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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 1 of the last 3 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 25 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
DEFAYS & Co from Modave, company number BE0801042529, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -50,346 after tax. For that financial year DEFAYS & Co recorded a gross margin of € 123,013 and equity of € -20,601. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 7,290 to € -50,346. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 14, 2026.
€ -20,601
▼ € 50,346 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -50,346
▼ still € 7,290 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 176,883
▲ € 150,927 vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -35,601.
People and assets in 2025
2.4
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 88,888
▲ 12% vs 2024
€ 37,000 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.
€ 84,142
▲ 191% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 69,805.
Debts at end 2025
€ 721,531
▲ 32% vs 2024
€ 31,819 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 290,483
▲ 50% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 38,645
▲ 67% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 56,108 | € 156,743 | € 123,013 | ▼ 22% |
| Profit after taxes | € 7,455 | € 7,290 | € -50,346 | ▼ € 57,636 |
| Equity | € 22,455 | € 29,745 | € -20,601 | ▼ € 50,346 |
| Total debts | € 323,149 | € 767,090 | € 1,050,762 | ▲ 37% |
| Cash | € 27,695 | € 25,956 | € 176,883 | ▲ € 150,927 |
| Retained profit | € 7,455 | € 14,745 | € -35,601 | ▼ € 50,346 |
| Bank debt | € 266,247 | € 547,329 | € 721,531 | ▲ 32% |
| Balance sheet total | € 345,604 | € 796,834 | € 1,030,161 | ▲ 29% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | 2.4 |
Key figures of DEFAYS & Co, fiscal years 2023 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 DEFAYS & Co?
What happened at DEFAYS & Co in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 50,346 (▼ € 57,636 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Modave. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Christophe DEFAYS became a director. NBB
In short
From € 7,455 profit in 2023 to € 50,346 loss in 2025.
Paid € 3,605 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 7,455 profit.
On average € 51,300 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind DEFAYS & Co is Christophe DEFAYS.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Christophe DEFAYS
Director
since 2023
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Rennequin Sualem 9
4577 Modave
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0801.042.529
- VAT number
- BE 0801.042.529
- Registered office
- Rue Rennequin Sualem 9, 4577 Modave
- Names & denominations
- DEFAYS & Co
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 21 April 2023
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 8 Dec 2025
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