F.C.B.: 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.
F.C.B.
Largest movements
- Current assets +€1.1m
up €1.1m (+20.2%), from €5.6m to €6.8m
of which Receivables within one year: +€2.2m
- Tangible fixed assets -€219,728
down €219,728 (-5.8%), from €3.8m to €3.5m
- Debts after one year +€711,543
up €711,543 (+19.2%), from €3.7m to €4.4m
- Debts within one year +€236,443
up €236,443 (+3.3%), from €7.3m to €7.5m
of which Other debts: +€4.6m
- Financial charges +€272,278
new in 2021: €272,278
- Depreciation -€89,557
down €89,557 (-31.3%), from €285,673 to €196,116
- Gross operating margin +€80,087
up €80,087 (+15.7%), from €510,081 to €590,168
- Other operating charges +€43,686
new in 2021: €43,686
From the 2020 result to the 2021 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
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
| Line | Code | 2020 | 2021 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €11,900,812 | €12,820,694 | +€919,882 | +7.7% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €6,256,675 | €6,036,947 | -€219,728 | -3.5% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €3,756,673 | €3,536,945 | -€219,728 | -5.8% |
| Land and buildings | 22 | - | €3,452,879 | +€3.5m | |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | - | €27,285 | +€27,285 | |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | - | €56,780 | +€56,780 | |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €2,500,002 | €2,500,002 | = | 0.0% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €5,644,137 | €6,783,747 | +€1.1m | +20.2% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €1,565,186 | €709,815 | -€855,370 | -54.6% |
| Stocks | 30/36 | - | €709,815 | +€709,815 | |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €3,531,331 | €5,708,968 | +€2.2m | +61.7% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | - | €110,642 | +€110,642 | |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | - | €5,598,326 | +€5.6m | |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €171,961 | €2,923 | -€169,038 | -98.3% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | - | €362,040 | +€362,040 | |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €11,900,812 | €12,820,694 | +€919,882 | +7.7% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €938,001 | €909,897 | -€28,104 | -3.0% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €300,000 | €300,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Capital | 10 | - | €300,000 | +€300,000 | |
| Issued capital | 100 | - | €300,000 | +€300,000 | |
| Reserves | 13 | €852,427 | €852,427 | = | 0.0% |
| Non-distributable reserves | 130/1 | - | €30,000 | +€30,000 | |
| Legal reserve | 130 | - | €30,000 | +€30,000 | |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | - | €822,427 | +€822,427 | |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | -€214,426 | -€242,530 | -€28,104 | -13.1% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €10,962,810 | €11,910,796 | +€947,986 | +8.6% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year | 17 | €3,707,356 | €4,418,900 | +€711,543 | +19.2% |
| Financial debts | 170/4 | - | €4,418,900 | +€4.4m | |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €7,255,454 | €7,491,897 | +€236,443 | +3.3% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year | 42 | - | €911,438 | +€911,438 | |
| Financial debts | 43 | - | €1,617,002 | +€1.6m | |
| Credit institutions | 430/8 | - | €1,617,002 | +€1.6m | |
| Trade debts | 44 | €233,276 | €268,039 | +€34,763 | +14.9% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | - | €268,039 | +€268,039 | |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | - | €136,275 | +€136,275 | |
| Taxes | 450/3 | - | €136,275 | +€136,275 | |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | - | €4,559,143 | +€4.6m | |
| Non-recurring operating income | 76A | - | €100,373 | +€100,373 | |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €285,673 | €196,116 | -€89,557 | -31.3% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | - | €3,257 | +€3,257 | |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | - | €43,686 | +€43,686 | |
| Non-recurring operating charges | 66A | - | €74,676 | +€74,676 | |
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €510,081 | €590,168 | +€80,087 | +15.7% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €139,518 | €272,433 | +€132,914 | +95.3% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | - | €1,695 | +€1,695 | |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €64 | €1,695 | +€1,631 | +2561.9% |
| Non-recurring financial income | 76B | - | €1,695 | +€1,695 | |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | - | €272,278 | +€272,278 | |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €240,042 | €272,278 | +€32,235 | +13.4% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | -€94,507 | €1,850 | +€96,357 | |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €32,777 | €29,954 | -€2,824 | -8.6% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | -€127,285 | -€28,104 | +€99,180 | +77.9% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | -€127,285 | -€28,104 | +€99,180 | +77.9% |
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB), fiscal years ended 31 December 2020 and 31 December 2021. Colour: green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. Prepared on 5 October 2026 via checked.be.