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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 53 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Late annual account NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was filed 292 days after the legal deadline.
Financials
Financial year 2024
BRICOBRAIN from Charleroi, company number BE0563942657, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -28,289 after tax. For that financial year BRICOBRAIN recorded a gross margin of € 291,083 and equity of € 418,221. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 24,077 to € -28,289. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 19, 2026.
€ 418,221
▼ 6% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -28,289
▼ still € 24,077 profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 77,401
▼ 25% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -450,379.
People and assets in 2024
5.7
▼ 0.2 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 245,579
▲ 1% vs 2023
€ 43,100 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
€ 214,215
▼ 1% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 379,145
▲ 18% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 70,386
▲ 22% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 274,198 | € 381,152 | € 335,096 | € 291,083 | ▼ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € 39,865 | € 127,788 | € 24,077 | € -28,289 | ▼ € 52,366 |
| Equity | € 294,645 | € 422,433 | € 446,510 | € 418,221 | ▼ 6% |
| Total debts | € 789,661 | € 861,476 | € 821,407 | € 892,003 | ▲ 9% |
| Cash | € 91,576 | € 132,184 | € 103,135 | € 77,401 | ▼ 25% |
| Retained profit | € -573,955 | € -446,167 | € -422,090 | € -450,379 | ▼ € 28,289 |
| Bank debt | € 228,495 | € 200,000 | € 215,485 | € 214,215 | ▼ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,084,306 | € 1,283,909 | € 1,267,917 | € 1,310,223 | ▲ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | ▼ 0.2 |
Key figures of BRICOBRAIN, 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 31 July 2026.
What happened to BRICOBRAIN?
What happened at BRICOBRAIN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 28,289 (▼ € 52,366 vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Braine-l'Alleud. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 39,865 profit in 2021 to € 28,289 loss in 2024.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 127,788 profit.
On average € 51,100 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
The stake of BRICOLAGH comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
BRICOBRAINBehind BRICOBRAIN is Cédric CREM. The shares are held by BRICOLAGH (100%).
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue des Vallées 7A
6060 Charleroi
Chaussée de Tubize 65
1420 Braine-l'Alleud
Active since 13 October 2014
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0563.942.657
- VAT number
- BE 0563.942.657
- Registered office
- Rue des Vallées 7A, 6060 Charleroi
- Names & denominations
- BRICOBRAIN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 13 October 2014
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 15 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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