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Ballen Brugsforening

Cooperative society with limited liabilityCVR 35476628SamsøActive

Ballen Brugsforening is a cooperative society with limited liability, based in Samsø, active in retail sale of groceries in supermarkets and grocery stores, founded in 1916. The company went from a profit in 2018 to a loss of DKK 21,819 in 2019. The company has existed for over 110 years. 9 people are registered in the company's management and ownership.

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Key figures · financial year 2019

RevenueDKK 11.6m−1.8% vs. 2018
Net profit−DKK 21,819−169.4% vs. 2018
EquityDKK 3.6m−0.5% vs. 2018
Employees18latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2019 against 2018

  • Gross profit fell 1% (2018 → 2019), to DKK 2.6m.
  • Revenue fell 2% (2018 → 2019), to DKK 11.6m.
  • Net profit went from a profit of DKK 31,450 to a loss of DKK 21,819 (2018 → 2019).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Claus Elgaard Carlsen (board member, 10/04/2025) and Line Koudal Vorre Olsen (distributor, 01/05/2026).
  • Stepped down: Marianne Koudal Olsen (distributor, 01/05/2026) and Gunhild Sandal Stjerne (board member, 10/04/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Retail sale of groceries in supermarkets and grocery stores (471120)

Calculated from the latest two annual reports in sequence and from registrations in CVR. A figure that is missing in either year gives no line, and we derive no figures.

Financial statements

Financial years 2016–2019 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 500kDKK 0DKK 500kDKK 1mDKK 1.5mDKK 2mDKK 2.5mDKK 3mDKK 3.5mDKK 4m201620182019
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Ballen Brugsforening
201620182019Change
Revenue13,27611,78011,570−1.8%
Gross profit2,6272,6112,585−1%
Operating profit (EBIT)19155−22−139.4%
Profit before tax17241−28−168.2%
Net profit13431−22−169.4%
Total assets5,4915,1094,681−8.4%
Equity3,8283,6203,600−0.5%
Liabilities1,4401,326923−30.3%
Cash and cash equivalents127168116−30.8%
Average number of employees6660%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Figures for the company (not the group); change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report. The register has no financial statements for 2017 (changed financial year or not filed). Download annual report 2019 (PDF)

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DKK 0DKK 500kDKK 1mDKK 1.5mDKK 2mDKK 2.5m201620182019
Gross profitMedian, the industry (604 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2019 figures

  • A more recent annual report is missing

    The latest annual report in the database is for 2019 (period ending 2019-12-31). The next year's report is not in the database.

    How is this calculated?

    More than 19 months have passed since the end of the latest annual report's period: a twelve-month financial year, a five-month deadline and two months of margin. The company may have a shifted financial year, or the report has not been loaded yet.

The signals are rules applied to the figures in the annual reports. They are not an assessment or credit rating of the company. See Data and method.

Annual reports

3 financial years
Annual reports for Ballen Brugsforening
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201925/08/2020The companyPDFXBRL
201801/01/2018 – 31/12/201830/04/2019The companyPDFXBRL
201601/01/2016 – 31/12/201602/05/2017The companyPDFXBRL

The figures from all the annual reports are shown on this page. The documents themselves (PDF and XBRL, the machine-readable edition) are downloaded with a Pro account: sign in or create a free account, and then choose Pro. XBRL is the edition the figures on the page are read from.

Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

604 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in retail sale of groceries in supermarkets and grocery stores based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 2.6mNo. 388 of 603
Better than 36% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 3.6mNo. 242 of 604
Better than 60% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees18No. 349 of 604
Better than 42% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.6m, net profit DKK 66,737, equity DKK 2.1m, 8 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 1.5mDKK 21.7mDKK 320.7mDKK 1.9bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 593 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale). Amber bar: where this company sits.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison
No. 25,630of 69,742
Better than 63%
No. 17,359of 69,964
Better than 75%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees219 companies in the comparison
No. 44of 219
Better than 80%
No. 22of 219
Better than 90%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 6,903of 10,152
Better than 32%
No. 6,834of 10,275
Better than 33%
All companies of type ABA312 companies in the comparison
No. 249of 311
Better than 20%
No. 256of 312
Better than 18%

The rank is calculated among companies in the database with a figure for the latest financial year, and is shown only for groups of at least ten companies.

Compare with the industry

Retail sale of groceries in supermarkets and grocery stores
Gross profit
  1. Ballen BrugsforeningDKK 2.6m
  2. Coop Danmark A/SDKK 4.7bn
  3. Nemlig.com A/SDKK 465.5m
Net profit
  1. Ballen Brugsforening−DKK 21,819
  2. Coop Danmark A/S−DKK 232m
  3. Nemlig.com A/S−DKK 28.1m
Equity
  1. Ballen BrugsforeningDKK 3.6m
  2. Coop Danmark A/SDKK 1.9bn
  3. Nemlig.com A/SDKK 39m
Employees
  1. Ballen Brugsforening18
  2. Coop Danmark A/S14,722
  3. Nemlig.com A/S1,448

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Management

8 active registrations

Board of directors

Board of directors at Ballen Brugsforening
NameRoleAppointed
Lene Goerlich MaegaardBoard member19/03/2010
Lisbet ToftBoard member28/03/2014
Merete BuchhaveChair of the board28/03/2014
Gunhild Petrea JohansenBoard member01/03/2017
Peer Frausing SørensenBoard member28/04/2021
Kristina RasmussenBoard member28/04/2022
Claus Elgaard CarlsenBoard member10/04/2025
Line Koudal Vorre OlsenDistributor01/05/2026
Former management (35)
Former management at Ballen Brugsforening
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Thomas Dragonheart Grandjean GleerupBoard member18/02/191605/04/2002
Kim Andre Bredsdorff-LarsenBoard member18/02/191605/04/2002
Jens Ole DitlevsenDeputy chair18/02/191631/03/2000
Mette LøkkeChair of the board18/02/191631/03/2000
Niels Christian LauridsenBoard member18/02/191631/03/2000
Andrew Barno JensenBoard member18/02/191630/03/2001
Torben Normand AnesenDistributor18/02/191601/02/2002
Lilli SørensenBoard member31/03/200030/03/2001
Anne Kirsten BuurBoard member31/03/200020/03/2009
Lis BuschbeckBoard member31/03/200011/04/2008
Svend Erik LarsenDeputy board member30/03/200104/04/2003
Inge NielsenBoard member30/03/200111/04/2008
Jacob Gravgaard AndersenBoard member30/03/200131/03/2006
Marianne Koudal OlsenDistributor01/02/200201/05/2026
Tom AsmussenBoard member05/04/200218/03/2005
Gitte Merete FrandsenBoard member05/04/200220/03/2009
Susanne HerlufBoard member15/03/200427/10/2004
Orla MeinecheBoard member18/03/200531/03/2006
Jette Eva NielsenBoard member18/03/200519/03/2010
Bo Haagen SalsøBoard member31/03/200619/11/2008
Niels Karl Hedegaard KnudsenBoard member11/04/200805/06/2009
Helle EhlersChair of the board11/04/200828/03/2014
Jette Rafn PetersenBoard member11/04/200806/04/2011
Lars Damgaard HansenBoard member20/03/200906/04/2011
Per Rubin Melgaard JensenBoard member20/03/200928/04/2021
Alice Højlund LiltorpBoard member05/06/200919/03/2010
Christian Kirkedal JensenDeputy board member19/03/201006/04/2011
Margrethe Klærke-HansenBoard member19/03/201001/03/2017
Svend Aage ToftBoard member08/04/201107/04/2017
Dorit EnglyBoard member08/04/201128/04/2022
Gunhild Petrea JohansenDeputy board member28/03/201428/02/2017
Frederik Langkilde SørensenBoard member07/04/201728/04/2021
Søren Stærgaard Stage-MadsenDeputy board member07/04/201706/04/2018
Gunhild Sandal StjerneDeputy board member06/04/201827/04/2021
Gunhild Sandal StjerneBoard member28/04/202110/04/2025

Signing rule: Ved køb og salg samt pantsætning af fast ejendom og optagelse af lån i øvrigt, tegning af garantikapital eller afgivelse af anden sikkerhedsstillelse, tegnes foreningen af formanden og uddeleren i forening eller af en af disse i forening med 2 bestyrelsesmedlemmer. Bortset herfra tegnes foreningen af formanden eller uddeleren.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Havnevej 12
8305 Samsø

Samsø Municipality · Postcode 8305

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Brugsen BallenHavnevej 12, Ballen, 8305 Samsø151003045851

Purpose

Foreningens formål er at skaffe medlemmerne de bedst mulige varer til de lavest mulige priser samt optage andre opgaver af økonomisk og almennyttig art til gavn for forbrugerne. Til opnåelse af dette formål skal foreningen være medlem af Fællesforeningen for Danmarks Brugsforeninger og så vidt muligt indkøbe sine varer gennem COOP Danmark A/S. Foreningen kan efter bestyrelsens beslutning være medlem af andre foreninger, selskaber samt institutioner, som er af betydning for foreningens virksomhed, og kan tegne kapital i disse.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

80 registered events
20253 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Claus Elgaard Carlsen appointed board member
  • Gunhild Sandal Stjerne stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Retail sale of groceries in supermarkets and grocery stores (471120)
20222 changesmanagement 2
  • Kristina Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Dorit Engly stepped down as board member
20215 changesmanagement 5
  • Gunhild Sandal Stjerne appointed board member
  • Peer Frausing Sørensen appointed board member
  • Frederik Langkilde Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Per Rubin Melgaard Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Gunhild Sandal Stjerne stepped down as deputy board member
20201 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2019 published
20191 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2018 published
20182 changesmanagement 2
  • Gunhild Sandal Stjerne appointed deputy board member
  • Søren Stærgaard Stage-Madsen stepped down as deputy board member
20177 changesaccounts 1 · management 6
  • Annual report for 2016 published
  • Søren Stærgaard Stage-Madsen appointed deputy board member
  • Frederik Langkilde Sørensen appointed board member
  • Svend Aage Toft stepped down as board member
  • Gunhild Petrea Johansen appointed board member
  • Margrethe Klærke-Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Gunhild Petrea Johansen stepped down as deputy board member
20144 changesmanagement 4
  • Gunhild Petrea Johansen appointed deputy board member
  • Merete Buchhave appointed chair of the board
  • Lisbet Toft appointed board member
  • Helle Ehlers stepped down as chair of the board
20115 changesmanagement 5
  • Svend Aage Toft appointed board member
  • Dorit Engly appointed board member
  • Christian Kirkedal Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Lars Damgaard Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Jette Rafn Petersen stepped down as board member
20105 changesmanagement 5
  • Christian Kirkedal Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Lene Goerlich Maegaard appointed board member
  • Margrethe Klærke-Hansen appointed board member
  • Alice Højlund Liltorp stepped down as board member
  • Jette Eva Nielsen stepped down as board member
20096 changesmanagement 6
  • Alice Højlund Liltorp appointed board member
  • Niels Karl Hedegaard Knudsen stepped down as board member
  • Per Rubin Melgaard Jensen appointed board member
  • Lars Damgaard Hansen appointed board member
  • Gitte Merete Frandsen stepped down as board member
  • Anne Kirsten Buur stepped down as board member
20087 changesmanagement 6 · industry 1
  • Bo Haagen Salsø stepped down as board member
  • Jette Rafn Petersen appointed board member
  • Niels Karl Hedegaard Knudsen appointed board member
  • Helle Ehlers appointed chair of the board
  • Inge Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Lis Buschbeck stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Retail sale of kiosk goods (471110)
20063 changesmanagement 3
  • Bo Haagen Salsø appointed board member
  • Orla Meineche stepped down as board member
  • Jacob Gravgaard Andersen stepped down as board member
20053 changesmanagement 3
  • Jette Eva Nielsen appointed board member
  • Orla Meineche appointed board member
  • Tom Asmussen stepped down as board member
20042 changesmanagement 2
  • Susanne Herluf stepped down as board member
  • Susanne Herluf appointed board member
20031 changemanagement 1
  • Svend Erik Larsen stepped down as deputy board member
20024 changesmanagement 4
  • Tom Asmussen appointed board member
  • Gitte Merete Frandsen appointed board member
  • Kim Andre Bredsdorff-Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Thomas Dragonheart Grandjean Gleerup stepped down as board member
20015 changesmanagement 5
  • Inge Nielsen appointed board member
  • Jacob Gravgaard Andersen appointed board member
  • Svend Erik Larsen appointed deputy board member
  • Lilli Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Andrew Barno Jensen stepped down as board member
20006 changesmanagement 6
  • Anne Kirsten Buur appointed board member
  • Lis Buschbeck appointed board member
  • Lilli Sørensen appointed board member
  • Niels Christian Lauridsen stepped down as board member
  • Mette Løkke stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jens Ole Ditlevsen stepped down as deputy chair
19961 changename 1
  • Name changed from BRUGSEN BALLEN to BALLEN BRUGSFORENING
19167 changesfounded 1 · management 6
  • Registered as BRUGSEN BALLEN
  • Kim Andre Bredsdorff-Larsen appointed board member
  • Andrew Barno Jensen appointed board member
  • Niels Christian Lauridsen appointed board member
  • Mette Løkke appointed chair of the board
  • Jens Ole Ditlevsen appointed deputy chair
  • Thomas Dragonheart Grandjean Gleerup appointed board member

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Source and updates

The information comes from the Danish Central Business Register (Danish Business Authority) and from annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority. Last synchronised 24/10/2026.

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