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 84.6 to 70.8.
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Late annual account NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was filed 386 days after the legal deadline.
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Busy address KBO
25 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Cerence from Gent, company number BE0476308008, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 626,126 after tax. For that financial year Cerence recorded revenue of € 17 million and equity of € 16.6 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 203,777 to € 626,126. 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 May 21, 2026.
€ 16.6 million
▲ 4% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 626,126
▲ 207% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 20,382
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 16.6 million.
People and assets in 2024
70.8
▼ 6.7 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 16.7 million
▲ 24% vs 2023
€ 236,100 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 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 114,561
▼ 77% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 27 days on average.
€ 1.7 million
▼ 15% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 15,437,615 | € 18,759,155 | € 14,587,202 | € 16,969,159 | ▲ 16% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,660,365 | € 745,640 | € 203,777 | € 626,126 | ▲ 207% |
| Equity | € 15,022,904 | € 15,768,544 | € 15,972,321 | € 16,598,448 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 3,239,082 | € 10,168,345 | € 10,544,242 | € 19,677,179 | ▲ 87% |
| Cash | € 45 | € 0 | - | € 20,382 | |
| Retained profit | € 15,004,354 | € 15,749,994 | € 15,953,771 | € 16,579,898 | ▲ 4% |
| Balance sheet total | € 18,461,986 | € 26,136,889 | € 26,716,564 | € 36,475,626 | ▲ 37% |
| Employees (FTE) | 93.1 | 84.6 | 77.5 | 70.8 | ▼ 6.7 |
Key figures of Cerence, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 30 April 2026.
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 2024: profit of € 626,126 (▲ 207% vs 2023). 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 € 1.7 million profit in 2021 to € 626,126 profit in 2024.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 1.7 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 27 days on average.
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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
Behind Cerence are Jennifer Trusso Salinas and Edward James Haggerty.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Jennifer Trusso Salinas
Director
since 2022
Edward James Haggerty
Director
since 2024
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
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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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