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 13.3 to 10.7.
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Busy address KBO
11 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ACTIVE MOTIF from Waterloo, company number BE0872640506, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 120,511 after tax. For that financial year ACTIVE MOTIF recorded a gross margin of € 1.3 million and equity of € 316,014. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 26,495 to € 120,511. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 8, 2026.
€ 316,014
▲ 62% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 120,511
▲ € 94,016 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 491,900
▲ 3% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € -98,195.
People and assets in 2025
10.7
▼ 1.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1 million
▼ 21% vs 2024
€ 96,000 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.
€ 17,123
▼ 52% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 43,300
▼ 76% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 234,064
▼ 4% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 871,076 | € 1,688,796 | € 1,378,589 | € 1,252,048 | ▼ 9% |
| Profit after taxes | € -287,956 | € 308,351 | € 26,495 | € 120,511 | ▲ € 94,016 |
| Equity | € -139,341 | € 169,009 | € 195,504 | € 316,014 | ▲ 62% |
| Total debts | € 1,343,655 | € 956,063 | € 924,912 | € 812,811 | ▼ 12% |
| Cash | € 374,039 | € 292,137 | € 478,829 | € 491,900 | ▲ 3% |
| Retained profit | € -553,551 | € -245,200 | € -218,706 | € -98,195 | ▲ € 120,511 |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,204,314 | € 1,125,072 | € 1,120,416 | € 1,128,825 | ▲ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 12.7 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 10.7 | ▼ 1.7 |
Key figures of ACTIVE MOTIF, 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 ACTIVE MOTIF?
What happened at ACTIVE MOTIF in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Joseph Manuel Fernandez stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 120,511 (▲ € 94,016 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Theodore Joseph Defrank stepped down as director. NBB
- Joseph Manuel Fernandez became a director. NBB
- Theodore Joseph Defrank became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Waterloo. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 287,956 loss in 2022 to € 120,511 profit in 2025.
Paid € 90,291 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 308,351 profit.
On average € 117,000 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
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Theodore Joseph Defrank
Managing director
since 2020 · until 2026
Joseph Manuel Fernandez
Director
since 2022 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Drève Richelle 167 box 4
1410 Waterloo
Drève Richelle 4
1410 Waterloo
Active since 1 April 2005
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Website
Technologies
Certifications & Partners
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
DNS
Cloudflare DNS
Domain
Domain
activemotif.com
Registered
1999-05-26
Registrar
Network Solutions, LLC
Expires
2030-06-27
Website info
Features
Security
Network
Details
- Company number
- 0872.640.506
- VAT number
- BE 0872.640.506
- Registered office
- Drève Richelle 167 bus 4, 1410 Waterloo
- Names & denominations
- ACTIVE MOTIF
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 21 March 2005
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Contact
- activemotif.com
- Activities · NACE
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