.

Why Barn Finds Are Harder Than They Look

Television loves a barn find. Somebody pulls a sheet off a forgotten sports car and the room gasps. What viewers do not always see is the sober conversation afterwards, and that conversation usually involves Dave. A car that has sat still for twenty years is not simply dusty. Brake lines corrode, fuel turns to varnish, rubber perishes and rust quietly eats the parts you cannot see. Deciding whether something is a genuine treasure or an expensive trap takes real judgement. That is the skill the Bangers and Cash cast have built over three generations, and it is why collectors trust a Mathewsons catalogue description.

Final Thoughts

Dave Mathewson will probably never be the most quotable person on Bangers & Cash, and he seems entirely happy about that. He is the 54-year-old director who checks the sills while everyone else admires the paint, the brother who keeps a fifty-year-old family firm honest. That is why people trust him. Next time you watch him walk around a barn find in silence, notice where he looks first. That is thirty years of experience deciding something in about four seconds.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Dave Mathewson?

Dave Mathewson was born in July 1972, which makes him 54 as of August 2026. His date of birth appears in Companies House director records.

Is Dave Mathewson related to Derek Mathewson?

Yes. Dave is Derek Mathewson’s elder son and Paul Mathewson’s brother. All three work in the family business, Mathewsons Classic Cars Ltd.

What does Dave Mathewson do at Mathewsons?

He is a company director and focuses on the mechanical side, judging what a vehicle needs and what a restoration will realistically cost.

Is Dave Mathewson married?

His relationship status has never been publicly confirmed. No reliable source states whether he is married, and we do not publish guesses.

What is Dave Mathewson’s net worth?

There is no verified figure. Mathewsons is a private company and Dave has never discussed his finances, so all published estimates are guesswork.

Which shows does Dave Mathewson appear in?

He appears in Bangers & Cash and its spin-off, Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics, both shown on U&Yesterday.

Disclaimer: This article is for general information. Details are drawn from Companies House filings, the Mathewsons company website and published broadcaster information. We do not publish unverified claims about anyone’s private life. Business details can change over time.