Warning lights
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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 13.5 to 2.
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Busy address KBO
43 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2026
IDEST COMMUNICATION from Brussel, company number BE0441791745, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 49,100 after tax. For that financial year IDEST COMMUNICATION recorded a gross margin of € 156,077 and equity of € 1.3 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 38,543 to € 49,100. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 October 1, 2026.
€ 1.3 million
▲ 4% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 49,100
▲ 27% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 275,637
▼ 28% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2026. Retained profit grew to € 1.2 million.
People and assets in 2026
2
▼ 2.7 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 115,535
▼ 64% vs 2025
€ 57,800 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 2026
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 56
▼ 95% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 5,739
▼ 50% vs 2025
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,538,947 | € 921,374 | € 366,184 | € 156,077 | ▼ 57% |
| Profit after taxes | € 394,649 | € 116,466 | € 38,543 | € 49,100 | ▲ 27% |
| Equity | € 1,055,762 | € 1,172,229 | € 1,210,772 | € 1,259,872 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 1,010,319 | € 908,739 | € 867,354 | € 983,384 | ▲ 13% |
| Cash | € 844,298 | € 159,224 | € 382,426 | € 275,637 | ▼ 28% |
| Retained profit | € 990,762 | € 1,107,229 | € 1,145,772 | € 1,194,872 | ▲ 4% |
| Bank debt | € 42,110 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,066,081 | € 2,080,968 | € 2,078,126 | € 2,243,255 | ▲ 8% |
| Employees (FTE) | 16.3 | 13.5 | 4.7 | 2 | ▼ 2.7 |
Key figures of IDEST COMMUNICATION, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
What happened to IDEST COMMUNICATION?
What happened at IDEST COMMUNICATION in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- David SOWERBY stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 49,100 (▲ 27% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- David SOWERBY became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Brussel. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 394,649 profit in 2023 to € 49,100 profit in 2026.
Paid € 226,785 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 394,649 profit.
On average € 78,000 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
David SOWERBY
Director
since 2022 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Handelsstraat 31
1000 Brussel
Eclipsstraat 6
1000 Brussel
Active since 13 November 1990
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A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 43 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0441.791.745
- VAT number
- BE 0441.791.745
- Registered office
- Handelsstraat 31, 1000 Brussel
- Names & denominations
- IDEST COMMUNICATION
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 October 1990
- Peppol
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