ANDRE CHENE: what changed
Two fiscal years side by side, explained: what moved most in the balance sheet and the result, why the result rose or fell, and where the money went.
ANDRE CHENE
Largest movements
- Receivables within one year -€1.5m
down €1.5m (-40.5%), from €3.7m to €2.2m
of which Trade receivables: -€1.3m
- Stocks and contracts +€59,283
up €59,283 (+7.2%), from €825,717 to €885,000
- Trade debts -€731,706
down €731,706 (-27.9%), from €2.6m to €1.9m
- Profit (loss) carried forward -€718,718
down €718,718, from €130,646 to -€588,072
- Provisions -€277,467
down €277,467 (-100.0%), from €277,467 to €0
- Other debts +€140,050
up €140,050 (+90.9%), from €153,992 to €294,042
- Debts after one year +€115,123
up €115,123 (+74.9%), from €153,781 to €268,904
- Gross operating margin -€1.1m
down €1.1m (-61.2%), from €1.9m to €717,256
- Provisions -€275,147
down €275,147 (-11857.2%), from -€2,321 to -€277,467
- Staff costs -€79,300
down €79,300 (-5.0%), from €1.6m to €1.5m
- Other operating charges -€30,011
down €30,011 (-41.0%), from €73,264 to €43,253
From the 2023 result to the 2024 result
Each bar is the change in one income-statement line, as its effect on the result: higher costs pull it down, higher income lifts it.
Cash bridge derived
Derived from the 2023 and 2024 balance sheets and the 2024 result: not a filed cash-flow statement. It shows where the money came from and went.
Every line side by side
| Line | Code | 2023 | 2024 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €5,370,666 | €3,919,754 | -€1.5m | -27.0% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €609,996 | €610,284 | +€288 | 0.0% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €391,440 | €391,728 | +€288 | +0.1% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €203,573 | €172,854 | -€30,719 | -15.1% |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | €135,981 | €176,590 | +€40,609 | +29.9% |
| Other tangible fixed assets | 26 | €51,886 | €42,284 | -€9,602 | -18.5% |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €218,556 | €218,556 | = | 0.0% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €4,760,670 | €3,309,470 | -€1.5m | -30.5% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €825,717 | €885,000 | +€59,283 | +7.2% |
| Stocks | 30/36 | €825,717 | €885,000 | +€59,283 | +7.2% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €3,669,647 | €2,182,115 | -€1.5m | -40.5% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €3,385,186 | €2,132,769 | -€1.3m | -37.0% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €284,461 | €49,346 | -€235,116 | -82.7% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €264,390 | €240,750 | -€23,640 | -8.9% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €916 | €1,605 | +€689 | +75.2% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €5,370,666 | €3,919,754 | -€1.5m | -27.0% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €1,316,620 | €597,902 | -€718,718 | -54.6% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €668,968 | €668,968 | = | 0.0% |
| Capital | 10 | €668,968 | €668,968 | = | 0.0% |
| Issued capital | 100 | €668,968 | €668,968 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €517,005 | €517,005 | = | 0.0% |
| Non-distributable reserves | 130/1 | €66,897 | €66,897 | = | 0.0% |
| Legal reserve | 130 | €66,897 | €66,897 | = | 0.0% |
| Tax-exempt reserves | 132 | €20,647 | €20,647 | = | 0.0% |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | €429,461 | €429,461 | = | 0.0% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €130,646 | -€588,072 | -€718,718 | |
| Provisions and deferred taxes | 16 | €277,467 | €0 | -€277,467 | -100.0% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges | 160/5 | €277,467 | €0 | -€277,467 | -100.0% |
| Other liabilities and charges | 164/5 | €277,467 | €0 | -€277,467 | -100.0% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €3,776,579 | €3,321,852 | -€454,727 | -12.0% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year | 17 | €153,781 | €268,904 | +€115,123 | +74.9% |
| Financial debts | 170/4 | €153,781 | €268,904 | +€115,123 | +74.9% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €3,586,797 | €3,028,087 | -€558,711 | -15.6% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year | 42 | €116,077 | €127,230 | +€11,153 | +9.6% |
| Financial debts | 43 | €600,000 | €600,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Other loans | 439 | €600,000 | €600,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €2,618,642 | €1,886,935 | -€731,706 | -27.9% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €2,618,642 | €1,886,935 | -€731,706 | -27.9% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €98,086 | €119,880 | +€21,793 | +22.2% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €2,243 | €3,511 | +€1,268 | +56.5% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €95,844 | €116,369 | +€20,525 | +21.4% |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €153,992 | €294,042 | +€140,050 | +90.9% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €36,000 | €24,861 | -€11,140 | -30.9% |
| Non-recurring operating income | 76A | €23,125 | €11,472 | -€11,653 | -50.4% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €1,596,314 | €1,517,014 | -€79,300 | -5.0% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €107,697 | €91,015 | -€16,683 | -15.5% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | €25,000 | €25,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals) | 635/8 | -€2,321 | -€277,467 | -€275,147 | -11857.2% |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €73,264 | €43,253 | -€30,011 | -41.0% |
| Non-recurring operating charges | 66A | €5,644 | €0 | -€5,644 | -100.0% |
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €1,850,971 | €717,256 | -€1.1m | -61.2% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €45,372 | -€681,558 | -€726,930 | |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €10,133 | €9,365 | -€768 | -7.6% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €10,133 | €9,365 | -€768 | -7.6% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €40,582 | €43,188 | +€2,606 | +6.4% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €40,582 | €43,188 | +€2,606 | +6.4% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €14,924 | -€715,382 | -€730,305 | |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €3,016 | €3,337 | +€321 | +10.6% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €11,908 | -€718,718 | -€730,626 | |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €11,908 | -€718,718 | -€730,626 |
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB), fiscal years ended 31 December 2023 and 31 December 2024. Colour: green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. Prepared on 8 October 2026 via checked.be.