AUTOMATION: what changed
Two financial 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.
What changed
AUTOMATION
NACE 81.100, Combined facilities support activities
financial year 2025 compared with 2024filed annual accounts (NBB)
Net result for the year
€29,895
2024 · €694,393-€664,498
Equity
€2.0m
2024 · €2.0m+€29,895
Cash
€285,212
2024 · €381,700-€96,488
Balance sheet total
€12.9m
2024 · €10.8m+€2.2m
Largest movements
Assets
- Receivables within one year +€1.9m
up €1.9m (+43.7%), from €4.4m to €6.3m
of which Trade receivables: +€1.6m
- Deferred charges and accrued income +€325,638
up €325,638 (+262%), from €124,084 to €449,722
- Stocks and contracts +€146,868
up €146,868 (+4.1%), from €3.6m to €3.8m
of which Contracts in progress: +€342,449
Equity and liabilities
- Trade debts +€2.5m
up €2.5m (+84.0%), from €2.9m to €5.4m
- Short-term financial debts -€596,287
down €596,287 (-48.8%), from €1.2m to €626,385
- Advances received +€394,137
up €394,137 (+18.8%), from €2.1m to €2.5m
- Debts after one year -€261,979
down €261,979 (-25.1%), from €1.0m to €780,918
- Accrued charges and deferred income +€184,844
up €184,844 (+136%), from €136,357 to €321,201
Income statement
- Services and other goods +€1.3m
up €1.3m (+27.7%), from €4.8m to €6.1m
- Goods and materials -€935,514
down €935,514 (-5.7%), from €16.4m to €15.5m
of which Purchases: -€716,760
- Turnover +€805,849
up €805,849 (+3.0%), from €26.5m to €27.3m
- Staff costs +€378,862
up €378,862 (+8.4%), from €4.5m to €4.9m
From the 2024 result to the 2025 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.
Result 2024
€694,393
Turnover
+€805,849
Other operating income
+€92,439
Goods and materials
+€935,514
Services and other goods
-€1.3m
Staff costs
-€378,862
Depreciation
-€63,616
Write-downs
+€7,896
Other operating charges
-€2,872
Other operating items
-€933,145
Financial income
+€7,426
Financial charges
+€18,817
Taxes
+€181,432
Result 2025
€29,895
raises the resultlowers the resultnot broken down further in the accounts
Derived cash bridge
Derived from the 2024 and 2025 balance sheets and the 2025 result: not a filed cash-flow statement. It shows where the money came from and went.
From operations
+€1.0m
Investment
-€384,331
Financing
-€756,774
Cash 2024
€381,700
From operations (derived)
+€1.0m
Net result for the year
+€29,895
Depreciation
+€496,848
Stocks and contracts
-€146,868
Receivables within one year
-€1.9m
Deferred charges and accrued income
-€325,638
Trade debts
+€2.5m
Tax, wage and social debts
-€69,229
Advances received
+€394,137
Other debts
-€70,000
Accrued charges and deferred income
+€184,844
Investment (derived)
-€384,331
Investment in fixed assets (net)
-€384,331
Financing
-€756,774
Debts after one year
-€261,979
Current portion of long-term debt
+€101,492
Short-term financial debts
-€596,287
Cash 2025
€285,212
brings cash intakes cash out
Every line side by side
| Line | Code | 2024 | 2025 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €10,771,511 | €12,938,463 | +€2.2m | +20.1% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €2,299,918 | €2,187,401 | -€112,517 | -4.9% |
| Intangible fixed assets | 21 | €48,008 | €30,072 | -€17,936 | -37.4% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €2,067,010 | €1,974,469 | -€92,541 | -4.5% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €53,791 | €80,757 | +€26,965 | +50.1% |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | €48,427 | €51,562 | +€3,135 | +6.5% |
| Leasing and similar rights | 25 | €260,154 | €205,260 | -€54,894 | -21.1% |
| Other tangible fixed assets | 26 | €1,704,638 | €1,636,891 | -€67,747 | -4.0% |
| Assets under construction and advance payments | 27 | €0 | - | = | |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €184,900 | €182,860 | -€2,040 | -1.1% |
| Other financial fixed assets | 284/8 | €184,900 | €182,860 | -€2,040 | -1.1% |
| Amounts receivable and cash guarantees | 285/8 | €184,900 | €182,860 | -€2,040 | -1.1% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €8,471,593 | €10,751,062 | +€2.3m | +26.9% |
| Amounts receivable after more than one year | 29 | €0 | - | = | |
| Other amounts receivable | 291 | €0 | - | = | |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €3,613,575 | €3,760,443 | +€146,868 | +4.1% |
| Stocks | 30/36 | €2,908,119 | €2,712,539 | -€195,580 | -6.7% |
| Raw materials and consumables | 30/31 | €1,814,291 | €1,729,075 | -€85,216 | -4.7% |
| Work in progress | 32 | €635,066 | €297,902 | -€337,165 | -53.1% |
| Finished goods | 33 | €0 | €36,439 | +€36,439 | |
| Goods purchased for resale | 34 | €447,166 | €636,852 | +€189,686 | +42.4% |
| Property held for sale | 35 | €11,596 | €12,272 | +€675 | +5.8% |
| Contracts in progress | 37 | €705,456 | €1,047,904 | +€342,449 | +48.5% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €4,352,234 | €6,255,684 | +€1.9m | +43.7% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €4,235,305 | €5,825,617 | +€1.6m | +37.5% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €116,930 | €430,068 | +€313,138 | +268% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €381,700 | €285,212 | -€96,488 | -25.3% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €124,084 | €449,722 | +€325,638 | +262% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €10,771,511 | €12,938,463 | +€2.2m | +20.1% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €1,999,222 | €2,029,117 | +€29,895 | +1.5% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €84,656 | €84,656 | = | 0.0% |
| Capital | 10 | €84,656 | €84,656 | = | 0.0% |
| Issued capital | 100 | €84,656 | €84,656 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €658,397 | €658,397 | = | 0.0% |
| Non-distributable reserves | 130/1 | €8,522 | €8,522 | = | 0.0% |
| Legal reserve | 130 | €8,466 | €8,466 | = | 0.0% |
| Other | 1319 | €56 | €56 | = | 0.0% |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | €649,875 | €649,875 | = | 0.0% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €1,256,169 | €1,286,064 | +€29,895 | +2.4% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €8,772,289 | €10,909,346 | +€2.1m | +24.4% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year | 17 | €1,042,897 | €780,918 | -€261,979 | -25.1% |
| Financial debts | 170/4 | €1,042,897 | €780,918 | -€261,979 | -25.1% |
| Leasing and similar obligations | 172 | €177,460 | €113,834 | -€63,626 | -35.9% |
| Credit institutions | 173 | €865,437 | €667,084 | -€198,353 | -22.9% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €7,593,036 | €9,807,228 | +€2.2m | +29.2% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year | 42 | €345,071 | €446,563 | +€101,492 | +29.4% |
| Financial debts | 43 | €1,222,673 | €626,385 | -€596,287 | -48.8% |
| Credit institutions | 430/8 | €1,222,673 | €626,385 | -€596,287 | -48.8% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €2,920,681 | €5,374,760 | +€2.5m | +84.0% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €2,920,681 | €5,374,760 | +€2.5m | +84.0% |
| Advances received on contracts in progress | 46 | €2,099,634 | €2,493,771 | +€394,137 | +18.8% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €934,976 | €865,748 | -€69,229 | -7.4% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €226,124 | €183,050 | -€43,074 | -19.0% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €708,852 | €682,697 | -€26,155 | -3.7% |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €70,000 | €0 | -€70,000 | -100% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €136,357 | €321,201 | +€184,844 | +136% |
| Operating income | 70/76A | €27,432,154 | €27,397,077 | -€35,077 | -0.1% |
| Turnover | 70 | €26,543,358 | €27,349,207 | +€805,849 | +3.0% |
| Change in stocks of work in progress, finished goods and contracts in progress | 71 | €569,643 | -€140,581 | -€710,224 | |
| Own construction capitalised | 72 | €227,841 | €10,071 | -€217,770 | -95.6% |
| Other operating income | 74 | €85,940 | €178,379 | +€92,439 | +108% |
| Non-recurring operating income | 76A | €5,372 | €0 | -€5,372 | -100% |
| Operating charges | 60/66A | €26,310,272 | €27,147,368 | +€837,096 | +3.2% |
| Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables | 60 | €16,402,645 | €15,467,131 | -€935,514 | -5.7% |
| Purchases | 600/8 | €16,364,379 | €15,647,619 | -€716,760 | -4.4% |
| Change in stocks: decrease (increase) | 609 | €38,266 | -€180,488 | -€218,754 | |
| Services and other goods | 61 | €4,812,364 | €6,147,740 | +€1.3m | +27.7% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €4,505,149 | €4,884,011 | +€378,862 | +8.4% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €433,232 | €496,848 | +€63,616 | +14.7% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | €99,531 | €91,635 | -€7,896 | -7.9% |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €57,130 | €60,002 | +€2,872 | +5.0% |
| Non-recurring operating charges | 66A | €221 | €0 | -€221 | -100% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €1,121,882 | €249,709 | -€872,173 | -77.7% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €8,904 | €16,330 | +€7,426 | +83.4% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €8,904 | €16,330 | +€7,426 | +83.4% |
| Income from current assets | 751 | €7,491 | €795 | -€6,696 | -89.4% |
| Other financial income | 752/9 | €1,413 | €15,535 | +€14,122 | +999% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €182,512 | €163,695 | -€18,817 | -10.3% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €182,512 | €163,695 | -€18,817 | -10.3% |
| Debt charges | 650 | €106,800 | €89,264 | -€17,536 | -16.4% |
| Other financial charges | 652/9 | €75,712 | €74,431 | -€1,281 | -1.7% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €948,274 | €102,344 | -€845,930 | -89.2% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €253,881 | €72,449 | -€181,432 | -71.5% |
| Taxes | 670/3 | €253,881 | €72,449 | -€181,432 | -71.5% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €694,393 | €29,895 | -€664,498 | -95.7% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €694,393 | €29,895 | -€664,498 | -95.7% |
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB), financial years ended 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2025. Colour: green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. Prepared on 14 October 2026 via checked.be.