ORBIT DISCOVERY LTD
Company overview
- Incorporation date
- 1 September 2020
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Jurisdiction
- England/Wales
- Can file
- Yes
The company's assets
Any sale of this company's assets, including an auction, is arranged by the insolvency practitioner handling the case, as named in its Gazette notices.
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Davies
James Cowper Kreston
Insolvency notices
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21 July 2026
Appointment of Administrators
Davies, James Cowper Kreston
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Contains data from The Gazette, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What the records show
ORBIT DISCOVERY LTD is a private limited company incorporated on 1 September 2020, with its registered office in Southampton. Companies House lists its business as research and experimental development on biotechnology. Its most recent accounts were made up to 30 September 2025. Its confirmation statement, due by 14 September 2026, is overdue.
On 21 July 2026 The Gazette published a notice headed “Appointment of Administrators”, naming Davies of James Cowper Kreston.
In the 12 months before its first insolvency notice, Companies House recorded 2 directors leaving (latest 6 July 2026), 1 director appointed, a change of registered office on 18 February 2026 and accounts filed on 21 December 2025. It has 1 outstanding charge, held by Sprk Capital Limited. It has 7 serving directors.
An administrator's first aim, under the Insolvency Act 1986, is rescuing the company as a going concern; if that is not reasonably practicable, a better result for creditors than an immediate winding-up; and failing both, realising property to pay secured or preferential creditors. Source
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Registered office address
C/O James Cowper Kreston, The White Building, 1-4 Cumberland Place, Southampton, SO15 2NP
Industry classification (SIC codes)
Previous company names
ORBIT DISCOVERY 2020 LTD
1 September 2020 - 9 November 2020
Officers & directors (11)
BUTT, Neil James, Dr
Director
Appointed: 1 June 2021
LI, Yiming
Director
Appointed: 1 September 2025
MAHONY, Oliver
Director
Appointed: 14 March 2022
MALLINSON, James Hugh Charteris
Director
Appointed: 6 November 2020
MCCARTHY, Thomas David, Dr
Director
Appointed: 14 September 2020
OGG, Graham, Professor
Director
Appointed: 6 November 2020
POLYWKA, Mario Eugenio Cosimino
Director
Appointed: 6 November 2020
DIXON-CLEGG, Nicholas George
Director
Appointed: 29 January 2021 • Resigned: 14 March 2022
FERNEAU, Philip James
Director
Appointed: 6 November 2020 • Resigned: 3 July 2026
MADGE, David Jonathan, Dr.
Director
Appointed: 15 July 2021 • Resigned: 1 September 2025
Recent filing history (39)
Notice of deemed approval of proposals
Insolvency • Form AM06
Statement of administrator's proposal
Insolvency • Form AM03
Registered office address changed from Inventa Building Botley Road Oxford OX2 0HA England to C/O James Cowper Kreston, the White Building 1-4 Cumberland Place Southampton SO15 2NP on 18 August 2026
Address • Form AD01
Appointment of an administrator
Insolvency • Form AM01
Termination of appointment of Philip James Ferneau as a director on 3 July 2026
Officers • Form TM01
Registered office address changed from The Schrodinger Building Heatley Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4GE United Kingdom to Inventa Building Botley Road Oxford OX2 0HA on 18 February 2026
Address • Form AD01
Total exemption full accounts made up to 30 September 2025
Accounts • Form AA
Appointment of Yiming Li as a director on 1 September 2025
Officers • Form AP01
Confirmation statement made on 31 August 2025 with no updates
Confirmation statement • Form CS01
Termination of appointment of David Jonathan Madge as a director on 1 September 2025
Officers • Form TM01
Registration of charge 128503960001, created on 23 June 2025
Mortgage • Form MR01
Total exemption full accounts made up to 30 September 2024
Accounts • Form AA
Confirmation statement made on 31 August 2024 with no updates
Confirmation statement • Form CS01
Accounts for a small company made up to 30 September 2023
Accounts • Form AA
Confirmation statement made on 31 August 2023 with no updates
Confirmation statement • Form CS01
Persons with significant control (1)
Orbit Discovery Group Ltd
Corporate entity
Notified: 1 September 2020
Charges & mortgages (1)
A registered charge
Sprk Capital Limited
Created: 23 June 2025 • Delivered: 23 June 2025
Insolvency history
In administration
Administration started: 20 July 2026
Practitioners:
Sandra Lillian Mundy - 2 Communications Road
Susan Rosemary Staunton - 2 Communications Road
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Accounts
Next due: 30 June 2027
Confirmation statement
Next due: 14 September 2026
OVERDUE