COMETSAMBRE

Active

Public limited companyfounded 1988active for 37 yearsRivage de Boubier 25, 6200 Châtelet, Belgium15 active companies are registered at this addressKBO/BCE: BE 0436.206.426

Summary

COMETSAMBRE has been active since 1988 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €23.6m and a net result of -€12.4m. Equity is growing by about 2.5% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 33% of 277 sector peers (NACE 38, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 1.4% (low).

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COMETSAMBREActiveChecked score 63/100

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Directors

under verification, no change since 2026

This board is reconstructed from a single act (26349523). A Gazette act generally publishes only CHANGES, not a full roll call, so directors unchanged since then may be missing here. The KBO register holds the complete list of function holders.

Board 2

GROSJEAN Charlotte

Class A director · since 16-07-2026

Current

Pierre François Bareel

Director

Current

2 not recently confirmed

Still in office according to the deeds, but no deed of the last six years confirms the mandate. Mandates like this have often ended since, in a deed we have not read yet.

Philippe Alfred GROSJEAN

Président du conseil · since 15-12-2011 · Director · since 15-12-2011

Not recently confirmed

Honhon Yves

Independent director · since 07-06-2016

Not recently confirmed

Day-to-day management 1

Pierre François Bareel

Managing director

Current

1 not recently confirmed

Still in office according to the deeds, but no deed of the last six years confirms the mandate. Mandates like this have often ended since, in a deed we have not read yet.

Philippe Alfred GROSJEAN

Managing director · since 15-12-2011

Not recently confirmed

Other functions 1

Sabine Colson

Observateur · since 16-07-2026

Current

Derived from published Gazette deeds. The KBO keeps the official list of office holders; we do not read it, so the two can differ. See the directors and other office holders in the KBO →

Mandate history

22 people since 2007, 5 in office

All 22 In office 5 Ended 17

Board
Day-to-day management
Permanent representative
Statutory auditor
Other function
not recently confirmed
began earlier

Mandates per person, with start and end dates
Name	Functions and periods
Pierre François Bareel	Director, from 02-06-2020 to 30-07-2026 Managing director, from 01-04-2021 to 30-07-2026 Director, from 21-04-2022 to date Managing director, from 21-04-2022 to date
GROSJEAN Charlotte	Class A director, from 16-07-2026 to date
Sabine Colson	Director, until 06-06-2023 Observateur, from 16-07-2026 to date
Philippe Alfred GROSJEAN	Président du conseil, from 15-12-2011 not ended, last confirmed 04-01-2012 Director, from before 15-12-2011 not ended, last confirmed 04-01-2012 Managing director, from 15-12-2011 not ended, last confirmed 04-01-2012
Honhon Yves	Independent director, from 07-06-2016 not ended, last confirmed 16-08-2016
Aurore Grosjean	Director, from 15-12-2011 to 30-07-2026
COMPAGNIE BELGE DE PARTICIPATIONS INDUSTRIELLES ET IMMOBILIERES	Director, from before 01-06-2010 to 30-07-2026 Chair and managing director, from 02-06-2020 ended, last mentioned 30-07-2026 Chair and managing director, from 02-06-2020 ended, last mentioned 10-06-2022 Director and managing director, until 30-07-2026
Joël Blavier	Director, from 02-06-2020 to 30-07-2026
Maxime Grosjean	Director, from 15-12-2011 to 30-07-2026
SOCIETE FEDERALE DE PARTICIPATIONS ET D'INVESTISSEMENT	Director, from 15-12-2011 to 30-07-2026
SPARAXIS	Director, from 01-06-2010 to 30-07-2026
Bernard Beyne	Independent director, from 07-06-2016 to 25-10-2025
Guillaume GROSJEAN	Director, from 15-12-2011 to 10-12-2020
Deloitte Bedrijfsrevisoren/Réviseurs d’Entreprises	Statutory auditor, from 04-06-2019 to 15-07-2020
Philippe Grosjean	Chair, from 24-06-2008 ended, last mentioned 25-08-2017 Director, from 06-06-2017 ended, last mentioned 25-08-2017 Chair and managing director, from 06-06-2017 ended, last mentioned 25-08-2017 Managing director, until 02-06-2020
METAL TRADE CONSULTING	Directeur général, from 12-12-2017 to 31-03-2020
SRL BMS & C°	Statutory auditor, from 01-06-2010 to 04-06-2019
Claude BODSON	Director, from 14-06-2012 to 19-12-2018
Jacques DURON	Independent director, from 14-06-2012 to 11-06-2018
Michel PIRLET	Représentant permanent de sparaxis s.a., until 01-05-2015
ACIERS GROSJEAN	Director, until 15-12-2011
Bossaert Moreau Saman C°	Auditor, from 29-06-2007 to 01-06-2010

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The directors' other companies

1 current director with another company that went bankrupt, was dissolved or struck off

Honhon Yves

1 other company of this director went bankrupt (2026).

GALLER HOLDING bankruptcy on 24-04-2026Official Gazettemandate since 2025

Source: Belgian Official Gazette (bankruptcies, judicial dissolutions, board mandates), FPS Economy (strike-offs) and the KBO register. A bankruptcy, dissolution or strike-off says nothing about the director's part in it. Only boards we have read from the Gazette; other companies may still be missing.

Owners and capital

Owners

1 owner

Chain of control

COMPAGNIE BELGE DE PARTICIPATIONS INDUSTRIELLES ET IMMOBILIERES 85.93%
COMETSAMBRE

Highest known parent: COMPAGNIE BELGE DE PARTICIPATIONS INDUSTRIELLES ET IMMOBILIERES. The sources do not say who stands above it.

Owners 1

COMPAGNIE BELGE DE PARTICIPATIONS INDUSTRIELLES ET IMMOBILIERESparent
Sourceaccounts COMPAGNIE BELGE DE PARTICIPATIONS INDUSTRIELLES ET IMMOBILIERES 2025

85.93%+ 14.07% via subsidiaries

According to the 2025 annual accounts of COMETSAMBRE and those of the other companies, the acts in the Belgian Official Gazette and the LEI register. Annual accounts state the shareholders that notified the company under article 7:225 of the Code of Companies and Associations and the parent companies that consolidate it. The register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) is not public: who ultimately stands behind a natural person or a foreign parent is not stated here. A company that does not include these statements in its annual accounts, or does not have to, is not listed.

Capital and shareholders

Capital over the years

30-07-2026 Capital stated in the deed · €9,000,000 · 2,118 shares
09-01-2018 Capital reduction of €5,508,871.90 · to €9,000,000 · “prélèvement prioritaire sur le capital fiscalement libéré”
04-01-2012 Capital increase of €738,778.02 · to €5,250,778.02 · 298 new shares
04-01-2012 Capital increase of €9,258,093.88 · to €14,508,871.90 · from reserves