What is the address of JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE?

The registered office of JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE is located at Avenue Alfred Deponthière 44, 4431 Ans.

Is JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 9 October 2014.

Is JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE registered on Peppol?

Yes, JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0563837739.

What is the enterprise number of JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE?

The enterprise number of JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE is BE0563837739.

When was JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE founded?

JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE was founded on 9 October 2014.

Who are the directors of JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE are: Gérard LONGUET, Thierry CARLIER, Thierry ROUFFET, Thierry RENAUDIN, Dorian FERON, Jean Arthur REGIBEAU, Vincent TREVISAN, Victor CAUCHOIS.

Is JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 9 October 2014; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 11 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE make in 2025?

JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE posted a profit after taxes of € 19,313,638 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE reported revenue of € 118,507,465.

How much does an employee at JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE was € 104,900 in 2025: staff costs of € 22.8 million for 217 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE has 217 full-time equivalents (FTE).

JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE (Public Limited) - Ans

Q: What does JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE do?

JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE is registered with the CBE as active in: Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen. Public Limited, started on 9 October 2014, 2 establishments.

Dossier JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0563837739/john-cockerill-defense. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 29 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Shrinking team NBB

FTE fell two years in a row, from 270.1 to 217.

Financials

Financial year 2025

JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE from Ans, company number BE0563837739, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 19.3 million after tax. For that financial year JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE recorded revenue of € 118.5 million and equity of € 265.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 14 million to € 19.3 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 2, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 265.8 million

▲ 2% vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 19.3 million

▲ 38% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 49 million

▼ 62% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 15 million paid out

78 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to JOHN COCKERILL SA (80 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

217

▼ 17.2 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: € 31.6 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 22.8 million

▼ 4% vs 2024

€ 104,900 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

€ 21,086

▼ 39% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 112 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.

€ 131.1 million

▲ 7% vs 2024

€ 1.2 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 112 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 46.4 million

▼ 40% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 227 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 6.4 million

▼ 48% vs 2024

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	€ 100,536,425 Revenue 2022: € 100,536,425 First fiscal year in the series	€ 111,771,610 Revenue 2023: € 111,771,610 ▲ 11% vs 2022 (€ 100,536,425) Favourable step	€ 125,854,830 Revenue 2024: € 125,854,830 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 111,771,610) Favourable step	€ 118,507,465 Revenue 2025: € 118,507,465 ▼ 6% vs 2024 (€ 125,854,830) Unfavourable step	▼ 6%
Profit after taxes	€ 49,036,378 Profit after taxes 2022: € 49,036,378 First fiscal year in the series	€ 21,588,576 Profit after taxes 2023: € 21,588,576 ▼ 56% vs 2022 (€ 49,036,378) Unfavourable step	€ 13,978,608 Profit after taxes 2024: € 13,978,608 ▼ 35% vs 2023 (€ 21,588,576) Unfavourable step	€ 19,313,638 Profit after taxes 2025: € 19,313,638 ▲ 38% vs 2024 (€ 13,978,608) Favourable step	▲ 38%
Equity	€ 91,798,984 Equity 2022: € 91,798,984 First fiscal year in the series	€ 107,531,266 Equity 2023: € 107,531,266 ▲ 17% vs 2022 (€ 91,798,984) Favourable step	€ 261,341,938 Equity 2024: € 261,341,938 ▲ 143% vs 2023 (€ 107,531,266) Favourable step	€ 265,797,665 Equity 2025: € 265,797,665 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 261,341,938) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Total debts	€ 444,943,214 Total debts 2022: € 444,943,214 First fiscal year in the series	€ 373,512,702 Total debts 2023: € 373,512,702 ▼ 16% vs 2022 (€ 444,943,214) Favourable step	€ 532,217,000 Total debts 2024: € 532,217,000 ▲ 42% vs 2023 (€ 373,512,702) Unfavourable step	€ 520,712,191 Total debts 2025: € 520,712,191 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 532,217,000) Favourable step	▼ 2%
Cash	€ 251,326 Cash 2022: € 251,326 First fiscal year in the series	€ 129,048 Cash 2023: € 129,048 ▼ 49% vs 2022 (€ 251,326) Unfavourable step	€ 129,462,845 Cash 2024: € 129,462,845 ▲ € 129.3 million vs 2023 (€ 129,048) Favourable step	€ 49,030,945 Cash 2025: € 49,030,945 ▼ 62% vs 2024 (€ 129,462,845) Unfavourable step	▼ 62%
Land & buildings	€ 625,660 Land & buildings 2022: € 625,660 First fiscal year in the series	€ 463,370 Land & buildings 2023: € 463,370 ▼ 26% vs 2022 (€ 625,660) Unchanged	€ 301,079 Land & buildings 2024: € 301,079 ▼ 35% vs 2023 (€ 463,370) Unchanged	€ 138,789 Land & buildings 2025: € 138,789 ▼ 54% vs 2024 (€ 301,079) Unchanged	▼ 54%
Retained profit	€ 42,402,377 Retained profit 2022: € 42,402,377 First fiscal year in the series	€ 55,290,953 Retained profit 2023: € 55,290,953 ▲ 30% vs 2022 (€ 42,402,377) Favourable step	€ 44,269,561 Retained profit 2024: € 44,269,561 ▼ 20% vs 2023 (€ 55,290,953) Unfavourable step	€ 48,583,199 Retained profit 2025: € 48,583,199 ▲ 10% vs 2024 (€ 44,269,561) Favourable step	▲ 10%
Dividend	€ 60,000,000 Dividend 2022: € 60,000,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,700,000 Dividend 2023: € 8,700,000 ▼ 85% vs 2022 (€ 60,000,000) Unchanged	€ 25,000,000 Dividend 2024: € 25,000,000 ▲ 187% vs 2023 (€ 8,700,000) Unchanged	€ 15,000,000 Dividend 2025: € 15,000,000 ▼ 40% vs 2024 (€ 25,000,000) Unchanged	▼ 40%
Bank debt	€ 47,277,528 Bank debt 2022: € 47,277,528 First fiscal year in the series	€ 45,391,049 Bank debt 2023: € 45,391,049 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 47,277,528) Favourable step	€ 122,991,816 Bank debt 2024: € 122,991,816 ▲ 171% vs 2023 (€ 45,391,049) Unfavourable step	€ 131,136,816 Bank debt 2025: € 131,136,816 ▲ 7% vs 2024 (€ 122,991,816) Unfavourable step	▲ 7%
Balance sheet total	€ 587,008,105 Balance sheet total 2022: € 587,008,105 First fiscal year in the series	€ 530,427,407 Balance sheet total 2023: € 530,427,407 ▼ 10% vs 2022 (€ 587,008,105) Unchanged	€ 834,375,635 Balance sheet total 2024: € 834,375,635 ▲ 57% vs 2023 (€ 530,427,407) Unchanged	€ 824,215,806 Balance sheet total 2025: € 824,215,806 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 834,375,635) Unchanged	▼ 1%
Employees (FTE)	300.9 Employees (FTE) 2022: 300.9 First fiscal year in the series	270.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 270.1 ▼ 30.8 vs 2022 (300.9) Unchanged	234.2 Employees (FTE) 2024: 234.2 ▼ 35.9 vs 2023 (270.1) Unchanged	217 Employees (FTE) 2025: 217 ▼ 17.2 vs 2024 (234.2) Unchanged	▼ 17.2

Key figures of JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE, 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 DEFENSE?

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

2030 Gérard LONGUET stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Thierry ROUFFET stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Thierry RENAUDIN stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Dorian FERON stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Jean Arthur REGIBEAU stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Vincent TREVISAN stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Victor CAUCHOIS stepped down as director. NBB
2030 Jean Luc MAURANGE stepped down as director. NBB

In short

From € 49 million profit in 2022 to € 19.3 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 27.2 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 49 million profit.

Paid out € 108.7 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

JOHN COCKERILL SA 80%

Agence des Participations de l'Etat FR 10%

Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement 10%

JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE

JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE FRANCE SAS 100%

CMI DEFESA PARTICIPACOES SA 100%

ARQUUS SAS 100%

John Cockerill Defense America INC 100%

The shares are held by JOHN COCKERILL SA (80%), Agence des Participations de l'Etat FR (10%) and Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement (10%). It owns 100% of JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE FRANCE SAS, 100% of CMI DEFESA PARTICIPACOES SA, 100% of ARQUUS SAS, 100% of John Cockerill Defense America INC, 100% of EUROCONTROL SPA and 100% of JOHN COCKERILL Defense ESPANA SLU itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Gérard LONGUET

Director

since 2024 · until 2030

Thierry CARLIER

Director

since 2024 · until 2025

Thierry ROUFFET

Director

since 2025 · until 2030

Thierry RENAUDIN

Managing director

since 2024 · until 2030

Dorian FERON

Director

since 2024 · until 2030

Jean Arthur REGIBEAU

Director

since 2024 · until 2030

Vincent TREVISAN

Director

since 2024 · until 2030

Victor CAUCHOIS

Director

since 2024 · until 2030

Jean Luc MAURANGE

Chairman of the board

since 2024 · until 2030

Frédéric LEMAITRE

Director

since 2024 · until 2030

Francois MICHEL

Director

since 2024 · until 2025

Shareholders

JOHN COCKERILL SA

80%

Agence des Participations de l'Etat FR

10%

Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement

10%

Participations

JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE FRANCE SAS

100%

CMI DEFESA PARTICIPACOES SA

100%

ARQUUS SAS

100%

John Cockerill Defense America INC

100%

EUROCONTROL SPA

100%

JOHN COCKERILL Defense ESPANA SLU

100%

John Cockerill Défense Siège

100%

PEGASUS SRL

99.9%

John Cockerill Defense for Military Industries

95%

BASE DE BARONVILLE SA

46%

Logistic Support For Land Système

40%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Avenue Alfred Deponthière 44

4431 Ans

2.237.032.113

Avenue Champion - AUBANGE 7

6790 Aubange

Active since 1 January 2015

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0563.837.739

VAT number

BE 0563.837.739

Registered office

Avenue Alfred Deponthière 44, 4431 Ans

Names & denominations

JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

9 October 2014

Peppol

Active · Active since 24 Jul 2023

Contact

+3243302021

Activities · NACE

Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen

Vervaardiging van wapens en munitie

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JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE

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