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Ethercentrum: 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

Ethercentrum

BE 0877.091.618
NACE 71.121, Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors
financial year 2017 compared with 2016filed annual accounts (NBB)
Net result for the year
€13,870
2016 · €16,724-€2,854
Equity
-€28,154
2016 · -€42,024+€13,870
Cash
€45,971
2016 · €27,453+€18,518
Balance sheet total
€128,689
2016 · €126,343+€2,347

Largest movements

2016 to 2017
Assets
  • Financial fixed assets +€4,000

    up €4,000 (+4,000%), from €100 to €4,100

  • Tangible fixed assets -€2,267

    no longer reported in 2017 (was €2,267)

Equity and liabilities
  • Equity +€13,870

    up €13,870 (+33.0%), from -€42,024 to -€28,154

  • Debts -€11,523

    down €11,523 (-6.8%), from €168,366 to €156,843

Income statement
  • Gross operating margin -€142,763

    down €142,763 (-38.3%), from €373,126 to €230,363

From the 2016 result to the 2017 result

effect on the 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 2016 €16,724
Gross operating margin -€142,763
Depreciation +€1,818
Other operating items +€137,689
Financial income -€23
Financial charges +€426
Result 2017 €13,870
raises the resultlowers the resultnot broken down further in the accounts

Derived cash bridge

cash 2016 to 2017

Cash or the result is not a separate line in both sets of accounts; the cash flow cannot be derived from them.

Every line side by side 22 lines
Line Code 2016 2017 Change %
Total assets 20/58 €126,343 €128,689 +€2,347 +1.9%
Fixed assets 21/28 €2,367 €4,100 +€1,733 +73.2%
Tangible fixed assets 22/27 €2,267 - -€2,267
Financial fixed assets 28 €100 €4,100 +€4,000 +4,000%
Current assets 29/58 €123,976 €124,589 +€614 +0.5%
Amounts receivable within one year 40/41 €93,012 €70,241 -€22,771 -24.5%
Cash at bank and in hand 54/58 €27,453 €45,971 +€18,518 +67.5%
Total equity and liabilities 10/49 €126,343 €128,689 +€2,347 +1.9%
Equity 10/15 -€42,024 -€28,154 +€13,870 +33.0%
Profit (loss) carried forward 14 -€45,391 -€31,521 +€13,870 +30.6%
Amounts payable 17/49 €168,366 €156,843 -€11,523 -6.8%
Amounts payable after more than one year 17 €50,000 €50,000 = 0.0%
Amounts payable within one year 42/48 €95,419 €97,833 +€2,414 +2.5%
Trade debts 44 €15,369 €59,715 +€44,346 +289%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets 630 €4,085 €2,267 -€1,818 -44.5%
Gross operating margin 9900 €373,126 €230,363 -€142,763 -38.3%
Operating profit (loss) 9901 €18,698 €15,441 -€3,257 -17.4%
Recurring financial income 75 €29 €6 -€23 -79.9%
Recurring financial charges 65 €2,003 €1,577 -€426 -21.3%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes 9903 €16,724 €13,870 -€2,854 -17.1%
Profit (loss) for the period 9904 €16,724 €13,870 -€2,854 -17.1%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated 9905 €16,724 €13,870 -€2,854 -17.1%

Source: filed annual accounts (NBB), financial years ended 31 December 2016 and 31 December 2017. Colour: green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. Prepared on 13 October 2026 via checked.be.