ERGON EQUINE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC342727 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-12
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 15120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees200200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-25
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2020-09-25
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2020-02-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-02-03
    ➕
    HEGGIE, Virginia Louise appointed
    director
  11. 2019-10-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2019-10-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-10-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-08-08
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    MACKINTOSH, George Angus, Mr. appointed
    director
  15. 2019-08-08
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    WARD, Tracey Elizabeth resigned
    director
  16. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-05-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-07-02
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    BOCKER, Henry William resigned
    director
  21. 2012-10-22
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    BOCKER, Henry William appointed
    director
  22. 2012-01-31
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    BOCKER, Henry William resigned
    director
  23. 2009-05-14
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    BOCKER, Henry William appointed
    director
  24. 2008-09-11
    ➕
    WARD, Tracey Elizabeth appointed
    director
  25. 2008-09-11
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    WARD, Tracey Elizabeth resigned
    director
  26. 2008-05-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ERGON EQUINE LIMITED
  27. 2008-05-12
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    BRANDER, Andrew Michael appointed
    director
  28. 2008-05-12
    ➕
    BRANDER, Donna Kaye appointed
    director
  29. 2008-05-12
    ➕
    WARD, Tracey Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Michael Brander
Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-05-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC15120 — SIC 15120

Registered office

Estate Office
Whittingehame
Haddington
EH41 4QA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-26
Last: 2025-05-12

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BRANDER, Andrew Michael→
director · ~77y · appointed 2008-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRANDER, Donna Kaye→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEGGIE, Virginia Louise→
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKINTOSH, George Angus, Mr.→
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOCKER, Henry William→
director · ~71y · appointed 2012-10-22 · resigned 2013-07-02
Resigned
BOCKER, Henry William→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-05-14 · resigned 2012-01-31
Resigned
WARD, Tracey Elizabeth→
director · ~46y · appointed 2008-09-11 · resigned 2008-09-11
Resigned
WARD, Tracey Elizabeth→
director · ~46y · appointed 2008-05-12 · resigned 2019-08-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-09-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-02-16