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John Wiley & Sons A/S

Public limited companyCVR 24207854København KActive

John Wiley & Sons A/S is a public limited company, based in København K, active in leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works, founded in 1951. Net profit fell 26% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 15.5m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 31 companies in the industry in the database. With 12 employees, the company is about 4 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 16m−60.7% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 15.5m−26.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 29.4m−15.7% vs. 2024
Employees12latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 41.7m.
  • Revenue fell 61% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 16m.
  • Net profit fell 26% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 15.5m.
  • Equity fell 16% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 29.4m.

Employees

  • 3 fewer employees than a year earlier: 12 (08/2026) against 15 (08/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 14/09/2026: Moved to August Bournonvilles Passage 1, 1055 København K
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works (774000)

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 0DKK 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20mDKK 25mDKK 30mDKK 35m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for John Wiley & Sons A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue42,98841,75535,88838,58840,72415,994−60.7%
Gross profit42,98841,75535,888–40,72441,660+2.3%
Operating profit (EBIT)22,26824,18322,01626,13326,88421,500−20%
Profit before tax22,20524,06921,82526,15826,92121,539−20%
Net profit17,32018,66017,03920,12721,03915,502−26.3%
Total assets39,50528,90935,00138,50741,54535,873−13.7%
Equity30,07222,73230,77133,89834,93729,439−15.7%
Liabilities9,4336,1774,230–6,608––
Cash and cash equivalents30,53313,22319,6262,0394,4389,478+113.6%
Average number of employees–19191917170%

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. Gross profit can exceed revenue when the company has other operating income or is a financial company.

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DKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (32 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • 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 John Wiley & Sons A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/05/2024 – 30/04/202529/10/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/05/2023 – 30/04/202418/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/05/2022 – 30/04/202311/07/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/05/2021 – 30/04/202211/10/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/05/2020 – 30/04/202101/10/2021The companyPDFXBRL
202001/05/2019 – 30/04/202005/08/2020The 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

32 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 41.7mNo. 1 of 31
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 29.4mNo. 3 of 32
Better than 94% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees12No. 3 of 32
Better than 94% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.6m, net profit DKK 175k, equity DKK 1.5m, 3 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 452kDKK 2mDKK 9.2mDKK 25.2mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 25 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. 624of 69,742
Better than 99%
No. 4,529of 69,964
Better than 94%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees31 companies in the comparison
No. 1of 30
Better than 100%
No. 3of 31
Better than 93%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 1,720of 10,152
Better than 83%
No. 2,788of 10,275
Better than 73%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 3,413of 17,786
Better than 81%
No. 4,970of 18,024
Better than 72%

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

Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works
Gross profit
  1. John Wiley & Sons A/SDKK 41.7m
  2. Huwa Design & Trademarks ApSDKK 33.4m
  3. Blue World Technologies Holding ApSDKK 21.4m
Net profit
  1. John Wiley & Sons A/SDKK 15.5m
  2. Huwa Design & Trademarks ApSDKK 25.1m
  3. Blue World Technologies Holding ApSDKK 18m
Equity
  1. John Wiley & Sons A/SDKK 29.4m
  2. Huwa Design & Trademarks ApSDKK 44.5m
  3. Blue World Technologies Holding ApSDKK 3.3m
Employees
  1. John Wiley & Sons A/S12
  2. Huwa Design & Trademarks ApS2
  3. Blue World Technologies Holding ApS4

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Blackwell Science (Overseas Holdings)100%
John Wiley & Sons A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at John Wiley & Sons A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Martin VindingCEO01/12/2013

Board of directors

Board of directors at John Wiley & Sons A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Martin VindingBoard member24/06/2014
Guido Franz HerrmannBoard member28/01/2021
Elizabeth Jane FergusonBoard member01/03/2022
Former management (61)
Former management at John Wiley & Sons A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Finn Junge-JensenBoard member28/03/195115/03/2001
Johan Peter HartmannDirector28/03/195101/04/2002
Hanne Nylander FrenoBoard member28/03/195104/06/1998
Joachim Stoltze MallingDirector28/03/195131/01/1999
Hanne Agnes StahlschmidtBoard member28/03/195120/06/1990
Palle FogtdalBoard member28/03/195113/10/1988
Bente MaegaardBoard member28/03/195101/04/2001
Sven Erik OlsenDirector28/03/195105/11/1990
Ole Mørk LauridsenBoard member28/03/195115/03/2001
Lene MaaholmBoard member28/03/195120/06/1990
Niels ØrgaardBoard member28/03/195113/10/1988
Oluf Vagn MøllerBoard member28/03/195117/05/1994
Niels Kristian AgnerBoard member28/03/195115/03/2001
Ove Heymann Nathan WandallBoard member28/03/195117/05/1994
Inge Lis HansenDeputy board member28/03/195120/06/1990
Birger Michael LjungstrømDirector28/03/195131/08/1999
Lotte Stouby NyholmBoard member28/03/195110/09/1992
Anne Lisbeth OlsenDeputy board member28/03/195117/05/1994
Tina Yvonne VogeliusDeputy board member28/03/195104/06/1998
Anni Birgitte AuckburBoard member28/03/195101/11/2000
Bolette Verner SchierbeckBoard member28/03/195104/06/1998
Nigel Stirling BlackwellBoard member28/03/195115/03/2001
Terrence Derek CollinsBoard member28/03/195105/11/1990
Per Gotfred SaugmanBoard member28/03/195110/09/1992
Jannemieke Jacqueline NooteboomDeputy board member04/06/199831/05/1999
Palle Schmidt ThomsenBoard member04/06/199807/04/2000
Michael Martin Juul HolmBoard member04/06/199831/12/1998
Helle Rex ChristensenDeputy board member04/06/199801/11/2000
Bjarne PonikowskiDirector01/02/199931/07/2001
Anders GeertsenCEO01/02/199901/04/2002
Vibeke SkovDeputy board member14/06/199901/04/2001
Søren Riis-VestergaardBoard member14/06/199931/07/2001
Michael Hartmann ChristensenBoard member07/04/200001/11/2000
Peter SaugmanBoard member07/04/200015/11/2000
Karsten Jung ThøgersenBoard member13/12/200010/04/2002
Hanne TerpBoard member13/12/200001/04/2001
Arne LaugesenDeputy board member13/12/200001/04/2002
Marian Bente PandalDeputy board member13/12/200015/03/2001
Bjarne PonikowskiBoard member15/03/200131/07/2001
Johan Peter HartmannBoard member15/03/200110/04/2002
Neil Blair ChristensenDeputy board member29/08/200120/06/2002
Hans Henrik Kragh-NielsenBoard member29/08/200120/06/2002
Mark Lee HoultonBoard member25/09/200105/04/2005
Alistair Robert Macbrair CambellBoard member01/04/200205/04/2005
Katrine Flindt HolmstrandBoard member01/04/200220/06/2002
Lise BaltzerCEO01/04/200201/04/2005
Elisabeth KuklaCEO01/04/200510/07/2008
Christopher Keith HallBoard member05/04/200529/11/2007
René OlivieriBoard member05/04/200529/11/2007
Jonathan Munro WalmsleyChair of the board05/04/200501/07/2010
Stephen Michael SmithBoard member29/11/200701/07/2010
Jim DicksBoard member29/11/200701/02/2012
Alice HalleCEO10/07/200814/06/2011
Bijan GhawamiChair of the board01/07/201024/06/2014
Andrew James Cave RobinsonBoard member01/07/201024/06/2014
Aric Placidus RozarioCEO14/06/201101/12/2013
Ian Jeremy GarrardChair of the board24/06/201421/06/2016
Deborah Mary DixonBoard member24/06/201423/06/2015
Miriam MausBoard member23/06/201522/01/2021
Ursula SmithChair of the board21/06/201603/02/2022
Jens Nikolaj DamsholtBoard member11/07/201726/06/2020

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af 3 medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af den administrerende direktør alene.

Address and production units

1 active production units

August Bournonvilles Passage 1
1055 København K

København Municipality · Postcode 1055

Other companies at the address (8)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
JOHN WILEY & SONS A/SAugust Bournonvilles Passage 1, 1055 København K121008865910

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive forlagsvirksomhed herunder udgivelse af videnskabelige tidsskrifter, samt at udføre forretningsudvikling inden for HR-rådgivning og e-læring og anden dermed beslægtet virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

139 registered events
20261 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to August Bournonvilles Passage 1, 1055 København K
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Industry changed to Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works (774000)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20232 changesaccounts 1 · address 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Moved to Nybrogade 12, 1203 København K
20223 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Elizabeth Jane Ferguson appointed board member
  • Ursula Smith stepped down as chair of the board
20214 changesaccounts 1 · address 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Moved to Holbergsgade 14, 2. tv, 1057 København K
  • Guido Franz Herrmann appointed board member
  • Miriam Maus stepped down as board member
20202 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Jens Nikolaj Damsholt stepped down as board member
20181 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Nimbusparken 24, 3, 2000 Frederiksberg
20172 changesmanagement 1 · merger 1
  • Jens Nikolaj Damsholt appointed board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20162 changesmanagement 2
  • Ursula Smith appointed chair of the board
  • Ian Jeremy Garrard stepped down as chair of the board
20152 changesmanagement 2
  • Miriam Maus appointed board member
  • Deborah Mary Dixon stepped down as board member
20145 changesmanagement 5
  • Ian Jeremy Garrard appointed chair of the board
  • Martin Vinding appointed board member
  • Deborah Mary Dixon appointed board member
  • Andrew James Cave Robinson stepped down as board member
  • Bijan Ghawami stepped down as chair of the board
20132 changesmanagement 2
  • Martin Vinding appointed ceo
  • Aric Placidus Rozario stepped down as ceo
20121 changemanagement 1
  • Jim Dicks stepped down as board member
20112 changesmanagement 2
  • Aric Placidus Rozario appointed ceo
  • Alice Halle stepped down as ceo
20104 changesmanagement 4
  • Andrew James Cave Robinson appointed board member
  • Bijan Ghawami appointed chair of the board
  • Stephen Michael Smith stepped down as board member
  • Jonathan Munro Walmsley stepped down as chair of the board
20084 changesname 1 · management 2 · industry 1
  • Name changed from AKTIESELSKABET EJNAR MUNKSGAARD. INTERNATIONAL BOGHANDEL OG FORLAG to JOHN WILEY & SONS A/S
  • Alice Halle appointed ceo
  • Elisabeth Kukla stepped down as ceo
  • Industry changed to Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works (774000)
20074 changesmanagement 4
  • Stephen Michael Smith appointed board member
  • Jim Dicks appointed board member
  • René Olivieri stepped down as board member
  • Christopher Keith Hall stepped down as board member
20058 changesaddress 1 · management 7
  • Moved to Rosenørns Alle 1, 3, 1970 Frederiksberg C
  • René Olivieri appointed board member
  • Christopher Keith Hall appointed board member
  • Jonathan Munro Walmsley appointed chair of the board
  • Alistair Robert Macbrair Cambell stepped down as board member
  • Mark Lee Houlton stepped down as board member
  • Elisabeth Kukla appointed ceo
  • Lise Baltzer stepped down as ceo
200213 changesaddress 1 · management 11 · industry 1
  • Moved to Rosenørns allé 1, 3, 1502 København V
  • Katrine Flindt Holmstrand stepped down as board member
  • Neil Blair Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Hans Henrik Kragh-Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Johan Peter Hartmann stepped down as board member
  • Karsten Jung Thøgersen stepped down as board member
  • Katrine Flindt Holmstrand appointed board member
  • Alistair Robert Macbrair Cambell appointed board member
  • Lise Baltzer appointed ceo
  • Arne Laugesen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Anders Geertsen stepped down as ceo
  • Johan Peter Hartmann stepped down as director
  • Industry changed to Anden forretningsservice i.a.n. (748490)
200115 changesmanagement 15
  • Mark Lee Houlton appointed board member
  • Neil Blair Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Hans Henrik Kragh-Nielsen appointed board member
  • Bjarne Ponikowski stepped down as board member
  • Søren Riis-Vestergaard stepped down as board member
  • Bjarne Ponikowski stepped down as director
  • Hanne Terp stepped down as board member
  • Vibeke Skov stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bente Maegaard stepped down as board member
  • Johan Peter Hartmann appointed board member
  • Bjarne Ponikowski appointed board member
  • Marian Bente Pandal stepped down as deputy board member
  • Niels Kristian Agner stepped down as board member
  • Finn Junge-Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Ole Mørk Lauridsen stepped down as board member
200010 changesmanagement 10
  • Hanne Terp appointed board member
  • Marian Bente Pandal appointed deputy board member
  • Arne Laugesen appointed deputy board member
  • Karsten Jung Thøgersen appointed board member
  • Peter Saugman stepped down as board member
  • Michael Hartmann Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Helle Rex Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Michael Hartmann Christensen appointed board member
  • Peter Saugman appointed board member
  • Palle Schmidt Thomsen stepped down as board member
19998 changesindustry 1 · management 7
  • Industry changed to Udgivelse af ugeblade og magasiner uden eget trykkeri (221320)
  • Birger Michael Ljungstrøm stepped down as director
  • Vibeke Skov appointed deputy board member
  • Søren Riis-Vestergaard appointed board member
  • Jannemieke Jacqueline Nooteboom stepped down as deputy board member
  • Anders Geertsen appointed ceo
  • Bjarne Ponikowski appointed director
  • Joachim Stoltze Malling stepped down as director
19986 changesmanagement 6
  • Michael Martin Juul Holm stepped down as board member
  • Jannemieke Jacqueline Nooteboom appointed deputy board member
  • Michael Martin Juul Holm appointed board member
  • Helle Rex Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Palle Schmidt Thomsen appointed board member
  • Hanne Nylander Freno stepped down as board member
19942 changesmanagement 2
  • Ove Heymann Nathan Wandall stepped down as board member
  • Oluf Vagn Møller stepped down as board member
19931 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19922 changesmanagement 2
  • Lotte Stouby Nyholm stepped down as board member
  • Per Gotfred Saugman stepped down as board member
19905 changesmanagement 5
  • Sven Erik Olsen stepped down as director
  • Terrence Derek Collins stepped down as board member
  • Inge Lis Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Hanne Agnes Stahlschmidt stepped down as board member
  • Lene Maaholm stepped down as board member
19891 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19883 changesmerger 1 · management 2
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Palle Fogtdal stepped down as board member
  • Niels Ørgaard stepped down as board member
19631 changeownership 1
  • Blackwell Science (Overseas Holdings) registered as owner (100%)
195120 changesfounded 1 · management 19
  • Registered as AKTIESELSKABET EJNAR MUNKSGAARD. INTERNATIONAL BOGHANDEL OG FORLAG
  • Lotte Stouby Nyholm appointed board member
  • Palle Fogtdal appointed board member
  • Inge Lis Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Ove Heymann Nathan Wandall appointed board member
  • Niels Kristian Agner appointed board member
  • Oluf Vagn Møller appointed board member
  • Niels Ørgaard appointed board member
  • Hanne Agnes Stahlschmidt appointed board member
  • Joachim Stoltze Malling appointed director
  • Hanne Nylander Freno appointed board member
  • Johan Peter Hartmann appointed director
  • Finn Junge-Jensen appointed board member
  • Lene Maaholm appointed board member
  • Ole Mørk Lauridsen appointed board member
  • Sven Erik Olsen appointed director
  • Bente Maegaard appointed board member
  • Birger Michael Ljungstrøm appointed director
  • Per Gotfred Saugman appointed board member
  • Terrence Derek Collins 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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