INTEGRA PEPTIDES LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC838985 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-25
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46460SIC 46460
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
  • 72110Research and experimental development on biotechnology
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-10-27
    PODDAR, Deepak resigned
    director
  3. 2025-10-27
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-10-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-07-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-07-01
    PODDAR, Rita, Dr resigned
    director
  7. 2025-06-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-06-10
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2025-02-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As INTEGRA PEPTIDES LTD
  10. 2025-02-25
    TAHA, Ash, Dr appointed
    director
  11. 2025-02-25
    PODDAR, Deepak appointed
    director
  12. 2025-02-25
    PODDAR, Rita, Dr appointed
    director
  13. 2025-02-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: PODDAR, Deepak resigned 2025-10-27; PODDAR, Rita, Dr resigned 2025-07-01

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ashraf Taha
Individual · American · DOB 03/1976 · age 50
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest27/10/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Pods Pharma Ltdceased 27/10/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Rita Clark Holdings Limitedceased 01/06/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2025-02-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

1 Merrylee Road
Glasgow
G43 2SH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

TAHA, Ash, Dr
director · ~50y · appointed 2025-02-25
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Active
PODDAR, Deepak
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-02-25 · resigned 2025-10-27
Resigned
PODDAR, Rita, Dr
director · ~50y · appointed 2025-02-25 · resigned 2025-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-25