Hostro Belgium: 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.
Hostro Belgium
Largest movements
- Cash +€5,768
up €5,768 (+2.4%), from €244,723 to €250,491
mainly Net result for the year (+€33,910) and Tax, wage and social debts (+€5,838)
- Tangible fixed assets -€4,342
down €4,342 (-12.0%), from €36,283 to €31,941
- Other debts -€41,210
down €41,210 (-97.5%), from €42,254 to €1,044
- Reserves +€33,910
up €33,910 (+15.7%), from €216,473 to €250,382
- Tax, wage and social debts +€5,838
new in 2025: €5,838
- Trade debts +€3,103
up €3,103 (+28.8%), from €10,759 to €13,862
- Gross operating margin -€6,914
down €6,914 (-9.8%), from €70,625 to €63,712
- Taxes +€1,933
up €1,933 (+13.9%), from €13,905 to €15,838
- Depreciation -€1,404
down €1,404 (-24.4%), from €5,747 to €4,342
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.
Derived cash bridge
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 | €285,163 | €287,527 | +€2,364 | +0.8% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €36,283 | €31,941 | -€4,342 | -12.0% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €36,283 | €31,941 | -€4,342 | -12.0% |
| Land and buildings | 22 | €36,283 | €31,941 | -€4,342 | -12.0% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €248,879 | €255,586 | +€6,707 | +2.7% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €1,095 | €0 | -€1,095 | -100% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €1,095 | €0 | -€1,095 | -100% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €244,723 | €250,491 | +€5,768 | +2.4% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €3,060 | €5,094 | +€2,034 | +66.5% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €285,163 | €287,527 | +€2,364 | +0.8% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €231,198 | €265,013 | +€33,815 | +14.6% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €8,716 | €8,716 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €216,473 | €250,382 | +€33,910 | +15.7% |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | €216,473 | €250,382 | +€33,910 | +15.7% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €5,915 | €5,915 | = | 0.0% |
| Investment grants | 15 | €94 | €0 | -€94 | -100% |
| Provisions and deferred taxes | 16 | €31 | €0 | -€31 | -100% |
| Deferred taxes | 168 | €31 | €0 | -€31 | -100% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €53,933 | €22,514 | -€31,419 | -58.3% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year | 17 | €920 | €920 | = | 0.0% |
| Other amounts payable | 178/9 | €920 | €920 | = | 0.0% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €53,013 | €20,744 | -€32,269 | -60.9% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €10,759 | €13,862 | +€3,103 | +28.8% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €10,759 | €13,862 | +€3,103 | +28.8% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | - | €5,838 | +€5,838 | |
| Taxes | 450/3 | - | €5,838 | +€5,838 | |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €42,254 | €1,044 | -€41,210 | -97.5% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | - | €850 | +€850 | |
| Non-recurring operating income | 76A | - | €1,000 | +€1,000 | |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €5,747 | €4,342 | -€1,404 | -24.4% |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €9,852 | €9,494 | -€358 | -3.6% |
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €70,625 | €63,712 | -€6,914 | -9.8% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €55,026 | €49,875 | -€5,152 | -9.4% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €652 | €94 | -€557 | -85.5% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €652 | €94 | -€557 | -85.5% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €277 | €253 | -€24 | -8.6% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €277 | €253 | -€24 | -8.6% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €55,401 | €49,716 | -€5,685 | -10.3% |
| Transfer from deferred taxes | 780 | €217 | €31 | -€186 | -85.5% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €13,905 | €15,838 | +€1,933 | +13.9% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €41,714 | €33,910 | -€7,804 | -18.7% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €41,714 | €33,910 | -€7,804 | -18.7% |
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB), financial years ended 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2025. Colour: green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. Prepared on 14 October 2026 via checked.be.