Cadesign Form A/S

Public limited companyCVR 30579704Aarhus NActive

Cadesign Form A/S is a public limited company, based in Aarhus N, active in graphic design and visual communication, founded in 2007. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 1.4m in 2025. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 4 of 188 companies in the industry in the database. With 55 employees, the company is about 18 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 46.4m+9.9% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 1.4m−264.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 3.6m−33.9% vs. 2024
Employees55latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 10% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 46.4m.
  • Net profit went from a profit of DKK 838k to a loss of DKK 1.4m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 34% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 3.6m.

Employees

  • 2 fewer employees than a year earlier: 55 (08/2026) against 57 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Per Lybæk (board member, 01/01/2025), Michael Dahl Larsen (ceo, 01/01/2025) and Rune Lawaetz Haaning (director, 01/01/2025).
  • Stepped down: Per Lybæk (director, 01/01/2025) and Michael Dahl Larsen (board member, 01/01/2025).
  • New owners registered: Cadesign Form A/S (18/05/2026).
  • No longer registered as owner: Uffe Bengaard Holding ApS (18/05/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Graphic design and visual communication (741200)

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 2018–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 4m−DKK 2mDKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8m201820192022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Cadesign Form A/S
201820192022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit26,58822,94545,08641,41842,23546,435+9.9%
Operating profit (EBIT)1,798−3,5363,903−4022,2414,337+93.5%
Profit before tax1,446−3,5901,866−2,2741,179−631−153.5%
Net profit1,123−2,7911,281−2,014838−1,376−264.3%
Total assets21,67217,83128,23924,54428,33520,658−27.1%
Equity5,8592,3487,3834,5835,4213,585−33.9%
Liabilities15,06115,48220,39018,91221,76616,839−22.6%
Cash and cash equivalents1111,2671,375266−80.6%
Average number of employees504865625655−1.8%

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. Revenue is not stated for 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures. The register has no financial statements for 2020, 2021 (changed financial year or not filed).

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Gross profitMedian, the industry (188 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Equity fell sharply

    Equity fell 34% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 5.4m to DKK 3.6m).

    How is this calculated?

    Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.

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

6 financial years
Annual reports for Cadesign Form A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202504/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202407/05/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202326/04/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202208/05/2023The companyPDFXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201927/08/2020The companyPDFXBRL
201801/01/2018 – 31/12/201820/05/2019The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

188 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in graphic design and visual communication based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 46.4mNo. 4 of 188
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 3.6mNo. 29 of 187
Better than 85% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees55No. 2 of 188
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.1m, net profit DKK 108k, equity DKK 663k, 3 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 649kDKK 4.2mDKK 27.3mDKK 94.9mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 181 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 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison
No. 1,950of 4,412
Better than 56%
No. 3,517of 4,466
Better than 21%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 1,541of 24,791
Better than 94%
No. 11,412of 24,909
Better than 54%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 3,102of 17,786
Better than 83%
No. 12,729of 18,024
Better than 29%

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

Graphic design and visual communication
Gross profit
  1. Cadesign Form A/SDKK 46.4m
  2. Manyone A/SDKK 177m
  3. Kühl & Han ApSDKK 53.3m
Net profit
  1. Cadesign Form A/S−DKK 1.4m
  2. Manyone A/S−DKK 37.3m
  3. Kühl & Han ApSDKK 33.2m
Equity
  1. Cadesign Form A/SDKK 3.6m
  2. Manyone A/SDKK 20.6m
  3. Kühl & Han ApSDKK 33.2m
Employees
  1. Cadesign Form A/S55
  2. Manyone A/S15
  3. Kühl & Han ApS18

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Cadesign Holding A/S33.33% · 50% votes
  • R. Lawaetz Holding ApS10%
  • Mdahl Holding ApS10%
  • Cadesign Form Partnerholding ApS20% · 0% votes
  • Cadesign Form A/S10%
Cadesign Form A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Cadesign Form A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Michael Dahl LarsenCEO01/01/2025
Rune Lawaetz HaaningDirector01/01/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Cadesign Form A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Lars JürgensenBoard member03/05/2007
Rune Lawaetz HaaningBoard member04/09/2007
Carsten Lykke WædeledChair of the board15/04/2021
Michael Nørregaard WilkensBoard member23/08/2022
Per LybækBoard member01/01/2025
Former management (12)
Former management at Cadesign Form A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Per LybækBoard member03/05/200703/09/2015
Per LybækDirector03/05/200701/01/2025
Stig Gadegaard VendelboChair of the board03/05/200703/09/2015
Michael Dahl LarsenBoard member04/09/200701/01/2025
Louise Choi ChristensenBoard member04/09/200703/09/2015
Jan HolmsgaardChair of the board03/09/201515/04/2021
Jens LassenBoard member18/05/201615/05/2019
Theresa BrønnumBoard member01/08/201815/04/2021
Dorte Brønden SkovboBoard member02/09/201904/05/2022
Stig Gadegaard VendelboBoard member26/05/202023/08/2022
Uffe BengaardBoard member26/05/202023/08/2022
Steffen Max Bergholz HøghBoard member23/08/202224/04/2024

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse eller af en direktør i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Dusager 14
8200 Aarhus N

Aarhus Municipality · Postcode 8200

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
CADESIGN FORM A/SDusager 14, 8200 Aarhus N551013257724

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed med produktion og salg af visuelle kommunikationsprodukter.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

61 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · ownership 2
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • CADESIGN FORM A/S registered as owner (10%)
  • UFFE BENGAARD HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
20257 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1 · management 5
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Graphic design and visual communication (741200)
  • Rune Lawaetz Haaning appointed director
  • Michael Dahl Larsen appointed ceo
  • Per Lybæk appointed board member
  • Michael Dahl Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Per Lybæk stepped down as director
20242 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Steffen Max Bergholz Høgh stepped down as board member
202310 changesownership 9 · accounts 1
  • UFFE BENGAARD HOLDING ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • CADESIGN HOLDING A/S registered as owner (33.33%)
  • R. LAWAETZ HOLDING ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • MDAHL HOLDING ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Cadesign Form Partnerholding ApS registered as owner (20%)
  • UFFE BENGAARD HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • CADESIGN HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • R. LAWAETZ HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • MDAHL HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20226 changesaddress 1 · management 5
  • Moved to Dusager 14, 8200 Aarhus N
  • Steffen Max Bergholz Høgh appointed board member
  • Michael Nørregaard Wilkens appointed board member
  • Stig Gadegaard Vendelbo stepped down as board member
  • Uffe Bengaard stepped down as board member
  • Dorte Brønden Skovbo stepped down as board member
20213 changesmanagement 3
  • Carsten Lykke Wædeled appointed chair of the board
  • Theresa Brønnum stepped down as board member
  • Jan Holmsgaard stepped down as chair of the board
20203 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2019 published
  • Stig Gadegaard Vendelbo appointed board member
  • Uffe Bengaard appointed board member
20193 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Dorte Brønden Skovbo appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2018 published
  • Jens Lassen stepped down as board member
20181 changemanagement 1
  • Theresa Brønnum appointed board member
20172 changesownership 2
  • UFFE BENGAARD HOLDING ApS registered as owner (15%)
  • CADESIGN FORM A/S is no longer registered as owner
20163 changesownership 2 · management 1
  • CADESIGN FORM A/S registered as owner (15%)
  • LOUISE CHRISTENSEN HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Jens Lassen appointed board member
20154 changesmanagement 4
  • Jan Holmsgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Louise Choi Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Per Lybæk stepped down as board member
  • Stig Gadegaard Vendelbo stepped down as chair of the board
20144 changesownership 4
  • CADESIGN HOLDING A/S registered as owner (50%)
  • R. LAWAETZ HOLDING ApS registered as owner (15%)
  • MDAHL HOLDING ApS registered as owner (15%)
  • LOUISE CHRISTENSEN HOLDING ApS registered as owner (15%)
20091 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Kommunikationsdesign og grafisk design (741020)
20079 changescapital 1 · management 7 · founded 1
  • Share capital changed from 550,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
  • Louise Choi Christensen appointed board member
  • Michael Dahl Larsen appointed board member
  • Rune Lawaetz Haaning appointed board member
  • Registered as CADESIGN FORM A/S
  • Per Lybæk appointed board member
  • Lars Jürgensen appointed board member
  • Stig Gadegaard Vendelbo appointed chair of the board
  • Per Lybæk appointed director

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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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