There is a moment in every auction where the room goes quiet and one person has to decide whether to push for another bid or bring the hammer down. Get it right and a seller goes home delighted. Get it wrong and somebody loses hundreds. That moment belongs to Paul Mathewson. He is Derek’s younger son, the auctioneer at the rostrum, and the man who turns a shed full of tired old cars into actual money for real families.

Paul Mathewson: Quick Facts

Full name	Paul Craig Mathewson
Born	January 1980
Age	46 (as of August 2026)
Nationality	British
Lives in	England, near Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire
Job	Auctioneer and company director, Mathewsons Classic Cars Ltd
Director since	11 May 2021
Wife	Angela Louise Mathewson
Children	Charlie and Kate
Father	Derek Mathewson
Brother	Dave Mathewson
Known for	Bangers & Cash on U&Yesterday

Who Is Paul Mathewson?

Paul Mathewson is the younger of Derek Mathewson’s two sons and the family’s auctioneer. Companies House lists him as Paul Craig Mathewson, born January 1980, making him 46 in 2026. He became a director of Mathewsons Classic Cars Ltd on 11 May 2021, the day the company was formally incorporated, which tells you he was there from the very beginning of that chapter. Alongside his brother Dave and their father, he is one of the three faces viewers know best from the Bangers and Cash cast. On screen he is warm and quick, but underneath that is a serious commercial brain.

Learning the Trade From Derek

Paul did not go away and come back. He grew up in it. By the time he was old enough to work, the family had already been in Thornton-le-Dale for years, running a motor museum full of the vintage cars his father could never quite bring himself to sell. Think about what that does to a teenager. Most of us learned about cars from a driving instructor. Paul learned by watching a man who had been buying and selling since 1970 walk around a vehicle and price it in his head. You cannot teach that on a course. You absorb it, slowly, standing next to someone who already knows.

What an Auctioneer Actually Does

People assume auctioneering is just talking fast. It is not. Before the sale, Paul has to know what each car is genuinely worth, which is harder than it sounds when half of them arrive with no history and a flat tyre. During the sale he is reading a room, spotting who is still interested, and holding his nerve. Mathewsons began holding classic car auctions in 2011, after Derek decided the recession had made ordinary retail selling miserable and chose auctioneering instead of closing down. Fifteen years later, that decision looks inspired. The same collector instinct drives the market in personalised number plates in the UK.

Angela Mathewson: Paul’s Wife

Paul is married to Angela Mathewson, who was born Angela Dent in December 1980, making her a year younger than him. She is not just a name in the background either. Companies House records show Angela Louise Mathewson was appointed a director of Mathewsons Classic Cars Ltd on 11 May 2021, the same day as Paul, and that she stepped down from the role on 31 March 2025. Family businesses often work like this, with the paperwork and the admin quietly handled by someone the cameras rarely follow. Angela keeps a low public profile, and that appears to be entirely deliberate.

Charlie and Kate: Paul’s Children

Paul and Angela have two children, Charlie and Kate. Charlie is the one viewers will recognise, because he now works in the business and appears on the show as part of the third generation. In Series 13 he was sent off on his first solo collection, driving out to the North York Moors to pick up an Austin van, which in a family firm is a genuine rite of passage. Kate is not part of the programme and has no public role, so there is nothing further to say about her, and nothing further should be said.

Paul on Bangers & Cash

Paul has been a fixture since the show began on 18 April 2019, and he is often the one sent out to collect cars, which makes him the person who meets the sellers. That matters more than it looks. Many of these cars belonged to someone’s late father, or sat under a sheet for twenty years waiting for a restoration that never happened. Paul handles those conversations gently. The programme has grown into one of U&Yesterday’s biggest, with Series 7 averaging 744,000 viewers an episode, and that warmth is a large part of why.

Paul Mathewson’s Net Worth

Search his name and you will be offered a confident figure. Ignore it. Mathewsons Classic Cars Ltd is privately held, no director’s personal wealth is broken out in any filing, and Paul has never discussed money publicly. What is verifiable is that he is a director of an established business with a substantial television profile, which is a comfortable position by any measure. Our article on Derek Mathewson’s net worth and career explains why the numbers floating around for this family should be read as estimates and nothing more.

The Business Behind the Auctions

Behind every gavel strike sits a registered company. Mathewsons Classic Cars Ltd was incorporated on 11 May 2021 and operates from Unit 10 Enterprise Way, Thornton Road, Pickering in North Yorkshire. Its filed business activities are the sale of used cars and light motor vehicles, plus vehicle maintenance and repair. Paul was appointed a director on day one. The wider Mathewson story stretches much further back, of course, to a young Derek trading cars in Bedfordshire in 1970 and the family’s move north to Thornton-le-Dale in 1988. The full history is set out in our guide to the Bangers and Cash cast.

Meeting the Sellers: The Hardest Part of the Job

The part of Paul’s job that never shows up in a job description is the emotional one. A lot of these cars are not really cars at all. They are a father who has died, a marriage, a restoration project someone genuinely meant to finish before their health went. Paul turns up in a van and has to be both a valuer and, briefly, a decent human being. He is honest about condition without being brutal about it, which is a difficult balance. Anyone who has cleared out a parent’s garage knows exactly why that matters more than getting an extra fifty pounds.

Why Classic Cars Keep Selling

People often ask why anyone pays real money for a car that is slower, thirstier and less reliable than a modern one. The answer is that they are not buying transport. They are buying the exact model their dad had, or the one they could not afford at twenty-five. Paul understands this better than most, because he watches it happen at every sale. It is the same emotional logic that drives collectors of personalised number plates in the UK or fans of dealing shows like Rick Harrison of Pawn Stars. Nostalgia has always been the strongest currency in this trade.

Final Thoughts

Paul Mathewson is the bridge in this story. He learned from a father who started with a forecourt in Bedfordshire in 1970, and he is now teaching a son who is doing his first solo collections. At 46 he is running auctions watched by three quarters of a million people, and still turning up in a yard somewhere to look at somebody’s late dad’s Rover. Watch how he speaks to sellers next time. That is not television training. That is just decency.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Paul Mathewson?

Paul Mathewson was born in January 1980, making him 46 as of August 2026. His birth month is confirmed in Companies House director records.

Who is Paul Mathewson’s wife?

Paul is married to Angela Mathewson, born Angela Dent in December 1980. She served as a company director until March 2025.

Does Paul Mathewson have children?

Yes, a son called Charlie and a daughter called Kate. Charlie works in the family business and appears on Bangers & Cash.

What does Paul Mathewson do on Bangers and Cash?

Paul is the auctioneer. He values vehicles, collects cars from sellers and runs the sales from the rostrum at Mathewsons auctions.

Is Paul Mathewson Derek Mathewson’s son?

Yes. Paul is Derek’s younger son and Dave Mathewson’s brother. The family has run the business across three generations.

What is Paul Mathewson’s net worth?

No verified figure exists. Mathewsons is a private company and Paul has never spoken publicly about his finances or personal wealth.

Disclaimer: This article is for general information. Details come from Companies House filings, the Mathewsons company website and broadcaster announcements. We do not publish unverified claims about private individuals, including family members who are not part of the programme.