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Sams Island Distillery ApS

Private limited companyCVR 38398806SamsøActive

Sams Island Distillery ApS is a private limited company, based in Samsø, active in distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits, founded in 2017. Net profit fell 72% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 18,672. Equity fell to DKK 187k in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 618k−19.8% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 18,672−72.4% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 187k−16.2% vs. 2024
Employees4latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 20% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 618k.
  • Net profit fell 72% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 18,672.
  • Equity fell 16% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 187k.

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 100kDKK 0DKK 100kDKK 200kDKK 300kDKK 400kDKK 500k202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Sams Island Distillery ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit1,1731,501651589770618−19.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)374338−76−779229−68.1%
Profit before tax371331−80−868522−73.8%
Net profit287258−59−786819−72.4%
Total assets1,0891,210638457522461−11.8%
Equity395454234156224187−16.2%
Liabilities664730396301298273−8.4%
Cash and cash equivalents874890308138203142−29.9%
Average number of employees2332220%

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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Gross profitMedian, the industry (40 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Sams Island Distillery ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202508/04/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202417/03/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202309/04/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202227/06/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202107/03/2022The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202030/06/2021The companyPDF not statedXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

40 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 618kNo. 24 of 40
Better than 41% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 187kNo. 31 of 40
Better than 23% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees4No. 16 of 40
Better than 62% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 816k, net profit DKK 606, equity DKK 583k, 2 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 307kDKK 940kDKK 2.9mDKK 6.1mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 37 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. 52,064of 69,742
Better than 25%
No. 51,029of 69,964
Better than 27%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees39 companies in the comparison
No. 23of 39
Better than 42%
No. 30of 39
Better than 24%
Companies that are between 5 and 14 years old33,688 companies in the comparison
No. 26,669of 33,588
Better than 21%
No. 24,328of 33,687
Better than 28%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 50,094of 66,379
Better than 25%
No. 47,106of 66,505
Better than 29%

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

Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits
Gross profit
  1. Sams Island Distillery ApSDKK 618k
  2. United Drinks A/SDKK 8.8m
  3. Thy Whisky ApSDKK 4.9m
Net profit
  1. Sams Island Distillery ApSDKK 18,672
  2. United Drinks A/SDKK 1.5m
  3. Thy Whisky ApSDKK 1.1m
Equity
  1. Sams Island Distillery ApSDKK 187k
  2. United Drinks A/SDKK 2.3m
  3. Thy Whisky ApSDKK 5.5m
Employees
  1. Sams Island Distillery ApS4
  2. United Drinks A/S9
  3. Thy Whisky ApS10

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Øen & Havet ApS100%
Sams Island Distillery ApS

Management

1 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Sams Island Distillery ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Mads Jørn NielsenDirector08/02/2017
Founders
Jesper Dyrbye Machholm, Mads Jørn Nielsen, Claus Ribergaard Norlyk
Former management (10)
Former management at Sams Island Distillery ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Jesper Dyrbye MachholmDirector08/02/201713/09/2022
Jesper Dyrbye MachholmBoard member08/02/201713/09/2022
Mads Jørn NielsenChair of the board08/02/201713/09/2022
Claus Ribergaard NorlykDirector08/02/201720/02/2019
Claus Ribergaard NorlykBoard member08/02/201720/02/2019
Henrik Griebel AnesenBoard member20/02/201914/02/2022
Mads Olldag Bretton SchackBoard member14/02/202213/09/2022
Jesper Dyrbye MachholmBoard member03/05/202329/12/2023
Mads Jørn NielsenChair of the board03/05/202329/12/2023
Mads Olldag Bretton SchackBoard member03/05/202329/12/2023

Signing rule: Selskabet forpligtes ved aftaler, som indgås på selskabets vegne af direktøren.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Langgade 19
8305 Samsø

Samsø Municipality · Postcode 8305

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Sams Island Distillery ApSLanggade 19, Tranebjerg, 8305 Samsø61022168122

Purpose

Selskabets formål er fremstilling og salg af gin, rom og andre alkoholiske drikke.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

45 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20238 changesmanagement 6 · ownership 1 · accounts 1
  • Jesper Dyrbye Machholm stepped down as board member
  • Mads Jørn Nielsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Mads Olldag Bretton Schack stepped down as board member
  • Machholm Invest ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Jesper Dyrbye Machholm appointed board member
  • Mads Jørn Nielsen appointed chair of the board
  • Mads Olldag Bretton Schack appointed board member
20227 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1
  • Mads Olldag Bretton Schack stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Dyrbye Machholm stepped down as director
  • Jesper Dyrbye Machholm stepped down as board member
  • Mads Jørn Nielsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Mads Olldag Bretton Schack appointed board member
  • Henrik Griebel Anesen stepped down as board member
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20205 changesownership 3 · capital 2
  • Sams Island Distillery ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Share capital changed from 62,500 DKK to 50,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 50,000 DKK to 62,500 DKK
  • Sams Island Distillery ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • Claus Ribergaard Norlyk is no longer registered as owner
20194 changesaddress 1 · management 3
  • Moved to Langgade 19, Tranebjerg, 8305 Samsø
  • Henrik Griebel Anesen appointed board member
  • Claus Ribergaard Norlyk stepped down as director
  • Claus Ribergaard Norlyk stepped down as board member
20186 changesownership 4 · name 1 · capital 1
  • Øen & Havet ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • Mads Jørn Nielsen is no longer registered as owner
  • Machholm Invest ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Jesper Dyrbye Machholm is no longer registered as owner
  • Name changed from Sams Island Distillery IVS to Sams Island Distillery ApS
  • Share capital changed from 1 DKK to 50,000 DKK
201711 changesaddress 1 · founded 1 · management 6 · ownership 3
  • Moved to Onsbjerg Hovedgade 15, 8305 Samsø
  • Registered as Sams Island Distillery IVS
  • Jesper Dyrbye Machholm appointed director
  • Mads Jørn Nielsen appointed director
  • Jesper Dyrbye Machholm appointed board member
  • Mads Jørn Nielsen appointed chair of the board
  • Claus Ribergaard Norlyk appointed director
  • Claus Ribergaard Norlyk appointed board member
  • Jesper Dyrbye Machholm registered as owner (25%)
  • Mads Jørn Nielsen registered as owner (50%)
  • Claus Ribergaard Norlyk registered as owner (25%)

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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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