Ad Lib Publishers Limited
Registered name: AD LIB PUBLISHERS LIMITED
Part of Gemini Books Group Limited groupAd Lib Publishers Limited does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 31 Dec 2024 show net assets of £121k.
Ad Lib Publishers Limited did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 showed net assets of £121k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “book publishing” and is based in Woodbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woodbridge, East of England
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The parent company and the ultimate controlling party of Ad Lib Publishers Limited is Gemini Books Group Limited and its registered office is Marine House, Tide Mill Way, Woodbridge IP12 1AP.”
Key figures
Revenue not disclosed
Ad Lib Publishers Limited’s accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.
We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.
- Employees
- 0
- Net assets
- £121k
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 30 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | No P&L | No P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £515k | £526k | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £245k | £362k | — | — |
| Gross profit | £270k | £165k | — | — |
| Operating profit | −£47.1k | −£28.8k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | −£48k | −£29.4k | — | — |
| Profit after tax | −£38.9k | −£23.8k | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | −£38.9k | −£23.8k | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −7.5% | −4.5% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 52.4% | 31.3% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £263k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£13k | −£11.9k | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £37.6k | £14k | £14k | £3.2k |
| Net assets | £240k | £216k | £216k | £121k |
| Fixed assets | £2.5k | £0 | — | — |
| Current assets | £430k | £442k | £401k | £505k |
| Debtors | £64.9k | £69.1k | £69.1k | £445k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £0 | £3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now £121k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £3.2k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gemini Books Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ad Lib Publishers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Gemini Books Midco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gemini Books Services LimitedRev. — · Profit £107k
- Gemini Children's Books LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gemini Distribution Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Palazzo Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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