Financials
Financial year 2025
Ateliers François from Liège, company number BE0403953332, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 8.4 million after tax. For that financial year Ateliers François recorded revenue of € 105.3 million and equity of € 34.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 8.8 million to € 8.4 million. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 11, 2026.
€ 34.3 million
▲ 21% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 8.4 million
▼ 4% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 4.3 million
▲ € 3.4 million vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2.5 million paid out
30 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Moteurs et Francois (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
44.2
▲ 0.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 3.9 million
▲ 4% vs 2024
€ 89,000 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 5,271
▼ 68% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 25.6 million
▼ 1% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 102 days on average.
€ 682,664
▼ 44% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 77,487,953 | € 94,341,045 | € 101,409,351 | € 105,275,492 | ▲ 4% |
| Profit after taxes | € 6,060,603 | € 7,780,954 | € 8,761,416 | € 8,421,314 | ▼ 4% |
| Equity | € 21,772,102 | € 24,573,384 | € 28,355,129 | € 34,286,607 | ▲ 21% |
| Total debts | € 36,319,093 | € 43,030,731 | € 46,376,541 | € 44,836,227 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 3,002,505 | € 354,455 | € 925,334 | € 4,295,163 | ▲ € 3.4 million |
| Land & buildings | € 566,316 | € 690,083 | € 593,490 | € 987,917 | ▲ 66% |
| Retained profit | € 20,246,999 | € 23,048,281 | € 26,830,026 | € 32,761,504 | ▲ 22% |
| Dividend | € 4,979,672 | € 4,979,672 | € 4,979,672 | € 2,489,836 | ▼ 50% |
| Bank debt | € 16,485 | € 1,482,081 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 58,416,879 | € 68,056,602 | € 75,234,997 | € 79,614,120 | ▲ 6% |
| Employees (FTE) | 42.3 | 42 | 43.8 | 44.2 | ▲ 0.4 |
Key figures of Ateliers François, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.
What happened to Ateliers François?
What happened at Ateliers François in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 8.4 million (▼ 4% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- LOYERSCO SPRL stepped down as director. NBB
- JAUCHUA 3 Srl stepped down as director. NBB
- ANTHONY KITCHENER stepped down as director. NBB
- CHRISTIAN BOON-FALLEUR stepped down as director. NBB
- AERNOUT BEKE stepped down as director. NBB
- RBGES Srl stepped down as director. NBB
- LOYERSCO SPRL became a director. NBB
In short
From € 6.1 million profit in 2022 to € 8.4 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 8 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 8.8 million profit.
Paid out € 17.4 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The stake of Moteurs et Francois comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Ateliers FrançoisThe shares are held by Moteurs et Francois (100%). It owns 100% of AF U.S.A. INC., 100% of AF COMPRESSORS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD, 1% of AF COMPRESSORS DO BRASIL and 0.1% of FRANCOIS COMPRESSORS INDIA itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Managing director · represented by HUGUES ROLIN
Also active at: AF BELGIUM, Moteurs et Francois, COMPRESSOR SPARE PARTS, TRADEWARE, A.C.R.J., DryEco, QbicAir
since 2020 · until 2026
Director · represented by GAUTHIER DU BOIS D'ENGHIEN
Also active at: COMPRESSOR SPARE PARTS
since 2020 · until 2026
ANTHONY KITCHENER
Director
since 2020 · until 2026
CHRISTIAN BOON-FALLEUR
Managing director
Also active at: Moteurs et Francois, Development Management Consulting, SYNERGIA MEDICAL, FAIRWIND, DryEco, QbicAir
since 2020 · until 2026
AERNOUT BEKE
Director
since 2020 · until 2026
Managing director · represented by DIDIER ROLIN JACQUEMYNS
Also active at: Moteurs et Francois, COMPRESSOR SPARE PARTS, DryEco, QbicAir
since 2020 · until 2026
Shareholders
100%
Participations
AF U.S.A. INC.
100%
AF COMPRESSORS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD
100%
AF COMPRESSORS DO BRASIL
1%
FRANCOIS COMPRESSORS INDIA
0.1%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Côte-d'Or 274
4000 Liège
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Website
Technologies
Certifications & Partners
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
OVH, FR
Domain
Domain
afcompressors.com
Registered
1999-02-13
Registrar
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu
Expires
2031-02-13
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0403.953.332
- VAT number
- BE 0403.953.332
- Registered office
- Rue Côte-d'Or 274, 4000 Liège
- Names & denominations
- Ateliers François
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 July 1960
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 19 Sept 2025
- Contact
- afcompressors.com +3242399660
- Activities · NACE
Vervaardiging van hydraulische en pneumatische apparatuur
Vervaardiging van pompen en compressoren
Vervaardiging van andere pompen en compressoren
Overige bouwinstallatie
Groothandel in gereedschapswerktuigen
Verspanend bewerken van metalen
Groothandel in pompen en compressoren
Installatie van industriële machines, toestellen en werktuigen
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