Lanternen ApS
Private limited companyCVR 21761842SæbyActive
Lanternen ApS is a private limited company, based in Sæby, active in restaurants and cafés, founded in 1999. Net profit fell 43% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 142k. With 18 employees, the company is about 4 times larger than the industry median. Equity fell to DKK 1.3m in 2025.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit fell 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.2m.
- Net profit fell 43% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 142k.
- Equity fell 52% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.3m.
Employees
- 1 fewer employees than a year earlier: 18 (08/2026) against 19 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New owners registered: Ilsø Holding ApS (27/11/2025), Lanternen Holding ApS (27/11/2025) and Lanternen Holding ApS (24/10/2025).
- No longer registered as owner: Michael Kenneth Bundgaard Christensen (24/10/2025) and Lanternen Holding ApS (26/11/2025).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 27/11/2025: Share capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 250,000 DKK
- 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Restaurants and cafés (561110)
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 | 1,591 | 1,680 | 1,698 | 2,001 | 2,433 | 2,222 | −8.7% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 502 | 625 | 417 | 523 | 577 | 408 | −29.3% |
| Profit before tax | 296 | 470 | 256 | 268 | 329 | 188 | −42.9% |
| Net profit | 230 | 365 | 199 | 245 | 251 | 142 | −43.2% |
| Total assets | 7,661 | 7,535 | 7,673 | 7,742 | 8,121 | 8,274 | +1.9% |
| Equity | 1,842 | 2,151 | 2,293 | 2,479 | 2,669 | 1,276 | −52.2% |
| Liabilities | 5,547 | 5,025 | 5,001 | 4,906 | 5,083 | 6,620 | +30.2% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 83 | 91 | 100 | 43 | 63 | 56 | −11.4% |
| Average number of employees | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0% |
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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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresEquity fell sharply
Equity fell 52% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 2.7m to DKK 1.3m).
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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025 | 11/06/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 09/05/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 24/05/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 21/06/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 02/05/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 18/06/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
3,486 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in restaurants and cafés based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.1m, net profit DKK 62,146, equity DKK 220k, 5 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. 28,728of 69,742 Better than 59% | No. 30,390of 69,964 Better than 57% |
| Same industry and fewer than 20 employees2,301 companies in the comparison | No. 635of 2,296 Better than 72% | No. 272of 2,301 Better than 88% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,906 companies in the comparison | No. 14,882of 24,787 Better than 40% | No. 16,956of 24,905 Better than 32% |
| All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison | No. 27,962of 66,379 Better than 58% | No. 26,331of 66,505 Better than 60% |
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
Restaurants and cafés- Lanternen ApSDKK 2.2m
- Copenhagen Food Collective ApSDKK 305.3m
- Bone's Restauranter A/SDKK 193.6m
- Lanternen ApSDKK 142k
- Copenhagen Food Collective ApSDKK 70.4m
- Bone's Restauranter A/SDKK 14.5m
- Lanternen ApSDKK 1.3m
- Copenhagen Food Collective ApSDKK 263m
- Bone's Restauranter A/SDKK 23.3m
- Lanternen ApS18
- Copenhagen Food Collective ApS240
- Bone's Restauranter A/S1,208
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Ilsø Holding ApS50%
- Lanternen Holding ApS50%
Management
1 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Kenneth Bundgaard Christensen | Director | 06/07/1999 |
- Founders
- Villy Christensen
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsVestergade 33
9300 Sæby
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANTERNEN APS | Vestergade 33, 9300 Sæby | 18 | 1005183450 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive restaurationsvirksomhed samt eje og udleje fast ejendom og anden i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
19 registered events20261 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
20258 changescapital 1 · ownership 5 · accounts 1 · industry 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 250,000 DKK
- OwnershipIlsø Holding ApS registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipLanternen Holding ApS registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipLanternen Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipLanternen Holding ApS registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipMichael Kenneth Bundgaard Christensen is no longer registered as owner
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- IndustryIndustry changed to Restaurants and cafés (561110)
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20201 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Vestergade 33, 9300 Sæby
20071 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Vestergade 33, 9300 Sæby
20051 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to Vestergade 33, 9300 Sæby
19993 changesfounded 1 · management 1 · ownership 1
- FoundedRegistered as LANTERNEN ApS
- ManagementMichael Kenneth Bundgaard Christensen appointed director
- OwnershipMichael Kenneth Bundgaard Christensen registered as owner (100%)
Related companies
Same industry in Frederikshavn
- Skagen Fiskerestaurant ApS81 employees
- Jacobs Fiskerestaurant ApS77 employees
- Pakhuset Skagen A/S46 employees
- Jakobs Cafe & Bar A/S45 employees
- Skagen Fiskerestaurant, Østergade ApS37 employees
- Havnegade 8 ApS37 employees
Largest in the industry
- Copenhagen Food Collective ApSDKK 305.3m
- Bone's Restauranter A/SDKK 193.6m
- Sticks 'n' Sushi A/SDKK 190m
- MR Restaurants ApSDKK 173.9m
- Flammen A/SDKK 154.9m
- Nordic Service Partners A/SDKK 148.6m
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.