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Leighton Foods A/S

Public limited companyCVR 27392148TilstActive

Leighton Foods A/S is a public limited company, based in Tilst, active in industrial manufacture of bread and fresh pastry goods, founded in 2003. Net profit fell 32% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 17.2m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 6 of 31 companies in the industry in the database. With 54 employees, the company is about 7 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 44.9m−12.7% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 17.2m−32% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 86.2m+9.1% vs. 2024
Employees54latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 13% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 44.9m.
  • Net profit fell 32% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 17.2m.
  • Equity rose 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 86.2m.

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Industrial manufacture of bread and fresh pastry goods (107110)
  • 29/10/2024: Moved to Blomstervej 16, 8381 Tilst

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 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Leighton Foods A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit22,84822,86618,79441,26351,36844,866−12.7%
Operating profit (EBIT)10,1828,4573,82125,51832,96423,444−28.9%
Profit before tax9,7169,1954,41723,57532,49522,180−31.7%
Net profit7,5627,1593,47318,40025,26417,187−32%
Total assets65,51883,886119,295118,753122,884120,707−1.8%
Equity41,67343,83245,30563,70578,96986,156+9.1%
Liabilities22,23038,24273,01253,24041,40831,458−24%
Cash and cash equivalents611,4332,9082,13716,44115,936−3.1%
Average number of employees353738414249+16.7%

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 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (31 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 Leighton Foods A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202523/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202427/03/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202317/04/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202224/03/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202109/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202026/03/2021The 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

31 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in industrial manufacture of bread and fresh pastry goods based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 44.9mNo. 6 of 31
Better than 83% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 86.2mNo. 5 of 31
Better than 87% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees54No. 7 of 31
Better than 80% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 6.1m, net profit DKK 262k, equity DKK 1.3m, 8 employees.

DKK 388kDKK 2.4mDKK 14.3mDKK 87.3mDKK 290.7mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 31 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. 2,023of 4,412
Better than 54%
No. 769of 4,466
Better than 83%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 1,595of 24,791
Better than 94%
No. 1,551of 24,909
Better than 94%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 3,204of 17,786
Better than 82%
No. 2,520of 18,024
Better than 86%

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

Industrial manufacture of bread and fresh pastry goods
Gross profit
  1. Leighton Foods A/SDKK 44.9m
  2. Dan Cake A/SDKK 530.7m
  3. Lantmännen Schulstad A/SDKK 481.2m
Net profit
  1. Leighton Foods A/SDKK 17.2m
  2. Dan Cake A/SDKK 174.7m
  3. Lantmännen Schulstad A/SDKK 72.2m
Equity
  1. Leighton Foods A/SDKK 86.2m
  2. Dan Cake A/SDKK 1.2bn
  3. Lantmännen Schulstad A/SDKK 516.4m
Employees
  1. Leighton Foods A/S54
  2. Dan Cake A/S257
  3. Lantmännen Schulstad A/S706

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Harald Peter Keul20%
  • Danish Industrial Equipment A/S66.67%
Leighton Foods A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Leighton Foods A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jørgen Kargaard JensenCEO19/05/2020

Board of directors

Board of directors at Leighton Foods A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Harald Peter KeulBoard member01/06/2014
Erling Hessellund EskildsenBoard member30/04/2015
Jørn Ankær ThomsenChair of the board01/05/2015
Kenneth Skov EskildsenBoard member30/04/2020
Founders
Danish Industrial Equipment A/S, Henry Richard Leighton
Former management (10)
Former management at Leighton Foods A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Erling Hessellund EskildsenChair of the board03/09/200329/04/2015
Carsten HoffmannBoard member03/09/200324/04/2008
Kenneth Skov EskildsenBoard member03/09/200301/05/2017
Henriette EskildsenDirector03/09/200301/12/2004
Henry Richard LeightonBoard member03/09/200331/05/2014
Carsten HoffmannCEO01/12/200405/02/2007
Kenneth Skov EskildsenCEO05/02/200731/12/2009
Jørgen Kargaard JensenDirector18/10/201118/05/2020
Harald Peter KeulCEO18/10/201119/05/2020
Jim TrudslevBoard member01/05/201730/04/2020

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem eller af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Blomstervej 16
8381 Tilst

Aarhus Municipality · Postcode 8381

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
LEIGHTON FOODS A/SBlomstervej 16, 8381 Tilst541010154916

Purpose

Selskabets formål er handel, industri og investering.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

48 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Industrial manufacture of bread and fresh pastry goods (107110)
20242 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1
  • Moved to Blomstervej 16, 8381 Tilst
  • 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
20208 changesaddress 3 · management 5
  • Moved to Blomstervej 16, 8381 Tilst
  • Moved to Blomstervej 16, 8381 Tilst
  • Moved to Blomstervej 16, 8381 Tilst
  • Jørgen Kargaard Jensen appointed ceo
  • Harald Peter Keul stepped down as ceo
  • Jørgen Kargaard Jensen stepped down as director
  • Kenneth Skov Eskildsen appointed board member
  • Jim Trudslev stepped down as board member
20193 changesaddress 2 · industry 1
  • Moved to Blomstervej 16, 8381 Tilst
  • Moved to Blomstervej 16, 8381 Tilst
  • Industry changed to Industrial manufacture of bread and fresh pastry goods (107110)
20182 changesaddress 2
  • Moved to Blomstervej 16, 8381 Tilst
  • Moved to Blomstervej 16, 8381 Tilst
20172 changesmanagement 2
  • Jim Trudslev appointed board member
  • Kenneth Skov Eskildsen stepped down as board member
20161 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Blomstervej 16, 8381 Tilst
20153 changesmanagement 3
  • Jørn Ankær Thomsen appointed chair of the board
  • Erling Hessellund Eskildsen appointed board member
  • Erling Hessellund Eskildsen stepped down as chair of the board
20143 changesownership 1 · management 2
  • DANISH INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT A/S registered as owner (66.67%)
  • Harald Peter Keul appointed board member
  • Henry Richard Leighton stepped down as board member
20121 changeownership 1
  • Harald Peter Keul registered as owner (20%)
20113 changesmanagement 2 · address 1
  • Jørgen Kargaard Jensen appointed director
  • Harald Peter Keul appointed ceo
  • Moved to Blomstervej 16, 8381 Tilst
20091 changemanagement 1
  • Kenneth Skov Eskildsen stepped down as ceo
20082 changesmanagement 1 · industry 1
  • Carsten Hoffmann stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; preserved pastry goods and cakes (107200)
20072 changesmanagement 2
  • Kenneth Skov Eskildsen appointed ceo
  • Carsten Hoffmann stepped down as ceo
20043 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Carsten Hoffmann appointed ceo
  • Henriette Eskildsen stepped down as director
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af kager og kiks (158200)
20036 changesfounded 1 · management 5
  • Registered as LEIGHTON FOODS A/S
  • Henriette Eskildsen appointed director
  • Kenneth Skov Eskildsen appointed board member
  • Erling Hessellund Eskildsen appointed chair of the board
  • Henry Richard Leighton appointed board member
  • Carsten Hoffmann 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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