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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 23 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 6.4 to 4.4.
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Busy address KBO
44 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ESCO FINANCIAL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY from Brussel, company number BE0456641752, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -184,766 after tax. For that financial year ESCO FINANCIAL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY recorded revenue of € 2.8 million and equity of € 5.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 234,133 to € -184,766. 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 27, 2026.
€ 5.5 million
▼ 3% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -184,766
▼ still € 234,133 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 358,705
▲ 222% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 1.3 million.
People and assets in 2025
4.4
▼ 1.5 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 548,135
▼ 18% vs 2024
€ 124,600 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.
€ 161,302
▼ 9% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 51,337.
Debts at end 2025
€ 6.7 million
▼ 28% vs 2024
€ 232,199 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 376,182
▲ 32% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 69 days on average.
€ 105,357
▼ 19% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 2,198,504 | € 2,363,323 | € 2,700,622 | € 2,758,379 | ▲ 2% |
| Profit after taxes | € -368,395 | € -1,237,315 | € 234,133 | € -184,766 | ▼ € 418,899 |
| Equity | € 6,706,011 | € 5,468,696 | € 5,702,829 | € 5,518,063 | ▼ 3% |
| Total debts | € 14,159,698 | € 13,994,934 | € 13,094,237 | € 9,228,124 | ▼ 30% |
| Cash | € 42,667 | € 43,567 | € 111,555 | € 358,705 | ▲ 222% |
| Retained profit | € 2,453,541 | € 1,216,226 | € 1,450,359 | € 1,265,593 | ▼ 13% |
| Dividend | € 290,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 9,352,591 | € 9,506,983 | € 9,429,934 | € 6,749,445 | ▼ 28% |
| Balance sheet total | € 20,865,709 | € 19,463,630 | € 18,797,066 | € 14,746,187 | ▼ 22% |
| Employees (FTE) | 6.8 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 4.4 | ▼ 1.5 |
Key figures of ESCO FINANCIAL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, 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 ESCO FINANCIAL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY?
What happened at ESCO FINANCIAL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Octille S.R.L. stepped down as director. NBB
- Capten S.A. stepped down as director. NBB
- Ludwig De Mot stepped down as director. NBB
- Gérard SCHMIDT stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 184,766 (▼ € 418,899 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Amandine Schmidt stepped down as director. NBB
- Thierry SCHMIDT stepped down as director. NBB
- Octille S.R.L. became a director. NBB
In short
From € 368,395 loss in 2022 to € 184,766 loss in 2025.
Paid € 6,749 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 234,133 profit.
Paid out € 290,000 in dividends to the owners in total.
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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
It owns 100% of ESCO TRANSMISJA MOCY SP.ZO.O, 100% of EFECO SERVICES PVT LTD, 100% of ESCO AANDRIJVINGEN B.V. , 100% of ESCO ANTRIEBSTECHNIK GMBH, 100% of ESCO TRANSMISSIONS SAS and 100% of ESCO COUPLINGS AND TRANSMISSION PVT LTD itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Managing director · represented by Laurent Schmidt
Also active at: ESCO COUPLINGS, ESCO POWER, ESCO DRIVES
since 2025 · until 2028
Amandine Schmidt
Director
since 2023 · until 2026
since 2024 · until 2027
since 2024 · until 2026
since 2025 · until 2027
Director · represented by Jozef Buekens
Also active at: B - STEEL, Spiromatic, VICTOR BUYCK STEEL CONSTRUCTION, dnergy, PILARIO
since 2025 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
de Meeûssquare 38/40
1000 Brussel
Avenue Ernest Solvay 48
1480 Tubize
Active since 1 January 2025
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Details
- Company number
- 0456.641.752
- VAT number
- BE 0456.641.752
- Registered office
- de Meeûssquare 38/40, 1000 Brussel
- Names & denominations
- ESCO FINANCIAL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY · EFECO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 November 1995
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