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 13.8 to 10.9.
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Busy address KBO
10 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Close from Aywaille, company number BE0403940266, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 107,927 after tax. For that financial year Close recorded revenue of € 2.1 million and equity of € 3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 69,563 to € 107,927. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 July 2, 2026.
€ 3 million
▼ 41% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 107,927
▲ 55% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2.7 million
▲ 26% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 957,317.
People and assets in 2025
10.9
▼ 2.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 743,524
▼ 12% vs 2024
€ 68,200 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.
€ 22,229
▼ 39% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 135,546
▼ 32% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 58 days on average.
€ 76,953
▼ 58% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Revenue | € 1,672,136 | € 1,983,329 | € 1,749,519 | € 2,122,557 | ▲ 21% |
| Profit after taxes | € 341,161 | € 261,637 | € 69,563 | € 107,927 | ▲ 55% |
| Equity | € 5,403,696 | € 5,162,321 | € 5,148,873 | € 3,042,672 | ▼ 41% |
| Total debts | € 1,210,852 | € 1,614,293 | € 514,930 | € 398,598 | ▼ 23% |
| Cash | € 782,008 | € 2,454,467 | € 2,169,840 | € 2,743,868 | ▲ 26% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,769,540 | € 2,596,804 | € 2,371,626 | - | |
| Retained profit | € 1,085,742 | € 971,062 | € 1,084,307 | € 957,317 | ▼ 12% |
| Dividend | € 150,000 | € 500,000 | € 80,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 143,334 | € 35,834 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 7,055,525 | € 7,216,039 | € 5,665,999 | € 3,791,270 | ▼ 33% |
| Employees (FTE) | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 10.9 | ▼ 2.6 |
Key figures of Close, 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 Close?
What happened at Close in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Close Techniques stepped down as director. NBB
- Pascal René L Thésias stepped down as director. NBB
- Vincent Ghislain Dewandre stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 107,927 (▲ 55% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Odile Marie A Close stepped down as director. NBB
- New establishment in Aywaille. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 341,161 profit in 2022 to € 107,927 profit in 2025.
Paid € 447,365 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 341,161 profit.
Paid out € 730,000 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by CLOSE COMFORT (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Odile Marie A Close
Owns 100% via CLOSE COMFORT
Also active at: BORZEE, P.A., SAVENERG, CLOSE MAINTENANCE, CLOSE COMFORT
· until 2029
Pascal René L Thésias
Managing director
· until 2029
Odile Marie A Close
Director
Also active at: BORZEE, ETABLISSEMENTS KARL BOUVE, P.A., SAVENERG, CLOSE MAINTENANCE, CLOSE COMFORT, Close Techniques, DAMIEN CLETTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY +1 more
· until 2026
· until 2029
Shareholders
CLOSE COMFORT · holding of Close Techniques
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue de la Hé Copin 9
4920 Aywaille
Parc Artisanal de Harzé 9
4920 Aywaille
Active since 20 June 2001
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 10 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →BORZEE same network
€ 33,446 gross margin · 2025
CLOSE COMFORT same network
€ 55.1 million revenue · 2025
Ass momentanée CEGELEC-CLOSE-SPIE
Société momentanée Close-Spie
Société momentanée Close-EMT
+5 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0403.940.266
- VAT number
- BE 0403.940.266
- Registered office
- Rue de la Hé Copin 9, 4920 Aywaille
- Names & denominations
- Close
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 March 1965
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 6 Nov 2025
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