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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 30 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
ESFERAS from Antwerpen, company number BE0433002753, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 36,695 after tax. For that financial year ESFERAS recorded a gross margin of € 128,131 and equity of € 57,383. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 1,862 to € 36,695. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 5, 2025.
€ 57,383
▲ 177% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 36,695
▲ € 34,833 vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 38,791.
People and assets in 2024
1.7
▲ 0.1 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 67,262
▼ 9% vs 2023
€ 39,600 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.
€ 60,963
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 35,108
▼ 46% vs 2023
€ 11,761 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 79,961
▼ 42% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 28,520
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 149,796 | € 94,346 | € 128,131 | ▲ 36% |
| Profit after taxes | € -6,162 | € 1,862 | € 36,695 | ▲ € 34,833 |
| Equity | € 18,827 | € 20,688 | € 57,383 | ▲ 177% |
| Total debts | € 676,749 | € 630,841 | € 561,628 | ▼ 11% |
| Cash | € 11,237 | - | - | |
| Retained profit | € 235 | € 2,096 | € 38,791 | ▲ € 36,695 |
| Bank debt | € 101,216 | € 64,577 | € 35,108 | ▼ 46% |
| Balance sheet total | € 695,576 | € 651,529 | € 619,011 | ▼ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | ▲ 0.1 |
Key figures of ESFERAS, fiscal years 2022 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to ESFERAS?
What happened at ESFERAS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 36,695 (▲ € 34,833 vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
- Kevin BORREY DE CONINCK became a director. NBB
- Merijn DEGRAEVE became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 6,162 loss in 2022 to € 36,695 profit in 2024.
Paid € 28,545 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 36,695 profit.
On average € 75,400 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
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Management
Behind ESFERAS are Merijn DEGRAEVE and Kevin BORREY DE CONINCK. The shares are held by Merijn DEGRAEVE (50%) and Kevin BORREY DE CONINCK (50%).
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Merijn DEGRAEVE
Manager
Owns 50% directly
since 2013
Kevin BORREY DE CONINCK
Manager
since 2017
Shareholders
Merijn DEGRAEVE · director
50%
Kevin BORREY DE CONINCK
50%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 33-35
2018 Antwerpen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0433.002.753
- VAT number
- BE 0433.002.753
- Registered office
- Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 33-35, 2018 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- ESFERAS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 December 1987
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 29 Jul 2024
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