Jacobs: 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.
What changed
Jacobs
NACE 81.220, Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning
fiscal year 2024 against 2025filed annual accounts (NBB)
Net result for the year
€1.9m
2024 · €1.4m+€508,884
Equity
€3.9m
2024 · €2.0m+€1.9m
Cash
€337,931
2024 · €326,624+€11,307
Balance sheet total
€10.1m
2024 · €10.2m-€171,353
Largest movements
Assets
No asset line moved by more than 1% of the balance sheet total.
Equity and liabilities
- Reserves +€1.9m
up €1.9m (+111.8%), from €1.7m to €3.7m
of which Distributable reserves: +€1.9m
- Other debts -€1.4m
down €1.4m (-99.9%), from €1.4m to €1,000
- Trade debts -€734,860
down €734,860 (-33.9%), from €2.2m to €1.4m
- Tax, wage and social debts +€234,246
up €234,246 (+10.7%), from €2.2m to €2.4m
of which Taxes: +€124,294
- Debts after one year -€115,201
down €115,201 (-9.4%), from €1.2m to €1.1m
Income statement
- Turnover +€930,403
up €930,403 (+4.6%), from €20.3m to €21.2m
- Staff costs +€875,181
up €875,181 (+10.9%), from €8.0m to €8.9m
- Services and other goods -€226,810
down €226,810 (-4.2%), from €5.4m to €5.1m
- Goods and materials -€217,853
down €217,853 (-5.3%), from €4.1m to €3.9m
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.
Result 2024
€1.4m
Turnover
+€930,403
Other operating income
+€43,673
Goods and materials
+€217,853
Services and other goods
+€226,810
Staff costs
-€875,181
Depreciation
+€104,353
Write-downs
+€11,147
Other operating charges
-€13,173
Other operating items
-€6,056
Financial income
+€2,555
Financial charges
+€20,271
Taxes
-€164,559
Deferred taxes and other
+€10,788
Result 2025
€1.9m
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.
From operations
+€918,970
Investment
-€694,943
Financing
-€212,720
Cash 2024
€326,624
From operations (derived)
+€918,970
Net result for the year
+€1.9m
Depreciation
+€807,617
Receivables within one year
+€61,829
Deferred charges and accrued income
+€8,158
Provisions
-€15,363
Trade debts
-€734,860
Tax, wage and social debts
+€234,246
Other debts
-€1.4m
Accrued charges and deferred income
+€30,220
Investment (derived)
-€694,943
Investment in fixed assets (net)
-€694,943
Financing
-€212,720
Debts after one year
-€115,201
Current portion of long-term debt
-€71,230
Short-term financial debts
-€26,289
Cash 2025
€337,931
Every line side by side
| Line | Code | 2024 | 2025 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €10,224,446 | €10,053,092 | -€171,353 | -1.7% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €3,485,767 | €3,373,094 | -€112,674 | -3.2% |
| Intangible fixed assets | 21 | €79,297 | €40,790 | -€38,507 | -48.6% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €3,359,038 | €3,296,398 | -€62,640 | -1.9% |
| Land and buildings | 22 | €495,922 | €450,051 | -€45,871 | -9.2% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €66,487 | €140,660 | +€74,173 | +111.6% |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | €1,038,379 | €906,545 | -€131,834 | -12.7% |
| Leasing and similar rights | 25 | €1,753,450 | €1,638,342 | -€115,108 | -6.6% |
| Assets under construction and advance payments | 27 | €4,800 | €160,800 | +€156,000 | +3250.0% |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €47,432 | €35,905 | -€11,527 | -24.3% |
| Other financial fixed assets | 284/8 | €47,432 | €35,905 | -€11,527 | -24.3% |
| Amounts receivable and cash guarantees | 285/8 | €47,432 | €35,905 | -€11,527 | -24.3% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €6,738,678 | €6,679,999 | -€58,680 | -0.9% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €6,391,333 | €6,329,504 | -€61,829 | -1.0% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €5,994,664 | €5,975,579 | -€19,084 | -0.3% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €396,669 | €353,925 | -€42,744 | -10.8% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €326,624 | €337,931 | +€11,307 | +3.5% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €20,722 | €12,564 | -€8,158 | -39.4% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €10,224,446 | €10,053,092 | -€171,353 | -1.7% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €1,973,854 | €3,900,977 | +€1.9m | +97.6% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €250,000 | €250,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Capital | 10 | €250,000 | €250,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Issued capital | 100 | €250,000 | €250,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €1,723,854 | €3,650,977 | +€1.9m | +111.8% |
| Non-distributable reserves | 130/1 | €25,000 | €25,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Legal reserve | 130 | €25,000 | €25,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Tax-exempt reserves | 132 | €25,310 | €14,895 | -€10,415 | -41.2% |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | €1,673,544 | €3,611,082 | +€1.9m | +115.8% |
| Provisions and deferred taxes | 16 | €15,363 | - | -€15,363 | |
| Deferred taxes | 168 | €15,363 | - | -€15,363 | |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €8,235,229 | €6,152,115 | -€2.1m | -25.3% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year | 17 | €1,231,907 | €1,116,707 | -€115,201 | -9.4% |
| Financial debts | 170/4 | €1,231,907 | €1,116,707 | -€115,201 | -9.4% |
| Leasing and similar obligations | 172 | €1,231,907 | €1,116,707 | -€115,201 | -9.4% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €7,002,111 | €5,003,979 | -€2.0m | -28.5% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year | 42 | €469,321 | €398,092 | -€71,230 | -15.2% |
| Financial debts | 43 | €765,532 | €739,243 | -€26,289 | -3.4% |
| Credit institutions | 430/8 | €765,532 | €739,243 | -€26,289 | -3.4% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €2,170,725 | €1,435,865 | -€734,860 | -33.9% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €2,170,725 | €1,435,865 | -€734,860 | -33.9% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €2,195,533 | €2,429,779 | +€234,246 | +10.7% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €851,919 | €976,213 | +€124,294 | +14.6% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €1,343,614 | €1,453,566 | +€109,952 | +8.2% |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €1,401,000 | €1,000 | -€1.4m | -99.9% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €1,210 | €31,430 | +€30,220 | +2497.2% |
| Operating income | 70/76A | €20,705,100 | €21,668,992 | +€963,892 | +4.7% |
| Turnover | 70 | €20,279,028 | €21,209,431 | +€930,403 | +4.6% |
| Other operating income | 74 | €406,522 | €450,194 | +€43,673 | +10.7% |
| Non-recurring operating income | 76A | €19,550 | €9,366 | -€10,184 | -52.1% |
| Operating charges | 60/66A | €18,648,293 | €18,972,355 | +€324,062 | +1.7% |
| Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables | 60 | €4,144,303 | €3,926,450 | -€217,853 | -5.3% |
| Purchases | 600/8 | €4,144,303 | €3,926,450 | -€217,853 | -5.3% |
| Services and other goods | 61 | €5,359,872 | €5,133,062 | -€226,810 | -4.2% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €8,018,789 | €8,893,970 | +€875,181 | +10.9% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €911,970 | €807,617 | -€104,353 | -11.4% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | €14,747 | €3,600 | -€11,147 | -75.6% |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €188,619 | €201,792 | +€13,173 | +7.0% |
| Non-recurring operating charges | 66A | €9,991 | €5,863 | -€4,128 | -41.3% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €2,056,808 | €2,696,637 | +€639,830 | +31.1% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €23,697 | €26,251 | +€2,555 | +10.8% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €23,697 | €26,251 | +€2,555 | +10.8% |
| Income from financial fixed assets | 750 | - | €746 | +€746 | |
| Income from current assets | 751 | €6,758 | €7,723 | +€965 | +14.3% |
| Other financial income | 752/9 | €16,939 | €17,783 | +€844 | +5.0% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €138,833 | €118,562 | -€20,271 | -14.6% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €138,833 | €118,562 | -€20,271 | -14.6% |
| Debt charges | 650 | €134,143 | €114,294 | -€19,848 | -14.8% |
| Other financial charges | 652/9 | €4,691 | €4,268 | -€423 | -9.0% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €1,941,671 | €2,604,326 | +€662,655 | +34.1% |
| Transfer from deferred taxes | 780 | €4,575 | €15,363 | +€10,788 | +235.8% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €528,007 | €692,566 | +€164,559 | +31.2% |
| Taxes | 670/3 | €536,277 | €705,626 | +€169,349 | +31.6% |
| Tax adjustments and reversals of tax provisions | 77 | €8,270 | €13,060 | +€4,790 | +57.9% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €1,418,239 | €1,927,123 | +€508,884 | +35.9% |
| Transfer from tax-exempt reserves | 789 | €13,725 | €10,415 | -€3,309 | -24.1% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €1,431,964 | €1,937,538 | +€505,575 | +35.3% |
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 6 October 2026 via checked.be.