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 16.3 to 4.7.
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Busy address KBO
43 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
IDEST COMMUNICATION from Brussel, company number BE0441791745, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 38,543 after tax. For that financial year IDEST COMMUNICATION recorded a gross margin of € 366,184 and equity of € 1.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 116,466 to € 38,543. 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 September 16, 2025.
€ 1.2 million
▲ 3% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 38,543
▼ 67% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 382,426
▲ 140% 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 € 1.1 million.
People and assets in 2025
4.7
▼ 8.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 322,174
▼ 53% vs 2024
€ 68,500 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.
€ 480
▼ 94% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1,112
▼ 94% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 11,536
▼ 83% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,202,184 | € 1,538,947 | € 921,374 | € 366,184 | ▼ 60% |
| Profit after taxes | € 315,467 | € 394,649 | € 116,466 | € 38,543 | ▼ 67% |
| Equity | € 661,113 | € 1,055,762 | € 1,172,229 | € 1,210,772 | ▲ 3% |
| Total debts | € 447,510 | € 1,010,319 | € 908,739 | € 867,354 | ▼ 5% |
| Cash | € 459,440 | € 844,298 | € 159,224 | € 382,426 | ▲ 140% |
| Retained profit | € 596,113 | € 990,762 | € 1,107,229 | € 1,145,772 | ▲ 3% |
| Bank debt | € 42,673 | € 42,110 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,108,623 | € 2,066,081 | € 2,080,968 | € 2,078,126 | |
| Employees (FTE) | 15.4 | 16.3 | 13.5 | 4.7 | ▼ 8.8 |
Key figures of IDEST COMMUNICATION, fiscal years 2021 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 October 2026.
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 2025: profit of € 38,543 (▼ 67% vs 2024). 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 € 315,467 profit in 2021 to € 38,543 profit in 2025.
Paid € 330,386 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 394,649 profit.
On average € 77,900 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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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Management
Directors
According to the 2025 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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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
- Active · Active since 9 Jan 2026
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