Financial position and key figures

In 2023, acquisitions under Hansel’s joint ­procurement agreements totalled €1,593 million (€1,323 million in 2022). Many of the agreements continued to grow strongly in use compared with the previous year.

The company’s net sales in 2023 totalled €17.1 million (€14.3 million in 2022). The net ­sales consisted of service ­fees for the use of contracts totalling €13.6 million (€11.0 million in 2022), sales of specialist­ services­ totalling €3.1 million (€2.8 million in 2022), as well as other service­ fees and revenue totalling €507,000 (€520,000 in 2022).

The operating result was €1,720,000 (–€59,000 in 2022). The result for the 2023 accounting period was €2,004,000 (–⁠€⁠338,000 in 2022). In line with our strategy, we managed to turn a profit in 2023. The loss from several preceding years was planned and caused mostly by the re­organisation of the company and its ownership in 2019, following which Hansel immediately incurred expenses with the personnel transfer, but the profit followed with a delay because the company’s existing joint­ procurement­ contracts could not be opened for the new customers. The company’s financial­ items include changes related to investments. Hansel has no liabilities to financial­ institutions. The six-million-euro limit taken for managing the electricity ­derivatives trading of the electricity contract has yet to be needed.

Hansel made a profit in 2006–2017, but 2018–2022 were loss-making until 2023. In accordance with its articles­ of association, Hansel is a non-profit limited liability company. The financial position of the company is good.

	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Joint procurement, thousand euros	1,592,670	1,323,273	1,051,541	915,970	899,673
Net sales, thousand euros	17,145	14,260	12,273	11,465	11,148
Operating profit, thousand euros	1,720	–59	–1,544	–1,756	–838
and its share of the net sales, %	10.0	–0.4	–12.6	–15.3	–7.5
Result for the financial period, thousand euros	2,004	–338	–1,252	–1,723	–770
Balance sheet total, thousand euros*	15,756	24,709	26,670	13,009	14,688
Balance sheet total, excluding the impact of electricity derivatives, thousand euros	14,192	11,548	11,395
Equity, thousand euros	8,494	6,490	6,828	8,106	9,829
Equity ratio,%**	53.9	26.3	25.6	62.3	66.9
Equity ratio, excluding the impact of electricity derivatives, %	59.9	56.2	59.9
Personnel at the end of the financial period, active input (person-years)	126	121	116	112	113
*The balance sheet total contains items under the electricity derivatives trading of the electricity contract that are pass-through items for the company. **The electricity derivatives had a significant impact on the equity ratio in 2022 and 2021.