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.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 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 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 | 16,752 | 9,651 | 9,952 | 12,420 | 14,045 | 13,605 | −3.1% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 260 | −3,160 | −3,895 | −959 | 1,994 | 1,437 | −27.9% |
| Profit before tax | 688 | −2,757 | −3,931 | 65 | 701 | 399 | −43.1% |
| Net profit | 533 | −1,982 | −2,899 | 276 | 489 | 253 | −48.3% |
| Total assets | 36,838 | 30,387 | 40,857 | 37,584 | 33,770 | 32,231 | −4.6% |
| Equity | 14,745 | 12,762 | 9,863 | 9,502 | 9,991 | 10,244 | +2.5% |
| Liabilities | 22,093 | 17,477 | 30,872 | 28,045 | 23,779 | 21,986 | −7.5% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 321 | 554 | 874 | 1,129 | 1,879 | 3,326 | +77% |
| Average number of employees | 24 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 18 | −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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Annual reports
6 financial years| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/05/2024 – 30/04/2025 | 15/07/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/05/2023 – 30/04/2024 | 29/06/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/05/2022 – 30/04/2023 | 06/07/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/05/2021 – 30/04/2022 | 27/06/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/05/2020 – 30/04/2021 | 09/07/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/05/2019 – 30/04/2020 | 17/07/2020 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
24 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.5m, net profit DKK 253k, equity DKK 6.2m, 7 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| 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- Clipper A/SDKK 13.6m
- Spectre A/SDKK 284m
- Dilling A/SDKK 258.6m
- Clipper A/SDKK 253k
- Spectre A/SDKK 81.5m
- Dilling A/SDKK 79.8m
- Clipper A/SDKK 10.2m
- Spectre A/SDKK 278.1m
- Dilling A/SDKK 239.5m
- Clipper A/S13
- Spectre A/S49
- Dilling A/S244
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterManagement
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Lars Michael Raftesgaard | CEO | 16/04/2026 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jesper Almstrup | Chair of the board | 08/05/2025 |
| Lars Michael Raftesgaard | Board member | 16/04/2026 |
| Helle Wagner Pedersen | Board member | 27/04/2026 |
- Founders
- "aps 17. August 1995"
Former management (53)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ove Flemming Sørensen | Director | 10/12/1992 | 01/12/1996 |
| Peter Huuse Sørensen | Director | 10/12/1992 | 27/01/1995 |
| Leif Villy Hjøllund | Board member | 10/12/1992 | 01/07/2005 |
| Niels Hagen Sveigaard | Board member | 18/06/2001 | 30/05/2005 |
| Svend Aage Flyvholm | Chair of the board | 13/09/2001 | 30/05/2005 |
| Jan Jørgen Lund Nielsen | Board member | 16/01/2004 | 02/10/2007 |
| Flemming Bach | Chair of the board | 30/05/2005 | 02/10/2007 |
| Carsten Stenvad Madsen | Board member | 02/10/2007 | 18/06/2008 |
| Carsten Stenvad Madsen | CEO | 02/10/2007 | 18/06/2008 |
| Steen Ulrik Madsen | Chair of the board | 18/06/2008 | 22/10/2009 |
| Niels Orloff Bilberg | Board member | 18/06/2008 | 01/11/2012 |
| Niels Orloff Bilberg | CEO | 18/06/2008 | 01/11/2012 |
| Kjeld Ostenfeldt Mathiesen | Board member | 18/06/2008 | 25/01/2012 |
| Ulrich Alexander Krasilnikoff | Chair of the board | 22/10/2009 | 16/06/2010 |
| Anders Stampe | Board member | 16/06/2010 | 25/01/2012 |
| Sven Wagner Pedersen | Board member | 25/01/2012 | 30/03/2017 |
| Helle Wagner Pedersen | Chair of the board | 25/01/2012 | 29/03/2017 |
| Anders Bundgaard Pedersen | Board member | 01/11/2012 | 18/03/2013 |
| Anders Bundgaard Pedersen | CEO | 01/11/2012 | 18/03/2013 |
| Ove Flemming Sørensen | Board member | 18/03/2013 | 22/12/2014 |
| Thomas Bjerring Bech | CEO | 18/03/2013 | 29/05/2015 |
| Poul Jacob Skovgaard | Board member | 11/06/2014 | 22/12/2014 |
| Jørn Dybvad Vinge | Board member | 22/12/2014 | 10/05/2016 |
| Kristian Ikast | CEO | 15/06/2015 | 28/02/2017 |
| Poul Erland Erichsen | Board member | 10/05/2016 | 15/05/2019 |
| Chresten Larsen | CEO | 01/03/2017 | 31/05/2017 |
| Helle Wagner Pedersen | Board member | 30/03/2017 | 02/05/2018 |
| Per Schak Andreasen | Chair of the board | 30/03/2017 | 03/05/2018 |
| Torben Bang Jensen | CEO | 01/06/2017 | 28/05/2021 |
| Michael Døssing | Board member | 06/07/2017 | 20/12/2019 |
| Helle Wagner Pedersen | Chair of the board | 03/05/2018 | 20/12/2019 |
| Dennis Kjærgård Pedersen | Board member | 12/06/2019 | 13/11/2020 |
| Hans Henrik Kærgaard | Board member | 01/10/2019 | 01/06/2023 |
| Jan Jakobsen | Chair of the board | 20/12/2019 | 28/03/2022 |
| Carit Løvdal | Board member | 13/11/2020 | 17/03/2022 |
| Bjarne Skovgaard Schmidt | CEO | 01/06/2021 | 28/03/2022 |
| Kristine Høybye Kjer | Board member | 15/06/2021 | 31/05/2022 |
| Hans Henrik Kærgaard | CEO | 28/03/2022 | 10/10/2022 |
| Helle Wagner Pedersen | Chair of the board | 28/03/2022 | 31/12/2022 |
| Thomas Schwartz | Board member | 01/06/2022 | 01/01/2023 |
| Morten Bundgaard | Board member | 26/06/2022 | 31/12/2022 |
| Søren Holstein Thygesen | CEO | 10/10/2022 | 31/10/2024 |
| Helle Wagner Pedersen | Board member | 01/01/2023 | 31/05/2023 |
| Morten Bundgaard | Chair of the board | 01/01/2023 | 01/06/2023 |
| Jesper Almstrup | Board member | 01/05/2023 | 07/05/2025 |
| Helle Wagner Pedersen | Chair of the board | 01/06/2023 | 26/06/2024 |
| Søren Holstein Thygesen | Board member | 01/06/2023 | 31/10/2023 |
| Thomas Schwartz | Board member | 01/11/2023 | 26/06/2024 |
| Helle Wagner Pedersen | Board member | 27/06/2024 | 20/01/2026 |
| Thomas Schwartz | Chair of the board | 27/06/2024 | 08/05/2025 |
| Claus Bak Mikkelsen | Board member | 01/11/2024 | 16/04/2026 |
| Claus Bak Mikkelsen | CEO | 01/11/2024 | 16/04/2026 |
| Anne Willemoes | Board member | 20/01/2026 | 27/04/2026 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af direktøren i forening med formanden eller af alle bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsNakskovvej 1
7400 Herning
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIPPER A/S | Nakskovvej 1, 7400 Herning | 13 | 1001212066 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive handel og industri
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
128 registered events202611 changesmanagement 8 · ownership 3
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementAnne Willemoes stepped down as board member
- ManagementLars Michael Raftesgaard appointed ceo
- ManagementLars Michael Raftesgaard appointed board member
- ManagementClaus Bak Mikkelsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementClaus Bak Mikkelsen stepped down as ceo
- OwnershipWagner Copenhagen ApS registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipCLAUS BAK MIKKELSEN ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipWagner Copenhagen ApS is no longer registered as owner
- ManagementAnne Willemoes appointed board member
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as board member
20255 changesaccounts 1 · management 3 · industry 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementJesper Almstrup appointed chair of the board
- ManagementThomas Schwartz stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementJesper Almstrup stepped down as board member
- IndustryIndustry changed to Manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel (141000)
20249 changesmanagement 7 · ownership 1 · accounts 1
- ManagementClaus Bak Mikkelsen appointed board member
- ManagementClaus Bak Mikkelsen appointed ceo
- OwnershipCLAUS BAK MIKKELSEN ApS registered as owner (50%)
- ManagementSøren Holstein Thygesen stepped down as ceo
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementThomas Schwartz appointed chair of the board
- ManagementThomas Schwartz stepped down as board member
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
202312 changesmanagement 11 · accounts 1
- ManagementThomas Schwartz appointed board member
- ManagementSøren Holstein Thygesen stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSøren Holstein Thygesen appointed board member
- ManagementMorten Bundgaard stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementHans Henrik Kærgaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementJesper Almstrup appointed board member
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementMorten Bundgaard appointed chair of the board
- ManagementThomas Schwartz stepped down as board member
202213 changesmanagement 12 · accounts 1
- ManagementMorten Bundgaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementSøren Holstein Thygesen appointed ceo
- ManagementHans Henrik Kærgaard stepped down as ceo
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- ManagementMorten Bundgaard appointed board member
- ManagementThomas Schwartz appointed board member
- ManagementKristine Høybye Kjer stepped down as board member
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementHans Henrik Kærgaard appointed ceo
- ManagementBjarne Skovgaard Schmidt stepped down as ceo
- ManagementJan Jakobsen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementCarit Løvdal stepped down as board member
20214 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- ManagementKristine Høybye Kjer appointed board member
- ManagementBjarne Skovgaard Schmidt appointed ceo
- ManagementTorben Bang Jensen stepped down as ceo
20203 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementCarit Løvdal appointed board member
- ManagementDennis Kjærgård Pedersen stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20198 changesmanagement 6 · ownership 2
- ManagementJan Jakobsen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementMichael Døssing stepped down as board member
- ManagementHans Henrik Kærgaard appointed board member
- OwnershipWagner Copenhagen ApS registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipHWAP A/S is no longer registered as owner
- ManagementDennis Kjærgård Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementPoul Erland Erichsen stepped down as board member
20183 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementPer Schak Andreasen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as board member
20179 changesmanagement 9
- ManagementMichael Døssing appointed board member
- ManagementTorben Bang Jensen appointed ceo
- ManagementChresten Larsen stepped down as ceo
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementPer Schak Andreasen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSven Wagner Pedersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementChresten Larsen appointed ceo
- ManagementKristian Ikast stepped down as ceo
20162 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementPoul Erland Erichsen appointed board member
- ManagementJørn Dybvad Vinge stepped down as board member
20152 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementKristian Ikast appointed ceo
- ManagementThomas Bjerring Bech stepped down as ceo
20144 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementJørn Dybvad Vinge appointed board member
- ManagementPoul Jacob Skovgaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementOve Flemming Sørensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementPoul Jacob Skovgaard appointed board member
20134 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementThomas Bjerring Bech appointed ceo
- ManagementOve Flemming Sørensen appointed board member
- ManagementAnders Bundgaard Pedersen stepped down as ceo
- ManagementAnders Bundgaard Pedersen stepped down as board member
20129 changesmanagement 8 · ownership 1
- ManagementAnders Bundgaard Pedersen appointed ceo
- ManagementAnders Bundgaard Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Orloff Bilberg stepped down as board member
- ManagementNiels Orloff Bilberg stepped down as ceo
- OwnershipHWAP A/S registered as owner (100%)
- ManagementHelle Wagner Pedersen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSven Wagner Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementAnders Stampe stepped down as board member
- ManagementKjeld Ostenfeldt Mathiesen stepped down as board member
20102 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementAnders Stampe appointed board member
- ManagementUlrich Alexander Krasilnikoff stepped down as chair of the board
20092 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementUlrich Alexander Krasilnikoff appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSteen Ulrik Madsen stepped down as chair of the board
20087 changesmanagement 6 · industry 1
- ManagementNiels Orloff Bilberg appointed board member
- ManagementKjeld Ostenfeldt Mathiesen appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Orloff Bilberg appointed ceo
- ManagementSteen Ulrik Madsen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementCarsten Stenvad Madsen stepped down as ceo
- ManagementCarsten Stenvad Madsen stepped down as board member
- IndustryIndustry changed to Fremstilling af andre strikkede og hæklede beklædningsartikler (143900)
20074 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementCarsten Stenvad Madsen appointed ceo
- ManagementCarsten Stenvad Madsen appointed board member
- ManagementFlemming Bach stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementJan Jørgen Lund Nielsen stepped down as board member
20054 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementLeif Villy Hjøllund stepped down as board member
- ManagementFlemming Bach appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSvend Aage Flyvholm stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementNiels Hagen Sveigaard stepped down as board member
20041 changemanagement 1
- ManagementJan Jørgen Lund Nielsen appointed board member
20012 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementSvend Aage Flyvholm appointed chair of the board
- ManagementNiels Hagen Sveigaard appointed board member
19961 changemanagement 1
- ManagementOve Flemming Sørensen stepped down as director
19953 changesname 1 · capital 1 · management 1
- NameName changed from PHS 236 ApS to CLIPPER A/S
- CapitalShare capital changed from 200,000 DKK to 2,000,000 DKK
- ManagementPeter Huuse Sørensen stepped down as director
19924 changesfounded 1 · management 3
- FoundedRegistered as PHS 236 ApS
- ManagementPeter Huuse Sørensen appointed director
- ManagementLeif Villy Hjøllund appointed board member
- ManagementOve Flemming Sørensen appointed director
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- MP Denmark A/SDKK 19.7m
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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.