Stauning Whisky A/S
Public limited companyCVR 30900863SkjernActive
Stauning Whisky A/S is a public limited company, based in Skjern, active in distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits, founded in 2007. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 24.9m. With 28 employees, the company is about 14 times larger than the industry median.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- The loss got smaller: from DKK 72m to DKK 24.9m (2024 → 2025).
- Equity fell 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 217.3m.
Employees
- 6 fewer employees than a year earlier: 28 (08/2026) against 34 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Abhishek Wahi (board member, 18/06/2025).
- Stepped down: Birthe Tofting (board member, 22/08/2025), Eugene Khabensky (board member, 18/06/2025) and Abhishek Wahi (board member, 31/07/2026).
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 | 12,347 | 8,292 | 4,504 | −3,456 | −18,629 | 2,168 | +111.6% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | −976 | −6,840 | −16,350 | −28,027 | −72,149 | −24,766 | +65.7% |
| Profit before tax | −1,103 | −7,073 | −17,060 | −28,181 | −72,007 | −24,919 | +65.4% |
| Net profit | −1,103 | −7,073 | −17,060 | −28,173 | −71,957 | −24,900 | +65.4% |
| Total assets | 167,989 | 200,756 | 226,996 | 243,066 | 230,248 | 223,651 | −2.9% |
| Equity | 161,054 | 192,976 | 215,443 | 234,544 | 220,832 | 217,283 | −1.6% |
| Liabilities | 6,935 | 7,780 | 11,553 | 8,522 | 9,416 | 6,368 | −32.4% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 17,075 | 30,461 | 17,634 | 7,245 | 9,221 | 11,117 | +20.6% |
| Average number of employees | – | – | – | 34 | 43 | 38 | −11.6% |
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 6 years in a row
Net result has been negative in 2020–2025.
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 | 18/06/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 25/06/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 19/06/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 20/06/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 30/05/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 04/06/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
40 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 816k, net profit DKK 606, equity DKK 583k, 2 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. 9,097of 9,892 Better than 8% | No. 190of 9,922 Better than 98% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison | No. 15,014of 24,791 Better than 39% | No. 730of 24,909 Better than 97% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 14,481of 17,786 Better than 19% | No. 1,356of 18,024 Better than 92% |
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- Stauning Whisky A/SDKK 2.2m
- United Drinks A/SDKK 8.8m
- Thy Whisky ApSDKK 4.9m
- Stauning Whisky A/S−DKK 24.9m
- United Drinks A/SDKK 1.5m
- Thy Whisky ApSDKK 1.1m
- Stauning Whisky A/SDKK 217.3m
- United Drinks A/SDKK 2.3m
- Thy Whisky ApSDKK 5.5m
- Stauning Whisky A/S28
- United Drinks A/S9
- Thy Whisky ApS10
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Stauning Whisky Holding ApS100%
Management
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Lasse Svoldgaard Vesterby | CEO | 01/01/2016 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jens Aage Jerslev | Chair of the board | 17/11/2015 |
| Martin Svoldgård Vesterby | Board member | 17/11/2015 |
| David Bruce Gates | Board member | 24/05/2022 |
- Founders
- Stauning Whisky Holding ApS
Former management (12)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Højrup Munch | Director | 02/10/2007 | 16/11/2015 |
| Rasmus Palm Vestergaard | Board member | 02/10/2007 | 24/05/2022 |
| Simon Vejby Skaarup | Board member | 02/10/2007 | 17/11/2015 |
| Lasse Svoldgaard Vesterby | Chair of the board | 02/10/2007 | 17/11/2015 |
| Alex Højrup Munch | CEO | 17/11/2015 | 31/12/2015 |
| David Bruce Gates | Board member | 24/11/2015 | 28/11/2018 |
| Helle Østegaard Kristiansen | Board member | 03/10/2016 | 24/05/2022 |
| Samantha Jane Reader | Board member | 28/11/2018 | 16/08/2021 |
| Karen Louise Bradbury | Board member | 16/12/2021 | 30/03/2023 |
| Birthe Tofting | Board member | 19/09/2022 | 22/08/2025 |
| Eugene Khabensky | Board member | 17/04/2023 | 18/06/2025 |
| Abhishek Wahi | Board member | 18/06/2025 | 31/07/2026 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den administrerende direktør sammen med bestyrelsesformanden, af bestyrelsesformanden sammen med 2 bestyrelsesmedlemmer eller af den samlede bestyrelse.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsStauningvej 38
6900 Skjern
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAUNING WHISKY A/S | Stauningvej 38, Stauning, 6900 Skjern | 28 | 1013654197 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at producere dansk whisky på Danmarks førende whiskydestilleri samt direkte eller indirekte at drive anden virksomhed, der efter bestyrelsens skøn er forbundet dermed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
38 registered events20262 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
- ManagementAbhishek Wahi stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
20254 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
- ManagementBirthe Tofting stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- ManagementAbhishek Wahi appointed board member
- ManagementEugene Khabensky stepped down as board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20233 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- ManagementEugene Khabensky appointed board member
- ManagementKaren Louise Bradbury stepped down as board member
20225 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
- ManagementBirthe Tofting appointed board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- ManagementDavid Bruce Gates appointed board member
- ManagementHelle Østegaard Kristiansen stepped down as board member
- ManagementRasmus Palm Vestergaard stepped down as board member
20213 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
- ManagementKaren Louise Bradbury appointed board member
- ManagementSamantha Jane Reader stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20182 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementSamantha Jane Reader appointed board member
- ManagementDavid Bruce Gates stepped down as board member
20163 changesaddress 1 · management 2
- AddressMoved to Stauningvej 38, Stauning, 6900 Skjern
- ManagementHelle Østegaard Kristiansen appointed board member
- ManagementLasse Svoldgaard Vesterby appointed ceo
20158 changesmanagement 8
- ManagementAlex Højrup Munch stepped down as ceo
- ManagementDavid Bruce Gates appointed board member
- ManagementAlex Højrup Munch appointed ceo
- ManagementJens Aage Jerslev appointed chair of the board
- ManagementMartin Svoldgård Vesterby appointed board member
- ManagementLasse Svoldgaard Vesterby stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementSimon Vejby Skaarup stepped down as board member
- ManagementAlex Højrup Munch stepped down as director
20081 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits (110100)
20076 changesfounded 1 · management 4 · ownership 1
- FoundedRegistered as STAUNING WHISKY A/S
- ManagementRasmus Palm Vestergaard appointed board member
- ManagementAlex Højrup Munch appointed director
- ManagementLasse Svoldgaard Vesterby appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSimon Vejby Skaarup appointed board member
- OwnershipSTAUNING WHISKY HOLDING ApS registered as owner (100%)
Related companies
Same industry in Ringkøbing-Skjern
- Knaplund Destilleri ApS10 employees
- Westjysk Smag ApS3 employees
- Lowlands Denmark ApS2 employees
Same people in management
- Systematic A/Svia Helle Østegaard Kristiansen
- DSV A/Svia Helle Østegaard Kristiansen
- Danske Commodities A/Svia Helle Østegaard Kristiansen
- Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/Svia Helle Østegaard Kristiansen
- Vola A/Svia Birthe Tofting
- Buus A/Svia Jens Aage Jerslev
Largest in the industry
- United Drinks A/SDKK 8.8m
- Thy Whisky ApSDKK 4.9m
- Wild Distillery Bornholm ApSDKK 4.6m
- EtOH Spirits ApSDKK 4.1m
- Mosgaard Destilleri ApSDKK 4m
- Copenhagen Distillery ApSDKK 3.6m
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.