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JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE

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Public limited companyfounded 2014active for 12 yearsAvenue Alfred Deponthière 44, 4431 Ans, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0563.837.739
Summary

JOHN COCKERILL DEFENSE has been active since 2014 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €265.8m and a net result of €19.3m. Equity is growing by about 6.7% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 32% of 819 sector peers (NACE 25, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.3% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
NACE 25300Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers NACE 29201
Largest company by total assets in Ans2 sites
Size
€118.5mturnover 2025
Staff
217 FTE
Equity
€265.8m
Profit
€19.3m
Financial health
86 Excellent Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.3%
Structure
Parent
JOHN COCKERILL · 80%
Board
12 members
Holdings
11
Auditor: SRL DELOITTE Réviseurs d'EntreprisesAccounts 59 days early
Why 86raises riskLiquidity: current ratio 0.80, cash €49.0m, halvedSector: Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (NACE 25)lowers riskFounded in 2014Size: turnover €118.5m, 217 FTE, total assets €824.2mShow the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
86 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 43% of its sector peers (NACE 25, medium-sized)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Average
Solvency 57+1
equity 32.2% of total assets
Liquidity 34-11
short-term debt 47.0% · cash 5.9%
Profitability 71+17
return on assets 2.3%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.3% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 3 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.3% (132 companies, NACE 25, medium-sized)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.9% 12-2024: 0.9%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.8%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.9%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 06-2025highest value 08-2025: 0.1%▼ -0.8 percentage points vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 01-2026lowest value 03-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 02-2026lowest value 04-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.3%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.3%● unchanged vs 09-2026
Credit of up to €11,850,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity insufficient (current ratio 0.8, compared with 0.79 in 2024, below 1; short-term debt: 47% and cash: 5.9% of total assets), and 67.8% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
How it is calculated

The band follows from the bankruptcy probability, on a scale where 10 more points roughly halve it:

75-100 Excellent under 0.55%
60-74 Healthy 0.55% to 1.5%
45-59 Fair 1.5% to 4.2%
25-44 Weak 4.2% to 15.0%
0-24 Critical over 15.0%

Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (NACE 25, medium-sized): better than 39% on solvency, 32% on liquidity, 61% on profitability and 38% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 19-10-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.

Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. Negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late hold it at Fair at most (59); two missing filings, at Weak (44). An ongoing judicial reorganisation or the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation) holds it at Critical at most (24).

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Signals

Five signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 0.80, cash €49.0m, halved
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Founded in 2014
Companies that have existed this long fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
lowers risk · Size: turnover €118.5m, 217 FTE, total assets €824.2m
Companies of this size fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Sector: Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (NACE 25)
KBO
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 02-06-2026, 59 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
59 days early
2024
13 days early
2023
29 days early
2022
75 days early
2021
68 days early
2020
75 days early
2019
28 days early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 7 accounts on average 50 days before the deadline; the sector median (NACE 25) for financial year 2024 is 7 days before the deadline, and 35% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 2 June (4 of the last 5 filed years within 31 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
20-10-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Resignation: François MICHEL (director)Gazette deed
  2. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · full…
  3. Appointment: Thierry Rouffet (director)Resignation: Thierry Carlier (director)

Key points

  • Positive: Largest company by total assets in Ansin the Checked rankings No. 1 View
  • EU supportawarded from 2021 to 2025 €20.6m View
  • Controlled by JOHN COCKERILLknown shareholders 100% 80% View
  • Positive: Filed on time since financial year 2018accounts within the deadline every year 8 years View
  • Positive: 8 profitable years in a rowprofit 2025: €19.3m 8 years View
  • Directors leftlatest change 13-05-2026 · 12 in office 2 left View
  • Positive: Result rose in 2025from €14.0m to €19.3m ▲ 38.2% View

By topic

Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€118.5m
Profit
€19.3m
Solvency
32.2%
Turnover▼ 5.8%
Net result
20182025
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Board & ownership

Board
12 members
Parent
JOHN COCKERILL · 80%
Known shareholders
100%
Auditor
SRL DELOITTE Réviseurs d'Entreprises
  • Bernard SERINChair
  • Nicolas SERINDirector
  • Thierry RenaudinManaging director
  • Gérard LONGUETDirector
  • Jean-Luc MaurangeDirector

and 7 other directors

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Network & group

Group
EBENIS SA
Subsidiaries
9
Holdings
11
Connected companies
17

11 holdings

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Timeline

Events
39
Since
2014
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 18-07-2025Annual accounts filed
  2. 31-12-2024Weakest financial year
  3. 31-12-2024Equity above €250m
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Company details

Sites
2
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and…NACE 25300
Founded
09-10-2014
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
16
Annual meeting
Last Wednesday of April at 16:00
Purpose
“La recherche, le développement, l'ingénierie (étude et conception), la fabrication, la…” (deed in French)
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