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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 23 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
WATCHGUARD SECURITY from Antwerpen, company number BE0456543663, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -148,472 after tax. For that financial year WATCHGUARD SECURITY recorded a gross margin of € 2.3 million and equity of € 333,998. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 53,198 to € -148,472. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 3, 2026.
€ 333,998
▼ 31% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -148,472
▼ still € 53,198 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 216,553
▲ 52% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 175,998.
People and assets in 2025
24.4
▼ 0.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2 million
▲ 8% vs 2024
€ 82,900 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.
€ 297,188
▲ 53% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 241,676.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.5 million
▼ 29% vs 2024
€ 280,163 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 457,464
▲ 25% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 197,868
▼ 36% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,812,225 | € 1,763,944 | € 2,171,227 | € 2,339,297 | ▲ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € 146,618 | € 4,203 | € 53,198 | € -148,472 | ▼ € 201,670 |
| Equity | € 425,070 | € 429,272 | € 482,470 | € 333,998 | ▼ 31% |
| Total debts | € 1,418,449 | € 2,940,895 | € 5,918,490 | € 5,527,279 | ▼ 7% |
| Cash | € 103,721 | € 200,937 | € 142,723 | € 216,553 | ▲ 52% |
| Retained profit | € 267,070 | € 271,272 | € 324,470 | € 175,998 | ▼ 46% |
| Bank debt | € 489,075 | € 62,061 | € 2,145,182 | € 1,518,746 | ▼ 29% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,843,519 | € 3,370,167 | € 6,400,960 | € 5,861,277 | ▼ 8% |
| Employees (FTE) | 20 | 21.4 | 25 | 24.4 | ▼ 0.6 |
Key figures of WATCHGUARD SECURITY, 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 WATCHGUARD SECURITY?
What happened at WATCHGUARD SECURITY in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 148,472 (▼ € 201,670 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Building Technology BV became a director. NBB
- Lo-management BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Eric Van den Venne became a director. NBB
- Helimar BV became a director. NBB
- Lo-management BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Roeselare. KBO
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
In short
From € 146,618 profit in 2022 to € 148,472 loss in 2025.
Paid € 221,355 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 146,618 profit.
On average € 95,900 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
The stake of Watchguard Groep comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
WATCHGUARD SECURITYBehind WATCHGUARD SECURITY are Building Technology BV, Eric Van den Venne and Helimar BV. The shares are held by Watchguard Groep (100%). It owns 100% of Failsafe Group itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Luc OST
Also active at: Electro-Technisch Installateursbedrijf V. Vandenven, SIEGERS TECHNICS, FAILSAFE SECURITY TEAM, FAILSAFE, Ice Age, Failsafe Group, Nespico, ENTEK +4 more
since 2025
Eric Van den Venne
Director
since 2023
Managing director · represented by Mark VOCHTEN
Also active at: MONY HOUSING, AEV TELECOM, Watchguard Groep, COBRA TECHNOLOGY
since 2023
Director · represented by Luc OST
Also active at: FAILSAFE SECURITY TEAM, FAILSAFE, ANTEC, AEV TELECOM, E.T.I. Immo, Powerpartstore, Building Technology, Watchguard Groep +3 more
since 2023 · until 2025
Shareholders
100%
Participations
100%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bredabaan 90
2170 Antwerpen
Laagstraat 24
8800 Roeselare
Active since 1 April 2017
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Email provider
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Website info
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Details
- Company number
- 0456.543.663
- VAT number
- BE 0456.543.663
- Registered office
- Bredabaan 90, 2170 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- WATCHGUARD SECURITY
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 December 1995
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
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