PANDA EQUITY LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC386342 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-01

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£295.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £295,722

Cash YoY

-27%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↓ 27% YoY

Net Worth

£296k

↑ 1.7% YoY

Current Assets

£356k

↑ 1.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£354.7k	£349.8k
Current assets	£355.7k	£350.8k
Cash	£2.8k	£3.8k
Debtors	£353.0k	£347.0k
Net assets	£295.7k	£290.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

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2010-10-01
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Company incorporated
As PANDA EQUITY LTD
2010-10-01
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BRANDON, Hamish Elliot appointed
director
2010-10-01
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BRANDON, Joanna Kirsten appointed
director
2010-10-01
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BRANDON, Rachael Anne appointed
director
2010-10-01
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HEMMINGS, Stephen David appointed
director
2010-10-01
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HEMMINGS, Stephen David resigned
director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Hamish Elliot Brandon Individual · British · DOB 08/1979 · age 47	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Miss Rachael Anne Brandon Individual · British · DOB 07/1985 · age 41	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Miss Joanna Kirsten Brandon Individual · British · DOB 12/1986 · age 40	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-10-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

15-17 Oliver Crescent

Hawick

Scottish Borders

TD9 9BJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-14

Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BRANDON, Hamish Elliot→

director · ~47y · appointed 2010-10-01

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Active

BRANDON, Joanna Kirsten→

director · ~40y · appointed 2010-10-01

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Active

BRANDON, Rachael Anne→

director · ~41y · appointed 2010-10-01

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Active

HEMMINGS, Stephen David→

director · ~71y · appointed 2010-10-01 · resigned 2010-10-01

Resigned

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