Clipper A/S

Public limited companyCVR 17049798HerningActive

Clipper A/S is a public limited company, based in Herning, active in manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel, founded in 1992. Net profit fell 48% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 253k. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 7 of 24 companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 13.6m−3.1% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 253k−48.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 10.2m+2.5% vs. 2024
Employees13latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 13.6m.
  • Net profit fell 48% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 253k.
  • Equity rose 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 10.2m.

Employees

  • 4 fewer employees than a year earlier: 13 (08/2026) against 17 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Jesper Almstrup (chair of the board, 08/05/2025), Lars Michael Raftesgaard (board member, 16/04/2026) and Lars Michael Raftesgaard (ceo, 16/04/2026) (+4).
  • Stepped down: Søren Holstein Thygesen (ceo, 31/10/2024), Jesper Almstrup (board member, 07/05/2025) and Helle Wagner Pedersen (board member, 20/01/2026) (+4).
  • New owners registered: Wagner Copenhagen ApS (16/04/2026) and Claus Bak Mikkelsen ApS (01/11/2024).
  • No longer registered as owner: Wagner Copenhagen ApS (15/04/2026) and Claus Bak Mikkelsen ApS (16/04/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel (141000)

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 thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 4m−DKK 2mDKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12mDKK 14m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Clipper A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit16,7529,6519,95212,42014,04513,605−3.1%
Operating profit (EBIT)260−3,160−3,895−9591,9941,437−27.9%
Profit before tax688−2,757−3,93165701399−43.1%
Net profit533−1,982−2,899276489253−48.3%
Total assets36,83830,38740,85737,58433,77032,231−4.6%
Equity14,74512,7629,8639,5029,99110,244+2.5%
Liabilities22,09317,47730,87228,04523,77921,986−7.5%
Cash and cash equivalents3215548741,1291,8793,326+77%
Average number of employees242024252118−14.3%

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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DKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12mDKK 14mDKK 16m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (24 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Clipper A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/05/2024 – 30/04/202515/07/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/05/2023 – 30/04/202429/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/05/2022 – 30/04/202306/07/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/05/2021 – 30/04/202227/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/05/2020 – 30/04/202109/07/2021The companyPDFXBRL
202001/05/2019 – 30/04/202017/07/2020The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

24 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 13.6mNo. 7 of 24
Better than 74% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 10.2mNo. 9 of 24
Better than 65% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees13No. 7 of 24
Better than 74% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.5m, net profit DKK 253k, equity DKK 6.2m, 7 employees.

DKK 178kDKK 1.1mDKK 7.1mDKK 44.9mDKK 153.6mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 23 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. 2,846of 69,742
Better than 96%
No. 8,937of 69,964
Better than 87%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees18 companies in the comparison
No. 2of 18
Better than 94%
No. 5of 18
Better than 76%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 3,556of 10,152
Better than 65%
No. 4,719of 10,275
Better than 54%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 7,624of 17,786
Better than 57%
No. 8,675of 18,024
Better than 52%

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

Manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel
Gross profit
  1. Clipper A/SDKK 13.6m
  2. Spectre A/SDKK 284m
  3. Dilling A/SDKK 258.6m
Net profit
  1. Clipper A/SDKK 253k
  2. Spectre A/SDKK 81.5m
  3. Dilling A/SDKK 79.8m
Equity
  1. Clipper A/SDKK 10.2m
  2. Spectre A/SDKK 278.1m
  3. Dilling A/SDKK 239.5m
Employees
  1. Clipper A/S13
  2. Spectre A/S49
  3. Dilling A/S244

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Clipper A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Clipper A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Lars Michael RaftesgaardCEO16/04/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at Clipper A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jesper AlmstrupChair of the board08/05/2025
Lars Michael RaftesgaardBoard member16/04/2026
Helle Wagner PedersenBoard member27/04/2026
Founders
"aps 17. August 1995"
Former management (53)
Former management at Clipper A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Ove Flemming SørensenDirector10/12/199201/12/1996
Peter Huuse SørensenDirector10/12/199227/01/1995
Leif Villy HjøllundBoard member10/12/199201/07/2005
Niels Hagen SveigaardBoard member18/06/200130/05/2005
Svend Aage FlyvholmChair of the board13/09/200130/05/2005
Jan Jørgen Lund NielsenBoard member16/01/200402/10/2007
Flemming BachChair of the board30/05/200502/10/2007
Carsten Stenvad MadsenBoard member02/10/200718/06/2008
Carsten Stenvad MadsenCEO02/10/200718/06/2008
Steen Ulrik MadsenChair of the board18/06/200822/10/2009
Niels Orloff BilbergBoard member18/06/200801/11/2012
Niels Orloff BilbergCEO18/06/200801/11/2012
Kjeld Ostenfeldt MathiesenBoard member18/06/200825/01/2012
Ulrich Alexander KrasilnikoffChair of the board22/10/200916/06/2010
Anders StampeBoard member16/06/201025/01/2012
Sven Wagner PedersenBoard member25/01/201230/03/2017
Helle Wagner PedersenChair of the board25/01/201229/03/2017
Anders Bundgaard PedersenBoard member01/11/201218/03/2013
Anders Bundgaard PedersenCEO01/11/201218/03/2013
Ove Flemming SørensenBoard member18/03/201322/12/2014
Thomas Bjerring BechCEO18/03/201329/05/2015
Poul Jacob SkovgaardBoard member11/06/201422/12/2014
Jørn Dybvad VingeBoard member22/12/201410/05/2016
Kristian IkastCEO15/06/201528/02/2017
Poul Erland ErichsenBoard member10/05/201615/05/2019
Chresten LarsenCEO01/03/201731/05/2017
Helle Wagner PedersenBoard member30/03/201702/05/2018
Per Schak AndreasenChair of the board30/03/201703/05/2018
Torben Bang JensenCEO01/06/201728/05/2021
Michael DøssingBoard member06/07/201720/12/2019
Helle Wagner PedersenChair of the board03/05/201820/12/2019
Dennis Kjærgård PedersenBoard member12/06/201913/11/2020
Hans Henrik KærgaardBoard member01/10/201901/06/2023
Jan JakobsenChair of the board20/12/201928/03/2022
Carit LøvdalBoard member13/11/202017/03/2022
Bjarne Skovgaard SchmidtCEO01/06/202128/03/2022
Kristine Høybye KjerBoard member15/06/202131/05/2022
Hans Henrik KærgaardCEO28/03/202210/10/2022
Helle Wagner PedersenChair of the board28/03/202231/12/2022
Thomas SchwartzBoard member01/06/202201/01/2023
Morten BundgaardBoard member26/06/202231/12/2022
Søren Holstein ThygesenCEO10/10/202231/10/2024
Helle Wagner PedersenBoard member01/01/202331/05/2023
Morten BundgaardChair of the board01/01/202301/06/2023
Jesper AlmstrupBoard member01/05/202307/05/2025
Helle Wagner PedersenChair of the board01/06/202326/06/2024
Søren Holstein ThygesenBoard member01/06/202331/10/2023
Thomas SchwartzBoard member01/11/202326/06/2024
Helle Wagner PedersenBoard member27/06/202420/01/2026
Thomas SchwartzChair of the board27/06/202408/05/2025
Claus Bak MikkelsenBoard member01/11/202416/04/2026
Claus Bak MikkelsenCEO01/11/202416/04/2026
Anne WillemoesBoard member20/01/202627/04/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af direktøren i forening med formanden eller af alle bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Nakskovvej 1
7400 Herning

Herning Municipality · Postcode 7400

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
CLIPPER A/SNakskovvej 1, 7400 Herning131001212066

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel og industri

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

128 registered events
202611 changesmanagement 8 · ownership 3
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen appointed board member
  • Anne Willemoes stepped down as board member
  • Lars Michael Raftesgaard appointed ceo
  • Lars Michael Raftesgaard appointed board member
  • Claus Bak Mikkelsen stepped down as board member
  • Claus Bak Mikkelsen stepped down as ceo
  • Wagner Copenhagen ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • CLAUS BAK MIKKELSEN ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Wagner Copenhagen ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Anne Willemoes appointed board member
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as board member
20255 changesaccounts 1 · management 3 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Jesper Almstrup appointed chair of the board
  • Thomas Schwartz stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jesper Almstrup stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel (141000)
20249 changesmanagement 7 · ownership 1 · accounts 1
  • Claus Bak Mikkelsen appointed board member
  • Claus Bak Mikkelsen appointed ceo
  • CLAUS BAK MIKKELSEN ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • Søren Holstein Thygesen stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen appointed board member
  • Thomas Schwartz appointed chair of the board
  • Thomas Schwartz stepped down as board member
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
202312 changesmanagement 11 · accounts 1
  • Thomas Schwartz appointed board member
  • Søren Holstein Thygesen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen appointed chair of the board
  • Søren Holstein Thygesen appointed board member
  • Morten Bundgaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Hans Henrik Kærgaard stepped down as board member
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Almstrup appointed board member
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen appointed board member
  • Morten Bundgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Thomas Schwartz stepped down as board member
202213 changesmanagement 12 · accounts 1
  • Morten Bundgaard stepped down as board member
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Søren Holstein Thygesen appointed ceo
  • Hans Henrik Kærgaard stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Morten Bundgaard appointed board member
  • Thomas Schwartz appointed board member
  • Kristine Høybye Kjer stepped down as board member
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen appointed chair of the board
  • Hans Henrik Kærgaard appointed ceo
  • Bjarne Skovgaard Schmidt stepped down as ceo
  • Jan Jakobsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Carit Løvdal stepped down as board member
20214 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Kristine Høybye Kjer appointed board member
  • Bjarne Skovgaard Schmidt appointed ceo
  • Torben Bang Jensen stepped down as ceo
20203 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Carit Løvdal appointed board member
  • Dennis Kjærgård Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20198 changesmanagement 6 · ownership 2
  • Jan Jakobsen appointed chair of the board
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Michael Døssing stepped down as board member
  • Hans Henrik Kærgaard appointed board member
  • Wagner Copenhagen ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • HWAP A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Dennis Kjærgård Pedersen appointed board member
  • Poul Erland Erichsen stepped down as board member
20183 changesmanagement 3
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen appointed chair of the board
  • Per Schak Andreasen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as board member
20179 changesmanagement 9
  • Michael Døssing appointed board member
  • Torben Bang Jensen appointed ceo
  • Chresten Larsen stepped down as ceo
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen appointed board member
  • Per Schak Andreasen appointed chair of the board
  • Sven Wagner Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Chresten Larsen appointed ceo
  • Kristian Ikast stepped down as ceo
20162 changesmanagement 2
  • Poul Erland Erichsen appointed board member
  • Jørn Dybvad Vinge stepped down as board member
20152 changesmanagement 2
  • Kristian Ikast appointed ceo
  • Thomas Bjerring Bech stepped down as ceo
20144 changesmanagement 4
  • Jørn Dybvad Vinge appointed board member
  • Poul Jacob Skovgaard stepped down as board member
  • Ove Flemming Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Poul Jacob Skovgaard appointed board member
20134 changesmanagement 4
  • Thomas Bjerring Bech appointed ceo
  • Ove Flemming Sørensen appointed board member
  • Anders Bundgaard Pedersen stepped down as ceo
  • Anders Bundgaard Pedersen stepped down as board member
20129 changesmanagement 8 · ownership 1
  • Anders Bundgaard Pedersen appointed ceo
  • Anders Bundgaard Pedersen appointed board member
  • Niels Orloff Bilberg stepped down as board member
  • Niels Orloff Bilberg stepped down as ceo
  • HWAP A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Helle Wagner Pedersen appointed chair of the board
  • Sven Wagner Pedersen appointed board member
  • Anders Stampe stepped down as board member
  • Kjeld Ostenfeldt Mathiesen stepped down as board member
20102 changesmanagement 2
  • Anders Stampe appointed board member
  • Ulrich Alexander Krasilnikoff stepped down as chair of the board
20092 changesmanagement 2
  • Ulrich Alexander Krasilnikoff appointed chair of the board
  • Steen Ulrik Madsen stepped down as chair of the board
20087 changesmanagement 6 · industry 1
  • Niels Orloff Bilberg appointed board member
  • Kjeld Ostenfeldt Mathiesen appointed board member
  • Niels Orloff Bilberg appointed ceo
  • Steen Ulrik Madsen appointed chair of the board
  • Carsten Stenvad Madsen stepped down as ceo
  • Carsten Stenvad Madsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af andre strikkede og hæklede beklædningsartikler (143900)
20074 changesmanagement 4
  • Carsten Stenvad Madsen appointed ceo
  • Carsten Stenvad Madsen appointed board member
  • Flemming Bach stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jan Jørgen Lund Nielsen stepped down as board member
20054 changesmanagement 4
  • Leif Villy Hjøllund stepped down as board member
  • Flemming Bach appointed chair of the board
  • Svend Aage Flyvholm stepped down as chair of the board
  • Niels Hagen Sveigaard stepped down as board member
20041 changemanagement 1
  • Jan Jørgen Lund Nielsen appointed board member
20012 changesmanagement 2
  • Svend Aage Flyvholm appointed chair of the board
  • Niels Hagen Sveigaard appointed board member
19961 changemanagement 1
  • Ove Flemming Sørensen stepped down as director
19953 changesname 1 · capital 1 · management 1
  • Name changed from PHS 236 ApS to CLIPPER A/S
  • Share capital changed from 200,000 DKK to 2,000,000 DKK
  • Peter Huuse Sørensen stepped down as director
19924 changesfounded 1 · management 3
  • Registered as PHS 236 ApS
  • Peter Huuse Sørensen appointed director
  • Leif Villy Hjøllund appointed board member
  • Ove Flemming Sørensen 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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