DB POTATOES: 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.
DB POTATOES
Largest movements
- Stocks and contracts +€159,935
up €159,935 (+28.9%), from €553,216 to €713,152
- Cash -€51,308
down €51,308 (-90.2%), from €56,874 to €5,566
mainly Other debts (-€290,000) and Investment in fixed assets (net) (-€168,000)
- Receivables within one year -€45,932
down €45,932 (-68.4%), from €67,122 to €21,190
of which Other amounts receivable: -€47,666
- Other debts -€290,000
down €290,000 (-74.9%), from €387,033 to €97,033
- Trade debts +€267,008
up €267,008 (+128.7%), from €207,408 to €474,416
- Investment grants +€69,170
new in 2025: €69,170
- Debts after one year -€60,777
down €60,777 (-3.0%), from €2.0m to €2.0m
- Gross operating margin -€46,854
down €46,854 (-12.1%), from €387,380 to €340,526
- Depreciation +€46,008
up €46,008 (+30.9%), from €148,925 to €194,933
- Financial income +€16,337
up €16,337 (+163373400.0%), from €0 to €16,337
- Other operating charges +€9,277
up €9,277 (+89.3%), from €10,394 to €19,671
- Financial charges +€4,733
up €4,733 (+10.0%), from €47,363 to €52,097
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.
Cash bridge derived
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.
Every line side by side
| Line | Code | 2024 | 2025 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €3,027,826 | €3,062,217 | +€34,391 | +1.1% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €2,340,167 | €2,313,234 | -€26,933 | -1.2% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €2,339,967 | €2,313,034 | -€26,933 | -1.2% |
| Land and buildings | 22 | €1,800,637 | €1,686,180 | -€114,457 | -6.4% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €539,330 | €626,854 | +€87,524 | +16.2% |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €200 | €200 | = | 0.0% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €687,659 | €748,983 | +€61,324 | +8.9% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €553,216 | €713,152 | +€159,935 | +28.9% |
| Stocks | 30/36 | €553,216 | €713,152 | +€159,935 | +28.9% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €67,122 | €21,190 | -€45,932 | -68.4% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | - | €1,734 | +€1,734 | |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €67,122 | €19,456 | -€47,666 | -71.0% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €56,874 | €5,566 | -€51,308 | -90.2% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €10,446 | €9,076 | -€1,371 | -13.1% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €3,027,826 | €3,062,217 | +€34,391 | +1.1% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €186,557 | €265,452 | +€78,895 | +42.3% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €10,000 | €10,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | - | €9,500 | +€9,500 | |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | - | €9,500 | +€9,500 | |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €176,557 | €176,781 | +€225 | +0.1% |
| Investment grants | 15 | - | €69,170 | +€69,170 | |
| Provisions and deferred taxes | 16 | - | €23,057 | +€23,057 | |
| Deferred taxes | 168 | - | €23,057 | +€23,057 | |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €2,841,270 | €2,773,709 | -€67,561 | -2.4% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year | 17 | €2,038,754 | €1,977,977 | -€60,777 | -3.0% |
| Financial debts | 170/4 | €2,038,754 | €1,977,977 | -€60,777 | -3.0% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €800,573 | €795,690 | -€4,883 | -0.6% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year | 42 | €194,377 | €211,077 | +€16,700 | +8.6% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €207,408 | €474,416 | +€267,008 | +128.7% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €207,408 | €474,416 | +€267,008 | +128.7% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €11,755 | €13,164 | +€1,409 | +12.0% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €11,755 | €13,164 | +€1,409 | +12.0% |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €387,033 | €97,033 | -€290,000 | -74.9% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €1,943 | €42 | -€1,901 | -97.8% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €89,666 | €84,933 | -€4,733 | -5.3% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €148,925 | €194,933 | +€46,008 | +30.9% |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €10,394 | €19,671 | +€9,277 | +89.3% |
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €387,380 | €340,526 | -€46,854 | -12.1% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €138,394 | €40,989 | -€97,406 | -70.4% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €0 | €16,337 | +€16,337 | +163373400.0% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €0 | €16,337 | +€16,337 | +163373400.0% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €47,363 | €52,097 | +€4,733 | +10.0% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €47,363 | €52,097 | +€4,733 | +10.0% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €91,031 | €5,229 | -€85,802 | -94.3% |
| Transfer from deferred taxes | 780 | - | €5,446 | +€5,446 | |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | - | €950 | +€950 | |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €91,031 | €9,725 | -€81,306 | -89.3% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €91,031 | €9,725 | -€81,306 | -89.3% |
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB), fiscal years ended 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2025. Colour: green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. Prepared on 4 October 2026 via checked.be.