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 4.6 to 2.3.
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Busy address KBO
14 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Bienstman-Decloedt Advocaten from Gent, company number BE0895667118, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 1.2 million after tax. For that financial year Bienstman-Decloedt Advocaten recorded a gross margin of € 1.5 million and equity of € 9,704. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 921,388 to € 1.2 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 26, 2025.
€ 9,704
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1.2 million
▲ 27% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 158,393
▼ 52% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1.2 million paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to BDLA & Partners Holding (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2024
2.3
▼ 0.9 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 203,484
▼ 10% vs 2023
€ 88,500 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.
€ 869
▼ 13% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 647,871
▼ 14% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 277,583
▲ 16% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,794,936 | € 1,294,254 | € 1,337,826 | € 1,533,619 | ▲ 15% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,143,173 | € 760,238 | € 921,388 | € 1,171,971 | ▲ 27% |
| Equity | € 9,704 | € 9,704 | € 9,704 | € 9,704 | |
| Total debts | € 2,412,973 | € 2,046,979 | € 1,913,426 | € 2,204,695 | ▲ 15% |
| Cash | € 731,271 | € 539,041 | € 328,506 | € 158,393 | ▼ 52% |
| Land & buildings | € 103,241 | € 70,654 | € 38,068 | € 15,271 | ▼ 60% |
| Retained profit | € 3,504 | € 3,504 | € 3,504 | € 3,504 | |
| Dividend | € 1,143,173 | € 760,238 | € 921,388 | € 1,171,971 | ▲ 27% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,422,678 | € 2,056,683 | € 1,923,130 | € 2,214,400 | ▲ 15% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 2.3 | ▼ 0.9 |
Key figures of Bienstman-Decloedt Advocaten, 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 Bienstman-Decloedt Advocaten?
What happened at Bienstman-Decloedt Advocaten in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 1.2 million (▲ 27% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- BDLA & Partners Holding became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 1.1 million profit in 2021 to € 1.2 million profit in 2024.
Paid € 761,492 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 1.2 million profit.
On average € 666,800 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
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Management
The stake of BDLA & Partners Holding comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Bienstman-Decloedt AdvocatenBehind Bienstman-Decloedt Advocaten is BDLA & Partners Holding. The shares are held by BDLA & Partners Holding (100%).
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Director · represented by Lippens ASTRID
since 2019
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Nieuwebosstraat 5
9000 Gent
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Details
- Company number
- 0895.667.118
- VAT number
- BE 0895.667.118
- Registered office
- Nieuwebosstraat 5, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- Bienstman-Decloedt Advocaten
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 12 February 2008
- Peppol
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