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IP Trade

Active
Public limited companyfounded 2000active for 25 yearsRue des Guillemins 129, 4000 Liège, Belgium34 active companies are registered at this addressKBO/BCE: BE 0473.113.837
Summary

IP Trade has been active since 2000 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2026 annual accounts show equity of €19.2m and a net result of €7.0m. The figures fluctuate too strongly year-on-year for a reliable trend projection. Its solvency ranks better than 92% of 35 sector peers (NACE 62, financial year 2026). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

Directors

Directors
3 directors, no change since 2026

Board 3

Geert Eylenbosch
Director · since 27-06-2023
Current
Rodrigo Benito Alonso
Director · since 27-06-2023
Current
Christopher (nom d'usage: Chris) Edwards
Director · since 29-05-2026
Current
4 not recently confirmed
Still in office according to the deeds, but no deed of the last six years confirms the mandate. Mandates like this have often ended since, in a deed we have not read yet.
Guibaval SPRL
Director · since 29-08-2009 · Legal entity · permanent representative: Didier Mattivi
Not recently confirmed
MEUSINVEST
Director · since 29-08-2009 · Legal entity · permanent representative: Freddy Meurs
Not recently confirmed
STAS Bernard
Director · since 29-08-2009
Not recently confirmed
EUREFI (FONDS TRANSFRONTALIER DE DEVELOPPEMENT)
Director · since 26-09-2011 · Legal entity · permanent representative: Jean-Claude MAURY
Not recently confirmed

Day-to-day management 1

Guibaval SPRL
Managing director · Legal entity · permanent representative: Didier Mattivi
Not recently confirmed

Permanent representatives 3

Didier Mattivi
Permanent representative · since 29-08-2009 · for Guibaval SPRL
Not recently confirmed
Freddy Meurs
Permanent representative · since 29-08-2009 · for MEUSINVEST
Not recently confirmed
Jean-Claude MAURY
Permanent representative · since 26-09-2011 · for EUREFI (FONDS TRANSFRONTALIER DE DEVELOPPEMENT)
Not recently confirmed

Statutory auditor 1

KPMG Réviseurs d'Entreprises BV/SRL
Statutory auditor · since 19-09-2019 · permanent representative: Paul Dreezen
Current
Derived from published Gazette deeds. The KBO keeps the official list of office holders; we do not read it, so the two can differ. See the directors and other office holders in the KBO →

Mandate history

26 people since 2009, 8 in office
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  • Board
  • Day-to-day management
  • Statutory auditor
  • not recently confirmed
  • began earlier
Mandates per person, with start and end dates
Name Functions and periods
Geert Eylenbosch
  • Director, from 27-06-2023 to date
Rodrigo Benito Alonso
  • Director, from 27-06-2023 to date
Christopher (nom d'usage: Chris) Edwards
  • Director, from 29-05-2026 to date
KPMG Réviseurs d'Entreprises BV/SRL
  • Statutory auditor, from 19-09-2019 to date
Guibaval SPRL
  • Director, from before 29-08-2009 not ended, last confirmed 27-07-2010
  • Managing director, from before 21-02-2014 to 28-04-2017
MEUSINVEST
  • Director, from before 29-08-2009 not ended, last confirmed 27-07-2010
STAS Bernard
  • Director, from before 29-08-2009 not ended, last confirmed 27-07-2010
EUREFI (FONDS TRANSFRONTALIER DE DEVELOPPEMENT)
  • Director, from 26-09-2011 not ended, last confirmed 13-10-2011
Laura Galvin
  • Director, from 27-06-2023 to 29-05-2026
Colin Bannon
  • Director, from 29-04-2019 to 27-06-2023
Steven Lockwood
  • Director, from before 27-09-2022 to 27-06-2023
Thomas Vanderick
  • Director, from before 27-09-2022 to 27-06-2023
Jean-François GEYS
  • Director, until 26-09-2011
  • Director, from 21-12-2012 to 28-04-2017
  • Daily management delegate, from 28-04-2017 to 01-02-2020
Ernst & Young Réviseurs d'Entreprises SCCRL
  • Auditor, from 13-05-2013 to 19-09-2019
David Payne
  • Director, until 29-04-2019
CHENICLEM PRIVATE EQUITY
  • Director, from 21-12-2012 to 28-04-2017
EUREFI
  • Director, until 28-04-2017
H & H INVEST
  • Director, from 26-09-2011 to 28-04-2017
KAOLA
  • Director, from 26-09-2011 to 28-04-2017
SIT Group Participations
  • Director, from 21-12-2012 to 28-04-2017
SOCIETE WALLONNE DE GESTION ET DE PARTICIPATIONS
  • Director, until 28-04-2017
Syrach
  • Director and chair of the board, until 28-04-2017
Bernard JOLLY
  • Director, from 26-09-2011 to 21-12-2012
Jérôme Grandidier
  • Director, until 21-12-2012
Benoît DEWONCK
  • Director, until 26-09-2011
NOSHAQ
  • Director, until 26-09-2011
See the board, name and registered office on a given date →

Owners and capital

Owners

3 owners

Chain of control

  1. BT GROUP PLCGB ultimately, LEI
  2. BT (Nederlands) Holding NVNL consolidates
  3. BT (Netherlands) Holdings B.V.NL consolidated
  4. IP Trade

Highest known parent: BT GROUP PLC (United Kingdom). The sources do not say who stands above it.

Owners 3

According to the annual accounts to 31-03-2026 of IP Trade and those of the other companies, the acts in the Belgian Official Gazette and the LEI register. Annual accounts state the shareholders that notified the company under article 7:225 of the Code of Companies and Associations and the parent companies that consolidate it. The register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) is not public: who ultimately stands behind a natural person or a foreign parent is not stated here. A company that does not include these statements in its annual accounts, or does not have to, is not listed.

Capital and shareholders

Shareholders according to the deeds
After the capital increase act of 09-01-2013 ↗
After 3 capital increases act of 13-10-2011 ↗

The Belgian Official Gazette names shareholders only when an act mentions them; the share register itself is not published.

Capital over the years
  1. 01-04-2019 Capital increase of €1,429,122.67 · to €4,382,278.47 · in kind
  2. 29-12-2017 Capital stated in the deed · €2,953,155.80 · 12,294,208 shares
  3. 28-06-2016 Capital increase of €1,200,000 · to €2,953,155.80 · 12,000,000 new shares
  4. 13-04-2015 Capital reduction of €4,550,000 · to €1,753,155.80 · to absorb losses
  5. 19-08-2014 Capital increase of €698,135.38 · to €6,303,155.80 · 120,994 new shares
  6. 22-04-2013 Capital increase of €1,399,991.97 · to €5,605,020.42 · 71,319 new shares
  7. 09-01-2013 Capital increase of €209,409.03 · to €4,205,028.45 · 3,937 new shares · in kind
  8. 06-01-2012 Capital increase of €216.30 · to €3,995,619.42
Show 4 older capital entries
  1. 13-10-2011 Capital reduction of €5,951,788 · to €60,978.86 · to absorb losses
  2. 13-10-2011 Capital increase of €1,874,428.75 · to €1,935,407.61 · 20,885 new shares · in kind
  3. 13-10-2011 Capital increase of €459,987.12 · to €2,395,394.73 · 8,648 new shares · in kind
  4. 13-10-2011 Capital increase of €1,600,008.39 · to €3,995,403.12 · 30,081 new shares · in cash