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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 2 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Financials
Financial year 2024
HIPPOS from Messancy, company number BE0807958134, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 74,617 after tax. For that financial year HIPPOS recorded a gross margin of € 145,868 and equity of € -18,460. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -116,231 to € 74,617. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 December 19, 2025.
€ -18,460
▲ € 74,617 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 74,617
▲ still € 116,231 loss in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 370,153
▲ € 370,115 vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € -37,060.
People and assets in 2024
1
▼ 0.7 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 64,594
▼ 39% vs 2023
€ 64,600 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.
€ 3,541
▼ 57% vs 2023
Of which on lease € 2,342.
Debts at end 2024
€ 27,110
▼ 74% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 35,591
▼ 43% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 20,572
▼ 44% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 301,222 | € 170,460 | € 244,562 | € 145,868 | ▼ 40% |
| Profit after taxes | € 154,884 | € -2,017 | € -116,231 | € 74,617 | ▲ € 190,849 |
| Equity | € 25,171 | € 23,154 | € -93,077 | € -18,460 | ▲ € 74,617 |
| Total debts | € 333,031 | € 328,721 | € 232,780 | € 516,009 | ▲ 122% |
| Cash | € 104,513 | € 16,479 | € 37 | € 370,153 | ▲ € 370,115 |
| Retained profit | € 6,571 | € 4,554 | € -111,677 | € -37,060 | ▲ € 74,617 |
| Bank debt | € 81,456 | € 155,039 | € 103,783 | € 27,110 | ▼ 74% |
| Balance sheet total | € 358,202 | € 351,875 | € 139,703 | € 497,550 | ▲ 256% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | 1.7 | 1 | ▼ 0.7 |
Key figures of HIPPOS, 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 HIPPOS?
What happened at HIPPOS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 74,617. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Messancy. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Jean-Philippe ROCHEFORT became a director. NBB
- Laurence DEFOSSEZ became a director. NBB
In short
From € 154,884 profit in 2021 to € 74,617 profit in 2024.
Paid € 23,177 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 154,884 profit.
On average € 145,900 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
Behind HIPPOS are Jean-Philippe ROCHEFORT and Laurence DEFOSSEZ. It owns 95% of ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS itself.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Jean-Philippe ROCHEFORT
Administrateur Statutaire
since 2008
Laurence DEFOSSEZ
Administrateur Statutaire
since 2008
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue de Barnich,Sélange 50
6781 Messancy
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0807.958.134
- VAT number
- BE 0807.958.134
- Registered office
- Rue de Barnich,Sélange 50, 6781 Messancy
- Names & denominations
- HIPPOS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 25 November 2008
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