What does Words in a box do?

Words in a box is a translation agency in Waterloo. Private Limited, started on 25 June 2004, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Words in a box?

The registered office of Words in a box is located at Rue des Piles 52 box A, 1410 Waterloo.

Is Words in a box still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 September 2026) Words in a box is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 25 June 2004.

Is Words in a box registered on Peppol?

Yes, Words in a box is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0865973240.

What is the enterprise number of Words in a box?

The enterprise number of Words in a box is BE0865973240.

When was Words in a box founded?

Words in a box was founded on 25 June 2004.

Who are the directors of Words in a box?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Words in a box are: Stéphanie MAES.

Is Words in a box a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 25 June 2004; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Words in a box make in 2025?

Words in a box recorded a loss after taxes of € 13,497 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Words in a box?

As a small company, Words in a box is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 9,228.

Words in a box (Private Limited) - Waterloo

Dossier Words in a box, printed on 30 September 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0865973240/words-in-a-box. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Words in a box from Waterloo, company number BE0865973240, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -13,497 after tax. For that financial year Words in a box recorded a gross margin of € 9,228 and equity of € 7,646. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 26,927 to € -13,497. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 64 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 25, 2026.

What it is worth Shrank hard

€ 7,646

▼ 64% vs 2024

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

Loss Caution

€ -13,497

▼ still € 26,927 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € -4,754.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents estimate The annual accounts report no full-time equivalents. A micro company with one active director is usually run by that person; this is an assumption, not a figure from the source.

≈ 1

No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 19,802

▼ 55% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 5 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 23,292

▼ 44% vs 2024

€ 3,243 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 599

▲ 51% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes

€ 19,514

▼ 15% vs 2024

Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.

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Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 30,325 Gross margin 2022: € 30,325 First fiscal year in the series	€ 25,870 Gross margin 2023: € 25,870 ▼ 15% vs 2022 (€ 30,325) Unfavourable step	€ 49,703 Gross margin 2024: € 49,703 ▲ 92% vs 2023 (€ 25,870) Favourable step	€ 9,228 Gross margin 2025: € 9,228 ▼ 81% vs 2024 (€ 49,703) Unfavourable step	▼ 81%
Profit after taxes	€ 12,260 Profit after taxes 2022: € 12,260 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,437 Profit after taxes 2023: € 8,437 ▼ 31% vs 2022 (€ 12,260) Unfavourable step	€ 26,927 Profit after taxes 2024: € 26,927 ▲ 219% vs 2023 (€ 8,437) Favourable step	€ -13,497 Profit after taxes 2025: € -13,497 ▼ € 40,425 vs 2024 (€ 26,927) Unfavourable step	▼ € 40,425
Equity	€ 21,078 Equity 2022: € 21,078 First fiscal year in the series	€ 20,215 Equity 2023: € 20,215 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 21,078) Unfavourable step	€ 21,143 Equity 2024: € 21,143 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 20,215) Favourable step	€ 7,646 Equity 2025: € 7,646 ▼ 64% vs 2024 (€ 21,143) Unfavourable step	▼ 64%
Total debts	€ 35,167 Total debts 2022: € 35,167 First fiscal year in the series	€ 39,991 Total debts 2023: € 39,991 ▲ 14% vs 2022 (€ 35,167) Unfavourable step	€ 90,639 Total debts 2024: € 90,639 ▲ 127% vs 2023 (€ 39,991) Unfavourable step	€ 51,205 Total debts 2025: € 51,205 ▼ 44% vs 2024 (€ 90,639) Favourable step	▼ 44%
Cash	€ 1,550 Cash 2022: € 1,550 First fiscal year in the series	-	-	-
Retained profit	€ 8,678 Retained profit 2022: € 8,678 First fiscal year in the series	€ 7,815 Retained profit 2023: € 7,815 ▼ 10% vs 2022 (€ 8,678) Unfavourable step	€ 8,743 Retained profit 2024: € 8,743 ▲ 12% vs 2023 (€ 7,815) Favourable step	€ -4,754 Retained profit 2025: € -4,754 ▼ € 13,497 vs 2024 (€ 8,743) Unfavourable step	▼ € 13,497
Dividend	€ 12,000 Dividend 2022: € 12,000 First fiscal year in the series	€ 9,300 Dividend 2023: € 9,300 ▼ 22% vs 2022 (€ 12,000) Unchanged	€ 26,000 Dividend 2024: € 26,000 ▲ 180% vs 2023 (€ 9,300) Unchanged	€ 0 Dividend 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 26,000) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Bank debt	€ 8,357 Bank debt 2022: € 8,357 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,699 Bank debt 2023: € 8,699 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 8,357) Unfavourable step	€ 41,377 Bank debt 2024: € 41,377 ▲ € 32,678 vs 2023 (€ 8,699) Unfavourable step	€ 23,292 Bank debt 2025: € 23,292 ▼ 44% vs 2024 (€ 41,377) Favourable step	▼ 44%
Balance sheet total	€ 56,245 Balance sheet total 2022: € 56,245 First fiscal year in the series	€ 60,207 Balance sheet total 2023: € 60,207 ▲ 7% vs 2022 (€ 56,245) Unchanged	€ 111,781 Balance sheet total 2024: € 111,781 ▲ 86% vs 2023 (€ 60,207) Unchanged	€ 58,851 Balance sheet total 2025: € 58,851 ▼ 47% vs 2024 (€ 111,781) Unchanged	▼ 47%

Key figures of Words in a box, 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 Words in a box?

What happened at Words in a box in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Aug 25, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 13,497 (▼ € 40,425 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
Jun 25, 2004 New establishment in La Hulpe. KBO
Jun 25, 2004 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 12,260 profit in 2022 to € 13,497 loss in 2025.

Paid € 30,450 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 26,927 profit.

Paid out € 47,300 in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

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What was left

€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank

€ 178 k ▼ 98%

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Management

Stéphanie MAES

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Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Stéphanie MAES

Director

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Rue des Piles 52 box A

1410 Waterloo

2.139.239.879

Chemin des Garmilles 66

1310 La Hulpe

Active since 25 June 2004

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0865.973.240

VAT number

BE 0865.973.240

Registered office

Rue des Piles 52 bus A, 1410 Waterloo

Names & denominations

Words in a box

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

25 June 2004

Peppol

Active · Active since 31 Mar 2026

Contact

[email protected] 0477926789

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