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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 62 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
AQUATIC SCIENCE from Verviers, company number BE0861153429, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -281,804 after tax. For that financial year AQUATIC SCIENCE recorded a gross margin of € 214,387 and equity of € 3.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.1 million to € -281,804. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 3, 2026.
€ 3.3 million
▼ 8% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -281,804
▼ still € 1.1 million profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 43,805
▼ 89% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 793,560.
People and assets in 2025
11
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 520,128
▼ 29% vs 2024
€ 47,300 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.
€ 13,222
▼ 7% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 144,156
▼ 83% vs 2024
€ 107,495 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 237,345
▼ 24% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 85,730
▼ 22% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 956,824 | € 2,398,447 | € 2,684,709 | € 214,387 | ▼ 92% |
| Profit after taxes | € -1,081,850 | € 829,020 | € 1,081,674 | € -281,804 | ▼ € 1.4 million |
| Equity | € 1,798,013 | € 2,478,633 | € 3,562,122 | € 3,280,317 | ▼ 8% |
| Total debts | € 4,361,134 | € 3,734,083 | € 1,362,151 | € 555,836 | ▼ 59% |
| Cash | € 588,857 | € 282,614 | € 390,179 | € 43,805 | ▼ 89% |
| Retained profit | € -835,330 | € -6,310 | € 1,075,364 | € 793,560 | ▼ 26% |
| Bank debt | € 2,557,276 | € 2,288,749 | € 832,112 | € 144,156 | ▼ 83% |
| Balance sheet total | € 6,196,133 | € 6,253,716 | € 4,965,273 | € 3,848,653 | ▼ 22% |
| Employees (FTE) | 25.7 | 19.4 | 11 | 11 |
Key figures of AQUATIC SCIENCE, 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 AQUATIC SCIENCE?
What happened at AQUATIC SCIENCE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- AURICA SRL stepped down as director. NBB
- Allies For Growth SRL stepped down as director. NBB
- NOSHAQ PARTNERS SCRL stepped down as director. NBB
- NOTGER INVEST SA stepped down as director. NBB
- RETAIL CONSULTING & SERVICES BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Qbic Venture Partners II NV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 281,804 (▼ € 1.4 million vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- AURICA SRL became a director. NBB
In short
From € 1.1 million loss in 2022 to € 281,804 loss in 2025.
Paid € 94,384 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 1.1 million profit.
On average € 19,500 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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%
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Management
The stake of QBIC II FUND ARKIV, NOSHAQ, NOTGER INVEST, WE Environnement comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
AQUATIC SCIENCEThe shares are held by QBIC II FUND ARKIV (24.5%), NOSHAQ (24.2%), NOTGER INVEST (14.2%) and WE Environnement (11.9%). It owns 100% of O Distribution, 50% of Vitii and 19.9% of Innovative Microbial Bioprocess itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Thomas Hendrix
Also active at: CAUTION MUTUELLE DES METIERS ET NEGOCES, Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie, DARDENNE, SOGECOM, VITAVERDE.BIO, HAEMERS Technologies, SPACEBEL, NOSHAQ VENTURE +167 more
since 2024 · until 2030
Director · represented by Kamran Ghassempour
since 2024 · until 2030
Chairman of the board · represented by Christian Van Osselaer
Also active at: BIOBEST GROUP
since 2026 · until 2031
RETAIL CONSULTING & SERVICES BV
Director · represented by Wim Petermans
Also active at: HUBISCO, WellPet Belgium
since 2024 · until 2030
Managing director · represented by Jean-Lou Barbette
since 2025 · until 2031
Director · represented by Steven Leuridan
Also active at: EYED PHARMA, Accelleran, Indigo Diabetes, QBIC II FUND ARKIV, Blue Foot Membranes, Aloxy, Sentea, UniD Manufacturing +4 more
since 2024 · until 2030
Shareholders
Participations
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Avenue des Biolleux 8
4800 Verviers
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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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
INFOMANIAK-AS, CH
Domain
Domain
aquatic-science.com
Registered
2002-02-10
Registrar
OVH sas
Expires
2027-02-10
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0861.153.429
- VAT number
- BE 0861.153.429
- Registered office
- Avenue des Biolleux 8, 4800 Verviers
- Names & denominations
- AQUATIC SCIENCE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 October 2003
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 20 Nov 2020
- Contact
- aquatic-science.com
- Activities · NACE
Groothandel in voedsel voor huisdieren
Groothandel in diervoeders met uitzondering van veevoeders
Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op biotechnologisch gebied
Vervaardiging van andere chemische producten, neg
Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen
Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven
Overig speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op natuurwetenschappelijk gebied