DEVEUX CONTAINER: 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.
DEVEUX CONTAINER
Largest movements
- Cash +€351,510
up €351,510 (+9.2%), from €3.8m to €4.2m
mainly Net result for the year (+€1.5m) and Depreciation (+€372,649)
- Tangible fixed assets -€221,146
down €221,146 (-20.8%), from €1.1m to €842,791
of which Furniture and vehicles: -€224,813
- Receivables within one year -€77,406
down €77,406 (-5.0%), from €1.5m to €1.5m
of which Trade receivables: -€100,126
- Trade debts -€656,005
down €656,005 (-50.3%), from €1.3m to €649,405
- Profit (loss) carried forward +€449,470
up €449,470 (+36.9%), from €1.2m to €1.7m
- Reserves +€271,425
up €271,425 (+7.6%), from €3.6m to €3.9m
of which Distributable reserves: +€675,769
- Other debts -€102,519
down €102,519 (-93.4%), from €109,786 to €7,267
- Gross operating margin -€310,111
down €310,111 (-9.9%), from €3.1m to €2.8m
- Taxes -€85,011
down €85,011 (-29.5%), from €288,482 to €203,472
- Staff costs -€64,625
down €64,625 (-4.4%), from €1.5m to €1.4m
- Financial income +€60,916
up €60,916 (+1092.4%), from €5,576 to €66,493
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 | €6,454,307 | €6,483,211 | +€28,905 | +0.4% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €1,065,422 | €844,276 | -€221,146 | -20.8% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €1,063,937 | €842,791 | -€221,146 | -20.8% |
| Land and buildings | 22 | €1,322 | €1,227 | -€94 | -7.1% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €372,887 | €376,649 | +€3,761 | +1.0% |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | €689,728 | €464,915 | -€224,813 | -32.6% |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €1,485 | €1,485 | = | 0.0% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €5,388,885 | €5,638,935 | +€250,051 | +4.6% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €0 | - | = | |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €1,535,083 | €1,457,677 | -€77,406 | -5.0% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €1,439,566 | €1,339,440 | -€100,126 | -7.0% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €95,517 | €118,237 | +€22,720 | +23.8% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €3,816,472 | €4,167,982 | +€351,510 | +9.2% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €37,330 | €13,276 | -€24,053 | -64.4% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €6,454,307 | €6,483,211 | +€28,905 | +0.4% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €4,862,137 | €5,626,366 | +€764,229 | +15.7% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €62,000 | €62,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Capital | 10 | €62,000 | €62,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Issued capital | 100 | €62,000 | €62,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Contributions outside capital | 11 | €0 | - | = | |
| Reserves | 13 | €3,583,165 | €3,854,590 | +€271,425 | +7.6% |
| Non-distributable reserves | 130/1 | €6,200 | €6,200 | = | 0.0% |
| Legal reserve | 130 | €6,200 | €6,200 | = | 0.0% |
| Tax-exempt reserves | 132 | €1,146,965 | €742,621 | -€404,344 | -35.3% |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | €2,430,000 | €3,105,769 | +€675,769 | +27.8% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €1,216,972 | €1,666,442 | +€449,470 | +36.9% |
| Investment grants | 15 | - | €43,334 | +€43,334 | |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €1,592,169 | €856,845 | -€735,325 | -46.2% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year | 17 | €0 | - | = | |
| Financial debts | 170/4 | €0 | - | = | |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €1,568,663 | €833,338 | -€735,325 | -46.9% |
| Financial debts | 43 | €0 | - | = | |
| Trade debts | 44 | €1,305,409 | €649,405 | -€656,005 | -50.3% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €1,305,409 | €649,405 | -€656,005 | -50.3% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €153,468 | €176,666 | +€23,199 | +15.1% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €54,582 | €58,160 | +€3,578 | +6.6% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €98,886 | €118,506 | +€19,621 | +19.8% |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €109,786 | €7,267 | -€102,519 | -93.4% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €23,507 | €23,507 | = | 0.0% |
| Non-recurring operating income | 76A | - | €90 | +€90 | |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €1,480,634 | €1,416,009 | -€64,625 | -4.4% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €389,790 | €372,649 | -€17,141 | -4.4% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | €7,577 | - | -€7,577 | |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €139,980 | €150,494 | +€10,515 | +7.5% |
| Non-recurring operating charges | 66A | - | €2,249 | +€2,249 | |
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €3,129,376 | €2,819,266 | -€310,111 | -9.9% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €1,111,396 | €877,865 | -€233,530 | -21.0% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €5,576 | €66,493 | +€60,916 | +1092.4% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €5,576 | €66,493 | +€60,916 | +1092.4% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €3,947 | €4,505 | +€558 | +14.1% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €3,947 | €4,505 | +€558 | +14.1% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €1,113,025 | €939,853 | -€173,172 | -15.6% |
| Transfer from deferred taxes | 780 | - | €722,824 | +€722,824 | |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €288,482 | €203,472 | -€85,011 | -29.5% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €824,543 | €1,459,205 | +€634,662 | +77.0% |
| Transfer to tax-exempt reserves | 689 | €407,808 | €328,000 | -€79,808 | -19.6% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €416,735 | €1,131,205 | +€714,470 | +171.4% |
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB), financial years ended 31 December 2023 and 31 December 2024. Colour: green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. Prepared on 10 October 2026 via checked.be.