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Orbit Discovery Ltd

UK company 12850396, incorporated on 1 September 2020.

Orbit Discovery Delivering Peptide Enabled Drug Discovery Solutions

Orbit Discovery Ltd is a UK company with status active founded in 2020 based in South East England.

Company number
12850396
Incorporated
1 Sep 2020
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

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Founded / incorporated
1 September 2020

Company number 12850396

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Legal name
ORBIT DISCOVERY LTD
Company type
LTD
Region
South East England
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

Updated 07 Jul 2026 09:49

2 levels 1 ultimate controller
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Company Active LTD
Orbit Discovery Ltd
CRN 12850396
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Direct controller Active LTD
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Ultimate controller Active PLC

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

4 events
21 Sep
2026

Liquidation In Administration Proposals

Insolvency

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Published 21 Sep 2026 22:52

18 Aug
2026

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Published 20 Aug 2026 23:26

03 Aug
2026

Liquidation In Administration Appointment Of Administrator

Insolvency

AM01 | Transaction MzUzNDA1NDQ1NmFkaXF6a2N4 | Paper/PDF filed

Published 03 Aug 2026 23:04

01 Sep
2020

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Spinout profile

1 entry

Company description

Peptide drug discovery company

Project impact

None yet

Orbit Discovery Ltd
2015

Public funding

2 awards
First funded
2022
Funded years
2022, 2024
Age at first award
1 years

Projects

2024 Collaborative R&D

Novel technology platforms for computational design and cell-based screening of peptide libraries targeting orphan GPCRs

1 Apr 2024 to 31 Mar 2026

Awarded
£409,938
Total cost £585,625

ProteinQure and Orbit Discovery are developing a new peptide discovery platform that can be commercialized as well as specific therapeutic molecules addressing key unmet needs. In particular we aim to develop novel peptide ligands using ProteinQure's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform to design custom libraries which will be subsequently utilised in fu...

2022 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

High throughput cell-based functional screening platform for peptide drug discovery

1 Jun 2022 to 30 Nov 2023

Awarded
£330,980
Total cost £472,828

Orbit Discovery is a UK-based SME pioneering the discovery and development of novel peptide therapeutics. Peptides represent a unique class of pharmaceutical compound, having incredibly high chemical diversity, molecularly poised between small molecules and proteins, yet biochemically and therapeutically distinct from both. Peptide therapeutics typically ...

Product types

Collaborative R&D