Financials
Financial year 2025
ARDENT ADVOCATEN from Antwerpen, company number BE0446103889, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 20,675 after tax. For that financial year ARDENT ADVOCATEN recorded a gross margin of € 474,093 and equity of € 327,043. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 4,301 to € 20,675. 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 January 29, 2026.
€ 327,043
▲ 7% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 20,675
▲ € 16,373 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 232,652
▲ 28% 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 € 288,443.
People and assets in 2025
5.3
▼ 0.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 336,506
▼ 9% vs 2024
€ 63,500 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.
€ 16,188
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 185,586
▼ 20% vs 2024
€ 48,389 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 320,201
▲ 161% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 67,960
▼ 3% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 505,058 | € 437,800 | € 438,225 | € 474,093 | ▲ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € 15,424 | € 4,400 | € 4,301 | € 20,675 | ▲ € 16,373 |
| Equity | € 297,666 | € 302,067 | € 306,368 | € 327,043 | ▲ 7% |
| Total debts | € 869,417 | € 834,882 | € 433,283 | € 574,044 | ▲ 32% |
| Cash | € 629,227 | € 571,343 | € 181,327 | € 232,652 | ▲ 28% |
| Retained profit | € 259,066 | € 263,467 | € 267,768 | € 288,443 | ▲ 8% |
| Bank debt | € 61,583 | € 0 | € 231,541 | € 185,586 | ▼ 20% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,192,083 | € 1,136,948 | € 739,651 | € 901,087 | ▲ 22% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 | ▼ 0.3 |
Key figures of ARDENT ADVOCATEN, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.
What happened to ARDENT ADVOCATEN?
What happened at ARDENT ADVOCATEN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 20,675 (▲ € 16,373 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
- New establishment in Herentals. KBO
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 15,424 profit in 2022 to € 20,675 profit in 2025.
Paid € 40,710 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 20,675 profit.
On average € 89,500 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
The stake of BIFILEX, AMBERES ADVOCATEN comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
ARDENT ADVOCATENBehind ARDENT ADVOCATEN are Inez VAN LOOCK, Steven BIVACCO, Filip DUWAERTS, Eva RAEPSAET and Werenfried SCHWAGTEN. The shares are held by BIFILEX (5.8%) and AMBERES ADVOCATEN (2.7%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Steven BIVACCO
Director
Shareholders
5.8%
2.7%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Prins Boudewijnlaan 177
2610 Antwerpen
Diamantstraat (HRT) 8/239
2200 Herentals
Active since 1 January 2013
Battelsesteenweg 455 box 12
2800 Mechelen
Active since 1 May 2017
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0446.103.889
- VAT number
- BE 0446.103.889
- Registered office
- Prins Boudewijnlaan 177, 2610 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- ARDENT ADVOCATEN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 23 December 1991
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