What does WATSON & DICKENS do?

WATSON & DICKENS is registered with the CBE as active in: Activiteiten van holdings. Private Limited, started on 9 February 2009, 1 establishment.

What is the address of WATSON & DICKENS?

The registered office of WATSON & DICKENS is located at Diamantstraat (HRT) 8 box 214, 2200 Herentals.

Is WATSON & DICKENS still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 September 2026) WATSON & DICKENS is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 9 February 2009.

Is WATSON & DICKENS registered on Peppol?

Yes, WATSON & DICKENS is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0809709874.

What is the enterprise number of WATSON & DICKENS?

The enterprise number of WATSON & DICKENS is BE0809709874.

When was WATSON & DICKENS founded?

WATSON & DICKENS was founded on 9 February 2009.

Who are the directors of WATSON & DICKENS?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of WATSON & DICKENS are: Didier Clerx, Gruppo XXI BV.

Is WATSON & DICKENS a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 9 February 2009; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did WATSON & DICKENS make in 2025?

WATSON & DICKENS posted a profit after taxes of € 1,312,010 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of WATSON & DICKENS?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), WATSON & DICKENS reported revenue of € 166,600.

How much does an employee at WATSON & DICKENS earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at WATSON & DICKENS was € 63,800 in 2025: staff costs of € 63,777 for 1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does WATSON & DICKENS have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, WATSON & DICKENS has 1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

WATSON & DICKENS (Private Limited) - Herentals

Dossier WATSON & DICKENS, printed on 30 September 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0809709874/watson-dickens. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

WATSON & DICKENS from Herentals, company number BE0809709874, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.3 million after tax. For that financial year WATSON & DICKENS recorded revenue of € 166,600 and equity of € 137.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 84.3 million to € 1.3 million. The company is profitable. 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 June 25, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 137.8 million

▲ 1% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Healthy

€ 1.3 million

▼ 98% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 8.8 million

▲ 95% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 126.6 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 444,844 in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 63,777

▲ 11% vs 2024

€ 63,800 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 2025

Bank debt

€ 75,000

▼ 75% vs 2024

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 61,440

▲ € 50,440 vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 50 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 365,075

▲ € 341,947 vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

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Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 181,300 Revenue 2022: € 181,300 First fiscal year in the series	€ 196,600 Revenue 2023: € 196,600 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 181,300) Favourable step	€ 196,600 Revenue 2024: € 196,600 Unchanged (€ 196,600) Favourable step	€ 166,600 Revenue 2025: € 166,600 ▼ 15% vs 2024 (€ 196,600) Unfavourable step	▼ 15%
Profit after taxes	€ 148,374 Profit after taxes 2022: € 148,374 First fiscal year in the series	€ 216,732 Profit after taxes 2023: € 216,732 ▲ 46% vs 2022 (€ 148,374) Favourable step	€ 84,324,540 Profit after taxes 2024: € 84,324,540 ▲ € 84.1 million vs 2023 (€ 216,732) Favourable step	€ 1,312,010 Profit after taxes 2025: € 1,312,010 ▼ 98% vs 2024 (€ 84,324,540) Unfavourable step	▼ 98%
Equity	€ 51,949,275 Equity 2022: € 51,949,275 First fiscal year in the series	€ 52,166,007 Equity 2023: € 52,166,007 Unchanged (€ 51,949,275) Favourable step	€ 136,490,547 Equity 2024: € 136,490,547 ▲ 162% vs 2023 (€ 52,166,007) Favourable step	€ 137,802,557 Equity 2025: € 137,802,557 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 136,490,547) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Total debts	€ 983,684 Total debts 2022: € 983,684 First fiscal year in the series	€ 609,348 Total debts 2023: € 609,348 ▼ 38% vs 2022 (€ 983,684) Favourable step	€ 25,662,875 Total debts 2024: € 25,662,875 ▲ € 25.1 million vs 2023 (€ 609,348) Unfavourable step	€ 45,680,648 Total debts 2025: € 45,680,648 ▲ 78% vs 2024 (€ 25,662,875) Unfavourable step	▲ 78%
Cash	€ 2,971,451 Cash 2022: € 2,971,451 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,638,504 Cash 2023: € 1,638,504 ▼ 45% vs 2022 (€ 2,971,451) Unfavourable step	€ 4,488,417 Cash 2024: € 4,488,417 ▲ 174% vs 2023 (€ 1,638,504) Favourable step	€ 8,771,196 Cash 2025: € 8,771,196 ▲ 95% vs 2024 (€ 4,488,417) Favourable step	▲ 95%
Retained profit	€ 40,707,820 Retained profit 2022: € 40,707,820 First fiscal year in the series	€ 40,924,552 Retained profit 2023: € 40,924,552 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 40,707,820) Favourable step	€ 125,249,092 Retained profit 2024: € 125,249,092 ▲ 206% vs 2023 (€ 40,924,552) Favourable step	€ 126,561,102 Retained profit 2025: € 126,561,102 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 125,249,092) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Bank debt	€ 685,714 Bank debt 2022: € 685,714 First fiscal year in the series	€ 457,143 Bank debt 2023: € 457,143 ▼ 33% vs 2022 (€ 685,714) Favourable step	€ 295,424 Bank debt 2024: € 295,424 ▼ 35% vs 2023 (€ 457,143) Favourable step	€ 75,000 Bank debt 2025: € 75,000 ▼ 75% vs 2024 (€ 295,424) Favourable step	▼ 75%
Balance sheet total	€ 52,932,959 Balance sheet total 2022: € 52,932,959 First fiscal year in the series	€ 52,775,354 Balance sheet total 2023: € 52,775,354 Unchanged (€ 52,932,959) Unchanged	€ 162,153,422 Balance sheet total 2024: € 162,153,422 ▲ 207% vs 2023 (€ 52,775,354) Unchanged	€ 183,483,205 Balance sheet total 2025: € 183,483,205 ▲ 13% vs 2024 (€ 162,153,422) Unchanged	▲ 13%
Employees (FTE)	1 Employees (FTE) 2022: 1 First fiscal year in the series	1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 1 Unchanged (1) Unchanged	1 Employees (FTE) 2024: 1 Unchanged (1) Unchanged	1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 1 Unchanged (1) Unchanged

Key figures of WATSON & DICKENS, 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 WATSON & DICKENS?

What happened at WATSON & DICKENS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Jun 25, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.3 million (▼ 98% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2023 Didier Clerx became a director. NBB
2015 Gruppo XXI BV became a director. NBB
Feb 10, 2009 New establishment in Herentals. KBO
Feb 9, 2009 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 148,374 profit in 2022 to € 1.3 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 866,136 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 84.3 million profit.

Pays suppliers within 50 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

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Management

GRUPPO XXI 100%

The stake of GRUPPO XXI comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

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