What does BOWDY & BRAVE do?

BOWDY & BRAVE is a wholesaler in Willebroek. Public Limited, started on 10 July 1990, 1 establishment.

What is the address of BOWDY & BRAVE?

The registered office of BOWDY & BRAVE is located at Westdijk 150, 2830 Willebroek.

Is BOWDY & BRAVE still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) BOWDY & BRAVE is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 10 July 1990.

Is BOWDY & BRAVE registered on Peppol?

Yes, BOWDY & BRAVE is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0440914686.

What is the enterprise number of BOWDY & BRAVE?

The enterprise number of BOWDY & BRAVE is BE0440914686.

When was BOWDY & BRAVE founded?

BOWDY & BRAVE was founded on 10 July 1990.

Who are the directors of BOWDY & BRAVE?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of BOWDY & BRAVE are: Giovanni Feryn, Feryn International NV, Jana Hellemans.

Is BOWDY & BRAVE a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 10 July 1990; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did BOWDY & BRAVE make in 2025?

BOWDY & BRAVE recorded a loss after taxes of € 237,215 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of BOWDY & BRAVE?

As a small company, BOWDY & BRAVE is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 178,286.

How much does an employee at BOWDY & BRAVE earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at BOWDY & BRAVE was € 47,900 in 2025: staff costs of € 229,897 for 4.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does BOWDY & BRAVE have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, BOWDY & BRAVE has 4.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

BOWDY & BRAVE (Public Limited) - Willebroek

Dossier BOWDY & BRAVE, printed on 1 November 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0440914686/bowdy-brave. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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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.

Two loss years in a row NBB

Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
Figures corrected NBB

Corrected annual account filed for 2024.

Financials

Financial year 2025

BOWDY & BRAVE from Willebroek, company number BE0440914686, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -237,215 after tax. For that financial year BOWDY & BRAVE recorded a gross margin of € 178,286 and equity of € 1.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -276,729 to € -237,215. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 17, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 1.4 million

▼ 15% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -237,215

▲ 14 % less loss than in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 339,713

▼ 16% vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € 1.2 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

4.8

▲ 0.2 vs 2024

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

Wage cost

€ 229,897

▲ 1% vs 2024

€ 47,900 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

€ 18,053

▼ 72% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 4 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 1.5 million

▼ 13% vs 2024

€ 219,086 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 705,147

▲ 190% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes and wages

€ 52,371

▼ 8% 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
Gross margin	€ 1,182,106 Gross margin 2022: € 1,182,106 First fiscal year in the series	€ -152,704 Gross margin 2023: € -152,704 ▼ € 1.3 million vs 2022 (€ 1,182,106) Unfavourable step	€ -291,157 Gross margin 2024: € -291,157 ▼ € 138,453 vs 2023 (€ -152,704) Unfavourable step	€ 178,286 Gross margin 2025: € 178,286 ▲ € 469,443 vs 2024 (€ -291,157) Favourable step	▲ € 469,443
Profit after taxes	€ 212,337 Profit after taxes 2022: € 212,337 First fiscal year in the series	€ -398,963 Profit after taxes 2023: € -398,963 ▼ € 611,300 vs 2022 (€ 212,337) Unfavourable step	€ -276,729 Profit after taxes 2024: € -276,729 ▲ € 122,233 vs 2023 (€ -398,963) Favourable step	€ -237,215 Profit after taxes 2025: € -237,215 ▲ € 39,515 vs 2024 (€ -276,729) Favourable step	▲ € 39,515
Equity	€ 2,302,936 Equity 2022: € 2,302,936 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,903,973 Equity 2023: € 1,903,973 ▼ 17% vs 2022 (€ 2,302,936) Unfavourable step	€ 1,627,244 Equity 2024: € 1,627,244 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 1,903,973) Unfavourable step	€ 1,390,029 Equity 2025: € 1,390,029 ▼ 15% vs 2024 (€ 1,627,244) Unfavourable step	▼ 15%
Total debts	€ 3,701,407 Total debts 2022: € 3,701,407 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,800,350 Total debts 2023: € 2,800,350 ▼ 24% vs 2022 (€ 3,701,407) Favourable step	€ 2,681,267 Total debts 2024: € 2,681,267 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 2,800,350) Favourable step	€ 2,923,541 Total debts 2025: € 2,923,541 ▲ 9% vs 2024 (€ 2,681,267) Unfavourable step	▲ 9%
Cash	€ 7,388 Cash 2022: € 7,388 First fiscal year in the series	€ 293,267 Cash 2023: € 293,267 ▲ € 285,879 vs 2022 (€ 7,388) Favourable step	€ 403,036 Cash 2024: € 403,036 ▲ 37% vs 2023 (€ 293,267) Favourable step	€ 339,713 Cash 2025: € 339,713 ▼ 16% vs 2024 (€ 403,036) Unfavourable step	▼ 16%
Land & buildings	€ 638 Land & buildings 2022: € 638 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Land & buildings 2023: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2022 (€ 638) Unchanged	-	-
Retained profit	€ 2,102,936 Retained profit 2022: € 2,102,936 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,703,973 Retained profit 2023: € 1,703,973 ▼ 19% vs 2022 (€ 2,102,936) Unfavourable step	€ 1,427,244 Retained profit 2024: € 1,427,244 ▼ 16% vs 2023 (€ 1,703,973) Unfavourable step	€ 1,190,029 Retained profit 2025: € 1,190,029 ▼ 17% vs 2024 (€ 1,427,244) Unfavourable step	▼ 17%
Bank debt	€ 1,561,752 Bank debt 2022: € 1,561,752 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,907,137 Bank debt 2023: € 1,907,137 ▲ 22% vs 2022 (€ 1,561,752) Unfavourable step	€ 1,666,014 Bank debt 2024: € 1,666,014 ▼ 13% vs 2023 (€ 1,907,137) Favourable step	€ 1,450,068 Bank debt 2025: € 1,450,068 ▼ 13% vs 2024 (€ 1,666,014) Favourable step	▼ 13%
Balance sheet total	€ 6,004,343 Balance sheet total 2022: € 6,004,343 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,704,323 Balance sheet total 2023: € 4,704,323 ▼ 22% vs 2022 (€ 6,004,343) Unchanged	€ 4,308,511 Balance sheet total 2024: € 4,308,511 ▼ 8% vs 2023 (€ 4,704,323) Unchanged	€ 4,313,570 Balance sheet total 2025: € 4,313,570 Unchanged (€ 4,308,511) Unchanged
Employees (FTE)	6.5 Employees (FTE) 2022: 6.5 First fiscal year in the series	6.4 Employees (FTE) 2023: 6.4 ▼ 0.1 vs 2022 (6.5) Unchanged	4.6 Employees (FTE) 2024: 4.6 ▼ 1.8 vs 2023 (6.4) Unchanged	4.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 4.8 ▲ 0.2 vs 2024 (4.6) Unchanged	▲ 0.2

Key figures of BOWDY & BRAVE, 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 BOWDY & BRAVE?

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

2031 Feryn International NV stepped down as director. NBB
2031 Jana Hellemans stepped down as director. NBB
Aug 17, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 237,215. filed late Source: NBB ↗
2025 Giovanni Feryn stepped down as director. NBB
2025 Jana Hellemans became a director. NBB
Jul 1, 2023 New establishment in Willebroek. KBO
Jul 10, 1990 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 212,337 profit in 2022 to € 237,215 loss in 2025.

Paid € 23,942 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 212,337 profit.

On average € 37,100 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Giovanni Feryn

Managing director

· until 2025

Feryn International NV

Director · represented by Jean-Pierre Feryn

Also active at: T DECORATIE

· until 2031

Jana Hellemans

Managing director

since 2025 · until 2031

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Westdijk 150

2830 Willebroek

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0440.914.686

VAT number

BE 0440.914.686

Registered office

Westdijk 150, 2830 Willebroek

Names & denominations

BOWDY & BRAVE · Bowdy & Brave

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

10 July 1990

Peppol

Active · Active since 20 Nov 2020

Activities · NACE

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View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

BOWDY & BRAVE