ECA is a water company in Assenede. Public Limited, started on 30 September 1981, 1 establishment.

What is the address of ECA?

The registered office of ECA is located at Trieststraat 38, 9960 Assenede.

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) ECA is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 30 September 1981.

Is ECA registered on Peppol?

Yes, ECA is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0421923670.

What is the enterprise number of ECA?

The enterprise number of ECA is BE0421923670.

When was ECA founded?

ECA was founded on 30 September 1981.

Who are the directors of ECA?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of ECA are: Martine Christiaen, NICHRI BV, ELCA NV.

Is ECA a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 30 September 1981; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did ECA make in 2025?

ECA posted a profit after taxes of € 2,052,814 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of ECA?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), ECA reported revenue of € 14,417,024.

How much does an employee at ECA earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at ECA was € 49,500 in 2025: staff costs of € 3.7 million for 75.2 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does ECA have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, ECA has 75.2 full-time equivalents (FTE).

ECA (Public Limited) - Assenede - BE0421923670

Dossier ECA, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0421923670/eca. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Warning lights

Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.

Shrinking team NBB

FTE fell two years in a row, from 114 to 75.2.
Busy address KBO

12 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.

Financials

Financial year 2025

ECA from Assenede, company number BE0421923670, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 2.1 million after tax. For that financial year ECA recorded revenue of € 14.4 million and equity of € 140.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 12.8 million to € 2.1 million. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 14, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 140.2 million

▲ 1% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Healthy

€ 2.1 million

▼ 84% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 7.8 million

▲ € 6.6 million vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 1.3 million paid out

63 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

75.2

▼ 16.6 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 2.5 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 3.7 million

▼ 17% vs 2024

€ 49,500 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 226,771

▼ 16% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.

Owed to suppliers

€ 1 million

▲ 148% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 41 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 6.6 million

▼ 1% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 18,990,618 Revenue 2022: € 18,990,618 First fiscal year in the series	€ 13,721,193 Revenue 2023: € 13,721,193 ▼ 28% vs 2022 (€ 18,990,618) Unfavourable step	€ 10,653,969 Revenue 2024: € 10,653,969 ▼ 22% vs 2023 (€ 13,721,193) Unfavourable step	€ 14,417,024 Revenue 2025: € 14,417,024 ▲ 35% vs 2024 (€ 10,653,969) Favourable step	▲ 35%
Profit after taxes	€ -7,038,971 Profit after taxes 2022: € -7,038,971 First fiscal year in the series	€ -4,963,475 Profit after taxes 2023: € -4,963,475 ▲ € 2.1 million vs 2022 (€ -7,038,971) Favourable step	€ 12,820,426 Profit after taxes 2024: € 12,820,426 ▲ € 17.8 million vs 2023 (€ -4,963,475) Favourable step	€ 2,052,814 Profit after taxes 2025: € 2,052,814 ▼ 84% vs 2024 (€ 12,820,426) Unfavourable step	▼ 84%
Equity	€ 136,601,615 Equity 2022: € 136,601,615 First fiscal year in the series	€ 131,638,140 Equity 2023: € 131,638,140 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 136,601,615) Unfavourable step	€ 139,458,566 Equity 2024: € 139,458,566 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 131,638,140) Favourable step	€ 140,211,380 Equity 2025: € 140,211,380 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 139,458,566) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Total debts	€ 13,851,466 Total debts 2022: € 13,851,466 First fiscal year in the series	€ 12,884,516 Total debts 2023: € 12,884,516 ▼ 7% vs 2022 (€ 13,851,466) Favourable step	€ 7,503,836 Total debts 2024: € 7,503,836 ▼ 42% vs 2023 (€ 12,884,516) Favourable step	€ 9,323,890 Total debts 2025: € 9,323,890 ▲ 24% vs 2024 (€ 7,503,836) Unfavourable step	▲ 24%
Cash	€ 3,991,784 Cash 2022: € 3,991,784 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,585,622 Cash 2023: € 2,585,622 ▼ 35% vs 2022 (€ 3,991,784) Unfavourable step	€ 1,175,894 Cash 2024: € 1,175,894 ▼ 55% vs 2023 (€ 2,585,622) Unfavourable step	€ 7,821,623 Cash 2025: € 7,821,623 ▲ € 6.6 million vs 2024 (€ 1,175,894) Favourable step	▲ € 6.6 million
Land & buildings	€ 6,903,294 Land & buildings 2022: € 6,903,294 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,880,220 Land & buildings 2023: € 6,880,220 Unchanged (€ 6,903,294) Unchanged	€ 6,965,149 Land & buildings 2024: € 6,965,149 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 6,880,220) Unchanged	€ 7,026,790 Land & buildings 2025: € 7,026,790 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 6,965,149) Unchanged	▲ 1%
Retained profit	€ 79,473,323 Retained profit 2022: € 79,473,323 First fiscal year in the series	€ 74,509,848 Retained profit 2023: € 74,509,848 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 79,473,323) Unfavourable step	€ 87,330,274 Retained profit 2024: € 87,330,274 ▲ 17% vs 2023 (€ 74,509,848) Favourable step	€ 88,083,088 Retained profit 2025: € 88,083,088 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 87,330,274) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Dividend	€ 0 Dividend 2022: € 0 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Dividend 2023: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2024: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 1,300,000 Dividend 2025: € 1,300,000 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Balance sheet total	€ 150,471,080 Balance sheet total 2022: € 150,471,080 First fiscal year in the series	€ 144,766,961 Balance sheet total 2023: € 144,766,961 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 150,471,080) Unchanged	€ 146,980,400 Balance sheet total 2024: € 146,980,400 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 144,766,961) Unchanged	€ 149,553,268 Balance sheet total 2025: € 149,553,268 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 146,980,400) Unchanged	▲ 2%
Employees (FTE)	126.2 Employees (FTE) 2022: 126.2 First fiscal year in the series	114 Employees (FTE) 2023: 114 ▼ 12.2 vs 2022 (126.2) Unchanged	91.8 Employees (FTE) 2024: 91.8 ▼ 22.2 vs 2023 (114) Unchanged	75.2 Employees (FTE) 2025: 75.2 ▼ 16.6 vs 2024 (91.8) Unchanged	▼ 16.6

Key figures of ECA, 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 ECA?

What happened at ECA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2030 Martine Christiaen stepped down as director. NBB
2030 NICHRI BV stepped down as director. NBB
2030 ELCA NV stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 14, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 2.1 million (▼ 84% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2024 NICHRI BV became a director. NBB
2020 ELCA NV became a director. NBB
2018 Martine Christiaen became a director. NBB
Oct 1, 1981 New establishment in Assenede. KBO

In short

From € 7 million loss in 2022 to € 2.1 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 46,215 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 12.8 million profit.

Paid out € 1.3 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

ECA

I M Kelly Holdings Limited 100%

Berco Holding BV 100%

TISCO 99%

It owns 100% of I M Kelly Holdings Limited, 100% of Berco Holding BV and 99% of TISCO itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Martine Christiaen

Managing director

Also active at: TISCO

since 2018 · until 2030

NICHRI BV

Director · represented by Nicky Christiaen

since 2024 · until 2030

ELCA NV

Managing director · represented by Nicky Christiaen

since 2020 · until 2030

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Trieststraat 38

9960 Assenede

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Details

Company number

0421.923.670

VAT number

BE 0421.923.670

Registered office

Trieststraat 38, 9960 Assenede

Names & denominations

ECA

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

30 September 1981

Peppol

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