MERTENS EXPERT: 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.
MERTENS EXPERT
Largest movements
No asset line moved by more than 1% of the balance sheet total.
No liability line moved by more than 1% of the balance sheet total.
- Gross operating margin -€2,225
down €2,225 (-79.8%), from €2,790 to €565
- Staff costs -€387
no longer reported in 2025 (was €387)
- Taxes +€167
new in 2025: €167
- Financial charges +€69
up €69 (+93.2%), from €74 to €142
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 | €150,775 | €151,703 | +€928 | +0.6% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €150,775 | €151,703 | +€928 | +0.6% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €303 | €605 | +€303 | +100% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €303 | €605 | +€303 | +100% |
| Current investments | 50/53 | €150,000 | €150,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €472 | €1,098 | +€626 | +132% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €150,775 | €151,703 | +€928 | +0.6% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €15,253 | €15,324 | +€71 | +0.5% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €18,600 | €18,600 | = | 0.0% |
| Capital | 10 | €18,600 | - | -€18,600 | |
| Issued capital | 100 | €18,600 | - | -€18,600 | |
| Reserves | 13 | €1,860 | €1,860 | = | 0.0% |
| Non-distributable reserves | 130/1 | €1,860 | - | -€1,860 | |
| Legal reserve | 130 | €1,860 | - | -€1,860 | |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | - | €1,860 | +€1,860 | |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | -€5,207 | -€5,136 | +€71 | +1.4% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €135,522 | €136,379 | +€857 | +0.6% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €135,522 | €136,379 | +€857 | +0.6% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €333 | €836 | +€503 | +151% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €333 | €836 | +€503 | +151% |
| Advances received on contracts in progress | 46 | €4,538 | €4,537 | -€1 | 0.0% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €557 | €305 | -€252 | -45.2% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €557 | €305 | -€252 | -45.2% |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €130,095 | €130,701 | +€606 | +0.5% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €387 | - | -€387 | |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €183 | €185 | +€2 | +1.1% |
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €2,790 | €565 | -€2,225 | -79.8% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €2,220 | €380 | -€1,840 | -82.9% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €74 | €142 | +€69 | +93.2% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €74 | €142 | +€69 | +93.2% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €2,147 | €238 | -€1,909 | -88.9% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | - | €167 | +€167 | |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €2,147 | €71 | -€2,076 | -96.7% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €2,147 | €71 | -€2,076 | -96.7% |
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 30 October 2026 via checked.be.