---
title: "AD LIB PUBLISHERS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/34da8b21-e548-524a-ad80-c08db160b646
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/34da8b21-e548-524a-ad80-c08db160b646
identifier: oo:GB-COH-12089095
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AD LIB PUBLISHERS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-12089095`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/34da8b21-e548-524a-ad80-c08db160b646  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/34da8b21-e548-524a-ad80-c08db160b646  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Derek Keith Freeman** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9bd7329a-1820-5083-8268-5a7fcbd54c59
- **Mr John Michael Blake** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/83825e15-400d-5c77-af99-32570fe3e8f9
- **Mr Jonathan David Rippon** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5927d763-34f8-5a18-a586-3a40ef38b599
- **GEMINI BOOKS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/91758ec9-bccc-5dc0-8017-c1792960e112
- **Mr Jonathan David Rippon** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/04c62d32-59ad-4718-8609-bb822671f308
- **Mr John Michael Blake** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/198de156-9708-4eef-8e41-7fe16faeb447
- **Mr Derek Keith Freeman** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6ce8f3d7-2f92-4fda-86c3-6fc248e79a47
- **GEMINI BOOKS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/91758ec9-bccc-5dc0-8017-c1792960e112

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

1. **Mr Derek Keith Freeman** — beneficial owner 50% → *AD LIB PUBLISHERS LIMITED*
1. **Mr John Michael Blake** — beneficial owner 50% → *AD LIB PUBLISHERS LIMITED*
1. **Mr Jonathan David Rippon** — beneficial owner 50% → *AD LIB PUBLISHERS LIMITED*
1. **GEMINI BOOKS GROUP LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *AD LIB PUBLISHERS LIMITED*
1. **Mr Jonathan David Rippon** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *AD LIB PUBLISHERS LIMITED*
1. **Mr John Michael Blake** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *AD LIB PUBLISHERS LIMITED*
1. **Mr Derek Keith Freeman** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *AD LIB PUBLISHERS LIMITED*
1. **GEMINI BOOKS GROUP LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *AD LIB PUBLISHERS LIMITED*
2. **Mr Marcus Edward Leaver** — beneficial owner → *GEMINI BOOKS GROUP LIMITED*
2. **Mrs Anna Gwendoline Leaver** — beneficial owner 50% → *GEMINI BOOKS GROUP LIMITED*
2. **Mr Marcus Edward Leaver** — beneficial owner → *GEMINI BOOKS GROUP LIMITED*
2. **Mrs Anna Gwendoline Leaver** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *GEMINI BOOKS GROUP LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `12089095`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2019-07-06
- **Registered office:** Marine House, Tide Mill Way, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1AP, England
- **SIC:** 58110

### Officers

- RAHMAN, Mozidur — secretary · appointed 2024-01-30
- LEAVER, Marcus Edward — director · British · appointed 2023-10-31
- RIPPON, Jonathan — secretary · appointed 2023-10-31 · resigned 2024-01-29
- BLAKE, John Michael — director · British · appointed 2019-07-06 · resigned 2019-11-25
- FREEMAN, Derek Keith — director · British · appointed 2019-07-06 · resigned 2019-11-25
- RIPPON, Jonathan David — director · British · appointed 2019-07-06 · resigned 2024-12-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Gemini Books Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/91758ec9-bccc-5dc0-8017-c1792960e112) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2023-10-31
- Mr Jonathan David Rippon — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-10-31
- Mr Derek Keith Freeman — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2019-11-25
- Mr John Michael Blake — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2019-11-25

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12089095
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12089095

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AD LIB PUBLISHERS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/34da8b21-e548-524a-ad80-c08db160b646 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/34da8b21-e548-524a-ad80-c08db160b646._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._