Financials
Financial year 2025
Collectif d'Echanges pour la Technologie appropriée, C.O.T.A. from Brussel, company number BE0420280412, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -72,542 after tax. For that financial year Collectif d'Echanges pour la Technologie appropriée, C.O.T.A. recorded revenue of € 525,890 and equity of € 334,259. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 61,178 to € -72,542. 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 June 29, 2026.
€ 334,259
▼ 18% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -72,542
▼ still € 61,178 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 342,554
▼ 24% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
People and assets in 2025
7.6
▲ 0.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 514,073
▼ 1% vs 2024
€ 67,600 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.
€ 2,831
▲ 183% 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.
€ 16,432
▼ 82% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 15 days on average.
€ 69,643
▼ 22% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 1,228,918 | € 734,943 | € 817,470 | € 525,890 | ▼ 36% |
| Profit after taxes | € 44,519 | € 16,223 | € 61,178 | € -72,542 | ▼ € 133,719 |
| Equity | € 329,401 | € 345,623 | € 406,801 | € 334,259 | ▼ 18% |
| Total debts | € 548,348 | € 540,333 | € 231,253 | € 310,703 | ▲ 34% |
| Cash | € 353,984 | € 270,603 | € 453,457 | € 342,554 | ▼ 24% |
| Retained profit | € 29,952 | € 46,174 | € 107,352 | € 34,810 | ▼ 68% |
| Bank debt | € 6 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 877,749 | € 885,956 | € 638,053 | € 644,962 | ▲ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.6 | ▲ 0.1 |
Key figures of Collectif d'Echanges pour la Technologie appropriée, C.O.T.A., 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 Collectif d'Echanges pour la Technologie appropriée, C.O.T.A.?
What happened at Collectif d'Echanges pour la Technologie appropriée, C.O.T.A. in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Sandrino HOLVOET stepped down as director. NBB
- Patrick DE BROUWER stepped down as director. NBB
- Marc VANDERLINDEN stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 72,542 (▼ € 133,719 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- William VAN DINGENEN stepped down as director. NBB
- Caroline TORFS stepped down as director. NBB
- Sandrino HOLVOET became a director. NBB
- Patrick DE BROUWER became a director. NBB
In short
From € 44,519 profit in 2022 to € 72,542 loss in 2025.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 61,178 profit.
Pays suppliers within 15 days on average.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Caroline TORFS
Director
since 2019 · until 2025
Sandrino HOLVOET
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
William VAN DINGENEN
Director
Also active at: Association Européenne pour l’Innovation dans le Développement Local
since 2023 · until 2026
Patrick DE BROUWER
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Marc VANDERLINDEN
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Omwentelingsstraat 7
1000 Brussel
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Details
- Company number
- 0420.280.412
- VAT number
- BE 0420.280.412
- Registered office
- Omwentelingsstraat 7, 1000 Brussel
- Names & denominations
- Collectif d'Echanges pour la Technologie appropriée, C.O.T.A. · C.O.T.A.
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Non-profit association
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 February 1980
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Dec 2025
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