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Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S

Public limited companyCVR 75450915København KActive

Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S is a public limited company, based in København K, active in sound recording and music publishing, founded in 1984. Net profit fell 22% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 5.2m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 6 of 98 companies in the industry in the database. With 13 employees, the company is about 7 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 16m−9.2% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 5.2m−22.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 40.5m+14.9% vs. 2024
Employees13latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 16m.
  • Net profit fell 22% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 5.2m.
  • Equity rose 15% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 40.5m.

Employees

  • 2 more employees than a year earlier: 13 (07/2026) against 11 (07/2025).

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 10mDKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit12,97213,25716,71710,67917,59015,970−9.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)2,9842,5264,635−6,1509,7807,441−23.9%
Profit before tax2,1931,6324,152−6,6298,6386,790−21.4%
Net profit1,7501,2683,192−5,1186,7195,234−22.1%
Total assets69,29473,64970,48565,44268,13766,697−2.1%
Equity29,16930,43733,63028,51235,23040,465+14.9%
Liabilities37,25040,40334,07135,98331,35424,804−20.9%
Cash and cash equivalents7,2764,4706,2895,0148,3119,869+18.8%
Average number of employees11111371210−16.7%

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 16mDKK 18m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (98 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202530/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202419/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202319/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202219/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202119/05/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202030/06/2021The 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

98 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in sound recording and music publishing based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 16mNo. 6 of 98
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 40.5mNo. 2 of 98
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees13No. 9 of 98
Better than 92% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.1m, net profit DKK 44,863, equity DKK 605k, 2 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 492kDKK 2.4mDKK 11.9mDKK 34.6mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 89 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. 2,182of 69,742
Better than 97%
No. 3,609of 69,964
Better than 95%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees94 companies in the comparison
No. 3of 94
Better than 98%
No. 2of 94
Better than 99%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 3,254of 10,152
Better than 68%
No. 2,308of 10,275
Better than 78%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 6,935of 17,786
Better than 61%
No. 4,126of 18,024
Better than 77%

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

Sound recording and music publishing
Gross profit
  1. Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/SDKK 16m
  2. Sony Music Entertainment Denmark A/SDKK 58.8m
  3. Warner Music Denmark A/SDKK 41.1m
Net profit
  1. Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/SDKK 5.2m
  2. Sony Music Entertainment Denmark A/SDKK 11m
  3. Warner Music Denmark A/SDKK 15.5m
Equity
  1. Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/SDKK 40.5m
  2. Sony Music Entertainment Denmark A/SDKK 23.7m
  3. Warner Music Denmark A/SDKK 124.7m
Employees
  1. Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S13
  2. Sony Music Entertainment Denmark A/S49
  3. Warner Music Denmark A/S18

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Music Sales Limited100%
Edition Wilhelm Hansen 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 Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Louise-Marie TörnqvistDirector03/09/2008
Christopher Mark ButlerDirector03/09/2008

Board of directors

Board of directors at Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
James.Thomas Chadwick RushtonBoard member21/11/1996
Christopher Mark ButlerBoard member13/08/2008
Louise-Marie TörnqvistBoard member25/08/2010
Marcus WiseBoard member11/02/2021
Jonathan Alexander Bruce SmithBoard member11/02/2021
Former management (15)
Former management at Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Tine Birger ChristensenDirector24/09/198403/09/2008
Hanne Wilhelm HansenBoard member24/09/198429/11/1988
Hanne Wilhelm HansenDirector24/09/198429/11/1988
Kristian Lund KristensenBoard member24/09/198429/11/1988
Lone Wilhelm HansenDirector24/09/198429/11/1988
Henrik Stig MøllerBoard member24/09/198429/11/1988
Robert WiseBoard member24/09/198411/02/2021
Malcolm GrabhamBoard member24/09/198407/02/2006
Malcolm GrabhamDirector24/09/198407/02/2006
Frank JohnsonBoard member24/09/198425/11/1996
Paul John LowerBoard member07/02/200613/08/2008
Paul John LowerDirector07/02/200603/09/2008
Tine Birger ChristensenBoard member13/08/200831/12/2018
David Barry RockbergerBoard member03/09/200811/02/2021
Anthony Edward LathamBoard member25/08/201030/06/2018

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to direktører i forening, af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening, eller af den samlede bestyrelse

Address and production units

1 active production units

Bornholmsgade 1A
1266 København K

København Municipality · Postcode 1266

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
EDITION WILHELM HANSEN A/SBornholmsgade 1A, 1, 1266 København K131002460519

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed ved musik- forlag, koncertbureau og teaterforlag og anden dermed beslægtet virksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

53 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20215 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Jonathan Alexander Bruce Smith appointed board member
  • Marcus Wise appointed board member
  • David Barry Rockberger stepped down as board member
  • Robert Wise stepped down as board member
20182 changesmanagement 2
  • Tine Birger Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Anthony Edward Latham stepped down as board member
20102 changesmanagement 2
  • Anthony Edward Latham appointed board member
  • Louise-Marie Törnqvist appointed board member
20091 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Bornholmsgade 1A, 1, 1266 København K
20089 changesmanagement 8 · industry 1
  • David Barry Rockberger appointed board member
  • Christopher Mark Butler appointed director
  • Louise-Marie Törnqvist appointed director
  • Paul John Lower stepped down as director
  • Tine Birger Christensen stepped down as director
  • Christopher Mark Butler appointed board member
  • Tine Birger Christensen appointed board member
  • Paul John Lower stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Sound recording and music publishing (592000)
20064 changesmanagement 4
  • Paul John Lower appointed director
  • Paul John Lower appointed board member
  • Malcolm Grabham stepped down as director
  • Malcolm Grabham stepped down as board member
20053 changesaddress 3
  • Moved to Bornholmsgade 1, 1, 1266 København K
  • Moved to Amaliegade 12, 2, 1256 København K
  • Moved to Amaliegade 12, 2, 1256 København K
20031 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Udgivelse af lydoptagelser (221400)
20011 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19962 changesmanagement 2
  • Frank Johnson stepped down as board member
  • James.Thomas Chadwick Rushton appointed board member
19886 changesmanagement 5 · ownership 1
  • Henrik Stig Møller stepped down as board member
  • Lone Wilhelm Hansen stepped down as director
  • Kristian Lund Kristensen stepped down as board member
  • Hanne Wilhelm Hansen stepped down as director
  • Hanne Wilhelm Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Music Sales Limited registered as owner (100%)
19871 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
198411 changesfounded 1 · management 10
  • Registered as EDITION WILHELM HANSEN A/S
  • Frank Johnson appointed board member
  • Malcolm Grabham appointed director
  • Malcolm Grabham appointed board member
  • Robert Wise appointed board member
  • Henrik Stig Møller appointed board member
  • Lone Wilhelm Hansen appointed director
  • Kristian Lund Kristensen appointed board member
  • Hanne Wilhelm Hansen appointed director
  • Tine Birger Christensen appointed director
  • Hanne Wilhelm Hansen 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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