Pentabase A/S
Public limited companyCVR 30197852Odense CActive
Pentabase A/S is a public limited company, based in Odense C, active in research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering, founded in 2007. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 892k. With 39 employees, the company is about 8 times larger than the industry median. Gross profit is higher than that of 82% of the companies in the industry in the database.
Key figures · financial year 2025
Gross profitDKK 10.5m+47.4% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 892k+84.2% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 53.2m−1.7% vs. 2024
Employees39latest month from CVR
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 47% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 10.5m.
- The loss got smaller: from DKK 5.6m to DKK 892k (2024 → 2025).
- Equity fell 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 53.2m.
Employees
- 6 more employees than a year earlier: 39 (08/2026) against 33 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Anne Gerhart-Hines (board member, 25/06/2026) and Torben Storgaard Guldberg (board member, 24/02/2026).
- Stepped down: Torben Storgaard Guldberg (board member, 14/10/2026).
- New owners registered: Pentabase A/S (19/12/2025).
- No longer registered as owner: Niels Hermann Kristiansen (19/12/2025) and Pentabase A/S (18/12/2025).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 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 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 | 199,224 | 290,003 | 51,678 | 3,588 | 7,096 | 10,462 | +47.4% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 184,398 | 241,923 | 105 | −23,753 | −8,216 | −5,712 | +30.5% |
| Profit before tax | 184,357 | 241,929 | 1,288 | −22,669 | −7,259 | −1,178 | +83.8% |
| Net profit | 144,229 | 189,326 | 1,300 | −17,605 | −5,637 | −892 | +84.2% |
| Total assets | 202,225 | 280,302 | 93,371 | 74,517 | 66,823 | 55,274 | −17.3% |
| Equity | 135,309 | 212,613 | 77,317 | 59,712 | 54,075 | 53,183 | −1.7% |
| Liabilities | 66,915 | 67,263 | 16,055 | 14,805 | 12,748 | 2,092 | −83.6% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 31,219 | 20,590 | 59,772 | 11,397 | 10,325 | 6,175 | −40.2% |
| Average number of employees | 25 | 82 | 88 | 39 | 23 | 24 | +4.3% |
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 figuresLoss for 3 years in a row
Net result has been negative in 2023–2025.
How is this calculated?
Net result is negative in the two or more 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 | 30/06/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 13/05/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 20/06/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 13/04/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 03/06/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 30/06/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
431 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering based on the latest financial year.
Gross profitDKK 10.5mNo. 76 of 421
Better than 82% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 53.2mNo. 63 of 431
Better than 86% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees39No. 80 of 431
Better than 82% of the companies in the industry
Industry median: gross profit DKK 616k, net profit −DKK 892k, equity DKK 2m, 5 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison | No. 5,603of 9,892 Better than 43% | No. 659of 9,922 Better than 93% |
| Same industry and 20–49 employees64 companies in the comparison | No. 25of 62 Better than 61% | No. 23of 64 Better than 65% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison | No. 5,786of 24,791 Better than 77% | No. 2,232of 24,909 Better than 91% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 8,785of 17,786 Better than 51% | No. 3,448of 18,024 Better than 81% |
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 engineeringGross profit
- Pentabase A/SDKK 10.5m
- Carlsberg A/SDKK 40.2bn
- Zealand Pharma A/SDKK 9.2bn
Net profit
- Pentabase A/S−DKK 892k
- Carlsberg A/SDKK 7bn
- Zealand Pharma A/SDKK 6.5bn
Equity
- Pentabase A/SDKK 53.2m
- Carlsberg A/SDKK 30.7bn
- Zealand Pharma A/SDKK 14.8bn
Employees
- Pentabase A/S39
- Carlsberg A/S107
- Zealand Pharma A/S569
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterPentabase A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares
Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.
Management
5 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Ulf Bech Christensen | CEO | 18/02/2008 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Ulf Bech Christensen | Board member | 21/12/2021 |
| Søren Boe | Board member | 31/05/2022 |
| Hans Christian Rohde | Chair of the board | 19/06/2024 |
| Anne Gerhart-Hines | Board member | 25/06/2026 |
- Founders
- Scient. Invest ApS
Former management (18)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Knudsen | Board member | 16/01/2007 | 05/02/2008 |
| Henrik Carlheim Dørge | Board member | 01/06/2007 | 05/02/2008 |
| Jan Buch Andersen | Chair of the board | 01/06/2007 | 05/02/2008 |
| Brian Frederic Carl Clark | Board member | 01/06/2007 | 06/10/2014 |
| Carl-Helge Juul Petersen | Board member | 03/12/2008 | 11/02/2019 |
| Hans Eibe Sørensen | Chair of the board | 03/12/2008 | 21/12/2009 |
| Ulf Bech Christensen | Chair of the board | 21/12/2009 | 11/02/2019 |
| Simon Rye Clausen | Chair of the board | 20/02/2019 | 28/06/2021 |
| Henrik Stenild Kromann Schmidt | Board member | 20/02/2019 | 21/12/2021 |
| Matilde Emma Forcella | Board member | 20/02/2019 | 26/05/2020 |
| Ulf Bech Christensen | Board member | 26/05/2020 | 29/06/2021 |
| Jess Aagaard | Chair of the board | 29/06/2021 | 19/06/2024 |
| Simon Rye Clausen | Board member | 29/06/2021 | 21/12/2021 |
| Claus Pedersen Blicher | Board member | 21/12/2021 | 30/08/2022 |
| Rasmus Koefoed Petersen | Board member | 21/12/2021 | 19/06/2024 |
| Nikolai Søren Kirkby | Board member | 20/04/2023 | 19/06/2024 |
| Hans Christian Rohde | Board member | 20/04/2023 | 18/06/2024 |
| Torben Storgaard Guldberg | Board member | 24/02/2026 | 14/10/2026 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af direktøren
Address and production units
1 active production unitsPetersmindevej 1A
5000 Odense C
Odense Municipality · Postcode 5000
Other companies at the address (3)
- Housetest ApSResearch and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
- Scient. Invest ApSActivities of non-financial head offices
- Mewalii ApSWholesale of perfume and cosmetics
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENTABASE A/S | Petersmindevej 1A, 5000 Odense C | 39 | 1026467698 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at udvikle og kommercialisere værktøjer til genetiske analyser og behandlinger baseret på modificerede oligonukleotider samt anden dermed beslægtet virksomhed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
83 registered events22015
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20264 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
- ManagementTorben Storgaard Guldberg stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementAnne Gerhart-Hines appointed board member
- ManagementTorben Storgaard Guldberg appointed board member
20255 changesownership 3 · accounts 1 · industry 1
- OwnershipPENTABASE A/S registered as owner (5%)
- OwnershipNiels Hermann Kristiansen is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipPENTABASE A/S is no longer registered as owner
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- IndustryIndustry changed to Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering (721000)
20246 changesaccounts 1 · management 5
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- ManagementHans Christian Rohde appointed chair of the board
- ManagementNikolai Søren Kirkby stepped down as board member
- ManagementRasmus Koefoed Petersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementJess Aagaard stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementHans Christian Rohde stepped down as board member
20233 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementHans Christian Rohde appointed board member
- ManagementNikolai Søren Kirkby appointed board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20223 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementClaus Pedersen Blicher stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- ManagementSøren Boe appointed board member
202113 changesmanagement 9 · accounts 1 · name 1 · capital 1 · address 1
- ManagementRasmus Koefoed Petersen appointed board member
- ManagementUlf Bech Christensen appointed board member
- ManagementClaus Pedersen Blicher appointed board member
- ManagementSimon Rye Clausen stepped down as board member
- ManagementHenrik Stenild Kromann Schmidt stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
- NameName changed from PENTABASE ApS to PENTABASE A/S
- CapitalShare capital changed from 286,483 DKK to 1,145,932 DKK
- ManagementJess Aagaard appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSimon Rye Clausen appointed board member
- ManagementUlf Bech Christensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementSimon Rye Clausen stepped down as chair of the board
- AddressMoved to Petersmindevej 1A, 5000 Odense C
20208 changesownership 6 · management 2
- OwnershipPENTABASE A/S registered as owner (10%)
- OwnershipChristina Andersen is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipPENTABASE A/S is no longer registered as owner
- ManagementUlf Bech Christensen appointed board member
- ManagementMatilde Emma Forcella stepped down as board member
- OwnershipSCIENT. INVEST ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
- OwnershipR I HOLDING ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipSCIENT. INVEST ApS is no longer registered as owner
20197 changescapital 1 · management 5 · ownership 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 272,483 DKK to 286,483 DKK
- ManagementMatilde Emma Forcella appointed board member
- ManagementHenrik Stenild Kromann Schmidt appointed board member
- ManagementSimon Rye Clausen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementUlf Bech Christensen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementCarl-Helge Juul Petersen stepped down as board member
- OwnershipCarl-Helge Juul Petersen is no longer registered as owner
20182 changesaddress 2
- AddressMoved to Lumbyvej 19G, 5000 Odense C
- AddressMoved to Lumbyvej 19G, 5000 Odense C
20171 changeownership 1
- OwnershipPENTABASE A/S registered as owner (5%)
20162 changescapital 2
- CapitalShare capital changed from 269,983 DKK to 272,483 DKK
- CapitalShare capital changed from 268,316 DKK to 269,983 DKK
20152 changesaddress 1 · capital 1
- AddressMoved to Lumbyvej 19G, 5000 Odense C
- CapitalShare capital changed from 266,649 DKK to 268,316 DKK
20145 changesmanagement 1 · capital 2 · ownership 2
- ManagementBrian Frederic Carl Clark stepped down as board member
- CapitalShare capital changed from 264,208 DKK to 266,649 DKK
- OwnershipNiels Hermann Kristiansen registered as owner (10%)
- CapitalShare capital changed from 225,145 DKK to 264,208 DKK
- OwnershipR I HOLDING ApS registered as owner (15%)
20113 changesaddress 1 · capital 1 · ownership 1
- AddressMoved to Lumbyvej 11-5V, 5000 Odense C
- CapitalShare capital changed from 205,613 DKK to 225,145 DKK
- OwnershipCarl-Helge Juul Petersen registered as owner (0%)
20093 changesmanagement 2 · capital 1
- ManagementUlf Bech Christensen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementHans Eibe Sørensen stepped down as chair of the board
- CapitalShare capital changed from 195,313 DKK to 205,613 DKK
200810 changescapital 1 · management 6 · ownership 2 · industry 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 156,250 DKK to 195,313 DKK
- ManagementHans Eibe Sørensen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementCarl-Helge Juul Petersen appointed board member
- OwnershipChristina Andersen registered as owner (0%)
- ManagementUlf Bech Christensen appointed ceo
- ManagementHenrik Carlheim Dørge stepped down as board member
- ManagementJan Buch Andersen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementFrank Knudsen stepped down as board member
- OwnershipSCIENT. INVEST ApS registered as owner (50%)
- IndustryIndustry changed to Forskning og eksperimentel udvikling indenfor bioteknologi (721100)
20076 changesmanagement 4 · capital 1 · founded 1
- ManagementHenrik Carlheim Dørge appointed board member
- ManagementBrian Frederic Carl Clark appointed board member
- ManagementJan Buch Andersen appointed chair of the board
- CapitalShare capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 156,250 DKK
- ManagementFrank Knudsen appointed board member
- FoundedRegistered as PENTABASE ApS
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Same people in management
- Obh Ingeniørservice A/Svia Jess Aagaard
- Obh Rådg. Ingeniører A/Svia Jess Aagaard
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- Pfizer ApSvia Simon Rye Clausen
- Steffca A/Svia Jess Aagaard
- Glycom A/Svia Frank Knudsen
Largest in the industry
- Carlsberg A/SDKK 40.2bn
- Zealand Pharma A/SDKK 9.2bn
- Gubra A/SDKK 2.6bn
- Vestas Wind Systems A/SDKK 2.5bn
- Bang & Olufsen A/SDKK 1.4bn
- 3shape A/SDKK 1.3bn
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.