Warning lights
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 77.5 to 58.8.
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Busy address KBO
25 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Cerence from Gent, company number BE0476308008, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -257,953 after tax. For that financial year Cerence recorded revenue of € 11.8 million and equity of € 16.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 626,126 to € -257,953. 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 October 12, 2026.
€ 16.3 million
▼ 2% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -257,953
▼ still € 626,126 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 0
▼ 100% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 16.3 million.
People and assets in 2025
58.8
▼ 12 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 10.6 million
▼ 37% vs 2024
€ 179,400 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.
Debts at end 2025
€ 86,448
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 44,088
▼ 62% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 8 days on average.
€ 1.6 million
▼ 3% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 18,759,155 | € 14,587,202 | € 16,969,159 | € 11,773,172 | ▼ 31% |
| Profit after taxes | € 745,640 | € 203,777 | € 626,126 | € -257,953 | ▼ € 884,079 |
| Equity | € 15,768,544 | € 15,972,321 | € 16,598,448 | € 16,340,495 | ▼ 2% |
| Total debts | € 10,168,345 | € 10,544,242 | € 19,677,179 | € 4,887,968 | ▼ 75% |
| Cash | € 0 | - | € 20,382 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Retained profit | € 15,749,994 | € 15,953,771 | € 16,579,898 | € 16,321,945 | ▼ 2% |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 86,448 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 26,136,889 | € 26,716,564 | € 36,475,626 | € 21,428,462 | ▼ 41% |
| Employees (FTE) | 84.6 | 77.5 | 70.8 | 58.8 | ▼ 12 |
Key figures of Cerence, 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 April 2027.
What happened to Cerence?
What happened at Cerence in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 257,953 (▼ € 884,079 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Edward James Haggerty became a director. NBB
- Dennis Close stepped down as director. NBB
- Jennifer Trusso Salinas became a director. NBB
- Dennis Close became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- New establishment in Ieper. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 745,640 profit in 2022 to € 257,953 loss in 2025.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 745,640 profit.
Pays suppliers within 8 days on average.
Management
Behind Cerence are Edward James Haggerty and Jennifer Trusso Salinas.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Edward James Haggerty
Director
since 2024
Jennifer Trusso Salinas
Director
since 2022
Dennis Close
Director
since 2019 · until 2024
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Poortakkerstraat 91
9051 Gent
Dehemlaan 31
8900 Ieper
Active since 15 December 2001
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 25 companies are registered at this address.
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€ 92,950 revenue · 2025
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€ 2,474 gross margin · 2025
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€ 30 million revenue · 2025
Vande Moortel Services
€ 296,541 gross margin · 2025
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
DIGITALOCEAN-ASN - DigitalOcean, LLC, US
DNS
DNSMadeEasy
Domain
Domain
cerence.com
Registered
2004-12-29
Registrar
GoDaddy.com, LLC
Expires
2026-12-29
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0476.308.008
- VAT number
- BE 0476.308.008
- Registered office
- Poortakkerstraat 91, 9051 Gent
- Names & denominations
- Cerence
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 13 December 2001
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 18 Dec 2025
- Contact
- cerence.com
- Activities · NACE
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