Warning lights
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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 8.8 to 7.8.
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Busy address KBO
26 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2024
EFQM from Machelen (Brab.), company number BE0871740087, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 415,359 after tax. For that financial year EFQM recorded revenue of € 5.7 million and equity of € 1.4 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 219,195 to € 415,359. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 April 16, 2025.
€ 1.4 million
▲ 42% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 415,359
▲ 89% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1.1 million
▼ 28% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
People and assets in 2024
7.8
▼ 0.1 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.8 million
▲ 10% vs 2023
€ 356,400 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 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 287,655
▼ 15% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 46 days on average.
€ 589,089
▲ 4% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 3,091,377 | € 3,939,194 | € 5,471,495 | € 5,723,885 | ▲ 5% |
| Profit after taxes | € -144,126 | € 7,818 | € 219,195 | € 415,359 | ▲ 89% |
| Equity | € 752,099 | € 759,917 | € 979,112 | € 1,394,471 | ▲ 42% |
| Total debts | € 1,148,592 | € 1,387,812 | € 1,693,292 | € 1,766,528 | ▲ 4% |
| Cash | € 971,625 | € 943,396 | € 1,506,656 | € 1,089,905 | ▼ 28% |
| Retained profit | € 357,382 | € 365,200 | € 584,395 | € 999,754 | ▲ 71% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,900,691 | € 2,147,729 | € 2,672,404 | € 3,160,999 | ▲ 18% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | ▼ 0.1 |
Key figures of EFQM, 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 EFQM?
What happened at EFQM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Hans Kostwein stepped down as director. NBB
- Paul Little stepped down as director. NBB
- Robert Engelhom stepped down as director. NBB
- Christophe Pietsch stepped down as director. NBB
- Markus Zejermann stepped down as director. NBB
- Shweta Saxena stepped down as director. NBB
- Oliver Augsten stepped down as director. NBB
- Sophie Bechu stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 144,126 loss in 2021 to € 415,359 profit in 2024.
Paid € 67,475 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 415,359 profit.
Pays suppliers within 46 days on average.
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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
It owns 100% of EFQM Arabia Ltd and 20% of EFQM UK Ltd itself.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Maria Nieves Segobia Bonet
Director
since 2022 · until 2024
Hans Kostwein
Director
since 2024 · until 2026
Bjuvestig Charu
Director
since 2022 · until 2024
Sophie Bechu
Director
since 2023 · until 2025
Oliver Augsten
Director
since 2023 · until 2025
Markus Zejermann
Director
since 2024 · until 2026
Christophe Pietsch
Director
since 2024 · until 2026
Paul Little
Chairman of the board
since 2024 · until 2026
Robert Engelhom
Director
since 2024 · until 2026
Shweta Saxena
Director
since 2024 · until 2026
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Leonardo da Vincilaan 19A
1831 Machelen (Brab.)
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Details
- Company number
- 0871.740.087
- VAT number
- BE 0871.740.087
- Registered office
- Leonardo da Vincilaan 19A, 1831 Machelen (Brab.)
- Names & denominations
- EFQM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private foundation
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 February 2005
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
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