Aurelia Research Review (2026): Desk Review, Bureau Score 3.5

Desk review. This review is built from public sources we read on 18 October 2026: the vendor's certificate library, the testing lab's own records, the two stores and their published policies, third-party test sites, Reddit, Trustpilot, Companies House and regulator databases. There is no independent lab result or reader order yet.

Where this review stands

Aurelia Research applied for the Bureau's free editorial review on 13 October 2026 and sent its public certificate library. As our listing policy sets out, it is built from public evidence only, and we scored it on the same six weighted dimensions as every other vendor, using only what can be checked without an order: every certificate in the library, matched against the testing lab's own records; prices from both stores; the published shipping, payment and return terms; independent test sites; Reddit and Trustpilot; and the company and regulator records. The Consistency mark is held down because nothing independent has tested a vial yet.

What the evidence says

Documentation first, because that is what the weighting rewards. The COA library (read 18 October 2026) lists 16 products in 19 strengths, and each strength has a certificate, linked from its product page by batch number. Every certificate is an ILS Laboratories (San Diego) report: HPLC purity, identity by HPLC retention time against a reference standard, measured content per vial against the label, and a fentanyl screen. Each one carries a report number and an access code. We opened all 19 records on the lab's verification portal, and product, lot, dates and results matched the vendor's copy every time. The tests ran between 1 and 7 October 2026. Purity reads 99.23% to 99.91% on 18 of the 19 batches, and every vial measured between 102% and 107% of its label. The exception is tirzepatide 30 mg (lot 05230), at 96.27%. That clears the lab's 95% bar but sits about three points below the rest. The GLP vials are sold as AR-TRZ and AR-RTA, and the certificates name them as tirzepatide and retatrutide.

The gaps are in what was tested and how long the record runs. The panel is HPLC only. The vendor's own release standard says a retention-time match "is not conclusive molecular identification", and no certificate carries mass spectrometry, endotoxin, sterility or heavy metals. The leaders on our scorecard publish most of those. All 19 samples reached the lab on the same day, 29 September 2026, so there is one batch per product and no history yet. The lab also notes that sample names and lot numbers come from the submitting party. That is normal for a vendor certificate, and it is why an independent lab result matters. Two naming points we will put to the vendor: the lab identifies the TB-500 vial as "TB-4" (thymosin beta-4), and the CJC-1295 identity line does not say no-DAC.

Then the record. ARP Innovations Ltd, the operating company, was incorporated in England and Wales on 25 July 2026, and the domain was registered on 29 July 2026 (both checked 18 October 2026). We found no Janoshik or Finnrick result and no Reddit post or comment about the vendor. The Trustpilot profile is claimed but has no reviews. The record is empty, not good or bad, which is what you would expect from a store this new.

How the 3.5 breaks down

COA transparency 21 of 25: complete coverage, batch links from every product page, fresh dates and lab-side verification. It loses marks for an HPLC-only panel and a lab accreditation scope we could not confirm for peptide work. Consistency 17 of 25: 19 batches all in specification, with measured overfill on every vial, but one batch per product, one lab submission, no independent retest and no reader orders. Ascension, also without an independent result but with 85 batches over several months, scored 20 here. Shipping 13 of 20: local stock in each market and same-day dispatch claimed, but no published carrier, cost or delivery time, no cold packs, no EU shipping, and nothing tested. Service 11 of 15: email and WhatsApp with a stated one-day reply, a written recall process and UK statutory cancellation rights, against no phone, no US change-of-mind returns, unpublished US payment methods and no review record. Pricing 7 of 10: middle of our index in dollars. Longevity 1 of 5: under three months old. Total 70 of 100.

What would move it: a published independent lab result that matches its certificate (Consistency), a reader order with a clean, tracked delivery (Shipping, Service), mass spec or endotoxin data on the certificates (COA transparency), and time.

The sections below were read from Aurelia Research's own website, its store data and the testing lab's portal on 2026-10-18. They quote the vendor's published policies and prices and do not describe orders the Bureau placed.

Catalogue breadth

Both stores returned the same 16 peptide listings in 19 strengths on the checked date, all in stock: AR-TRZ (tirzepatide) 10 mg and 30 mg, AR-RTA (retatrutide) 10, 20 and 30 mg, cagrilintide 5 mg, BPC-157 10 mg, TB-500 10 mg, a BPC-157 and TB-500 blend 20 mg, GLOW 70 mg, KLOW 80 mg, GHK-Cu 50 mg, AHK-Cu 100 mg, tesamorelin 10 mg, a CJC-1295 (no DAC) and ipamorelin blend 10 mg, MOTS-c 10 mg, SS-31 10 mg, NAD+ 500 mg and melanotan II 10 mg. There is no semaglutide. The store also sells a "Reconstitution Solution" in 3 ml and 10 ml, without a certificate and without saying what it is, and a small range of Fisherbrand lab equipment. Product text describes each compound as a reference material for laboratory research.

Third-party testing and COA policy

The vendor calls its testing policy the "Aurelia Analytical Release Standard": independent laboratory testing, identity by HPLC, purity by HPLC, content per vial, a fentanyl screen, the certificate published by batch number, the batch number on every vial, and a link to the lab's own portal. Every batch has a page at aureliaresearch.com/uk/verify that repeats the results and links to the lab record. The PDFs in the library are the vendor's image copies of the certificates, and the lab's portal does not offer its original file for download. Every field we compared matched, but the lab portal is the place to check. The full batch list is below.

All tests by ILS Laboratories, HPLC with a fentanyl immunoassay screen (not detected on every batch); all samples received by the lab on 29 September 2026. Checked against the lab portal on 2026-10-18.

Shipping

Aurelia runs two stores, and the terms say it delivers "within the market you order from (United Kingdom or United States)". The FAQ says each market ships from stock held in that market, not drop-shipped. UK orders placed before 12 noon UK time, and US orders before 12 noon Eastern, ship the same working day once payment clears, and every parcel is tracked. Delivery is free from £60 in the UK and $150 in the US. Below that, methods, costs and delivery estimates are shown only at checkout, which sits behind an age and research-use declaration that we did not complete, so we have no rate, carrier or delivery time to report. The site does not say where US stock is held. A vendor guide explains why vials ship without ice, and no cold packs are offered. There is no EU store: the /eu/ address (aureliaresearch.com/eu/) leads to a "page not found".

Payment methods

The FAQ says the UK store takes card, Pay by Bank through a banking app, and cryptocurrency, and that bank transfer and crypto orders are held until payment clears. Payment methods for the US store are not published. Support is by email ([email protected]), WhatsApp or a contact form, with a stated reply within one working day, Monday to Friday. There is no phone line.

Discounts and loyalty

None found. On 18 October the store data showed single-vial prices with no sale prices and no quantity tiers. By 19 October the product pages showed quantity pricing: 10% off at 3 vials and 15% off at 5 (BPC-157 10 mg: $49.99, $44.99 and $42.49 a vial). Code PEPTIDE15 takes 15% off an eligible first purchase, capped at $45 in the US or £30 in the UK, and does not combine with the quantity saving; the customer gets whichever is higher (Aurelia's partner terms, 19 October 2026; we have not yet seen it applied at checkout). The Bureau is an Aurelia partner and earns a commission on orders placed through its link or with that code. The terms mention multi-quantity discounts "as displayed", but none were displayed on the checked date. Aurelia sells its compounds for laboratory research use only.

Returns policy

The returns policy allows change-of-mind cancellations only where a statutory right applies, which in practice means UK buyers, with goods unopened and sealed and return postage paid by the buyer. US orders get no change-of-mind returns unless the law requires them. Damaged, faulty, wrong, missing and undelivered orders get a replacement or refund, and the FAQ asks for photos, ideally within 48 hours. A separate section covers batch complaints: the vendor reviews the batch record and the lab certificate, may pause dispatch of a batch, and says it will publish the batch number if a recall is needed.

Benchmark prices (checked 2026-10-18)

US store prices in dollars, against the median of the vendors in our cost index on 14 October 2026. The UK store is priced separately in pounds and is cheaper in nominal terms on most lines (BPC-157 10 mg is £29.99, GHK-Cu 50 mg £19.99).

Checked 2026-10-18 from the vendor's US store data. Prices change; the vendor's site shows the live price. All 19 strengths and both currencies are in the Bureau's vendor price file.

Is Aurelia Research legit?

The paperwork holds up. The operating company is on the UK register, every one of the 19 certificates is confirmed on the lab's own portal, and the policies are written out in full. No regulator or court action naming the company or its domain turned up in the FDA warning letter database, GOV.UK or a general web search on 18 October 2026. What is missing is time and outside evidence. The company is under three months old, and no buyer reports, no Trustpilot reviews and no independent tests exist yet. The Bureau scores it 3.5 out of 5 (70 of 100) as a desk review. If you want a vendor with completed test cycles and reader orders behind the score, Apollo, Pantheon and Amino Club are the vendors the Bureau has scored on those.

Who it suits: UK readers get a home-market store priced in pounds, with statutory cancellation rights. US readers can order from the dollar store, but they are buying from a UK company with no published US address, no change-of-mind returns and unlisted payment methods. EU readers cannot order.

What would move the score

A published independent lab result that matches its certificate (Consistency), a reader order with a clean, tracked delivery (Shipping and Service), mass spectrometry or endotoxin results on the certificates (COA transparency), and a few months of public buyer reports. The Dispatch, our weekly email, is where scorecard changes are announced first, and you can join from the homepage.

Score breakdown

Desk review: documentation checked against the testing lab's records, published policies, store data and public-reputation checks. No independent lab result or reader order yet. Full criteria on the methodology page. No vendor has ever paid for placement or score.

Sources

All read on 18 October 2026.

• Aurelia Research COA library
• Aurelia Research batch page, lot 08233 (one of 19; the others follow the same pattern)
• ILS Laboratories verification portal, BPC-157 lot 08233 (all 19 lab records are linked in the batch table above)
• Aurelia Analytical Release Standard
• Aurelia Research FAQ and research hub
• Why Lyophilised Peptides Ship Without Ice (vendor guide)
• Refund and Returns Policy
• Terms and Conditions
• Contact page
• UK and US stores (our partner link; it opens the store for your country)
• US product page, AR-TRZ (aureliaresearch.com/us/product/ar-trz/, read 18 October 2026; shop through our link)
• US store product data (USD) (aureliaresearch.com store data feed) and UK store product data (GBP) (aureliaresearch.com store data feed)
• Companies House, ARP Innovations Ltd (17361788)
• Domain registration record (RDAP)
• Trustpilot, aureliaresearch.com
• Reddit search, "aurelia research" (also searched: aureliaresearch, and aurelia in r/Peptides, r/PeptidesUK and r/UKPeptides)
• FDA warning letters database (searched aurelia, aureliaresearch, ARP Innovations: no results)
• GOV.UK search, including MHRA publications (no results)
• Peptide Bureau vendor listing policy and 2026 Vendor Scorecard

Frequently asked questions

Is Aurelia Research legit?

The paperwork checks out: Aurelia Research is run by ARP Innovations Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales in July 2026, and every one of its 19 batch certificates is confirmed on the testing lab's own portal. What is missing is time. The company is under three months old, and there are no buyer reports, no Trustpilot reviews and no independent test results yet. The Bureau scores it 3.5 out of 5 as a desk review, with no independent lab result or reader order yet.

Does Aurelia Research publish certificates of analysis?

Yes. A public COA library holds a certificate for each of the 19 strengths on sale, linked from each product page by batch number. Each is an ILS Laboratories report with HPLC purity, identity by retention time, measured content per vial and a fentanyl screen, plus a link and access code for the lab's own verification portal. There is no mass spectrometry, endotoxin, sterility or heavy metals testing on the certificates.

Does Aurelia Research ship to the US?

Yes, through a separate US store priced in dollars. The vendor says it ships US orders from US stock, the same day for orders before noon Eastern, tracked, with free delivery from $150. The carrier, cost and delivery time only appear at checkout, vials ship without cold packs, and US orders get no change-of-mind returns. There is no EU store.

What is AR-TRZ and AR-RTA at Aurelia Research?

AR-TRZ is tirzepatide and AR-RTA is retatrutide. The store uses the codes, but the ILS Laboratories certificates name the compounds outright. AR-TRZ comes in 10 mg and 30 mg and AR-RTA in 10, 20 and 30 mg.