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.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 2.2m−8.7% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 142k−43.2% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 1.3m−52.2% vs. 2024
Employees18latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 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 thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 500kDKK 1mDKK 1.5mDKK 2mDKK 2.5m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Lanternen ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit1,5911,6801,6982,0012,4332,222−8.7%
Operating profit (EBIT)502625417523577408−29.3%
Profit before tax296470256268329188−42.9%
Net profit230365199245251142−43.2%
Total assets7,6617,5357,6737,7428,1218,274+1.9%
Equity1,8422,1512,2932,4792,6691,276−52.2%
Liabilities5,5475,0255,0014,9065,0836,620+30.2%
Cash and cash equivalents8391100436356−11.4%
Average number of employees3333440%

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 500kDKK 1mDKK 1.5mDKK 2mDKK 2.5m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (3,486 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Equity 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
Annual reports for Lanternen ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202511/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202409/05/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202324/05/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202221/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202102/05/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202018/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
0510152009/2310/2311/2312/2301/2402/2403/2404/2405/2406/2407/2408/2409/2410/2411/2412/2401/2502/2503/2504/2505/2506/2507/2508/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/2608/26
Employees

Position in the industry

3,486 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in restaurants and cafés based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 2.2mNo. 1672 of 3,481
Better than 52% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 1.3mNo. 842 of 3,486
Better than 76% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees18No. 1955 of 3,486
Better than 44% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.1m, net profit DKK 62,146, equity DKK 220k, 5 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 743kDKK 5.5mDKK 41.1mDKK 156.5mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 3,258 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. 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
Gross profit
  1. Lanternen ApSDKK 2.2m
  2. Copenhagen Food Collective ApSDKK 305.3m
  3. Bone's Restauranter A/SDKK 193.6m
Net profit
  1. Lanternen ApSDKK 142k
  2. Copenhagen Food Collective ApSDKK 70.4m
  3. Bone's Restauranter A/SDKK 14.5m
Equity
  1. Lanternen ApSDKK 1.3m
  2. Copenhagen Food Collective ApSDKK 263m
  3. Bone's Restauranter A/SDKK 23.3m

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Ilsø Holding ApS50%
  • Lanternen Holding ApS50%
Lanternen ApS

Management

1 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Lanternen ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Michael Kenneth Bundgaard ChristensenDirector06/07/1999
Founders
Villy Christensen

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Vestergade 33
9300 Sæby

Frederikshavn Municipality · Postcode 9300

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
LANTERNEN APSVestergade 33, 9300 Sæby181005183450

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 events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20258 changescapital 1 · ownership 5 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 250,000 DKK
  • Ilsø Holding ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • Lanternen Holding ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • Lanternen Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Lanternen Holding ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • Michael Kenneth Bundgaard Christensen is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Restaurants and cafés (561110)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20201 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Vestergade 33, 9300 Sæby
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Vestergade 33, 9300 Sæby
20051 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Vestergade 33, 9300 Sæby
19993 changesfounded 1 · management 1 · ownership 1
  • Registered as LANTERNEN ApS
  • Michael Kenneth Bundgaard Christensen appointed director
  • Michael Kenneth Bundgaard Christensen registered as owner (100%)

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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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