JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES: what changed
Two fiscal years side by side, explained: what moved most in the balance sheet and the result, why the result rose or fell, and where the money went.
What changed
JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES
NACE 28.291, Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified
fiscal year 2024 against 2025filed annual accounts (NBB)
Net result for the year
€464,011
2024 · €2.8m-€2.4m
Equity
€15.0m
2024 · €14.6m+€464,011
Cash
€20,535
2024 · €1.8m-€1.7m
Balance sheet total
€35.2m
2024 · €39.8m-€4.6m
Largest movements
Assets
- Receivables within one year -€3.6m
down €3.6m (-21.1%), from €17.1m to €13.5m
of which Trade receivables: -€3.4m
- Stocks and contracts +€3.2m
up €3.2m (+41.5%), from €7.7m to €10.8m
of which Contracts in progress: +€4.1m
- Cash -€1.7m
down €1.7m (-98.8%), from €1.8m to €20,535
mainly Advances received (-€4.9m) and Stocks and contracts (-€3.2m)
- Intangible fixed assets -€1.5m
down €1.5m (-22.2%), from €6.9m to €5.3m
- Tangible fixed assets -€873,189
down €873,189 (-16.7%), from €5.2m to €4.4m
of which Plant, machinery and equipment: -€614,785
Equity and liabilities
- Advances received -€4.9m
down €4.9m (-43.2%), from €11.3m to €6.4m
- Trade debts -€1.1m
down €1.1m (-13.1%), from €8.0m to €7.0m
- Short-term financial debts +€625,910
new in 2025: €625,910
- Profit (loss) carried forward +€464,011
up €464,011 (+5.1%), from €9.2m to €9.6m
Income statement
- Goods and materials +€6.7m
up €6.7m (+27.9%), from €24.0m to €30.7m
of which Purchases: +€6.3m
- Turnover +€4.0m
up €4.0m (+6.6%), from €60.6m to €64.7m
- Financial income -€1.3m
down €1.3m (-28.7%), from €4.4m to €3.1m
From the 2024 result to the 2025 result
Each bar is the change in one income-statement line, as its effect on the result: higher costs pull it down, higher income lifts it.
Result 2024
€2.8m
Turnover
+€4.0m
Other operating income
+€335,447
Goods and materials
-€6.7m
Services and other goods
+€306,730
Staff costs
+€415,182
Depreciation
+€107,751
Write-downs
+€256,954
Provisions
+€459,272
Other operating charges
+€6,541
Other operating items
-€234,448
Financial income
-€1.3m
Financial charges
-€59,446
Taxes
-€19,998
Result 2025
€464,011
Cash bridge derived
Derived from the 2024 and 2025 balance sheets and the 2025 result: not a filed cash-flow statement. It shows where the money came from and went.
From operations
-€2.0m
Investment
-€370,752
Financing
+€625,910
Cash 2024
€1.8m
From operations (derived)
-€2.0m
Net result for the year
+€464,011
Depreciation
+€2.8m
Stocks and contracts
-€3.2m
Receivables within one year
+€3.6m
Deferred charges and accrued income
+€37,943
Provisions
+€170,484
Trade debts
-€1.1m
Tax, wage and social debts
+€123,727
Advances received
-€4.9m
Accrued charges and deferred income
-€47,051
Investment (derived)
-€370,752
Investment in fixed assets (net)
-€370,752
Financing
+€625,910
Short-term financial debts
+€625,910
Cash 2025
€20,535
Every line side by side
| Line | Code | 2024 | 2025 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €39,804,679 | €35,207,916 | -€4.6m | -11.5% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €13,187,659 | €10,787,231 | -€2.4m | -18.2% |
| Intangible fixed assets | 21 | €6,870,294 | €5,343,054 | -€1.5m | -22.2% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €5,233,429 | €4,360,240 | -€873,189 | -16.7% |
| Land and buildings | 22 | €1,297,871 | €1,135,318 | -€162,553 | -12.5% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €3,273,821 | €2,659,036 | -€614,785 | -18.8% |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | €380,282 | €347,555 | -€32,727 | -8.6% |
| Other tangible fixed assets | 26 | €120,482 | €115,741 | -€4,740 | -3.9% |
| Assets under construction and advance payments | 27 | €160,973 | €102,590 | -€58,383 | -36.3% |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €1,083,937 | €1,083,937 | = | 0.0% |
| Affiliated companies | 280/1 | €1,083,674 | €1,083,674 | = | 0.0% |
| Participating interests | 280 | €1,083,674 | €1,083,674 | = | 0.0% |
| Other financial fixed assets | 284/8 | €263 | €263 | = | 0.0% |
| Shares | 284 | €263 | €263 | = | 0.0% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €26,617,020 | €24,420,686 | -€2.2m | -8.3% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €7,663,439 | €10,841,201 | +€3.2m | +41.5% |
| Stocks | 30/36 | €7,421,189 | €6,513,361 | -€907,828 | -12.2% |
| Raw materials and consumables | 30/31 | €1,013,860 | €662,801 | -€351,059 | -34.6% |
| Work in progress | 32 | €1,799,280 | €1,750,154 | -€49,126 | -2.7% |
| Finished goods | 33 | €4,608,048 | €4,100,406 | -€507,643 | -11.0% |
| Contracts in progress | 37 | €242,250 | €4,327,840 | +€4.1m | +1686.5% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €17,085,704 | €13,480,044 | -€3.6m | -21.1% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €16,237,912 | €12,884,023 | -€3.4m | -20.7% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €847,793 | €596,021 | -€251,772 | -29.7% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €1,751,028 | €20,535 | -€1.7m | -98.8% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €116,849 | €78,906 | -€37,943 | -32.5% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €39,804,679 | €35,207,916 | -€4.6m | -11.5% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €14,559,715 | €15,023,726 | +€464,011 | +3.2% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €1,808,067 | €1,808,067 | = | 0.0% |
| Capital | 10 | €1,807,990 | €1,807,990 | = | 0.0% |
| Issued capital | 100 | €1,807,990 | €1,807,990 | = | 0.0% |
| Outside capital | 11 | €77 | €77 | = | 0.0% |
| Share premium | 1100/10 | €77 | €77 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €3,569,442 | €3,569,442 | = | 0.0% |
| Non-distributable reserves | 130/1 | €332,112 | €332,112 | = | 0.0% |
| Legal reserve | 130 | €180,799 | €180,799 | = | 0.0% |
| Other | 1319 | €151,313 | €151,313 | = | 0.0% |
| Tax-exempt reserves | 132 | €3,237,330 | €3,237,330 | = | 0.0% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €9,182,206 | €9,646,217 | +€464,011 | +5.1% |
| Provisions and deferred taxes | 16 | €834,312 | €1,004,796 | +€170,484 | +20.4% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges | 160/5 | €834,312 | €1,004,796 | +€170,484 | +20.4% |
| Other liabilities and charges | 164/5 | €834,312 | €1,004,796 | +€170,484 | +20.4% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €24,410,653 | €19,179,395 | -€5.2m | -21.4% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €24,155,461 | €18,971,255 | -€5.2m | -21.5% |
| Financial debts | 43 | - | €625,910 | +€625,910 | |
| Other loans | 439 | - | €625,910 | +€625,910 | |
| Trade debts | 44 | €8,016,923 | €6,963,865 | -€1.1m | -13.1% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €8,016,923 | €6,963,865 | -€1.1m | -13.1% |
| Advances received on contracts in progress | 46 | €11,289,698 | €6,408,912 | -€4.9m | -43.2% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €4,848,840 | €4,972,567 | +€123,727 | +2.6% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €613,317 | €538,119 | -€75,198 | -12.3% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €4,235,523 | €4,434,448 | +€198,926 | +4.7% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €255,191 | €208,141 | -€47,051 | -18.4% |
| Operating income | 70/76A | €62,360,005 | €66,464,360 | +€4.1m | +6.6% |
| Turnover | 70 | €60,647,592 | €64,650,948 | +€4.0m | +6.6% |
| Change in stocks of work in progress, finished goods and contracts in progress | 71 | -€1,665,529 | -€1,239,019 | +€426,509 | +25.6% |
| Own construction capitalised | 72 | €745,550 | €84,593 | -€660,957 | -88.7% |
| Other operating income | 74 | €2,632,392 | €2,967,839 | +€335,447 | +12.7% |
| Operating charges | 60/66A | €63,041,383 | €68,169,912 | +€5.1m | +8.1% |
| Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables | 60 | €23,974,811 | €30,655,772 | +€6.7m | +27.9% |
| Purchases | 600/8 | €23,997,161 | €30,304,712 | +€6.3m | +26.3% |
| Change in stocks: decrease (increase) | 609 | -€22,349 | €351,059 | +€373,409 | |
| Services and other goods | 61 | €15,853,802 | €15,547,071 | -€306,730 | -1.9% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €19,640,502 | €19,225,320 | -€415,182 | -2.1% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €2,878,932 | €2,771,180 | -€107,751 | -3.7% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | -€183,047 | -€440,001 | -€256,954 | -140.4% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals) | 635/8 | €629,756 | €170,484 | -€459,272 | -72.9% |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €246,627 | €240,086 | -€6,541 | -2.7% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | -€681,378 | -€1,705,552 | -€1.0m | -150.3% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €4,371,295 | €3,115,193 | -€1.3m | -28.7% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €4,371,295 | €3,115,193 | -€1.3m | -28.7% |
| Income from financial fixed assets | 750 | €4,100,937 | €2,929,241 | -€1.2m | -28.6% |
| Other financial income | 752/9 | €270,358 | €185,952 | -€84,406 | -31.2% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €866,187 | €925,633 | +€59,446 | +6.9% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €866,187 | €925,633 | +€59,446 | +6.9% |
| Debt charges | 650 | €547,526 | €239,433 | -€308,093 | -56.3% |
| Other financial charges | 652/9 | €318,661 | €686,200 | +€367,539 | +115.3% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €2,823,730 | €484,008 | -€2.3m | -82.9% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | - | €19,998 | +€19,998 | |
| Taxes | 670/3 | - | €19,998 | +€19,998 | |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €2,823,730 | €464,011 | -€2.4m | -83.6% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €2,823,730 | €464,011 | -€2.4m | -83.6% |
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB), fiscal years ended 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2025. Colour: green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. Prepared on 8 October 2026 via checked.be.