Café Faust A/S
Public limited companyCVR 27204759Aarhus CActive
Café Faust A/S is a public limited company, based in Aarhus C, active in restaurants and cafés, founded in 2003. Net profit rose 9% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 1.3m. Profit has grown three years in a row. With 58 employees, the company is about 12 times larger than the industry median.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 10% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 7.3m.
- Net profit rose 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.3m.
- Equity rose 33% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 5.3m.
Employees
- 5 fewer employees than a year earlier: 58 (08/2026) against 63 (08/2025).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Restaurants and cafés (561110)
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 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 5,906 | 6,176 | 6,716 | 6,353 | 6,675 | 7,339 | +10% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 2,166 | 2,524 | 1,373 | 1,407 | 1,566 | 1,732 | +10.6% |
| Profit before tax | 2,132 | 2,514 | 1,153 | 1,544 | 1,553 | 1,690 | +8.9% |
| Net profit | 1,662 | 1,960 | 897 | 1,203 | 1,211 | 1,316 | +8.7% |
| Total assets | 7,318 | 8,867 | 7,803 | 8,848 | 8,609 | 9,914 | +15.2% |
| Equity | 4,133 | 5,682 | 5,579 | 5,782 | 3,994 | 5,310 | +33% |
| Liabilities | 3,185 | 3,181 | 2,224 | 3,066 | 4,616 | 4,604 | −0.2% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 5,037 | 4,896 | 2,989 | 6,232 | 6,294 | 7,832 | +24.4% |
| Average number of employees | 18 | 15 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 0% |
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 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.
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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresProfit for five years in a row
Net result has been positive in 2021–2025.
How is this calculated?
Net result is positive in the five latest annual reports in a row.
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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/10/2024 – 30/09/2025 | 28/11/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/10/2023 – 30/09/2024 | 13/12/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/10/2022 – 30/09/2023 | 08/12/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/10/2021 – 30/09/2022 | 19/12/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/10/2020 – 30/09/2021 | 17/12/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/10/2019 – 30/09/2020 | 27/11/2020 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
3,486 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in restaurants and cafés based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.1m, net profit DKK 62,146, equity DKK 220k, 5 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison | No. 3,999of 4,412 Better than 9% | No. 3,314of 4,466 Better than 26% |
| Same industry and 50–199 employees226 companies in the comparison | No. 185of 226 Better than 18% | No. 67of 226 Better than 71% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison | No. 7,507of 24,791 Better than 70% | No. 9,426of 24,909 Better than 62% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 10,374of 17,786 Better than 42% | No. 11,238of 18,024 Better than 38% |
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
Restaurants and cafés- Café Faust A/SDKK 7.3m
- Copenhagen Food Collective ApSDKK 305.3m
- Bone's Restauranter A/SDKK 193.6m
- Café Faust A/SDKK 1.3m
- Copenhagen Food Collective ApSDKK 70.4m
- Bone's Restauranter A/SDKK 14.5m
- Café Faust A/SDKK 5.3m
- Copenhagen Food Collective ApSDKK 263m
- Bone's Restauranter A/SDKK 23.3m
- Café Faust A/S58
- Copenhagen Food Collective ApS240
- Bone's Restauranter A/S1,208
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Minke Holding ApS100%
Management
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jesper Minke Stougaard | CEO | 16/09/2003 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jesper Minke Stougaard | Board member | 12/05/2003 |
| Elisabet Vanda Villadsen Jensen | Board member | 24/03/2004 |
| Rune Nørgaard Risom | Chair of the board | 01/09/2019 |
- Founders
- Minke Holding ApS, Sebastian Nielsen Holding ApS, JS Holding Århus ApS
Former management (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Sebastian Nielsen | Board member | 12/05/2003 | 24/03/2004 |
| John Sebastian Nielsen | CEO | 12/05/2003 | 16/09/2003 |
| John Stampe Møller | Chair of the board | 12/05/2003 | 28/01/2013 |
| Benny Stougaard Nielsen | Board member | 28/01/2013 | 03/05/2017 |
| Peter Bedsted | Chair of the board | 03/05/2017 | 01/09/2019 |
| Rune Nørgaard Risom | Board member | 04/12/2018 | 31/08/2019 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse eller af direktionen alene.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsÅboulevarden 38
8000 Aarhus C
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAFÉ FAUST A/S | Åboulevarden 38-42, 8000 Aarhus C | 58 | 1009926379 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive restaurationsdrift
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
28 registered events20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- IndustryIndustry changed to Restaurants and cafés (561110)
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20201 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20193 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementRune Nørgaard Risom appointed chair of the board
- ManagementPeter Bedsted stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementRune Nørgaard Risom stepped down as board member
20182 changesmanagement 1 · address 1
- ManagementRune Nørgaard Risom appointed board member
- AddressMoved to Åboulevarden 38-42, 8000 Aarhus C
20172 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementPeter Bedsted appointed chair of the board
- ManagementBenny Stougaard Nielsen stepped down as board member
20162 changesownership 2
- OwnershipMINKE HOLDING ApS registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipJORA HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
20132 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementBenny Stougaard Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementJohn Stampe Møller stepped down as chair of the board
20121 changeownership 1
- OwnershipJORA HOLDING ApS registered as owner (100%)
20042 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementElisabet Vanda Villadsen Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementJohn Sebastian Nielsen stepped down as board member
20037 changesmanagement 6 · founded 1
- ManagementJesper Minke Stougaard appointed ceo
- ManagementJohn Sebastian Nielsen stepped down as ceo
- FoundedRegistered as CAFÉ FAUST A/S
- ManagementJohn Sebastian Nielsen appointed ceo
- ManagementJohn Sebastian Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementJesper Minke Stougaard appointed board member
- ManagementJohn Stampe Møller appointed chair of the board
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Same industry in Aarhus
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- JLJ Invest, Aarhus ApS200 employees
- Casablanca Aarhus ApS111 employees
- Sushiart ApS98 employees
- Mo'Rice ApS94 employees
- MIBmusik Aarhus ApS86 employees
Same people in management
- Millarco International A/Svia Henrik Vedel
- Scan Choco A/Svia Henrik Vedel
- Børnenes Kartel ApSvia Rune Nørgaard Risom
- A/S Grenaa Motorfabrikvia Henrik Vedel
- Intersport Partner Service A/Svia Peter Bedsted
- Innova Advokatpartnerselskabvia Elisabet Vanda Villadsen Jensen
Largest in the industry
- Copenhagen Food Collective ApSDKK 305.3m
- Bone's Restauranter A/SDKK 193.6m
- Sticks 'n' Sushi A/SDKK 190m
- MR Restaurants ApSDKK 173.9m
- Flammen A/SDKK 154.9m
- Nordic Service Partners A/SDKK 148.6m
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.