ELSTER: 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.
ELSTER
Largest movements
- Receivables within one year +€1.4m
up €1.4m (+10.1%), from €13.6m to €14.9m
of which Other amounts receivable: +€1.8m
- Trade debts +€945,717
up €945,717 (+52.3%), from €1.8m to €2.8m
- Profit (loss) carried forward +€471,184
up €471,184 (+6.0%), from €7.8m to €8.3m
- Financial charges -€1.0m
down €1.0m (-98.4%), from €1.1m to €17,375
of which Non-recurring financial charges: -€1.0m
- Financial income -€293,806
down €293,806 (-50.7%), from €579,821 to €286,015
- Other operating income -€259,474
down €259,474 (-62.8%), from €413,443 to €153,969
- Services and other goods -€127,892
down €127,892 (-18.2%), from €701,707 to €573,815
- Goods and materials -€94,605
down €94,605 (-2.0%), from €4.8m to €4.7m
of which Change in stocks: decrease (increase): -€234,928
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 | €14,503,497 | €15,765,048 | +€1.3m | +8.7% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €165,993 | €134,401 | -€31,592 | -19.0% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €122,443 | €90,851 | -€31,592 | -25.8% |
| Land and buildings | 22 | €122,443 | €90,851 | -€31,592 | -25.8% |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €43,550 | €43,550 | = | 0.0% |
| Other financial fixed assets | 284/8 | €43,550 | €43,550 | = | 0.0% |
| Amounts receivable and cash guarantees | 285/8 | €43,550 | €43,550 | = | 0.0% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €14,337,504 | €15,630,648 | +€1.3m | +9.0% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €469,644 | €489,612 | +€19,969 | +4.3% |
| Stocks | 30/36 | €156,638 | €481,134 | +€324,496 | +207.2% |
| Work in progress | 32 | €419 | €663 | +€244 | +58.2% |
| Goods purchased for resale | 34 | €156,219 | €480,471 | +€324,252 | +207.6% |
| Contracts in progress | 37 | €313,005 | €8,478 | -€304,527 | -97.3% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €13,570,133 | €14,935,918 | +€1.4m | +10.1% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €1,468,868 | €1,070,797 | -€398,072 | -27.1% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €12,101,265 | €13,865,122 | +€1.8m | +14.6% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €182,889 | €192,412 | +€9,523 | +5.2% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €114,839 | €12,705 | -€102,134 | -88.9% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €14,503,497 | €15,765,048 | +€1.3m | +8.7% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €11,952,668 | €12,423,852 | +€471,184 | +3.9% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €2,087,918 | €2,087,918 | = | 0.0% |
| Capital | 10 | €2,087,918 | €2,087,918 | = | 0.0% |
| Issued capital | 100 | €2,087,918 | €2,087,918 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €2,075,368 | €2,075,368 | = | 0.0% |
| Non-distributable reserves | 130/1 | €210,341 | €210,341 | = | 0.0% |
| Legal reserve | 130 | €208,792 | €208,792 | = | 0.0% |
| Other | 1319 | €1,549 | €1,549 | = | 0.0% |
| Tax-exempt reserves | 132 | €1,106,576 | €1,106,576 | = | 0.0% |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | €758,450 | €758,450 | = | 0.0% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €7,789,382 | €8,260,566 | +€471,184 | +6.0% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €2,550,829 | €3,341,196 | +€790,367 | +31.0% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €2,239,270 | €3,050,073 | +€810,804 | +36.2% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €1,808,863 | €2,754,580 | +€945,717 | +52.3% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €1,808,863 | €2,754,580 | +€945,717 | +52.3% |
| Advances received on contracts in progress | 46 | €147,408 | €111,257 | -€36,151 | -24.5% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €282,998 | €184,236 | -€98,762 | -34.9% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €83,349 | €36,438 | -€46,911 | -56.3% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €199,649 | €147,798 | -€51,851 | -26.0% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €311,560 | €291,123 | -€20,437 | -6.6% |
| Operating income | 70/76A | €6,945,342 | €6,659,937 | -€285,405 | -4.1% |
| Turnover | 70 | €6,763,445 | €6,810,251 | +€46,807 | +0.7% |
| Change in stocks of work in progress, finished goods and contracts in progress | 71 | -€231,546 | -€304,283 | -€72,737 | -31.4% |
| Other operating income | 74 | €413,443 | €153,969 | -€259,474 | -62.8% |
| Operating charges | 60/66A | €6,741,900 | €6,455,054 | -€286,845 | -4.3% |
| Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables | 60 | €4,778,172 | €4,683,568 | -€94,605 | -2.0% |
| Purchases | 600/8 | €4,886,286 | €5,026,609 | +€140,323 | +2.9% |
| Change in stocks: decrease (increase) | 609 | -€108,113 | -€343,041 | -€234,928 | -217.3% |
| Services and other goods | 61 | €701,707 | €573,815 | -€127,892 | -18.2% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €1,172,047 | €1,145,238 | -€26,809 | -2.3% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €31,592 | €31,592 | = | 0.0% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | €14,637 | €18,789 | +€4,153 | +28.4% |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €43,745 | €2,052 | -€41,693 | -95.3% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €203,443 | €204,883 | +€1,440 | +0.7% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €579,821 | €286,015 | -€293,806 | -50.7% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €579,821 | €286,015 | -€293,806 | -50.7% |
| Income from current assets | 751 | €538,036 | €275,527 | -€262,510 | -48.8% |
| Other financial income | 752/9 | €41,784 | €10,488 | -€31,296 | -74.9% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €1,059,586 | €17,375 | -€1.0m | -98.4% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €9,965 | €17,375 | +€7,410 | +74.4% |
| Debt charges | 650 | - | €86 | +€86 | |
| Other financial charges | 652/9 | €9,965 | €17,290 | +€7,324 | +73.5% |
| Non-recurring financial charges | 66B | €1,049,621 | - | -€1.0m | |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | -€276,322 | €473,522 | +€749,844 | |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €2,706 | €2,338 | -€368 | -13.6% |
| Taxes | 670/3 | €2,706 | €2,338 | -€368 | -13.6% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | -€279,029 | €471,184 | +€750,212 | |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | -€279,029 | €471,184 | +€750,212 |
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 3 October 2026 via checked.be.