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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.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 7.9 to 6.8.
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Busy address KBO
10 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Forum ETHIBEL from Schaarbeek, company number BE0445738556, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -365,566 after tax. For that financial year Forum ETHIBEL recorded a gross margin of € 234,291 and equity of € 1 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 185,933 to € -365,566. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 15, 2026.
€ 1 million
▼ 27% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -365,566
▼ still € 185,933 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1 million
▼ 23% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
People and assets in 2025
6.8
▼ 0.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 594,138
▼ 3% vs 2024
€ 87,400 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.
€ 2,828
▼ 26% 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.
€ 7,838
▼ 14% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 74,847
▼ 30% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 665,257 | € 399,306 | € 817,802 | € 234,291 | ▼ 71% |
| Profit after taxes | € 133,072 | € -230,891 | € 185,933 | € -365,566 | ▼ € 551,499 |
| Equity | € 1,424,254 | € 1,193,363 | € 1,379,296 | € 1,013,730 | ▼ 27% |
| Total debts | € 136,567 | € 124,704 | € 196,471 | € 113,518 | ▼ 42% |
| Cash | € 1,480,444 | € 1,243,156 | € 1,311,534 | € 1,009,503 | ▼ 23% |
| Retained profit | € 1,424,254 | € 1,193,363 | € 1,379,296 | € 1,013,730 | ▼ 27% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,560,821 | € 1,318,067 | € 1,575,767 | € 1,127,248 | ▼ 28% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 6.8 | ▼ 0.6 |
Key figures of Forum ETHIBEL, 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 Forum ETHIBEL?
What happened at Forum ETHIBEL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Matilde Defraeije stepped down as director. NBB
- Jordi Lesaffer stepped down as director. NBB
- Catherine Louies stepped down as director. NBB
- Trijnte Huisman stepped down as director. NBB
- Ophélie Mortier stepped down as director. NBB
- Eddy Van Hemelrijck stepped down as director. NBB
- Dirk Van Braeckel stepped down as director. NBB
- Bart Corijn stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 133,072 profit in 2022 to € 365,566 loss in 2025.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 185,933 profit.
On average € 34,500 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
Jordi Lesaffer
Director
since 2025 · until 2029
since 2025 · until 2029
Eddy Laurijssen
Chairman of the board
since 2014 · until 2026
Trijnte Huisman
Director
since 2025 · until 2029
Matilde Defraeije
Director
since 2014 · until 2030
since 2024 · until 2028
Bart Corijn
Chairman of the board
since 2018 · until 2028
since 2025 · until 2029
since 2014 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Vooruitgangstraat 333 box 7
1030 Schaarbeek
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
DIGITALOCEAN-ASN - DigitalOcean, LLC, US
Domain
Domain
forumethibel.org
Registered
2009-04-02
Registrar
Combell NV
Expires
2026-04-02
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0445.738.556
- VAT number
- BE 0445.738.556
- Registered office
- Vooruitgangstraat 333 bus 7, 1030 Schaarbeek
- Names & denominations
- Forum ETHIBEL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Non-profit association
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 25 October 1991
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Contact
- forumethibel.org
- Activities · NACE
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