What is the address of PRAYON?

The registered office of PRAYON is located at Rue Joseph Wauters(ENG) 144, 4480 Engis.

Is PRAYON still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) PRAYON is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 15 October 1928.

Is PRAYON registered on Peppol?

Yes, PRAYON is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0405747040.

What is the enterprise number of PRAYON?

The enterprise number of PRAYON is BE0405747040.

When was PRAYON founded?

PRAYON was founded on 15 October 1928.

Who are the directors of PRAYON?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of PRAYON are: Laurence GLAUTIER, Karim LOFTI SENHDJI, SPARAXIS SA, Hanane MOURCHID, Geoffrey CLOSE, Olivier VANDERIJST, Ahmed MAHROU, Mohamed SOUAL.

Is PRAYON a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 15 October 1928; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 10 directors known from the annual account; 3 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did PRAYON make in 2025?

PRAYON recorded a loss after taxes of € 14,860,336 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of PRAYON?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), PRAYON reported revenue of € 874,446,322.

How much does an employee at PRAYON earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at PRAYON was € 118,500 in 2025: staff costs of € 128.4 million for 1,082.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does PRAYON have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, PRAYON has 1,082.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

PRAYON (Public Limited) - Engis - BE0405747040

Q: What does PRAYON do?

PRAYON is registered with the CBE as active in: Vervaardiging van andere anorganische chemische basisproducten. Public Limited, started on 15 October 1928, 3 establishments.

Dossier PRAYON, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0405747040/prayon. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 31 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

PRAYON from Engis, company number BE0405747040, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -14.9 million after tax. For that financial year PRAYON recorded revenue of € 874.4 million and equity of € 202.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 3.5 million to € -14.9 million. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 12, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 202.2 million

▼ 7% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Loss Caution

€ -14.9 million

▼ still € 3.5 million profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 49.1 million

▲ 31% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € 152.4 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

1,082.8

▲ 2.8 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 192.2 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 128.4 million

▲ 3% vs 2024

€ 118,500 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 11.4 million

▼ 40% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 8.1 million.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 5 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 468.4 million

▲ 20% vs 2024

€ 2.3 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 127 million

▼ 23% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 59 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 30.5 million

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 1,356,685,676 Revenue 2022: € 1,356,685,676 First fiscal year in the series	€ 939,926,731 Revenue 2023: € 939,926,731 ▼ 31% vs 2022 (€ 1,356,685,676) Unfavourable step	€ 925,631,617 Revenue 2024: € 925,631,617 ▼ 2% vs 2023 (€ 939,926,731) Unfavourable step	€ 874,446,322 Revenue 2025: € 874,446,322 ▼ 6% vs 2024 (€ 925,631,617) Unfavourable step	▼ 6%
Profit after taxes	€ 102,434,040 Profit after taxes 2022: € 102,434,040 First fiscal year in the series	€ 48,779,628 Profit after taxes 2023: € 48,779,628 ▼ 52% vs 2022 (€ 102,434,040) Unfavourable step	€ 3,457,439 Profit after taxes 2024: € 3,457,439 ▼ 93% vs 2023 (€ 48,779,628) Unfavourable step	€ -14,860,336 Profit after taxes 2025: € -14,860,336 ▼ € 18.3 million vs 2024 (€ 3,457,439) Unfavourable step	▼ € 18.3 million
Equity	€ 183,937,313 Equity 2022: € 183,937,313 First fiscal year in the series	€ 216,678,940 Equity 2023: € 216,678,940 ▲ 18% vs 2022 (€ 183,937,313) Favourable step	€ 217,097,704 Equity 2024: € 217,097,704 Unchanged (€ 216,678,940) Favourable step	€ 202,198,968 Equity 2025: € 202,198,968 ▼ 7% vs 2024 (€ 217,097,704) Unfavourable step	▼ 7%
Total debts	€ 608,514,617 Total debts 2022: € 608,514,617 First fiscal year in the series	€ 524,353,081 Total debts 2023: € 524,353,081 ▼ 14% vs 2022 (€ 608,514,617) Favourable step	€ 610,000,402 Total debts 2024: € 610,000,402 ▲ 16% vs 2023 (€ 524,353,081) Unfavourable step	€ 653,211,485 Total debts 2025: € 653,211,485 ▲ 7% vs 2024 (€ 610,000,402) Unfavourable step	▲ 7%
Cash	€ 63,310,190 Cash 2022: € 63,310,190 First fiscal year in the series	€ 44,910,159 Cash 2023: € 44,910,159 ▼ 29% vs 2022 (€ 63,310,190) Unfavourable step	€ 37,433,557 Cash 2024: € 37,433,557 ▼ 17% vs 2023 (€ 44,910,159) Unfavourable step	€ 49,127,381 Cash 2025: € 49,127,381 ▲ 31% vs 2024 (€ 37,433,557) Favourable step	▲ 31%
Land & buildings	€ 21,396,141 Land & buildings 2022: € 21,396,141 First fiscal year in the series	€ 21,784,260 Land & buildings 2023: € 21,784,260 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 21,396,141) Unchanged	€ 23,518,410 Land & buildings 2024: € 23,518,410 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 21,784,260) Unchanged	€ 33,079,614 Land & buildings 2025: € 33,079,614 ▲ 41% vs 2024 (€ 23,518,410) Unchanged	▲ 41%
Retained profit	€ 133,983,286 Retained profit 2022: € 133,983,286 First fiscal year in the series	€ 166,762,914 Retained profit 2023: € 166,762,914 ▲ 24% vs 2022 (€ 133,983,286) Favourable step	€ 167,220,353 Retained profit 2024: € 167,220,353 Unchanged (€ 166,762,914) Favourable step	€ 152,360,017 Retained profit 2025: € 152,360,017 ▼ 9% vs 2024 (€ 167,220,353) Unfavourable step	▼ 9%
Dividend	€ 8,000,000 Dividend 2022: € 8,000,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 16,000,000 Dividend 2023: € 16,000,000 ▲ 100% vs 2022 (€ 8,000,000) Unchanged	€ 3,000,000 Dividend 2024: € 3,000,000 ▼ 81% vs 2023 (€ 16,000,000) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 3,000,000) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Bank debt	€ 362,433,874 Bank debt 2022: € 362,433,874 First fiscal year in the series	€ 306,741,758 Bank debt 2023: € 306,741,758 ▼ 15% vs 2022 (€ 362,433,874) Favourable step	€ 389,881,392 Bank debt 2024: € 389,881,392 ▲ 27% vs 2023 (€ 306,741,758) Unfavourable step	€ 468,440,033 Bank debt 2025: € 468,440,033 ▲ 20% vs 2024 (€ 389,881,392) Unfavourable step	▲ 20%
Balance sheet total	€ 797,057,075 Balance sheet total 2022: € 797,057,075 First fiscal year in the series	€ 747,175,163 Balance sheet total 2023: € 747,175,163 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 797,057,075) Unchanged	€ 834,464,407 Balance sheet total 2024: € 834,464,407 ▲ 12% vs 2023 (€ 747,175,163) Unchanged	€ 861,801,889 Balance sheet total 2025: € 861,801,889 ▲ 3% vs 2024 (€ 834,464,407) Unchanged	▲ 3%
Employees (FTE)	1,022 Employees (FTE) 2022: 1,022 First fiscal year in the series	1,093.2 Employees (FTE) 2023: 1,093.2 ▲ 71.2 vs 2022 (1,022) Unchanged	1,080 Employees (FTE) 2024: 1,080 ▼ 13.2 vs 2023 (1,093.2) Unchanged	1,082.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 1,082.8 ▲ 2.8 vs 2024 (1,080) Unchanged	▲ 2.8

Key figures of PRAYON, 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 PRAYON?

What happened at PRAYON in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2027 Hanane MOURCHID stepped down as director. NBB
2027 Ahmed MAHROU stepped down as director. NBB
2027 Rodolphe COLLINET stepped down as director. NBB
2027 Laurence GLAUTIER stepped down as director. NBB
2027 Karim LOFTI SENHDJI stepped down as director. NBB
2027 SPARAXIS SA stepped down as director. NBB
2027 Geoffrey CLOSE stepped down as director. NBB
2027 Olivier VANDERIJST stepped down as director. NBB

In short

From € 102.4 million profit in 2022 to € 14.9 million loss in 2025.

Paid € 15.5 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 102.4 million profit.

Paid out € 27 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Wallonie Entreprendre (WE) 46%

Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) 46%

PRAYON

beLife 100%

Prayteck Maroc 100%

Prayon Réassurance 100%

Prayon UK 100%

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The shares are held by Wallonie Entreprendre (WE) (46%) and Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) (46%). It owns 100% of beLife, 100% of Prayteck Maroc, 100% of Prayon Réassurance, 100% of Prayon UK, 100% of Prayon Benelux and 100% of Prayon Deutschalnd itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Laurence GLAUTIER

Director

Also active at: NATIONALE MAATSCHAPPIJ DER BELGISCHE SPOORWEGEN, FONDS DE PARTICIPATION WALLONIE, AMERIGO, WALLONIE ENTREPRENDRE INTERNATIONAL, SOCIETE WALLONNE POUR LE FINANCEMENT DES INFRASTUCTURES DES POLES DE COMPETITIVITES, WE Accompagnement et Stratégie

since 2024 · until 2027

Karim LOFTI SENHDJI

Director

since 2024 · until 2027

SPARAXIS SA

Director · represented by Yves MEURICE

Also active at: C.P. Bourg, A.M.B., Jean Goldschmidt International, Ateliers Pierre Cerfontaine, Floridienne, Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie, JUNGLING, MEBF +224 more

since 2024 · until 2027

Hanane MOURCHID

Director

since 2024 · until 2027

Geoffrey CLOSE

Administrateur délégué à la gestion journalière

Also active at: ADC METAL

since 2024 · until 2027

Olivier VANDERIJST

Chairman of the board

Also active at: SOCOFE

since 2024 · until 2027

Ahmed MAHROU

Director

since 2025 · until 2027

Mohamed SOUAL

Director

since 2024 · until 2027

Hicham EL HABTI

Director

since 2024 · until 2025

Rodolphe COLLINET

Director

since 2024 · until 2027

Shareholders

Wallonie Entreprendre (WE)

46%

Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP)

46%

Participations

beLife

100%

Prayteck Maroc

100%

Prayon Réassurance

100%

Prayon UK

100%

Prayon Benelux

100%

Prayon Deutschalnd

100%

Prayon Iberica

100%

Prayon Switzerland

100%

Prayon Inc.

75%

TECHNOPHOS JSCO

50%

Prayon Italia

50%

Prayon Immo

50%

Seco

50%

Emaphos

33.3%

Casper

20%

Silox

15%

beLife Intermediates

Société Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques

0.1%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Rue Joseph Wauters(ENG) 144

4480 Engis

2.102.657.716

Gansbroekstraat 31

2870 Puurs-Sint-Amands

Active since 1 October 1928

2.360.610.509

Rue de la Digue 22

4400 Flémalle

Active since 1 August 2024

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Details

Company number

0405.747.040

VAT number

BE 0405.747.040

Registered office

Rue Joseph Wauters(ENG) 144, 4480 Engis

Names & denominations

PRAYON

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

15 October 1928

Peppol

Active · Active since 29 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

Vervaardiging van andere anorganische chemische basisproducten

Vervaardiging van overige anorganische chemische basisproducten

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