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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 60 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
GLOBAL PROCESS AUTOMATION INDUSTRY from Ath, company number BE0825431297, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 453,182 after tax. For that financial year GLOBAL PROCESS AUTOMATION INDUSTRY recorded a gross margin of € 3.4 million and equity of € 2.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 633,094 to € 453,182. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 8, 2026.
€ 2.6 million
▲ 16% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 453,182
▼ 28% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 149,722
▼ 76% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 90,637 paid out
20 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Horizon Holding (81 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
28.9
▼ 0.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.5 million
▲ 10% vs 2024
€ 84,800 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.
€ 16,609
▼ 19% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.2 million
▲ 50% vs 2024
€ 120,757 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 7 years.
€ 567,591
▼ 49% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 866,249
▲ 16% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 2,069,581 | € 2,870,814 | € 3,383,761 | € 3,352,008 | ▼ 1% |
| Profit after taxes | € 227,042 | € 526,981 | € 633,094 | € 453,182 | ▼ 28% |
| Equity | € 1,354,029 | € 1,731,010 | € 2,199,500 | € 2,562,045 | ▲ 16% |
| Total debts | € 5,459,601 | € 7,987,825 | € 8,145,017 | € 6,849,017 | ▼ 16% |
| Cash | € 193,828 | € 92,740 | € 629,057 | € 149,722 | ▼ 76% |
| Land & buildings | € 959,164 | € 882,210 | € 841,757 | € 873,900 | ▲ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 604,029 | € 981,010 | € 1,449,500 | € 1,812,045 | ▲ 25% |
| Dividend | € 100,000 | € 150,000 | € 164,604 | € 90,637 | ▼ 45% |
| Bank debt | € 1,117,134 | € 1,727,809 | € 829,703 | € 1,245,445 | ▲ 50% |
| Balance sheet total | € 6,849,248 | € 9,771,145 | € 10,400,663 | € 9,455,892 | ▼ 9% |
| Employees (FTE) | 24.9 | 28.1 | 29.5 | 28.9 | ▼ 0.6 |
Key figures of GLOBAL PROCESS AUTOMATION INDUSTRY, 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 GLOBAL PROCESS AUTOMATION INDUSTRY?
What happened at GLOBAL PROCESS AUTOMATION INDUSTRY in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Ralph DELHOVE stepped down as director. NBB
- Alexis DE BOM VAN DRIESSCHE stepped down as director. NBB
- Jean-Paul TAVERNIER stepped down as director. NBB
- Pierre IEVEN stepped down as director. NBB
- Emmanuel CROONENBERGHS stepped down as director. NBB
- HORIZON HOLDING stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 453,182 (▼ 28% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Andenne. KBO
In short
From € 227,042 profit in 2022 to € 453,182 profit in 2025.
Paid € 718,251 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 633,094 profit.
On average € 116,000 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of Horizon Holding comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
GLOBAL PROCESS AUTOMATION INDUSTRYThe shares are held by Horizon Holding (81.3%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Ralph DELHOVE
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Alexis DE BOM VAN DRIESSCHE
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Jean-Paul TAVERNIER
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Pierre IEVEN
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
since 2025 · until 2031
Director · represented by Marie-Cécile Croonenberghs
since 2024 · until 2031
Shareholders
81.3%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue des Foudriers(GHI) 28
7822 Ath
Rue du Progrès 12B
5300 Andenne
Active since 1 March 2026
Rue du Progrès 12C
5300 Andenne
Active since 1 March 2026
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
CBLUE-AS, BE
DNS
OVH DNS
Domain
Domain
gpai.eu
Registrar
OVH SAS
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0825.431.297
- VAT number
- BE 0825.431.297
- Registered office
- Rue des Foudriers(GHI) 28, 7822 Ath
- Names & denominations
- GLOBAL PROCESS AUTOMATION INDUSTRY · GPAI
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 April 2010
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Oct 2025
- Contact
- gpai.eu
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