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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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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2022.
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Board fully replaced NBB
No director from three years ago is still active according to annual account 2025.
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Busy address KBO
59 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
COCHLEAR BENELUX from Mechelen, company number BE0439545206, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 594,317 after tax. For that financial year COCHLEAR BENELUX recorded revenue of € 14.3 million and equity of € 5.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 883,688 to € 594,317. 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 January 15, 2026.
€ 5.3 million
▲ 13% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 594,317
▼ 33% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 433,215
▲ 36% 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 € 4.9 million.
People and assets in 2025
57.3
▲ 5.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 10.1 million
▲ 14% vs 2024
€ 176,300 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.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 591,996
▼ 4% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 51 days on average.
€ 3.3 million
▲ 23% vs 2024
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Revenue | € 9,522,778 | € 11,659,069 | € 13,693,143 | € 14,337,122 | ▲ 5% |
| Profit after taxes | € 727,423 | € 890,835 | € 883,688 | € 594,317 | ▼ 33% |
| Equity | € 2,926,731 | € 3,817,566 | € 4,701,253 | € 5,295,570 | ▲ 13% |
| Total debts | € 2,464,674 | € 2,753,920 | € 4,356,593 | € 4,396,967 | ▲ 1% |
| Cash | € 208,713 | € 232,580 | € 319,650 | € 433,215 | ▲ 36% |
| Retained profit | € 2,544,023 | € 3,434,858 | € 4,318,545 | € 4,912,862 | ▲ 14% |
| Balance sheet total | € 5,391,404 | € 6,571,486 | € 9,057,846 | € 9,692,537 | ▲ 7% |
| Employees (FTE) | 42.7 | 45.3 | 51.5 | 57.3 | ▲ 5.8 |
Key figures of COCHLEAR BENELUX, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.
What happened to COCHLEAR BENELUX?
What happened at COCHLEAR BENELUX in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 594,317 (▼ 33% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Anna Maria Helling stepped down as director. NBB
- Anthony Bishop became a director. NBB
- Sarah Thom became a director. NBB
- Richard Brook stepped down as director. NBB
- Stuart Sayers stepped down as director. NBB
- Anna Maria Helling became a director. NBB
- Stuart Sayers became a director. NBB
In short
From € 727,423 profit in 2022 to € 594,317 profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.4 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 890,835 profit.
Pays suppliers within 51 days on average.
Management
Behind COCHLEAR BENELUX are Anthony Bishop and Sarah Thom. The shares are held by COCHLEAR EUROPE LTD (99%) and COCHLEAR LIMITED (1%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Anthony Bishop
Director
since 2025
Sarah Thom
Director
since 2025
Richard Brook
Director
since 2021 · until 2024
Stuart Sayers
Director
since 2021 · until 2024
Anna Maria Helling
Director
since 2021 · until 2025
Shareholders
COCHLEAR EUROPE LTD
99%
COCHLEAR LIMITED
1%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Schaliënhoevedreef 20 box I
2800 Mechelen
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Details
- Company number
- 0439.545.206
- VAT number
- BE 0439.545.206
- Registered office
- Schaliënhoevedreef 20 bus I, 2800 Mechelen
- Names & denominations
- COCHLEAR BENELUX
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 January 1990
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 20 Nov 2020
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