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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 12.5 to 9.4.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Bridou from Tournai, company number BE0402486949, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 146,476 after tax. For that financial year Bridou recorded a gross margin of € 783,648 and equity of € 1.1 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 114,418 to € 146,476. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on March 12, 2026.
€ 1.1 million
▲ 22% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 146,476
▲ 28% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 156,974
▲ 110% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 850,132.
People and assets in 2025
9.4
▼ 2.4 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 369,692
▼ 17% vs 2023
€ 39,300 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.
€ 49,968
▼ 49% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.8 million
▼ 20% vs 2023
€ 229,626 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.
€ 217,729
▲ 24% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 85,363
▼ 55% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | Change 2023 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 679,126 | € 618,265 | € 720,584 | € 783,648 | ▲ 9% |
| Profit after taxes | € 170,627 | € 9,644 | € 114,418 | € 146,476 | ▲ 28% |
| Equity | € 858,207 | € 850,375 | € 912,317 | € 1,112,722 | ▲ 22% |
| Total debts | € 2,770,715 | € 2,945,089 | € 2,780,662 | € 2,260,455 | ▼ 19% |
| Cash | € 220,645 | € 61,521 | € 74,797 | € 156,974 | ▲ 110% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,648,206 | € 2,668,416 | € 2,500,795 | € 2,143,404 | ▼ 14% |
| Retained profit | € 525,037 | € 534,681 | € 614,099 | € 850,132 | ▲ 38% |
| Dividend | € 20,000 | € 0 | € 35,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 2,488,719 | € 2,599,826 | € 2,310,938 | € 1,842,920 | ▼ 20% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,790,305 | € 3,895,710 | € 3,692,979 | € 3,373,177 | ▼ 9% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 9.4 | ▼ 2.4 |
Key figures of Bridou, fiscal years 2021 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 April 2027.
What happened to Bridou?
What happened at Bridou in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 146,476 (▲ 28% vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
- J.L.V. SRL became a director. NBB
- Logitools SRL became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Tournai. KBO
In short
From € 170,627 profit in 2021 to € 146,476 profit in 2025.
Paid € 67,792 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 170,627 profit.
On average € 83,400 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of JLV comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
BridouBehind Bridou are J.L.V. SRL and Logitools SRL. The shares are held by JLV (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Jean-Luc De Waele
since 2022
Director · represented by Thomas De Waele
since 2022
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue du Follet(K) 40
7540 Tournai
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0402.486.949
- VAT number
- BE 0402.486.949
- Registered office
- Rue du Follet(K) 40, 7540 Tournai
- Names & denominations
- Bridou
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 22 April 1948
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 20 Aug 2025
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