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Warner Chappell Music Denmark A/S

Public limited companyCVR 59069314FrederiksbergActive

Warner Chappell Music Denmark A/S is a public limited company, based in Frederiksberg, active in book publishing, founded in 1976. Net profit fell 7% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 11m. The company has existed for over 50 years.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 5m−11.2% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 11m−7% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 88.1m+14.2% vs. 2024
Employees2latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 5m.
  • Net profit fell 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 11m.
  • Equity rose 14% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 88.1m.

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 0DKK 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Warner Chappell Music Denmark A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit2,5253,6484,2614,0875,5854,962−11.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)−1,0263,2673,7283,6694,9664,712−5.1%
Profit before tax3,9706,5858,40810,28512,78211,924−6.7%
Net profit4,0415,8227,7399,06611,78110,958−7%
Total assets96,171103,214111,560136,238162,344133,215−17.9%
Equity42,71348,53556,27465,34077,12188,079+14.2%
Liabilities53,45854,67955,28570,89885,22345,136−47%
Cash and cash equivalents6,4002,0908991,6142,9011,948−32.9%
Average number of employees222–00–

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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DKK 0DKK 1mDKK 2mDKK 3mDKK 4mDKK 5mDKK 6m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (104 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Profit for five years in a row

    Net result has been positive in 2021–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is positive in the five 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
Annual reports for Warner Chappell Music Denmark A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/10/2024 – 30/09/202530/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/10/2023 – 30/09/202410/04/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/10/2022 – 30/09/202302/05/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/10/2021 – 30/09/202211/04/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/10/2020 – 30/09/202117/03/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/10/2019 – 30/09/202004/03/2021The companyPDFXBRL

The figures from all the annual reports are shown on this page. The documents themselves (PDF and XBRL, the machine-readable edition) are downloaded with a Pro account: sign in or create a free account, and then choose Pro. XBRL is the edition the figures on the page are read from.

Employees

monthly figures from CVR
0112210/1911/1912/1901/2002/2003/2004/2005/2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2011/2012/2001/2102/2103/2104/21
Employees

Position in the industry

104 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in book publishing based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 5mNo. 32 of 104
Better than 70% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 88.1mNo. 3 of 104
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees2No. 96 of 104
Better than 8% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.6m, net profit DKK 91,836, equity DKK 1.4m, 3 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 772kDKK 6mDKK 46.1mDKK 179.9mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 97 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. 13,522of 69,742
Better than 81%
No. 2,008of 69,964
Better than 97%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees92 companies in the comparison
No. 21of 92
Better than 78%
No. 1of 92
Better than 100%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 5,657of 10,152
Better than 44%
No. 1,366of 10,275
Better than 87%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 12,013of 17,786
Better than 32%
No. 2,480of 18,024
Better than 86%

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

Book publishing
Gross profit
  1. Warner Chappell Music Denmark A/SDKK 5m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 355.7m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 316.1m
Net profit
  1. Warner Chappell Music Denmark A/SDKK 11m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 40.8m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 13.1m
Equity
  1. Warner Chappell Music Denmark A/SDKK 88.1m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 402.9m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 216.2m
Employees
  1. Warner Chappell Music Denmark A/S2
  2. Gyldendal A/S427
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/S321

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB100%
Warner Chappell Music Denmark A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Warner Chappell Music Denmark A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Lars Werner KarlssonCEO22/10/2007

Board of directors

Board of directors at Warner Chappell Music Denmark A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Per JonssonBoard member19/06/2007
Lars Werner KarlssonBoard member22/10/2007
Karin KarlssonBoard member30/10/2020
Auditor
KPMG P/S
Former management (13)
Former management at Warner Chappell Music Denmark A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Finn Asbjørn OlafssonBoard member18/10/197601/06/2000
Finn Asbjørn OlafssonDirector18/10/197601/06/2000
Per NeumannBoard member18/10/197618/09/1996
Benny Schou SpensBoard member18/10/197614/01/1991
Benny Schou SpensDirector18/10/197614/01/1991
Knud Arne NygaardDirector18/10/197607/03/1990
Karl Lennart DesmondBoard member18/10/197619/06/2007
Bjorn Staffan BerglingChair of the board18/10/197619/06/2007
Hans Lennart DemondBoard member01/06/200019/06/2007
Hans Lennart DemondCEO01/06/200019/06/2007
Lars Sjelle Kromann JensenBoard member19/06/200730/10/2020
Per JonssonCEO19/06/200722/10/2007
Claes Otto Fredrik HenningBoard member19/06/200722/10/2007

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af et medlem af bestyrelsen i forening med en direktør

Address and production units

1 active production units

Falkoner Alle 7
2000 Frederiksberg

Frederiksberg Municipality · Postcode 2000

Other companies at the address (1)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC DENMARK A/SFalkoner Alle 7, 3, 2000 Frederiksberg21003128549

Purpose

Selskabets formål er forlagsvirksomhed, produktion, salg og distribution af plader, video, noder samt anden i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

52 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
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20213 changesaddress 2 · accounts 1
  • Moved to Falkoner Alle 7, 3, 2000 Frederiksberg
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Moved to Falkoner Alle 7, 3, 2000 Frederiksberg
20202 changesmanagement 2
  • Karin Karlsson appointed board member
  • Lars Sjelle Kromann Jensen stepped down as board member
20192 changesaddress 1 · name 1
  • Moved to Falkoner Alle 7, 3, 2000 Frederiksberg
  • Name changed from WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC DENMARK A/S to WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC DENMARK A/S
20181 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Falkoner Alle 7, 3, 2000 Frederiksberg
20141 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Falkoner Alle 7, 3, 2000 Frederiksberg
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Book publishing (581100)
200712 changesmanagement 12
  • Lars Werner Karlsson appointed ceo
  • Lars Werner Karlsson appointed board member
  • Claes Otto Fredrik Henning stepped down as board member
  • Per Jonsson stepped down as ceo
  • Lars Sjelle Kromann Jensen appointed board member
  • Per Jonsson appointed board member
  • Claes Otto Fredrik Henning appointed board member
  • Per Jonsson appointed ceo
  • Hans Lennart Demond stepped down as board member
  • Hans Lennart Demond stepped down as ceo
  • Bjorn Staffan Bergling stepped down as chair of the board
  • Karl Lennart Desmond stepped down as board member
20042 changesaddress 1 · capital 1
  • Moved to Falkoner Alle 63, 4, 2000 Frederiksberg
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 502,000 DKK
20004 changesmanagement 4
  • Hans Lennart Demond appointed board member
  • Hans Lennart Demond appointed ceo
  • Finn Asbjørn Olafsson stepped down as director
  • Finn Asbjørn Olafsson stepped down as board member
19962 changescapital 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
  • Per Neumann stepped down as board member
19914 changesname 2 · management 2
  • Name changed from WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIK DENMARK A/S to WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC DENMARK A/S
  • Name changed from WARNER/CHAPELL ROYTON MUSIC A/S to WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIK DENMARK A/S
  • Benny Schou Spens stepped down as director
  • Benny Schou Spens stepped down as board member
19904 changesname 1 · ownership 1 · capital 1 · management 1
  • Name changed from ROYTON MUSIC ApS to WARNER/CHAPELL ROYTON MUSIC A/S
  • Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB registered as owner (100%)
  • Share capital changed from 160,000 DKK to 300,000 DKK
  • Knud Arne Nygaard stepped down as director
19769 changesfounded 1 · management 8
  • Registered as ROYTON MUSIC ApS
  • Finn Asbjørn Olafsson appointed director
  • Bjorn Staffan Bergling appointed chair of the board
  • Karl Lennart Desmond appointed board member
  • Knud Arne Nygaard appointed director
  • Benny Schou Spens appointed director
  • Benny Schou Spens appointed board member
  • Per Neumann appointed board member
  • Finn Asbjørn Olafsson appointed board member

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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.

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