Matchware A/S
Public limited companyCVR 18373432Aarhus CActive
Matchware A/S is a public limited company, based in Aarhus C, active in computer programming activities, founded in 1995. Equity was negative at the end of 2025 (−DKK 3.9m). The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 5.7m in 2025. Gross profit is higher than that of 76% of the companies in the industry in the database.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 19% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 9.8m.
- Net profit went from a profit of DKK 1.7m to a loss of DKK 5.7m (2024 → 2025).
- Equity turned negative: −DKK 3.9m (2024 → 2025).
Employees
- 1 fewer employees than a year earlier: 7 (08/2026) against 8 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Erinn Colette O'Sullivan (board member, 25/07/2025), Erinn Colette O'Sullivan (director, 25/07/2025) and Richard Thomas James Bell (chair of the board, 25/07/2025) (+1).
- Stepped down: Ulrik Merrild (board member, 25/07/2025), Ulrik Merrild (director, 25/07/2025) and Peter Nielsen (chair of the board, 25/07/2025) (+1).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 12/03/2025: Moved to Thomas Koppels Gade 30, st. th, 8000 Aarhus C
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 | 6,301 | 6,622 | 5,368 | 8,395 | 8,221 | 9,785 | +19% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 1,775 | 2,056 | 1,022 | 3,634 | 2,263 | −6,681 | −395.2% |
| Profit before tax | 1,482 | 1,582 | 1,300 | 3,441 | 2,326 | −6,338 | −372.5% |
| Net profit | 1,114 | 1,131 | 1,037 | 2,691 | 1,745 | −5,656 | −424.1% |
| Total assets | 10,823 | 13,804 | 13,867 | 13,202 | 15,851 | 10,298 | −35% |
| Equity | 7,694 | 5,825 | 4,862 | 7,553 | 9,298 | −3,858 | −141.5% |
| Liabilities | 3,129 | 7,979 | 9,005 | 5,649 | 6,553 | 14,156 | +116% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 2,994 | 2,426 | 3,952 | 3,677 | 5,998 | 2,474 | −58.8% |
| Average number of employees | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | +14.3% |
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 figuresNegative equity
Equity was −DKK 3.9m at the end of 2025.
How is this calculated?
Equity in the latest annual report is below zero.
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 | 02/07/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 09/06/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 29/04/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 12/05/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 20/06/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 31/03/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
1,661 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in computer programming activities based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.6m, net profit DKK 93,491, equity DKK 1m, 4 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. 4,998of 69,742 Better than 93% | No. 68,959of 69,964 Better than 1% |
| Same industry and fewer than 20 employees1,365 companies in the comparison | No. 146of 1,363 Better than 89% | No. 1,288of 1,365 Better than 6% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 4,223of 10,152 Better than 58% | No. 10,151of 10,275 Better than 1% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 9,081of 17,786 Better than 49% | No. 17,629of 18,024 Better than 2% |
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
Computer programming activities- Matchware A/SDKK 9.8m
- Stibo Systems A/SDKK 916.6m
- Trackunit ApSDKK 897.1m
- Matchware A/S−DKK 5.7m
- Stibo Systems A/SDKK 155.9m
- Trackunit ApSDKK 206.3m
- Matchware A/S−DKK 3.9m
- Stibo Systems A/SDKK 309.7m
- Trackunit ApSDKK 1.7bn
- Matchware A/S7
- Stibo Systems A/S201
- Trackunit ApS249
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Matchware Holding ApS100%
Management
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Erinn Colette O'Sullivan | Director | 25/07/2025 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Erinn Colette O'Sullivan | Board member | 25/07/2025 |
| Richard Thomas James Bell | Chair of the board | 25/07/2025 |
| Marit Fageraas Øien | Board member | 25/07/2025 |
- Founders
- Ulrik Merrild, Rene Karl Hovgaard Pedersen
Former management (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulrik Merrild | Board member | 15/02/1995 | 25/07/2025 |
| Ulrik Merrild | Director | 15/02/1995 | 25/07/2025 |
| Rene Karl Hovgaard Pedersen | Chair of the board | 15/02/1995 | 07/04/2003 |
| Morten Frank Mogensen | Chair of the board | 07/04/2003 | 29/04/2003 |
| David William Kidd | Board member | 07/04/2003 | 03/04/2020 |
| Frans Merrild | Chair of the board | 29/04/2003 | 03/11/2017 |
| Peter Nielsen | Chair of the board | 09/04/2018 | 25/07/2025 |
| Beatrice Annet Emmelie Merrild | Board member | 03/04/2020 | 25/07/2025 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør, af formanden for bestyrelsen eller af den samlede bestyrelse.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsThomas Koppels Gade 30
8000 Aarhus C
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATCHWARE A/S | Thomas Koppels Gade 30, st. th, 8000 Aarhus C | 7 | 1003854627 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive udvikling af og handel med software og hardware samt anden i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
36 registered events20261 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
202510 changesmanagement 8 · accounts 1 · address 1
- ManagementMarit Fageraas Øien appointed board member
- ManagementRichard Thomas James Bell appointed chair of the board
- ManagementErinn Colette O'Sullivan appointed director
- ManagementErinn Colette O'Sullivan appointed board member
- ManagementBeatrice Annet Emmelie Merrild stepped down as board member
- ManagementPeter Nielsen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementUlrik Merrild stepped down as board member
- ManagementUlrik Merrild stepped down as director
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- AddressMoved to Thomas Koppels Gade 30, st. th, 8000 Aarhus C
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20212 changesaccounts 1 · address 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
- AddressMoved to P. Hiort-Lorenzens Vej 2A, st. th, 8000 Aarhus C
20203 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 1
- ManagementBeatrice Annet Emmelie Merrild appointed board member
- ManagementDavid William Kidd stepped down as board member
- OwnershipDavid Kidd is no longer registered as owner
20181 changemanagement 1
- ManagementPeter Nielsen appointed chair of the board
20171 changemanagement 1
- ManagementFrans Merrild stepped down as chair of the board
20141 changeaddress 1
- AddressMoved to P. Hiort-Lorenzens Vej 2A, st. th, 8000 Aarhus C
20081 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Computerprogrammering (620100)
20063 changescapital 1 · ownership 2
- CapitalShare capital changed from 800,000 DKK to 842,105 DKK
- OwnershipDavid Kidd registered as owner (5%)
- OwnershipMATCHWARE HOLDING ApS registered as owner (100%)
20036 changesmanagement 5 · industry 1
- ManagementFrans Merrild appointed chair of the board
- ManagementMorten Frank Mogensen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementDavid William Kidd appointed board member
- ManagementMorten Frank Mogensen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementRene Karl Hovgaard Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
- IndustryIndustry changed to Udvikling af kundespecifikt software og konsulentbistand i forbindelse med software (722200)
19954 changesfounded 1 · management 3
- FoundedRegistered as MATCHWARE A/S
- ManagementUlrik Merrild appointed board member
- ManagementRene Karl Hovgaard Pedersen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementUlrik Merrild appointed director
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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.