Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs
ActiveBureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs has been active since 1981 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €3.26M and a net result of €364k. Equity is growing by ~3.6% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 50% of 2256 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is < 0.1% (very low).
Checked score
Score 2025
100
/ 100
Excellent▲ +40 vs 2024
The score combines four axes. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability85▲+71
Solvency76▼-8
Growth52▲+17
Stability100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
< 0.1%
Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €19k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 1.61 against 1.72 in 2024), but 59.4% of the assets are financed with debt.
Credit advice for your own amount and term
Signals
Eight signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation dateAge against the risk zone
lowers risk · Lower-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail less often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 82
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 82
lower
← fewer bankruptcies
more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
40.6%
Return on assets
4.5%
Age of the figures
8 mo
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 04-06-2026, 57 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
57 d early
2024
57 d early
2023
50 d early
2022
56 d early
2021
69 d early
2020
43 d early
2019
56 d early
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today.
Companies Code · seven monthsPosition in the running window
13-09-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 deadline
Financials · fiscal year 2025, abbreviated schema
Turnover
€190k▲ 79.6%
2024 · €106k
2018: €1.05M
2019: €1.08M
2020: €598k
2021: €1.24M
2022: €473k
2023: €1.10M
2024: €106k
2018 → 2025
EBIT margin
171.6%▲ 258.5pp
2024 · -86.8%
2018: 13.5%
2019: 5.4%
2020: 11.4%
2021: 36.8%
2022: -65.7%
2023: 24.6%
2024: -86.8%
2018 → 2025
Net result
€364k
2024 · €-25k
2018: €157k
2019: €16k
2020: €63k
2021: €450k
2022: €-327k
2023: €280k
2024: €-25k
2018 → 2025
Working capital
€2.90M▲ 14.4%
2024 · €2.53M
2018: €2.18M
2019: €2.15M
2020: €2.12M
2021: €2.47M
2022: €2.15M
2023: €2.44M
2024: €2.53M
2018 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise
▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Turnover€1.24M-€473k▼ 61.8%€1.10M▲ 132%€106k▼ 90.4%€190k▲ 79.6%
Equity€2.97M-€2.64M▼ 11.0%€2.92M▲ 10.6%€2.90M▼ 0.9%€3.26M▲ 12.6%
Operating result€456k-€-311k€270k€-92k€325k
Net result€450k-€-327k€280k€-25k€364k
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
The operating result returns to profit in 2025: €325k after a loss of €92k in 2024.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €8.03M
Fixed assets
€399k▼ 0.4%
Current assets
€7.63M▲ 26.5%
Equity and liabilities €8.03M
Equity
€3.26M▲ 12.6%
Debt
€4.77M▲ 34.8%
The debt ratio rises from 55.0% to 59.4%: debt grows faster than equity.
Key figures and ratios
EBITDA
€425k▲
2024 · €9k
Cash flow
€463k▲
2024 · €75k
Solvency
40.6%▼
2024 · 45.0%
Current ratio
1.61▼
2024 · 1.72
Quick ratio
1.61▼
2024 · 1.72
Debt / equity
1.46▲
2024 · 1.22
ROE
11.2%▲
2024 · -0.9%
ROA
4.5%▲
2024 · -0.4%
Interest coverage
16991.44▲
2024 · 1.75
Debt
€4.77M▲
2024 · €3.54M
Debt ≤ 1 year
€4.73M▲
2024 · €3.50M
Staff costs
€4.72M▼
2024 · €5.18M
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt / equity.
Filed annual accounts
As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024
Balance sheet
Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€6.43M€8.03M▲
Fixed assets21/28€401k€399k▼
Intangible fixed assets21€34k€49k▲
Tangible fixed assets22/27€209k€191k▼
Furniture and vehicles24€76k€89k▲
Other tangible fixed assets26€132k€103k▼
Financial fixed assets28€158k€159k▲
Other financial fixed assets284/8€158k€159k▲
Amounts receivable and cash guarantees285/8€158k€159k▲
Current assets29/58€6.03M€7.63M▲
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€1.15M€1.02M▼
Trade receivables40€942k€853k▼
Other amounts receivable41€213k€170k▼
Current investments50/53€1.01M€4.90M▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€3.73M€1.56M▼
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€134k€147k▲
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€6.43M€8.03M▲
Equity10/15€2.90M€3.26M▲
Contributions10/11€476k€476k=
Capital10€476k€476k=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€2.42M€2.78M▲
Amounts payable17/49€3.54M€4.77M▲
Amounts payable within one year42/48€3.50M€4.73M▲
Trade debts44€196k€291k▲
Suppliers440/4€196k€291k▲
Advances received on contracts in progress46€2.68M€3.78M▲
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€623k€660k▲
Taxes450/3€8k€7k▼
Remuneration and social security454/9€615k€653k▲
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€37k€37k=
Income statement
Code20242025
Operating income70/76A€6.82M€6.78M▼
Turnover70€106k€190k▲
Other operating income74€202k€204k▲
Non-recurring operating income76A€207€0▼
Operating charges60/66A€6.92M€6.46M▼
Services and other goods61€1.59M€1.58M▼
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€5.18M€4.72M▼
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€101k€99k▼
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4€-516€6k▲
Other operating charges640/8€43k€49k▲
Non-recurring operating charges66A€160€6k▲
Operating profit (loss)9901€-92k€325k▲
Financial income75/76B€71k€42k▼
Recurring financial income75€71k€42k▼
Income from current assets751€70k€41k▼
Other financial income752/9€978€1k▲
Financial charges65/66B€5k€4k▼
Recurring financial charges65€5k€4k▼
Debt charges650-€25
Other financial charges652/9€5k€4k▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€-25k€364k▲
Profit (loss) for the period9904€-25k€364k▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€-25k€364k▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€2.42M€2.78M▲
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€2.44M€2.42M▼
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)908751.948.6▼
The notes to these accounts (49 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.
Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones
Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by
2026
04-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · abbreviated schema
23-03
State Gazette act
Resignations & appointmentsGeneral meeting · Director resignation · Director appointment13 facts ▸
State Gazette act
Resignations & appointments
General meeting · Director resignation · Director appointment13 facts ▸
- General meeting, 01/01/2026
- Director resignation, FORBRUGERRÅDET (Administrateur)
- Director resignation, Karin Breck (Représentant permanent)
- Director resignation, VZBV - Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände e.V. (Administrateur)
- Director resignation, Isabelle Buscke (Représentant permanent)
- Director resignation, Isabelle Buscke (Trésorier)
- Director appointment, FORBRUGERRÅDET (Administrateur)
- Permanent representative, Esben Grønborg Geist
- Director appointment, Esben Grønborg Geist (Trésorier)
- Director appointment, VZBV - Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände e.V. (Administrateur)
- Permanent representative, Thomas Bobinger
- Director resignation, Karin Breck (Administrateur)
- +1 further facts in this act
2025
31-12
Financial
Back to profitnet €364k
Net result €364k after one loss-making year.
04-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
11-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema
2023
31-12
Financial
Back to profitnet €280k
Net result €280k after one loss-making year.
05-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · full schema
2022
31-12
Financial
Weakest financial yearnet €-327k ▼173%
Net result drops to €-327k, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
23-05
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · full schema
2021
31-12
Financial
Highest result since 2018net €450k ▲620%
Operating result €456k, net result €450k, both a record.
18-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · full schema
2020
05-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · full schema
2019
13-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · full schema
2018
06-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · full schema
2017
12-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · full schema
Financial milestoneState Gazette actNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
Directors · office · real estate
Directors
18 directors, no change since 2026
Esben Grønborg Geist
CurrentTreasurer · since 01-01-2026
VZBV - Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände e.V.
CurrentDirector · since 01-01-2026 · Legal entity · perm. rep.: Thomas Bobinger
01-01-2026
Esben Grønborg Geist: Appointed as Treasurer
01-01-2026
VZBV - Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände e.V.: Resigned as Director
01-01-2026
VZBV - Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände e.V.: Appointed as Director
01-01-2026
BRECK Karin: Resigned as Director
01-01-2026
BUSCKE Isabelle: Resigned as Treasurer
01-01-2026
BUSCKE Isabelle: Resigned as Director
01-01-2026
BRECK Karin: Resigned as Représentant permanent
01-01-2026
BUSCKE Isabelle: Resigned as Représentant permanent
16-07-2025
ALTROCONSUMO: Resigned as Director
16-07-2025
ASSOCIATION DES CONSOMMATEURS TEST ACHATS: Resigned as Director
16-07-2025
ASSOCIAÇAO PORTUGUESA PARA A DEFESA DO CONSUMIDOR DECO: Resigned as Director
16-07-2025
CONSUMENTENBOND: Resigned as Director
16-07-2025
CZECH ASSOCIATION OF CONSUMERS DTEST: Resigned as Director
16-07-2025
FORBRUGERRADET Tænk: Resigned as Director
16-07-2025
ORGANIZACION DE CONSUMIDORES Y USUARIOS - OCU: Resigned as Director
16-07-2025
SVERIGES KONSUMENTER: Resigned as Director
16-07-2025
UFC - QUE CHOISIR: Resigned as Director
16-07-2025
VERBRAUCHERZENTRALE BUNDESVERBAND - VZBV: Resigned as Director
16-07-2025
WHICH?: Resigned as Director
16-07-2025
ZVEZA POTROŠNIKOV SLOVENIJE - ZPS: Resigned as Director
15-06-2024
Monique GOYENS: Resigned as Manager
24-05-2022
KLAUS Muller: Resigned as Director
Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Brussel · 1 establishment unit since 1981
Cannot be placed on the map
This address could not be matched to a point in the Belgian address register (BOSA BEST). The address below comes straight from the Crossroads Bank.
Aarlenstraat 801040 BrusselGround area
1,079 m²
Building footprint
1,071 m²
Volume, LiDAR
23,064 m³
Parcel 21805E0280/00K000, Brussels · tallest building 27.5 m, ±8 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
B.E.U.C. - Bureau Européen des Unions de consommateurs
since 19812.179.549.913
1 parcel
Brussels
1
(100%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21805E0280/00K000 | Brussels | 1,079 m² | 1 · 1,071 m² | 27.5 m · 8 fl. |
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
Structure & network
Connections & network
1 connected companyNetwork connections
Shared director
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Ownership & control
1 partyBureau Européen des Unions de ConsommateursBE 0422.071.051
controls
Where this company holds controlthis company sits on their board1
1 location
Public money · subsidies and aid
European Union, budget
2021 to 2025 · 22 entries · 14,521,081 EUR in total| Year | Entries | awarded |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 2,474,999 EUR |
| 2024 | 3 | 2,470,000 EUR |
| 2023 | 8 | 3,109,720 EUR |
| 2022 | 3 | 2,470,000 EUR |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,996,363 EUR |
Projects
BEUC WORK PROGRAMME 2026
101196270 - BEUC SGA 2025 - BEUC WORK PROGRAMME 2025
101102224 - BEUC SGA 2023 - WORK PROGRAMME 2023 OF THE EUROPEAN CONSUMER ORGANISATION (BEUC)
101053346 - BEUC SGA 2022 - WORK PROGRAMME 2022 OF THE EUROPEAN CONSUMER ORGANISATION (BEUC)
101144140 - BEUC SGA 2024 - WORK PROGRAMME 2024 OF THE EUROPEAN CONSUMER ORGANISATION (BEUC)
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2018 86 03 / CHAFEA 2018/CP/04 - CAPACITY BUILDING
101144140 - BEUC SGA 2024 - WORK PROGRAMME 2024 OF THE EUROPEAN CONSUMER ORGANISATION (BEUC)
101102224 - BEUC SGA 2023 - WORK PROGRAMME 2023 OF THE EUROPEAN CONSUMER ORGANISATION (BEUC)
101119923 - LIFE22-CET-CLEAR-HP - CONSUMERS LEADING THE EUS ENERGY AMBITION RESPONSE THROUGH UPTAKE OF HEAT PUMPS
101146882 - LIFE23-PRE-BE-ECODESIGNED4LIFE - ECODESIGNED 4 LOW IMPACT AND FOR EFFICIENCY (ECODESIGNED4LIFE)
101033682 - CLEAR-X - CONSUMERS LEADING THE EUS ENERGY AMBITION RESPONSE, EXPANSION
ORGANISATION OF TRAINING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES ON CONSUMER RIGHTS
EU ECOLABEL – STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION -
LOT 2 - STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION: CONSUMERS
STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION - LOT 2: STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION: CONSUMER ORGANISATIONS (EU ECOLABEL)
EU ECOLABEL AND GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (GPP) STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION - LOT 2: STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION: CONSUMER ORGANISATIONS (EU ECOLABEL)
“EU ECOLABEL AND GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (GPP) – STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION” - LOT 2: STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION: CONSUMER ORGANISATIONS (EU ECOLABEL)
“EU ECOLABEL AND GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (GPP) – STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION” - LOT 2: STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION: CONSUMER ORGANISATIONS (EU ECOLABEL)
101196270 - BEUC SGA 2025 - BEUC WORK PROGRAMME 2025
101144140 - BEUC SGA 2024 - WORK PROGRAMME 2024 OF THE EUROPEAN CONSUMER ORGANISATION (BEUC)
101033682 - CLEAR-X - CONSUMERS LEADING THE EUS ENERGY AMBITION RESPONSE, EXPANSION
CONSULTANCY - SUPPORT OF CONSUMERS PROTECTION ORGANISATIONS PARTICIPATION ON ECO DESIGN AND ENERGY LABELLING
ORGANISATION OF TRAINING FOR SMES ON CONSUMER RIGHTS
European research
5 projects · 2 as coordinator · 1,167,484 EUR EU contributionProgrammes
h2020
Projects
Solutions to Tackle Energy Poverty
Consumers Leading the EU’s Energy Ambition Response, Expansion
PRemature Obsolescence Multi-Stakeholder Product Testing Program
enabling Consumers to Learn about, Engage with, Adopt and regulate Renewable energy technologies 2.0
BOOST ENERGY LABEL TAKE UP
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Company data · Crossroads Bank
Identification
Legal formInt'l non-profit association
Founded05-11-1981
Fiscal year end31-12
Abbreviation FR
BEUC
Activities, NACEBEL
82990Other business support services
91330
94992Activities of membership organisations
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 20 filingsAddress and cadastre registers
Data from official sources, last processed on 13-09-2026. Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.
Contact details
3 entriesE-mail:directorsoffice@beuc.eu
Phone:02 743 15 90
Fax:02 740 28 02