Financials
Financial year 2025
DESPERT & CO from Brecht, company number BE0476082532, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 153,653 after tax. For that financial year DESPERT & CO recorded a gross margin of € 703,143 and equity of € 2.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 366,897 to € 153,653. The company is profitable. 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 December 15, 2025.
€ 2.2 million
▲ 7% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 153,653
▼ 58% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 298,281
▲ 61% 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 € 2.1 million.
People and assets in 2025
5
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 372,160
▲ 2% vs 2024
€ 74,400 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.
€ 100,780
▼ 29% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 334,446
▲ 135% vs 2024
€ 67,820 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 526,875
▲ 31% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 101,069
▼ 27% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 966,668 | € 844,387 | € 981,459 | € 703,143 | ▼ 28% |
| Profit after taxes | € 420,145 | € 323,419 | € 366,897 | € 153,653 | ▼ 58% |
| Equity | € 1,679,682 | € 1,853,101 | € 2,069,998 | € 2,223,651 | ▲ 7% |
| Total debts | € 1,319,844 | € 1,596,327 | € 1,199,112 | € 1,164,036 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 261,086 | € 378,074 | € 185,703 | € 298,281 | ▲ 61% |
| Retained profit | € 1,579,682 | € 1,753,101 | € 1,969,998 | € 2,123,651 | ▲ 8% |
| Dividend | € 200,000 | € 150,000 | € 150,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 96,784 | € 300,149 | € 142,091 | € 334,446 | ▲ 135% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,999,526 | € 3,449,428 | € 3,269,111 | € 3,387,687 | ▲ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Key figures of DESPERT & CO, 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 DESPERT & CO?
What happened at DESPERT & CO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Marc Bergmans stepped down as director. NBB
- Dominic Vermeulen stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 153,653 (▼ 58% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Dominic Vermeulen became a director. NBB
- Marc Bergmans became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Brecht. KBO
- New establishment in Brecht. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 420,145 profit in 2022 to € 153,653 profit in 2025.
Paid € 446,850 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 420,145 profit.
On average € 140,600 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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
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Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Marc Bergmans
Director
since 2023 · until 2030
Dominic Vermeulen
Director
since 2024 · until 2030
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Zagerijstraat 25
2960 Brecht
Smederijstraat 32 box 8
2960 Brecht
Active since 1 September 2016
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0476.082.532
- VAT number
- BE 0476.082.532
- Registered office
- Zagerijstraat 25, 2960 Brecht
- Names & denominations
- DESPERT & CO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 15 November 2001
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 4 Jun 2025
- Activities · NACE
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