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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.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 57 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 796.6 to 565.5.
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Busy address KBO
11 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
JOHN COCKERILL from Seraing, company number BE0422362447, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 18.4 million after tax. For that financial year JOHN COCKERILL recorded revenue of € 272 million and equity of € 296.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -39.4 million to € 18.4 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 19, 2026.
€ 296.6 million
▲ 7% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 18.4 million
▲ still € 39.4 million loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 24 million
▲ € 21.2 million vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 258.5 million.
People and assets in 2025
565.5
▼ 136.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 69.4 million
▼ 15% vs 2024
€ 122,700 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.
€ 1.6 million
▼ 24% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 323.9 million
▲ 55% vs 2024
€ 16.4 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 16 years.
€ 67.2 million
▼ 36% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 88 days on average.
€ 19.1 million
▼ 8% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Revenue | € 270,931,665 | € 332,847,009 | € 311,600,460 | € 272,009,985 | ▼ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € 147,245,356 | € 86,061,088 | € -39,361,172 | € 18,374,930 | ▲ € 57.7 million |
| Equity | € 231,725,701 | € 317,679,072 | € 278,268,206 | € 296,617,349 | ▲ 7% |
| Total debts | € 654,438,876 | € 462,575,636 | € 493,224,736 | € 525,065,693 | ▲ 6% |
| Cash | € 87,615,571 | € 6,739,341 | € 2,882,605 | € 24,040,673 | ▲ € 21.2 million |
| Land & buildings | € 3,390,184 | € 3,057,140 | € 2,554,771 | € 16,078,110 | ▲ € 13.5 million |
| Retained profit | € 193,465,609 | € 279,526,697 | € 240,165,525 | € 258,540,455 | ▲ 8% |
| Bank debt | € 21,760,625 | € 197,062,741 | € 209,078,862 | € 323,940,853 | ▲ 55% |
| Balance sheet total | € 922,047,819 | € 815,049,205 | € 810,545,494 | € 851,913,731 | ▲ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 812.2 | 796.6 | 701.7 | 565.5 | ▼ 136.2 |
Key figures of JOHN COCKERILL, 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 JOHN COCKERILL?
What happened at JOHN COCKERILL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- PONCELET MC2 SPRL stepped down as director. NBB
- EBENIS SA stepped down as director. NBB
- TEN² SRL stepped down as director. NBB
- ABNM Consulting Services SPRL stepped down as director. NBB
- Jérôme PECRESSE stepped down as director. NBB
- SOKRATES GROUP SAS stepped down as director. NBB
- EQUIDEX SRL stepped down as director. NBB
- S2M Productions SRL stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 147.2 million profit in 2022 to € 18.4 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 5.8 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 147.2 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 88 days on average.
Management
The shares are held by EBENIS SA (79.3%) and DODECA SA (20.7%). It owns 100% of JOHN COCKERILL ASIA PACIFIC COMPANY LIMITED, 100% of JOHN COCKERILL HAMON HOLDCO S L U, 100% of JOHN COCKERILL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, 100% of JOHN COCKERILL FRANCE SAS, 100% of HAMON ESINDUS LATINOAMERICA LIMITADA and 100% of JOHN COCKERILL NORTH AMERICA INC itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Jean-Pol PONCELET
since 2024 · until 2028
since 2024 · until 2028
since 2024 · until 2025
TEN² SRL
Vice-chairman of the board · represented by Nicolas Serin
since 2024 · until 2028
since 2024 · until 2025
LM Global International Consult srl
Director · represented by Louis Michel
since 2025 · until 2026
Director · represented by Diego AQUILINA
Also active at: GIMCO SIO, GIMCO Willebroek, GIMCO SIG, GIMCO Sprimont, GIMCO Manage, GIMCO
since 2024 · until 2028
Jérôme PECRESSE
Director
since 2024 · until 2028
SOKRATES GROUP SAS
Director · represented by Gérard LONGUET
since 2024 · until 2028
Dorian FERON
Director
since 2025 · until 2026
SOODENOO Sarl
Director · represented by Jean Luc Maurange
since 2024 · until 2026
Director · represented by Vincent TREVISAN
since 2025 · until 2028
since 2024 · until 2028
Jean Luc Maurange
Managing director
since 2026 · until 2028
Sophie Dutordoir
Director
since 2024 · until 2028
Shareholders
EBENIS SA
79.3%
20.7%
Participations
JOHN COCKERILL ASIA PACIFIC COMPANY LIMITED
100%
JOHN COCKERILL HAMON HOLDCO S L U
100%
JOHN COCKERILL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL
100%
JOHN COCKERILL FRANCE SAS
100%
HAMON ESINDUS LATINOAMERICA LIMITADA
100%
JOHN COCKERILL NORTH AMERICA INC
100%
JOHN COCKERILL ITALY
100%
HEETA HOLDING Oy
100%
JOHN COCKERILL Cy-Bo INC
100%
CMI M&W Engineering GMBH
100%
JOHN COCKERILL INGENIERIE ET SERVICES AFRIQUE SAS
100%
JOHN COCKERILL GBS PRIVATE LTD
100%
JOHN COCKERILL HAMON SA DE CV
100%
JOHN COCKERILL COLUMBIA SAS
100%
CMI INDUSTRY OOO
100%
JOHN COCKERILL ENERGY DE MEXICO SA DE CV
100%
CMI LUXEMBOURG HOLDING SARL
100%
CMI DE MEXICO SA DE CV
99.8%
CMI DE CHILE LIMITADA SA
95%
JOHN COCKERILL INDIA LTD
70.4%
JV COCKERILL TEMPRO SURFACE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY
70.2%
JOHN COCKERILL HYDROGEN SAS
70%
52.4%
40%
CMI ARGENTINA SA
34%
26%
CERI Phoenix Industrial Furnace Ltd
20%
MCC-CERI YangZhou Metallurgycal Scien. Technology Industriall co LTD
20%
10.8%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Jean Potier 1
4100 Seraing
ZONING INDUSTRIEL AUBANGE S/N
6790 Aubange
Active since 27 November 1987
Schoondonkweg 11
2830 Willebroek
Active since 25 January 1994
Avenue Alfred Deponthière 44
4431 Ans
Active since 1 January 1982
Rue de la Légende 63
4141 Sprimont
Active since 1 May 2018
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 11 companies are registered at this address.
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Website
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Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
CLOUDFLARESPECTRUM Cloudflare, Inc., US
Domain
Domain
johncockerill.com
Registered
2016-08-22
Registrar
Gandi SAS
Expires
2026-08-22
Website info
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Details
- Company number
- 0422.362.447
- VAT number
- BE 0422.362.447
- Registered office
- Rue Jean Potier 1, 4100 Seraing
- Names & denominations
- JOHN COCKERILL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 16 December 1981
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 9 Mar 2020
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