Hamelin A/S

Public limited companyCVR 19876616FarumActive

Hamelin A/S is a public limited company, based in Farum, active in wholesale of books, paper and stationery, founded in 1962. Net profit fell 46% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 3.7m. The company has existed for over 60 years.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 10.2m−21.5% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 3.7m−46.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 50.4m−6.1% vs. 2024
Employees7latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 22% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 10.2m.
  • Net profit fell 46% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 3.7m.
  • Equity fell 6% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 50.4m.

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Matthias Franck Hansen (board member, 20/11/2025) and Frederic Böert (board member, 20/11/2025).
  • Stepped down: Stefan Warkalla (board member, 20/11/2025) and Hubertus Wilhelmus Marie Janssen (board member, 20/11/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 20/11/2025: Share capital changed from 46,500,000 DKK to 6,500,000 DKK

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 10mDKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50m20182019202020242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Hamelin A/S
20182019202020242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit19,58113,80710,09913,01510,214−21.5%
Operating profit (EBIT)251−5,953−4,2665,3432,798−47.6%
Profit before tax934−5,235−3,7467,8634,821−38.7%
Net profit934−5,235−3,7466,9533,750−46.1%
Total assets66,99056,94555,20156,36453,215−5.6%
Equity43,33038,09534,34953,64950,398−6.1%
Liabilities23,66018,85018,9652,7162,816+3.7%
Cash and cash equivalents4,7688064,939467398−14.9%
Average number of employees3031301110−9.1%

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

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Gross profitMedian, the industry (72 companies)

Annual reports

5 financial years
Annual reports for Hamelin A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202530/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202427/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202001/07/2021The companyPDFXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201931/08/2020The companyPDFXBRL
201801/01/2018 – 31/12/201825/05/2019The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

72 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of books, paper and stationery based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 10.2mNo. 20 of 72
Better than 73% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 50.4mNo. 8 of 72
Better than 90% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees7No. 24 of 72
Better than 68% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 4.4m, net profit DKK 434k, equity DKK 3.2m, 7 employees.

DKK 339kDKK 1.9mDKK 10.1mDKK 55.1mDKK 170.7mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 69 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. 4,640of 69,742
Better than 93%
No. 3,051of 69,964
Better than 96%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees57 companies in the comparison
No. 8of 57
Better than 88%
No. 2of 57
Better than 98%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 4,132of 10,152
Better than 59%
No. 1,982of 10,275
Better than 81%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 8,895of 17,786
Better than 50%
No. 3,563of 18,024
Better than 80%

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

Wholesale of books, paper and stationery
Gross profit
  1. Hamelin A/SDKK 10.2m
  2. Essity Denmark A/SDKK 300.4m
  3. Daarbak A/SDKK 286.8m
Net profit
  1. Hamelin A/SDKK 3.7m
  2. Essity Denmark A/SDKK 155m
  3. Daarbak A/SDKK 26.6m
Equity
  1. Hamelin A/SDKK 50.4m
  2. Essity Denmark A/SDKK 165m
  3. Daarbak A/SDKK 277.2m
Employees
  1. Hamelin A/S7
  2. Essity Denmark A/S132
  3. Daarbak A/S284

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Holdham S.A.100%
Hamelin A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Hamelin A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Matthias Franck HansenCEO01/09/2020

Board of directors

Board of directors at Hamelin A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Eric Pascal JoanChair of the board01/09/2020
Matthias Franck HansenBoard member20/11/2025
Frederic BöertBoard member20/11/2025
Former management (29)
Former management at Hamelin A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Kurt Anker NielsenBoard member15/06/196212/06/1991
Michael GaarmannBoard member15/06/196222/05/2000
Ole Henrik WillerupBoard member15/06/196226/04/2000
Knut Henning GotfredsenBoard member15/06/196228/08/2000
Knut Henning GotfredsenCEO15/06/196206/07/1998
Erik AndersenDirector15/06/196229/05/2000
Kristian KoldingBoard member15/06/196228/08/2000
Flemming RelsterBoard member15/06/196222/05/2000
Svend Erik JacobsenBoard member15/06/196226/05/1992
Jørgen Peter SchmidtBoard member15/06/196225/06/1996
Knud EgebjergBoard member15/06/196209/05/1995
Jørgen Knud MadsenDirector15/06/196228/02/2001
Erik SkiellerBoard member28/04/199821/06/2001
Guy Sylvester JeakingsBoard member28/04/199821/06/2001
Alex IngildsenBoard member28/04/199830/06/2000
Anders Peter WestmarkCEO28/04/199828/09/2001
Niels Friis PedersenBoard member18/06/199828/04/1999
Stephane Andre Roger HamelinChair of the board26/04/200031/08/2020
Jacques Georges Albert PiattierBoard member26/04/200028/08/2000
Poul SmithBoard member30/06/200021/06/2001
Anders Peter WestmarkBoard member28/08/200028/09/2001
Francis Marc WernerBoard member28/08/200001/02/2010
Anders Nicolai PetriBoard member01/02/201027/02/2014
Anders Nicolai PetriDirector01/02/201027/02/2014
Eric Pascal JoanBoard member01/02/201031/08/2020
Klaus AfzeliusBoard member27/02/201431/08/2020
Klaus AfzeliusDirector27/02/201431/08/2020
Stefan WarkallaBoard member01/09/202020/11/2025
Hubertus Wilhelmus Marie JanssenBoard member01/09/202020/11/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af formanden eller af den administrerende direktør

Address and production units

1 active production units

Hirsemarken 5
3520 Farum

Furesø Municipality · Postcode 3520

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
HAMELIN A/SHirsemarken 5, st. th, 3520 Farum71001517770

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive fabrikation og handel

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

84 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20256 changescapital 1 · management 4 · accounts 1
  • Share capital changed from 46,500,000 DKK to 6,500,000 DKK
  • Frederic Böert appointed board member
  • Matthias Franck Hansen appointed board member
  • Stefan Warkalla stepped down as board member
  • Hubertus Wilhelmus Marie Janssen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20221 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Hirsemarken 5, st. th, 3520 Farum
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20209 changesmanagement 8 · accounts 1
  • Stefan Warkalla appointed board member
  • Eric Pascal Joan appointed chair of the board
  • Matthias Franck Hansen appointed ceo
  • Hubertus Wilhelmus Marie Janssen appointed board member
  • Klaus Afzelius stepped down as director
  • Klaus Afzelius stepped down as board member
  • Eric Pascal Joan stepped down as board member
  • Stephane Andre Roger Hamelin stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2019 published
20191 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2018 published
20144 changesmanagement 4
  • Klaus Afzelius appointed director
  • Klaus Afzelius appointed board member
  • Anders Nicolai Petri stepped down as director
  • Anders Nicolai Petri stepped down as board member
20132 changescapital 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 41,000,000 DKK to 46,500,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
20105 changesname 1 · management 4
  • Name changed from BANTEX A/S to HAMELIN A/S
  • Anders Nicolai Petri appointed director
  • Eric Pascal Joan appointed board member
  • Anders Nicolai Petri appointed board member
  • Francis Marc Werner stepped down as board member
20018 changesaddress 1 · industry 1 · management 6
  • Moved to Nøglegårdsvej 1, 3540 Lynge
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med bøger, papir og papirvarer (514745)
  • Anders Peter Westmark stepped down as board member
  • Anders Peter Westmark stepped down as ceo
  • Poul Smith stepped down as board member
  • Erik Skieller stepped down as board member
  • Guy Sylvester Jeakings stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Knud Madsen stepped down as director
200017 changescapital 2 · address 1 · management 13 · ownership 1
  • Share capital changed from 40,000,000 DKK to 41,000,000 DKK
  • Moved to Gydevang 25, 3450 Allerød
  • Share capital changed from 25,000,000 DKK to 40,000,000 DKK
  • Anders Peter Westmark appointed board member
  • Francis Marc Werner appointed board member
  • Jacques Georges Albert Piattier stepped down as board member
  • Kristian Kolding stepped down as board member
  • Knut Henning Gotfredsen stepped down as board member
  • Poul Smith appointed board member
  • Alex Ingildsen stepped down as board member
  • Erik Andersen stepped down as director
  • Flemming Relster stepped down as board member
  • Michael Gaarmann stepped down as board member
  • Jacques Georges Albert Piattier appointed board member
  • Stephane Andre Roger Hamelin appointed chair of the board
  • Ole Henrik Willerup stepped down as board member
  • Holdham S.A. registered as owner (100%)
19992 changesmerger 1 · management 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Niels Friis Pedersen stepped down as board member
19986 changesmanagement 6
  • Knut Henning Gotfredsen stepped down as ceo
  • Niels Friis Pedersen appointed board member
  • Erik Skieller appointed board member
  • Anders Peter Westmark appointed ceo
  • Alex Ingildsen appointed board member
  • Guy Sylvester Jeakings appointed board member
19961 changemanagement 1
  • Jørgen Peter Schmidt stepped down as board member
19951 changemanagement 1
  • Knud Egebjerg stepped down as board member
19941 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19921 changemanagement 1
  • Svend Erik Jacobsen stepped down as board member
19913 changesmerger 1 · capital 1 · management 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Share capital changed from 20,000,000 DKK to 25,000,000 DKK
  • Kurt Anker Nielsen stepped down as board member
19891 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 16,000,000 DKK to 20,000,000 DKK
196213 changesfounded 1 · management 12
  • Registered as BANTEX A/S
  • Svend Erik Jacobsen appointed board member
  • Flemming Relster appointed board member
  • Kristian Kolding appointed board member
  • Erik Andersen appointed director
  • Knut Henning Gotfredsen appointed ceo
  • Knut Henning Gotfredsen appointed board member
  • Ole Henrik Willerup appointed board member
  • Kurt Anker Nielsen appointed board member
  • Michael Gaarmann appointed board member
  • Jørgen Knud Madsen appointed director
  • Knud Egebjerg appointed board member
  • Jørgen Peter Schmidt 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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