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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 3.4 to 2.7.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CRESCO ADVOCATEN from Antwerpen, company number BE0548916070, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 2.6 million after tax. For that financial year CRESCO ADVOCATEN recorded a gross margin of € 3.4 million and equity of € 11,880. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2.3 million to € 2.6 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 20, 2026.
€ 11,880
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 2.6 million
▲ 12% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1.3 million
▼ 51% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2.6 million paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
2.7
▼ 0.5 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 256,757
▼ 14% vs 2024
€ 95,100 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.
€ 98,798
▲ 7% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 415,500
▼ 24% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 1.4 million
▼ 6% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 418,912
▲ 89% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,445,748 | € 2,122,651 | € 3,004,495 | € 3,364,088 | ▲ 12% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,047,056 | € 1,528,093 | € 2,313,605 | € 2,595,641 | ▲ 12% |
| Equity | € 11,880 | € 11,880 | € 11,880 | € 11,880 | |
| Total debts | € 3,355,064 | € 4,166,123 | € 5,634,456 | € 5,103,582 | ▼ 9% |
| Cash | € 1,343,165 | € 1,438,352 | € 2,667,731 | € 1,307,016 | ▼ 51% |
| Land & buildings | € 105,077 | € 98,161 | € 92,454 | € 86,964 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 2,580 | € 2,580 | € 2,580 | € 2,580 | |
| Dividend | € 1,047,056 | € 1,528,093 | € 2,313,605 | € 2,588,217 | ▲ 12% |
| Bank debt | € 11,090 | € 45,000 | € 546,533 | € 415,500 | ▼ 24% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,366,944 | € 4,178,003 | € 5,646,336 | € 5,115,462 | ▼ 9% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | ▼ 0.5 |
Key figures of CRESCO ADVOCATEN, 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 CRESCO ADVOCATEN?
What happened at CRESCO ADVOCATEN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 2.6 million (▲ 12% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- John Galt Corp BV became a director. NBB
- LEGAL MINDS BV became a director. NBB
- DAVID DESSERS - ADVOCAAT BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 1 million profit in 2022 to € 2.6 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 944,308 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 2.6 million profit.
On average € 1.2 million of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind CRESCO ADVOCATEN are LEGAL MINDS BV, John Galt Corp BV and DAVID DESSERS - ADVOCAAT BV. DAVID DESSERS - ADVOCAAT BV is also behind CRESCO IMMO.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Olivier Van Raemdonck
since 2021
Director · represented by Glenn L'hoëst
since 2025
Managing director · represented by David Dessers
Also active at: CRESCO IMMO
since 2015
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Lange Kievitstraat 118-120
2018 Antwerpen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0548.916.070
- VAT number
- BE 0548.916.070
- Registered office
- Lange Kievitstraat 118-120, 2018 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- CRESCO ADVOCATEN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 25 March 2014
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