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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 7.9 to 5.7.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2022, 2023.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Echos communication from Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, company number BE0443262185, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 62,120 after tax. For that financial year Echos communication recorded a gross margin of € 517,035 and equity of € -10,362. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -2,593 to € 62,120. Profitable, and profit is growing. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 30, 2026.
€ -10,362
▲ € 61,774 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 62,120
▲ still € 2,593 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 154,750
▲ 50% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
People and assets in 2025
5.7
▼ 0.9 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 445,760
▼ 15% vs 2024
€ 78,200 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.
€ 3,431
▲ € 3,095 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.
€ 16,828
▼ 59% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 41,436
▼ 35% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 469,725 | € 607,238 | € 479,557 | € 517,035 | ▲ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € 7,637 | € -49,998 | € -2,593 | € 62,120 | ▲ € 64,713 |
| Equity | € -15,093 | € -68,328 | € -72,136 | € -10,362 | ▲ € 61,774 |
| Total debts | € 2,873,416 | € 2,127,760 | € 1,348,469 | € 762,468 | ▼ 43% |
| Cash | € 772,936 | € 442,900 | € 103,148 | € 154,750 | ▲ 50% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,425 | € 1,732 | € 1,038 | € 345 | ▼ 67% |
| Retained profit | € -23,275 | € -73,273 | € -75,866 | € -13,747 | ▲ € 62,119 |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,858,323 | € 2,109,433 | € 1,276,333 | € 752,105 | ▼ 41% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.7 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 5.7 | ▼ 0.9 |
Key figures of Echos communication, 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 Echos communication?
What happened at Echos communication in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Pierre Vincke stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 62,120. Source: NBB ↗
- Pierre Vincke became a director. NBB
- Marie Lacuisse-Menard stepped down as director. NBB
- Benoît Deneys stepped down as director. NBB
- Marie Evrard stepped down as director. NBB
- Marie Lacuisse-Menard became a director. NBB
- Benoît Deneys became a director. NBB
In short
From € 7,637 profit in 2022 to € 62,120 profit in 2025.
Paid € 46 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 62,120 profit.
On average € 90,700 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind Echos communication are Sara Mieth and Oscar Kombila.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Sara Mieth
Director
since 2024
Oscar Kombila
Director, Chairman of the board
since 2015
Marie Evrard
Director
since 2022 · until 2025
Pierre Vincke
Director
since 2026 · until 2027
Marie Lacuisse-Menard
Director
since 2024 · until 2026
Benoît Deneys
Vice-chairman of the board, Managing director
since 2024 · until 2026
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Verte Voie 20
1348 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0443.262.185
- VAT number
- BE 0443.262.185
- Registered office
- Verte Voie 20, 1348 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
- Names & denominations
- Echos communication
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Non-profit association
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 25 June 1990
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 12 Jan 2026
- Activities · NACE
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