Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
-
Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 59 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
BLAU from Essen, company number BE0691635041, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 650,355 after tax. For that financial year BLAU recorded a gross margin of € 857,811 and equity of € 18,600. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 618,674 to € 650,355. 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 April 3, 2026.
€ 18,600
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 650,355
▲ 5% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 238,081
▲ 132% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 650,355 paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
0
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 896
▲ 3% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 36,534
▼ 54% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
Want to see how much further we take a dossier in the Pro version? Open the free De Lijn example and give feedback →
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 93,790 | € 280,664 | € 822,248 | € 857,811 | ▲ 4% |
| Profit after taxes | € 68,418 | € 208,620 | € 618,674 | € 650,355 | ▲ 5% |
| Equity | € 22,792 | € 18,600 | € 18,600 | € 18,600 | |
| Total debts | € 886,057 | € 272,483 | € 699,245 | € 566,169 | ▼ 19% |
| Cash | € 598,939 | € 54,543 | € 102,674 | € 238,081 | ▲ 132% |
| Retained profit | € 4,192 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Dividend | € 487,917 | € 212,812 | € 618,674 | € 650,355 | ▲ 5% |
| Balance sheet total | € 908,849 | € 291,083 | € 717,845 | € 584,769 | ▼ 19% |
Key figures of BLAU, 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 BLAU?
What happened at BLAU in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 650,355 (▲ 5% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Tessa Valkenborg became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Essen. KBO
- Gert Kerstens became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 68,418 profit in 2022 to € 650,355 profit in 2025.
Paid € 496,673 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 650,355 profit.
Paid out € 2 million in dividends to the owners in total.
A new publication or filing at BLAU? We notify you, reason included.
Follow BLAUDatabakkes Pro
Know what changes at your customers, suppliers and competitors. Without reading an annual account.
- Follow them in one folder Every company in your folder gets this full dossier: household book, all fiscal years, benchmark against companies of the same size.
- We alert you, with the reason New annual account, Official Gazette publication or status change: you get what changed and where it says so.
- In bulk too, and in ChatGPT and Claude Upload your customer list and get the warning signs back per company. Or ask in your own AI assistant, with this register as the source.
Databakkes Pro is being built. Sign up now and you are first in line for an invitation, with a month to try without a credit card.
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%
Open the dossier →
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
Behind BLAU are Gert Kerstens and Tessa Valkenborg. The shares are held by Gert Kerstens (90%) and Tessa Valkenborg (10%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2018
Tessa Valkenborg
Director
Owns 10% directly
since 2019
Shareholders
Gert Kerstens · director
90%
Tessa Valkenborg · director
10%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Tichelrei 10
2910 Essen
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0691.635.041
- VAT number
- BE 0691.635.041
- Registered office
- Tichelrei 10, 2910 Essen
- Names & denominations
- BLAU
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 March 2018
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Jun 2025
- Activities · NACE
Activiteiten van holdings
Holdings
Activiteiten van adviesbureaus op het gebied van bedrijfsvoering en overig managementadvies
Activiteiten van adviesbureaus op het gebied van public relations en communicatie
Overige adviesbureaus op het gebied van bedrijfsbeheer; adviesbureaus op het gebied van bedrijfsvoering
Adviesbureaus op het gebied van public relations en communicatie