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Howden Axial Fans ApS

Private limited companyCVR 15524243NæstvedActive

Howden Axial Fans ApS is a private limited company, based in Næstved, active in wholesale of other machinery and equipment, founded in 1991. Net profit fell 52% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 51.6m. With 120 employees, the company is about 20 times larger than the industry median. Equity fell to DKK 168.1m in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 156.1m−25.6% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 51.6m−52% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 168.1m−36.9% vs. 2024
Employees120latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 26% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 156.1m.
  • Net profit fell 52% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 51.6m.
  • Equity fell 37% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 168.1m.

Employees

  • 2 fewer employees than a year earlier: 120 (08/2026) against 122 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Noreen Akhtar-Petersen (board member, 01/12/2025), Anders Kristian Karlsson (board member, 31/03/2026) and Andrej Sovik (board member, 31/03/2026) (+1).
  • Stepped down: Tekin Özcay (board member, 30/11/2025), Frederick James Hearle (board member, 31/03/2026) and Jillian Evanko (chair of the board, 31/03/2026) (+1).

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 50mDKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250mDKK 300mDKK 350m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Howden Axial Fans ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue276,365365,419352,070435,750367,730not stated–
Gross profit106,100164,466134,397266,927209,690156,052−25.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)−7,69256,75431,256160,594110,00660,345−45.1%
Profit before tax−2856,53140,296173,574131,95466,224−49.8%
Net profit−75343,95127,602134,393107,45351,591−52%
Total assets417,963463,237406,189632,438415,495364,224−12.3%
Equity238,102197,053224,655359,048266,500168,091−36.9%
Liabilities167,498252,790170,090236,146136,972188,927+37.9%
Cash and cash equivalents6,5479,1785,5873,45916,7772,380−85.8%
Average number of employees153149139133130121−6.9%

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 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (1,000 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Equity fell sharply

    Equity fell 37% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 266.5m to DKK 168.1m).

    How is this calculated?

    Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.

  • Profit 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
Annual reports for Howden Axial Fans ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202529/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202420/07/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202312/07/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202219/07/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202110/07/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202029/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

1,000 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of other machinery and equipment based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 156.1mNo. 12 of 1,000
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 168.1mNo. 24 of 1,000
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees120No. 22 of 1,000
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 6m, net profit DKK 772k, equity DKK 4.8m, 6 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 961kDKK 9.2mDKK 88.8mDKK 401.7mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 957 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 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison
No. 286of 4,412
Better than 94%
No. 414of 4,466
Better than 91%
Same industry and 50–199 employees62 companies in the comparison
No. 4of 62
Better than 95%
No. 10of 62
Better than 85%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 565of 10,152
Better than 94%
No. 883of 10,275
Better than 91%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 165of 66,379
Better than 100%
No. 696of 66,505
Better than 99%

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 other machinery and equipment
Gross profit
  1. Howden Axial Fans ApSDKK 156.1m
  2. HydraSpecma A/SDKK 854.1m
  3. Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 779.2m
Net profit
  1. Howden Axial Fans ApSDKK 51.6m
  2. HydraSpecma A/SDKK 142.1m
  3. Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 204.2m
Equity
  1. Howden Axial Fans ApSDKK 168.1m
  2. HydraSpecma A/SDKK 1.2bn
  3. Sanovo Technology A/SDKK 592.3m
Employees
  1. Howden Axial Fans ApS120
  2. HydraSpecma A/S365
  3. Sanovo Technology A/S216

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Weldcure Limited100%
Howden Axial Fans ApS

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Howden Axial Fans ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Anders Kristian KarlssonDirector19/07/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Howden Axial Fans ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Bjarne Børge StarzecBoard member06/03/2014
James McParlandBoard member27/02/2019
Noreen Akhtar-PetersenBoard member01/12/2025
Anders Kristian KarlssonBoard member31/03/2026
Andrej SovikBoard member31/03/2026
Herbert Garfield HotchkissChair of the board31/03/2026
Auditor
Grant Thornton, Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskab
Founders
Victor Christoffersen, Charlotte Biil, Asbjørn Christoffersen
Former management (63)
Former management at Howden Axial Fans ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Victor ChristoffersenBoard member01/05/199126/02/1993
Victor ChristoffersenDirector01/05/199126/02/1993
Poul Jørgen JensenBoard member01/05/199103/05/1993
Poul Jørgen JensenDirector01/05/199103/05/1993
Charlotte BiilBoard member01/05/199126/02/1993
Asbjørn ChristoffersenBoard member01/05/199126/02/1993
Jørgen Jannerup PetersenBoard member01/05/199101/04/2004
Erling JohansenBoard member01/05/199103/08/1995
Erling JohansenDirector01/05/199103/08/1995
Susanne Irene LüthgensBoard member01/05/199116/02/1996
Ebbe Carsten PreusBoard member01/05/199122/02/1994
Leif Normann AndersenDeputy board member01/05/199106/12/2000
Peter FriisBoard member01/05/199103/05/1993
Alan MaclachlanBoard member01/05/199103/05/1993
Konrad Walter Meldal JohnsenChair of the board01/05/199110/11/1995
Harold Graham Young LincolnBoard member01/05/199118/01/1994
Norman Ernst Gustav AckthunBoard member01/05/199104/04/2000
Norman Ernst Gustav AckthunDirector01/05/199116/02/1996
Trevor James MurchChair of the board30/10/199525/09/1997
Jens FriisBoard member16/02/199626/10/1999
Jens FriisDirector16/02/199626/10/1999
Johnny Stub JørgensenBoard member25/05/199831/07/2002
Robert Jerome BolandBoard member08/06/199904/04/2000
Gordon Neil MillarCEO27/10/199931/07/2002
Poul Erik UthBoard member04/04/200006/11/2000
Jacob MøllerBoard member04/04/200031/10/2008
Jacob MøllerCEO04/04/200001/08/2008
Gordon Neil MillarChair of the board04/04/200031/10/2008
James BrownDeputy chair04/04/200018/06/2014
Kurt FrederiksenBoard member31/07/200208/06/2010
Jørgen Villy NielsenBoard member01/04/200407/03/2006
Palle Verner HansenBoard member07/03/200608/06/2010
Jens MøllerDeputy board member07/03/200630/06/2009
Kirsten Helle ClausenDeputy board member07/03/200630/04/2008
Mette KjærDeputy board member27/05/200808/06/2010
Allan Jan Formann KristensenCEO01/08/200801/09/2014
Ian BranderChair of the board31/10/200818/06/2014
Torben Steen JensenBoard member08/06/201006/03/2014
Tina ChristensenBoard member08/06/201006/03/2014
Jørgen Strandskov WintherDeputy board member11/08/201006/03/2014
Anne DammDeputy board member11/08/201006/03/2014
Mads RudeBoard member06/03/201401/06/2016
Tekin ÖzcayDeputy board member06/03/201416/12/2015
Hanne Thorup LudvigsenDeputy board member06/03/201430/06/2014
Kenneth Ladefoged PetersenBoard member18/06/201401/06/2016
Allan Jan Formann KristensenChair of the board01/09/201401/06/2016
Carl Fredrik AlbertsonCEO01/09/201401/06/2016
Donna MaloneBoard member01/09/201401/03/2017
Elias ZabanehBoard member21/10/201427/05/2019
Mark Paul LehmanBoard member16/12/201525/05/2023
Allan Jan Formann KristensenCEO01/06/201613/10/2017
Tekin ÖzcayBoard member01/06/201630/11/2025
James Bennett FairbairnChair of the board01/06/201613/10/2017
James McParlandBoard member01/06/201613/10/2017
Fionnuala Mary BarrieBoard member01/03/201731/07/2020
Kenneth Ladefoged PetersenCEO13/10/201719/07/2024
Allan Jan Formann KristensenChair of the board13/10/201702/10/2019
Steven HughesBoard member13/10/201727/02/2019
William ThomsonBoard member27/05/201931/08/2023
Frederick James HearleChair of the board02/10/201924/05/2023
Frederick James HearleBoard member25/05/202331/03/2026
Jillian EvankoChair of the board25/05/202331/03/2026
William Robert Hagelin Jr.Board member19/07/202431/03/2026

Signing rule: Virksomheden tegnes af et medlem af bestyrelsen eller den samlede bestyrelse i forening.

Address and production units

2 active production units

Industrivej 23
4700 Næstved

Næstved Municipality · Postcode 4700

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
HOWDEN AXIAL FANS ApSIndustrivej 23, 4700 Næstved781000939079
Howden Turbo-DKAllegade 6, 3000 Helsingør411022907189

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel og industri, herunder produktion af industrielle ventilatorer.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

136 registered events
20267 changesaccounts 1 · management 6
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Herbert Garfield Hotchkiss appointed chair of the board
  • Andrej Sovik appointed board member
  • Anders Kristian Karlsson appointed board member
  • William Robert Hagelin Jr. stepped down as board member
  • Frederick James Hearle stepped down as board member
  • Jillian Evanko stepped down as chair of the board
20253 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Noreen Akhtar-Petersen appointed board member
  • Tekin Özcay stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20244 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
  • William Robert Hagelin Jr. appointed board member
  • Anders Kristian Karlsson appointed director
  • Kenneth Ladefoged Petersen stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20238 changesownership 2 · management 5 · accounts 1
  • Weldcure Limited registered as owner (100%)
  • HOWDEN HOLDINGS ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • William Thomson stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Frederick James Hearle appointed board member
  • Jillian Evanko appointed chair of the board
  • Mark Paul Lehman stepped down as board member
  • Frederick James Hearle stepped down as chair of the board
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20201 changemanagement 1
  • Fionnuala Mary Barrie stepped down as board member
20196 changesmanagement 6
  • Frederick James Hearle appointed chair of the board
  • Allan Jan Formann Kristensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • William Thomson appointed board member
  • Elias Zabaneh stepped down as board member
  • James McParland appointed board member
  • Steven Hughes stepped down as board member
20178 changesmanagement 8
  • Allan Jan Formann Kristensen appointed chair of the board
  • Kenneth Ladefoged Petersen appointed ceo
  • Steven Hughes appointed board member
  • Allan Jan Formann Kristensen stepped down as ceo
  • James Bennett Fairbairn stepped down as chair of the board
  • James McParland stepped down as board member
  • Fionnuala Mary Barrie appointed board member
  • Donna Malone stepped down as board member
20168 changesmanagement 8
  • Allan Jan Formann Kristensen appointed ceo
  • James Bennett Fairbairn appointed chair of the board
  • Tekin Özcay appointed board member
  • James McParland appointed board member
  • Carl Fredrik Albertson stepped down as ceo
  • Allan Jan Formann Kristensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Kenneth Ladefoged Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Mads Rude stepped down as board member
20152 changesmanagement 2
  • Mark Paul Lehman appointed board member
  • Tekin Özcay stepped down as deputy board member
201418 changesmanagement 17 · name 1
  • Elias Zabaneh appointed board member
  • Carl Fredrik Albertson appointed ceo
  • Allan Jan Formann Kristensen appointed chair of the board
  • Donna Malone appointed board member
  • Allan Jan Formann Kristensen stepped down as ceo
  • Hanne Thorup Ludvigsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Name changed from HOWDEN DENMARK ApS to HOWDEN AXIAL FANS ApS
  • Kenneth Ladefoged Petersen appointed board member
  • Ian Brander stepped down as chair of the board
  • James Brown stepped down as deputy chair
  • Tekin Özcay appointed deputy board member
  • Bjarne Børge Starzec appointed board member
  • Hanne Thorup Ludvigsen appointed deputy board member
  • Mads Rude appointed board member
  • Anne Damm stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jørgen Strandskov Winther stepped down as deputy board member
  • Torben Steen Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Tina Christensen stepped down as board member
20121 changename 1
  • Name changed from HOWDEN DENMARK A/S to HOWDEN DENMARK ApS
20107 changesmanagement 7
  • Anne Damm appointed deputy board member
  • Jørgen Strandskov Winther appointed deputy board member
  • Torben Steen Jensen appointed board member
  • Tina Christensen appointed board member
  • Mette Kjær stepped down as deputy board member
  • Palle Verner Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Kurt Frederiksen stepped down as board member
20091 changemanagement 1
  • Jens Møller stepped down as deputy board member
20088 changesmanagement 7 · industry 1
  • Ian Brander appointed chair of the board
  • Gordon Neil Millar stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jacob Møller stepped down as board member
  • Allan Jan Formann Kristensen appointed ceo
  • Jacob Møller stepped down as ceo
  • Mette Kjær appointed deputy board member
  • Kirsten Helle Clausen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med andre maskiner og andet udstyr (466900)
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Industrivej 23, 4700 Næstved
20067 changesname 1 · industry 1 · ownership 1 · management 4
  • Name changed from HOWDEN VARIAX A/S to HOWDEN DENMARK A/S
  • Industry changed to Engroshandel med andre maskiner, udstyr og tilbehør (518790)
  • HOWDEN HOLDINGS ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • Kirsten Helle Clausen appointed deputy board member
  • Jens Møller appointed deputy board member
  • Palle Verner Hansen appointed board member
  • Jørgen Villy Nielsen stepped down as board member
20041 changemanagement 1
  • Jørgen Villy Nielsen appointed board member
20031 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Rådgivende ingeniørvirksomhed indenfor produktions- og maskinteknik (742020)
20023 changesmanagement 3
  • Kurt Frederiksen appointed board member
  • Gordon Neil Millar stepped down as ceo
  • Johnny Stub Jørgensen stepped down as board member
20012 changesaddress 1 · capital 1
  • Moved to Industrivej 23,
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 1,500,000 DKK
20008 changesmanagement 8
  • Poul Erik Uth stepped down as board member
  • James Brown appointed deputy chair
  • Gordon Neil Millar appointed chair of the board
  • Jacob Møller appointed ceo
  • Jacob Møller appointed board member
  • Poul Erik Uth appointed board member
  • Robert Jerome Boland stepped down as board member
  • Norman Ernst Gustav Ackthun stepped down as board member
19994 changesmanagement 4
  • Gordon Neil Millar appointed ceo
  • Jens Friis stepped down as director
  • Jens Friis stepped down as board member
  • Robert Jerome Boland appointed board member
19981 changemanagement 1
  • Johnny Stub Jørgensen appointed board member
19971 changemanagement 1
  • Trevor James Murch stepped down as chair of the board
19963 changesmanagement 3
  • Jens Friis appointed director
  • Jens Friis appointed board member
  • Norman Ernst Gustav Ackthun stepped down as director
19952 changesmanagement 2
  • Konrad Walter Meldal Johnsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Trevor James Murch appointed chair of the board
19942 changesname 1 · management 1
  • Name changed from HOWDEN NOVENCO A/S to HOWDEN VARIAX A/S
  • Harold Graham Young Lincoln stepped down as board member
19936 changesname 2 · management 4
  • Name changed from HOWDEN NOVENCO INDUSTRIES A/S to HOWDEN NOVENCO A/S
  • Alan Maclachlan stepped down as board member
  • Peter Friis stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from VICH 2994 A/S to HOWDEN NOVENCO INDUSTRIES A/S
  • Victor Christoffersen stepped down as board member
  • Victor Christoffersen stepped down as director
19921 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
19919 changesfounded 1 · management 8
  • Registered as VICH 2994 A/S
  • Victor Christoffersen appointed board member
  • Victor Christoffersen appointed director
  • Norman Ernst Gustav Ackthun appointed director
  • Norman Ernst Gustav Ackthun appointed board member
  • Harold Graham Young Lincoln appointed board member
  • Konrad Walter Meldal Johnsen appointed chair of the board
  • Alan Maclachlan appointed board member
  • Peter Friis 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. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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