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Origio A/S

Public limited companyCVR 10975077BallerupActive

Origio A/S is a public limited company, based in Ballerup, active in research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering, founded in 1987. Net profit fell 63% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 4.9m. With 84 employees, the company is about 17 times larger than the industry median. Gross profit is higher than that of 96% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 760.8m−11.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 4.9m−62.5% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 171.7m−8.1% vs. 2024
Employees84latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 157.4m.
  • Revenue fell 12% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 760.8m.
  • Net profit fell 63% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4.9m.
  • Equity fell 8% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 171.7m.

Employees

  • 5 fewer employees than a year earlier: 84 (08/2026) against 89 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Nigel Anton Penfold (director, 01/02/2025), Michael John Good (board member, 01/10/2026) and David Samuel Jackson (board member, 01/10/2026).
  • Stepped down: Agostino Ricupati (board member, 01/10/2026), Brian George Andrews (board member, 01/10/2026) and John Joseph Calcagno (director, 01/02/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 31/01/2025: Moved to Lautrupvang 2, 1. th, 2750 Ballerup
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering (721000)

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 200m−DKK 100mDKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Origio A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue808,132909,643929,787932,011863,647760,810−11.9%
Gross profit171,775185,823150,748153,999159,167157,449−1.1%
Operating profit (EBIT)27,86460,98237,16928,40228,39032,868+15.8%
Profit before tax15,10051,37512,40838,29420,2629,305−54.1%
Net profit7,20236,973−111,70729,27913,0264,884−62.5%
Total assets666,331526,225514,579554,569445,927443,349−0.6%
Equity502,520429,245287,538316,817186,843171,727−8.1%
Liabilities163,81196,980227,041237,752259,084271,622+4.8%
Cash and cash equivalents43,14524,51686,64224,51924,13812,346−48.9%
Average number of employees158157129121111,000107−99.9%

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.

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Gross profitMedian, the industry (431 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Fewer employees

    The number of employees fell 100% from 111,000 in 2024 to 107 in 2025.

    How is this calculated?

    The number of employees according to the annual report has fallen by at least 25%, and was at least 10 the year before.

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 Origio A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/11/2024 – 31/10/202518/05/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/11/2023 – 31/10/202415/05/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/11/2022 – 31/10/202316/05/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/11/2021 – 31/10/202228/04/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/11/2020 – 31/10/202111/01/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/11/2019 – 31/10/202011/01/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

431 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 157.4mNo. 17 of 421
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 171.7mNo. 25 of 431
Better than 94% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees84No. 17 of 431
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 616k, net profit −DKK 892k, equity DKK 2m, 5 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 2.5mDKK 63.4mDKK 1.6bnDKK 13.7bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 250 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. 280of 4,412
Better than 94%
No. 404of 4,466
Better than 91%
Same industry and 50–199 employees27 companies in the comparison
No. 6of 26
Better than 80%
No. 7of 27
Better than 77%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 560of 10,152
Better than 94%
No. 872of 10,275
Better than 92%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 1,019of 17,786
Better than 94%
No. 1,599of 18,024
Better than 91%

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

Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Gross profit
  1. Origio A/SDKK 157.4m
  2. Carlsberg A/SDKK 40.2bn
  3. Zealand Pharma A/SDKK 9.2bn
Net profit
  1. Origio A/SDKK 4.9m
  2. Carlsberg A/SDKK 7bn
  3. Zealand Pharma A/SDKK 6.5bn
Equity
  1. Origio A/SDKK 171.7m
  2. Carlsberg A/SDKK 30.7bn
  3. Zealand Pharma A/SDKK 14.8bn
Employees
  1. Origio A/S84
  2. Carlsberg A/S107
  3. Zealand Pharma A/S569

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Research Instruments Limited100%
Origio A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Origio A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Kim M ShafferCEO04/05/2021
Nigel Anton PenfoldDirector01/02/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Origio A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Holly Renee SheffieldChair of the board11/09/2020
Michael John GoodBoard member01/10/2026
David Samuel JacksonBoard member01/10/2026
Auditor
KPMG P/S
Founders
VX 10.312 ApS
Former management (62)
Former management at Origio A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Frede MørckChair of the board01/07/198728/03/1995
Susanne HansenDirector01/07/198722/12/1995
Jens Harpøth ZilstorffDirector01/07/198701/02/1996
Hans Ingolf NielsenDirector01/07/198701/10/1992
Niels Lykke GraugaardChair of the board01/07/198701/10/1992
Kjell Hermann Annar BertheussenDirector01/07/198729/03/1988
Ole Henrik EideBoard member01/07/198729/04/2002
Egil BoddBoard member01/07/198729/04/1998
Jens Ulrik HolstChair of the board01/07/198729/04/2010
Henrik Bro KrogenDirector01/02/199628/12/1999
Anna Cecilie HolstDeputy board member14/06/199629/04/2002
Jørgen DrejerBoard member29/04/199810/08/2012
Søren Bo ChristiansenBoard member29/04/199828/04/2000
Mogens IbenfeldtDirector28/12/199931/05/2002
Flemming Juul JensenBoard member28/04/200028/04/2011
Bente JensenBoard member01/05/200201/07/2011
Lone Roland HendriksenDeputy board member01/05/200226/04/2007
Helle HaxgartBoard member01/05/200227/07/2004
Heinrich Preben BiehlCEO31/05/200201/10/2002
Lars RønnCEO01/10/200209/11/2005
Ørn Reidar StugeBoard member17/03/200421/04/2005
Jesper Ahlmann Funding AndersenBoard member21/04/200509/11/2005
Lars RønnBoard member09/11/200514/05/2009
Jesper Ahlmann Funding AndersenCEO09/11/200501/02/2014
Jens Harpøth ZilstorffDeputy chair26/04/200710/08/2012
Annette SvenssonDeputy board member26/04/200701/07/2011
Pernille Dissing SørensenDeputy board member26/04/200701/07/2011
Jaime Grego-MayorBoard member26/04/200710/08/2012
Håvard KvamBoard member14/05/200928/09/2009
Flemming PedersenChair of the board29/04/201010/08/2012
Anders HedegaardBoard member28/04/201110/08/2012
Lotte Bjørg StrøbechDeputy board member01/07/201128/11/2012
Kirsten Irene BakbølDeputy board member01/07/201128/11/2012
Caroline Maria DitlefsenBoard member01/07/201128/11/2012
Desiree KronevaldBoard member01/07/201128/11/2012
Jakob Brix ChristensenDeputy board member01/07/201131/03/2012
Paul Lawrence RemmellChair of the board10/08/201228/11/2012
Albert George White IIIBoard member10/08/201228/11/2012
Nicholas John PichottaBoard member10/08/201228/11/2012
Gregory Wayne MatzBoard member10/08/201228/11/2012
Daniel Gavin McBrideBoard member10/08/201228/11/2012
Carol Rose KaufmanBoard member10/08/201228/11/2012
Lotte Bjørg StrøbechDeputy board member28/11/201218/03/2015
Jeannett HvidkjærDirector28/11/201216/05/2018
Kirsten Irene BakbølDeputy board member28/11/201218/03/2015
Caroline Maria DitlefsenBoard member28/11/201218/03/2015
Desiree KronevaldBoard member28/11/201218/03/2015
Paul Lawrence remmelDirector28/11/201201/02/2014
Robert Dave AuerbachDirector28/11/201203/08/2018
Alan Thompson TuckerDirector28/11/201224/07/2019
Nicholas John PichottaBoard member28/11/201201/02/2014
Gregory Wayne MatzBoard member28/11/201231/01/2017
Carol Rose KaufmanBoard member28/11/201203/08/2018
Paul Lawrence RemmellChair of the board01/02/201403/08/2018
David Truels HansenCEO18/05/201528/04/2021
Albert George White IIIBoard member31/01/201723/11/2017
Agostino RicupatiBoard member23/11/201701/10/2026
Robert Dave AuerbachChair of the board03/08/201811/09/2020
Brian George AndrewsBoard member03/08/201801/10/2026
Randal Louis GoldenBoard member03/08/201831/03/2020
John Joseph CalcagnoDirector24/07/201901/02/2025
Graceann A PisanoBoard member31/03/202011/12/2020

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den administrerende direktør i forening med en anden direktør eller af den samlede direktion.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Lautrupvang 2
2750 Ballerup

Ballerup Municipality · Postcode 2750

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
ORIGIO A/S - LautrupvangLautrupvang 2, 1. th, 2750 Ballerup841029553994

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at udvikle, producere og sælge produkter til brug inden for området for human reproduktion og cellekulturer og anden dermed forbunden virksomhed efter direktions skøn.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

153 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20255 changesaccounts 1 · management 2 · address 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Nigel Anton Penfold appointed director
  • John Joseph Calcagno stepped down as director
  • Moved to Lautrupvang 2, 1. th, 2750 Ballerup
  • Industry changed to Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering (721000)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20213 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Kim M Shaffer appointed ceo
  • David Truels Hansen stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20202 changescapital 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 162,702,515 DKK to 162,702,520 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
20192 changesmanagement 2
  • John Joseph Calcagno appointed director
  • Alan Thompson Tucker stepped down as director
20182 changesmanagement 2
  • Robert Dave Auerbach stepped down as director
  • Jeannett Hvidkjær stepped down as director
20162 changesownership 2
  • RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS LIMITED registered as owner (100%)
  • CooperVision International Holding Company LP is no longer registered as owner
20151 changemanagement 1
  • David Truels Hansen appointed ceo
20142 changesmanagement 2
  • Paul Lawrence remmel stepped down as director
  • Jesper Ahlmann Funding Andersen stepped down as ceo
20131 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
201228 changesmanagement 26 · ownership 1 · capital 1
  • Paul Lawrence remmel appointed director
  • Alan Thompson Tucker appointed director
  • Robert Dave Auerbach appointed director
  • Jeannett Hvidkjær appointed director
  • Albert George White III stepped down as board member
  • Carol Rose Kaufman stepped down as board member
  • Daniel Gavin McBride stepped down as board member
  • Gregory Wayne Matz stepped down as board member
  • Nicholas John Pichotta stepped down as board member
  • Paul Lawrence Remmell stepped down as chair of the board
  • Lotte Bjørg Strøbech stepped down as deputy board member
  • Desiree Kronevald stepped down as board member
  • Caroline Maria Ditlefsen stepped down as board member
  • Kirsten Irene Bakbøl stepped down as deputy board member
  • CooperVision International Holding Company LP registered as owner (100%)
  • Albert George White III appointed board member
  • Carol Rose Kaufman appointed board member
  • Daniel Gavin McBride appointed board member
  • Gregory Wayne Matz appointed board member
  • Nicholas John Pichotta appointed board member
  • Paul Lawrence Remmell appointed chair of the board
  • Anders Hedegaard stepped down as board member
  • Flemming Pedersen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jens Harpøth Zilstorff stepped down as deputy chair
  • Jaime Grego-Mayor stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Drejer stepped down as board member
  • Jakob Brix Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Share capital changed from 159,723,405 DKK to 162,702,515 DKK
201114 changescapital 4 · management 10
  • Share capital changed from 146,473,405 DKK to 159,723,405 DKK
  • Lotte Bjørg Strøbech appointed deputy board member
  • Jakob Brix Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Desiree Kronevald appointed board member
  • Caroline Maria Ditlefsen appointed board member
  • Kirsten Irene Bakbøl appointed deputy board member
  • Annette Svensson stepped down as deputy board member
  • Pernille Dissing Sørensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bente Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 145,828,475 DKK to 146,473,405 DKK
  • Anders Hedegaard appointed board member
  • Flemming Juul Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 145,578,475 DKK to 145,828,475 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 144,976,230 DKK to 145,578,475 DKK
20105 changesaddress 1 · capital 2 · management 2
  • Moved to Knardrupvej 2, 2760 Måløv
  • Share capital changed from 143,457,725 DKK to 144,976,230 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 141,964,485 DKK to 143,457,725 DKK
  • Flemming Pedersen appointed chair of the board
  • Jens Ulrik Holst stepped down as chair of the board
20094 changesmanagement 3 · name 1
  • Håvard Kvam stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from MEDICULT A/S to ORIGIO A/S
  • Håvard Kvam appointed board member
  • Lars Rønn stepped down as board member
20082 changescapital 1 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 138,442,120 DKK to 141,964,485 DKK
  • Industry changed to Forskning og eksperimentel udvikling indenfor bioteknologi (721100)
20079 changescapital 3 · management 5 · address 1
  • Share capital changed from 138,392,120 DKK to 138,442,120 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 138,217,120 DKK to 138,392,120 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 113,217,120 DKK to 138,217,120 DKK
  • Annette Svensson appointed deputy board member
  • Jens Harpøth Zilstorff appointed deputy chair
  • Pernille Dissing Sørensen appointed deputy board member
  • Jaime Grego-Mayor appointed board member
  • Lone Roland Hendriksen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Moved to Møllehaven 12, 4040 Jyllinge
20062 changescapital 2
  • Share capital changed from 110,123,785 DKK to 113,217,120 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 100,123,785 DKK to 110,123,785 DKK
200510 changescapital 4 · management 6
  • Share capital changed from 99,641,280 DKK to 100,123,785 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 98,641,280 DKK to 99,641,280 DKK
  • Jesper Ahlmann Funding Andersen appointed ceo
  • Lars Rønn appointed board member
  • Jesper Ahlmann Funding Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Lars Rønn stepped down as ceo
  • Share capital changed from 97,993,940 DKK to 98,641,280 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 97,494,555 DKK to 97,993,940 DKK
  • Jesper Ahlmann Funding Andersen appointed board member
  • Ørn Reidar Stuge stepped down as board member
20045 changescapital 2 · management 2 · name 1
  • Share capital changed from 96,439,555 DKK to 97,494,555 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 87,689,555 DKK to 96,439,555 DKK
  • Helle Haxgart stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from MEDI-CULT A/S to MEDICULT A/S
  • Ørn Reidar Stuge appointed board member
20029 changesmanagement 9
  • Lars Rønn appointed ceo
  • Heinrich Preben Biehl stepped down as ceo
  • Heinrich Preben Biehl appointed ceo
  • Mogens Ibenfeldt stepped down as director
  • Helle Haxgart appointed board member
  • Bente Jensen appointed board member
  • Lone Roland Hendriksen appointed deputy board member
  • Anna Cecilie Holst stepped down as deputy board member
  • Ole Henrik Eide stepped down as board member
20005 changescapital 3 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 86,337,170 DKK to 87,689,555 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 66,337,170 DKK to 86,337,170 DKK
  • Flemming Juul Jensen appointed board member
  • Søren Bo Christiansen stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 51,337,170 DKK to 66,337,170 DKK
19997 changescapital 4 · management 2 · address 1
  • Share capital changed from 21,337,170 DKK to 51,337,170 DKK
  • Mogens Ibenfeldt appointed director
  • Henrik Bro Krogen stepped down as director
  • Moved to Møllehaven 12, 4040 Jyllinge
  • Share capital changed from 21,267,170 DKK to 21,337,170 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 21,218,505 DKK to 21,267,170 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 19,406,635 DKK to 21,218,505 DKK
19983 changesmanagement 3
  • Jørgen Drejer appointed board member
  • Søren Bo Christiansen appointed board member
  • Egil Bodd stepped down as board member
19971 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 18,500,000 DKK to 19,406,635 DKK
19966 changescapital 3 · management 3
  • Share capital changed from 17,500,000 DKK to 18,500,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 11,500,000 DKK to 17,500,000 DKK
  • Anna Cecilie Holst appointed deputy board member
  • Share capital changed from 4,600,000 DKK to 11,500,000 DKK
  • Henrik Bro Krogen appointed director
  • Jens Harpøth Zilstorff stepped down as director
19953 changesmanagement 2 · capital 1
  • Susanne Hansen stepped down as director
  • Frede Mørck stepped down as chair of the board
  • Share capital changed from 2,000,000 DKK to 4,600,000 DKK
19923 changescapital 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 5,394,000 DKK to 2,000,000 DKK
  • Niels Lykke Graugaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Hans Ingolf Nielsen stepped down as director
19901 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 5,394,000 DKK
19881 changemanagement 1
  • Kjell Hermann Annar Bertheussen stepped down as director
198711 changesname 1 · founded 1 · management 9
  • Name changed from ApS KBUS 8 NR. 2546 to MEDI-CULT A/S
  • Registered as ApS KBUS 8 NR. 2546
  • Jens Ulrik Holst appointed chair of the board
  • Egil Bodd appointed board member
  • Ole Henrik Eide appointed board member
  • Kjell Hermann Annar Bertheussen appointed director
  • Niels Lykke Graugaard appointed chair of the board
  • Hans Ingolf Nielsen appointed director
  • Susanne Hansen appointed director
  • Jens Harpøth Zilstorff appointed director
  • Frede Mørck appointed chair of the board

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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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