Financial position and key figures

In 2019, acquisitions under Hansel’s joint procurement agreements totalled €900 million (€895 million in 2018). Compared to the previous year, this represented growth of €4 million, or 0.5%. Measured in euros, growth was strongest in the expert services and travel and meeting services categories. The categories that declined most compared to the previous year were furniture and office services.

The company’s net sales in 2019 totalled €11.1 million (€10.9 million in 2018). The net sales consisted of service fees for joint procurement, totalling €8.7 million (€8.9 million in 2018), sales of expert services, totalling €2.1 million (€1.7) and other service fees and revenue, totalling €420,000 (€336,000). The loss for the 2019 accounting period was €770,000 (loss of €672,000 in 2018). The losses were planned and mostly related to decreased service fees, which the customers experience as decreased prices. The company was profitable in 2006–2017. In accordance with its articles of association, Hansel is a non-profit limited liability company. The financial position of the company is good.

Key financial figures

	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Joint procurement, thousand euros	899,673	895,213	826,482	770,533	696,575
Net sales, thousand euros	11,148	10,922	10,435	9,598	9,072
Operating profit, thousand euros	-838	-686	203	451	388
and its share of the net sales, %	-7.5	-6.3	1.9	4.7	4.3
Result for the financial period, thousand euros	-770	-672	184	406	367
Balance sheet total, thousand euros	14,688	18,711	19,252	19,150	19,981
Equity, thousand euros	9,829	15,570	16,241	16,057	15,651
Equity ratio, %	66.9	83.2	84.4	83.8	78.3
Personnel at the end of the financial period, active input (person-years)	113	92	90	72	74