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Welbeck Publishing Group Limited
Book publishing
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 10
- Richard David Kitson 2022-2025 View profile
- David Richard Shelley 2022-2025 View profile
- Pierre De Cacqueray 2022-2026 View profile
- Ian Fraser Mcauliffe 2021-2022 View profile
- Peter Graham Read 2019-2022 View profile
- Matilda Rosemary Mcauliffe 2019-2021 View profile
- Mark Alexander Smith 2019-2022 View profile
- Jeremy Simon Cope 2019-2019 View profile
- Marcus Edward Leaver 2018-2022 View profile
- Jonathan David Rippon 2018-2018 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Book publishing
- Incorporated
- 06/07/2018
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- OH! Book Group Limited (until 12/02/2019)
Ownership
Owned by (4) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Jonathan David Rippon ceased 2018-11-19
25-50% shares · notified 2018-07-06 - Marcus Edward Leaver ceased 2022-12-02
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2018-07-06 - Hachette UK Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2022-12-02 - Hachette UK (Holdings) Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2022-12-02 - Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
Group
- Welbeck Publishing Group Limited
is controlled by Jonathan David Rippon
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2018-07-06, ceased 2018-11-19 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Jonathan David Rippon.
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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
1 directors on the board
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Pierre De Cacqueray Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision
Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 11452965
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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