Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 9.5 to 7.3.
Financials
Financial year 2025
SETESCO Structural Engineers from Elsene, company number BE0400524282, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -74,549 after tax. For that financial year SETESCO Structural Engineers recorded a gross margin of € 498,372 and equity of € 180,625. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 85,220 to € -74,549. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 31, 2026.
€ 180,625
▼ 30% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -74,549
▼ still € 85,220 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 35,992
▼ 76% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 118,652.
People and assets in 2025
7.3
▼ 1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 510,381
▼ 10% vs 2024
€ 69,900 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 789
▼ 91% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 96,575
▼ 53% vs 2024
€ 21,108 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 70,574
▼ 19% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 123,882
▼ 3% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 1,223,394 | - | - | - | |
| Gross margin | € 520,809 | € 508,984 | € 705,188 | € 498,372 | ▼ 29% |
| Profit after taxes | € -118,030 | € -269,215 | € 85,220 | € -74,549 | ▼ € 159,769 |
| Equity | € 489,169 | € 222,624 | € 256,509 | € 180,625 | ▼ 30% |
| Total debts | € 317,845 | € 562,202 | € 471,548 | € 291,031 | ▼ 38% |
| Cash | € 198,409 | € 161,696 | € 150,149 | € 35,992 | ▼ 76% |
| Retained profit | € 427,196 | € 157,981 | € 193,201 | € 118,652 | ▼ 39% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 50,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 93,333 | € 231,072 | € 206,763 | € 96,575 | ▼ 53% |
| Balance sheet total | € 807,014 | € 784,826 | € 728,057 | € 471,656 | ▼ 35% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9.2 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 7.3 | ▼ 1 |
Key figures of SETESCO Structural Engineers, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.
What happened to SETESCO Structural Engineers?
What happened at SETESCO Structural Engineers in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Martin VERAART stepped down as director. NBB
- Reda FARES stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 74,549 (▼ € 159,769 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Martin VERAART became a director. NBB
- Reda FARES became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Elsene. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 118,030 loss in 2022 to € 74,549 loss in 2025.
Paid € 2,734 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 85,220 profit.
On average € 68,300 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Martin VERAART
Managing director
since 2023 · until 2029
Reda FARES
Managing director
since 2023 · until 2029
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Louizalaan 251 box 35
1050 Elsene
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0400.524.282
- VAT number
- BE 0400.524.282
- Registered office
- Louizalaan 251 bus 35, 1050 Elsene
- Names & denominations
- SETESCO Structural Engineers
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 January 1967
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