HP Belgium: 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.
HP Belgium
Largest movements
- Cash +€27.5m
up €27.5m (+47.9%), from €57.3m to €84.8m
mainly Trade debts (+€22.7m) and Accrued charges and deferred income (+€4.6m)
- Stocks and contracts +€6.0m
up €6.0m (+69.4%), from €8.7m to €14.7m
- Receivables within one year +€2.4m
up €2.4m (+6.3%), from €39.1m to €41.5m
of which Trade receivables: +€1.9m
- Intangible fixed assets -€1.5m
down €1.5m (-57.1%), from €2.6m to €1.1m
- Trade debts +€22.7m
up €22.7m (+77.3%), from €29.4m to €52.2m
- Accrued charges and deferred income +€4.6m
up €4.6m (+12.8%), from €36.3m to €41.0m
- Profit (loss) carried forward +€4.6m
up €4.6m (+31.7%), from €14.7m to €19.3m
- Tax, wage and social debts +€2.1m
up €2.1m (+18.3%), from €11.2m to €13.3m
of which Taxes: +€1.8m
- Turnover +€25.3m
up €25.3m (+7.2%), from €351.0m to €376.3m
- Goods and materials +€19.4m
up €19.4m (+6.0%), from €320.1m to €339.5m
of which Purchases: +€38.4m
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 | €112,848,791 | €147,279,267 | +€34.4m | +30.5% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €5,519,588 | €4,530,029 | -€989,559 | -17.9% |
| Intangible fixed assets | 21 | €2,631,269 | €1,127,687 | -€1.5m | -57.1% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €2,888,319 | €3,402,342 | +€514,023 | +17.8% |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | €16,593 | €10,842 | -€5,751 | -34.7% |
| Leasing and similar rights | 25 | €2,862,469 | €3,300,392 | +€437,923 | +15.3% |
| Assets under construction and advance payments | 27 | €9,257 | €91,108 | +€81,851 | +884.3% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €107,329,203 | €142,749,238 | +€35.4m | +33.0% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €8,705,292 | €14,743,388 | +€6.0m | +69.4% |
| Stocks | 30/36 | €8,705,292 | €14,743,388 | +€6.0m | +69.4% |
| Goods purchased for resale | 34 | €8,705,292 | €14,743,388 | +€6.0m | +69.4% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €39,069,664 | €41,513,204 | +€2.4m | +6.3% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €39,069,664 | €40,953,770 | +€1.9m | +4.8% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | - | €559,434 | +€559,434 | |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €57,342,099 | €84,801,040 | +€27.5m | +47.9% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €2,212,148 | €1,691,606 | -€520,542 | -23.5% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €112,848,791 | €147,279,267 | +€34.4m | +30.5% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €27,802,587 | €32,448,501 | +€4.6m | +16.7% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €13,018,550 | €13,018,550 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €129,578 | €129,578 | = | 0.0% |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | €129,578 | €129,578 | = | 0.0% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €14,654,459 | €19,300,373 | +€4.6m | +31.7% |
| Provisions and deferred taxes | 16 | €4,823,436 | €5,138,795 | +€315,359 | +6.5% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges | 160/5 | €4,823,436 | €5,138,795 | +€315,359 | +6.5% |
| Other liabilities and charges | 164/5 | €4,823,436 | €5,138,795 | +€315,359 | +6.5% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €80,222,768 | €109,691,971 | +€29.5m | +36.7% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year | 17 | €1,764,011 | €1,861,124 | +€97,113 | +5.5% |
| Financial debts | 170/4 | €1,764,011 | €1,861,124 | +€97,113 | +5.5% |
| Leasing and similar obligations | 172 | €1,764,011 | €1,861,124 | +€97,113 | +5.5% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €42,152,306 | €66,877,250 | +€24.7m | +58.7% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year | 42 | €1,088,358 | €1,424,427 | +€336,070 | +30.9% |
| Financial debts | 43 | €398,583 | - | -€398,583 | |
| Credit institutions | 430/8 | €398,583 | - | -€398,583 | |
| Trade debts | 44 | €29,422,653 | €52,154,393 | +€22.7m | +77.3% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €29,422,653 | €52,154,393 | +€22.7m | +77.3% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €11,242,712 | €13,298,430 | +€2.1m | +18.3% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €6,201,709 | €8,035,820 | +€1.8m | +29.6% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €5,041,003 | €5,262,611 | +€221,608 | +4.4% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €36,306,451 | €40,953,597 | +€4.6m | +12.8% |
| Operating income | 70/76A | €361,760,036 | €384,584,569 | +€22.8m | +6.3% |
| Turnover | 70 | €350,995,321 | €376,335,861 | +€25.3m | +7.2% |
| Other operating income | 74 | €10,764,715 | €8,248,708 | -€2.5m | -23.4% |
| Operating charges | 60/66A | €353,353,691 | €376,377,065 | +€23.0m | +6.5% |
| Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables | 60 | €320,137,734 | €339,493,767 | +€19.4m | +6.0% |
| Purchases | 600/8 | €307,160,882 | €345,531,864 | +€38.4m | +12.5% |
| Change in stocks: decrease (increase) | 609 | €12,976,852 | -€6,038,097 | -€19.0m | |
| Services and other goods | 61 | €11,084,413 | €11,114,086 | +€29,674 | +0.3% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €23,719,020 | €22,733,350 | -€985,669 | -4.2% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €2,388,856 | €2,719,875 | +€331,019 | +13.9% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | €927 | €368 | -€559 | -60.3% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals) | 635/8 | -€3,978,015 | -€585,222 | +€3.4m | +85.3% |
| Non-recurring operating charges | 66A | €756 | €900,840 | +€900,083 | +118989.4% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €8,406,345 | €8,207,504 | -€198,841 | -2.4% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €1,866,999 | €3,253,706 | +€1.4m | +74.3% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €1,866,999 | €3,253,706 | +€1.4m | +74.3% |
| Other financial income | 752/9 | €1,866,999 | €3,253,706 | +€1.4m | +74.3% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €3,713,061 | €5,192,191 | +€1.5m | +39.8% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €3,713,061 | €5,192,191 | +€1.5m | +39.8% |
| Debt charges | 650 | €65,077 | €78,101 | +€13,024 | +20.0% |
| Other financial charges | 652/9 | €3,647,984 | €5,114,090 | +€1.5m | +40.2% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €6,560,282 | €6,269,020 | -€291,263 | -4.4% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €1,790,416 | €1,623,106 | -€167,310 | -9.3% |
| Taxes | 670/3 | €1,790,416 | €1,766,567 | -€23,849 | -1.3% |
| Tax adjustments and reversals of tax provisions | 77 | - | €143,461 | +€143,461 | |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €4,769,867 | €4,645,914 | -€123,953 | -2.6% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €4,769,867 | €4,645,914 | -€123,953 | -2.6% |
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB), fiscal years ended 31 October 2023 and 31 October 2024. Colour: green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. Prepared on 30 September 2026 via checked.be.