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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Busy address KBO
33 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ECHNATON from Antwerpen, company number BE0445657392, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -19,404 after tax. For that financial year ECHNATON recorded a gross margin of € 146,591 and equity of € -487,816. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -18,556 to € -19,404. The company made a loss. 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 August 28, 2026.
€ -487,816
▼ € 19,404 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -19,404
▼ 5 % more loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3,259
▼ 45% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -578,802.
Debts at end 2025
€ 2.7 million
▼ 3% vs 2024
€ 103,825 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 26 years.
€ 3,314
▼ 60% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 11,643
▲ € 10,184 vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 149,318 | € 160,705 | € 143,995 | € 146,591 | ▲ 2% |
| Profit after taxes | € 24,982 | € -26,460 | € -18,556 | € -19,404 | ▼ € 849 |
| Equity | € -423,396 | € -449,856 | € -468,411 | € -487,816 | ▼ € 19,404 |
| Total debts | € 3,582,411 | € 4,042,646 | € 4,039,339 | € 4,220,610 | ▲ 4% |
| Cash | € 9,054 | € 4,034 | € 5,898 | € 3,259 | ▼ 45% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,947,617 | € 2,362,701 | € 2,338,797 | € 2,485,200 | ▲ 6% |
| Retained profit | € -514,382 | € -540,842 | € -559,398 | € -578,802 | ▼ € 19,404 |
| Bank debt | € 2,450,313 | € 2,717,014 | € 2,806,877 | € 2,724,538 | ▼ 3% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,159,015 | € 3,592,790 | € 3,570,928 | € 3,732,794 | ▲ 5% |
Key figures of ECHNATON, 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 ECHNATON?
What happened at ECHNATON in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 19,404. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Lares NV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 24,982 profit in 2022 to € 19,404 loss in 2025.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 24,982 profit.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The stake of LARES comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
ECHNATONBehind ECHNATON is Lares NV. The shares are held by LARES (99.9%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Crols Christina
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since 2019
Shareholders
99.9%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Tavernierkaai 2 box 5
2000 Antwerpen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 33 companies are registered at this address.
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€ -2,876 gross margin · 2025
Arts Gebroeders immobilière same network
€ 271,341 gross margin · 2025
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0445.657.392
- VAT number
- BE 0445.657.392
- Registered office
- Tavernierkaai 2 bus 5, 2000 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- ECHNATON
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 5 November 1991
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 4 Sept 2025
- Activities · NACE
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