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Financials
Financial year 2026
Books and Balance from Knokke-Heist, company number BE0899715778, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 188,879 after tax. For that financial year Books and Balance recorded a gross margin of € 1.3 million and equity of € 288,981. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 113,538 to € 188,879. 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 August 12, 2026.
€ 288,981
▲ 2% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 188,879
▲ 66% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 108,422
▼ 36% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 184,400 paid out
98 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2026
11.6
▼ 0.1 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 957,397
▲ 5% vs 2025
€ 82,500 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.
€ 6,176
▼ 80% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 389,864
▼ 16% vs 2025
€ 95,029 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 144,227
▼ 41% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 103,275
▼ 8% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,058,377 | € 1,216,057 | € 1,226,765 | € 1,318,138 | ▲ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 26,884 | € 95,647 | € 113,538 | € 188,879 | ▲ 66% |
| Equity | € 265,617 | € 280,964 | € 284,502 | € 288,981 | ▲ 2% |
| Total debts | € 1,118,551 | € 1,091,687 | € 980,159 | € 868,565 | ▼ 11% |
| Cash | € 88,585 | € 162,228 | € 170,183 | € 108,422 | ▼ 36% |
| Retained profit | € 245,617 | € 260,964 | € 264,502 | € 268,981 | ▲ 2% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 80,300 | € 110,000 | € 184,400 | ▲ 68% |
| Bank debt | € 580,303 | € 533,692 | € 462,216 | € 389,864 | ▼ 16% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,384,168 | € 1,372,651 | € 1,264,661 | € 1,157,546 | ▼ 8% |
| Employees (FTE) | 12 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11.6 | ▼ 0.1 |
Key figures of Books and Balance, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
What happened to Books and Balance?
What happened at Books and Balance in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 188,879 (▲ 66% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- iCounting became a director. NBB
- Maqumi became a director. NBB
- Go!Bo became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 26,884 profit in 2023 to € 188,879 profit in 2026.
Paid € 67,832 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2026, with € 188,879 profit.
On average € 113,600 of value added per employee in 2026.
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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
Behind Books and Balance are iCounting, Maqumi and Go!Bo. It owns 25% of B4 itself.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kalvekeetdijk 179 box 5
8300 Knokke-Heist
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Details
- Company number
- 0899.715.778
- VAT number
- BE 0899.715.778
- Registered office
- Kalvekeetdijk 179 bus 5, 8300 Knokke-Heist
- Names & denominations
- Books and Balance
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 August 2008
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