STAHLY QUALITY FOODS USA LIMITED

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SC308229 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-07
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-07-14
    ➖
    WATSON, Fiona resigned
    secretary
  6. 2022-07-14
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2022-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-02-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-02-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-09-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-09-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2006-09-07
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    Company incorporated
    As STAHLY QUALITY FOODS USA LIMITED
  20. 2006-09-07
    ➕
    STAHLY, Kenneth David appointed
    director
  21. 2006-09-07
    ➕
    WATSON, Fiona appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STAHLY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kenneth David Stahly
Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-09-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

36 Southerton Gardens
Kirkcaldy
KY2 5NG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

STAHLY, Kenneth David→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATSON, Fiona→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-07 · resigned 2022-07-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-25