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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 51 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
The Artefact from Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel), company number BE0681618901, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 9,539 after tax. For that financial year The Artefact recorded a gross margin of € 39,750 and equity of € 38,818. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -13 to € 9,539. 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 August 25, 2026.
€ 38,818
▲ 30% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 9,539
▲ still € 13 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 13,317
▼ 30% 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 € 17,915.
People and assets in 2025
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 10,130
▼ 1% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 2,902
▼ 5% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 4,105
▼ 55% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 13,533
▼ 3% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 39,189 | € 32,108 | € 21,771 | € 39,750 | ▲ 83% |
| Profit after taxes | € -11,167 | € 7,625 | € -13 | € 9,539 | ▲ € 9,552 |
| Equity | € 24,126 | € 30,791 | € 29,817 | € 38,818 | ▲ 30% |
| Total debts | € 66,039 | € 43,258 | € 41,519 | € 28,148 | ▼ 32% |
| Cash | € 15,869 | € 7,599 | € 19,030 | € 13,317 | ▼ 30% |
| Retained profit | € 764 | € 8,389 | € 8,376 | € 17,915 | ▲ 114% |
| Bank debt | € 22,125 | € 8,252 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 90,165 | € 74,048 | € 71,336 | € 66,967 | ▼ 6% |
Key figures of The Artefact, 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 The Artefact?
What happened at The Artefact in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 9,539. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Sébastien Bourdain stepped down as director. NBB
- Benjamin Deniel stepped down as director. NBB
- Christopher Ducat became a director. NBB
- Sébastien Bourdain became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel). KBO
- Benjamin Deniel became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 11,167 loss in 2022 to € 9,539 profit in 2025.
Paid € 5 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 9,539 profit.
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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%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The stake of SPOUTNIK PRODUCTIONS comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
The ArtefactBehind The Artefact is Christopher Ducat. The shares are held by SPOUTNIK PRODUCTIONS (33.3%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Christopher Ducat
Director
since 2019
Benjamin Deniel
Director
since 2017 · until 2025
Sébastien Bourdain
Director
since 2019 · until 2026
Shareholders
33.3%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Adolphe Demeurlaan 55 RDC
1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel)
Adolphe Demeurlaan 55
1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel)
Active since 1 October 2017
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0681.618.901
- VAT number
- BE 0681.618.901
- Registered office
- Adolphe Demeurlaan 55 RDC, 1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel)
- Names & denominations
- The Artefact
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 21 September 2017
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 23 Dec 2025
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