Paycover: 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.
Paycover
Largest movements
- Cash -€1.1m
down €1.1m (-8.5%), from €13.4m to €12.2m
mainly Debts within one year (-€1.2m) and Current investments (-€474,200)
- Current investments +€474,200
up €474,200 (+47.1%), from €1.0m to €1.5m
- Debts within one year -€1.2m
down €1.2m (-9.6%), from €12.3m to €11.1m
of which Advances received: -€1.3m
- Profit (loss) carried forward +€420,619
up €420,619 (+12.2%), from €3.5m to €3.9m
- Staff costs -€73,303
down €73,303 (-3.4%), from €2.1m to €2.1m
- Gross operating margin -€27,516
down €27,516 (-1.0%), from €2.6m to €2.6m
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 | €15,837,211 | €15,085,895 | -€751,317 | -4.7% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €703,891 | €590,055 | -€113,837 | -16.2% |
| Intangible fixed assets | 21 | €13,620 | €3,220 | -€10,400 | -76.4% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €545,922 | €431,084 | -€114,838 | -21.0% |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | €297,521 | €213,897 | -€83,624 | -28.1% |
| Other tangible fixed assets | 26 | €248,400 | €217,187 | -€31,213 | -12.6% |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €144,350 | €155,751 | +€11,401 | +7.9% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €15,133,320 | €14,495,840 | -€637,480 | -4.2% |
| Amounts receivable after more than one year | 29 | €164,217 | €112,639 | -€51,577 | -31.4% |
| Other amounts receivable | 291 | €164,217 | €112,639 | -€51,577 | -31.4% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €581,018 | €627,318 | +€46,300 | +8.0% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €529,698 | €563,846 | +€34,148 | +6.4% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €51,320 | €63,472 | +€12,151 | +23.7% |
| Current investments | 50/53 | €1,005,981 | €1,480,181 | +€474,200 | +47.1% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €13,350,705 | €12,213,295 | -€1.1m | -8.5% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €31,398 | €62,407 | +€31,008 | +98.8% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €15,837,211 | €15,085,895 | -€751,317 | -4.7% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €3,456,909 | €3,877,528 | +€420,619 | +12.2% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €3,456,909 | €3,877,528 | +€420,619 | +12.2% |
| Provisions and deferred taxes | 16 | €59,721 | €59,721 | = | 0.0% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges | 160/5 | €59,721 | €59,721 | = | 0.0% |
| Other liabilities and charges | 164/5 | €59,721 | €59,721 | = | 0.0% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €12,320,582 | €11,148,646 | -€1.2m | -9.5% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €12,293,495 | €11,113,843 | -€1.2m | -9.6% |
| Financial debts | 43 | €1 | €31 | +€30 | +4,095% |
| Credit institutions | 430/8 | €1 | €31 | +€30 | +4,095% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €90,648 | €99,788 | +€9,140 | +10.1% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €90,648 | €99,788 | +€9,140 | +10.1% |
| Advances received on contracts in progress | 46 | €11,016,893 | €9,732,824 | -€1.3m | -11.7% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €340,733 | €317,235 | -€23,498 | -6.9% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €75,266 | €72,413 | -€2,853 | -3.8% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €265,467 | €244,822 | -€20,645 | -7.8% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €27,086 | €34,802 | +€7,716 | +28.5% |
| Non-recurring operating income | 76A | €0 | - | = | |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €2,138,421 | €2,065,118 | -€73,303 | -3.4% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €115,299 | €139,022 | +€23,723 | +20.6% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | €3,421 | €22,249 | +€18,828 | +550% |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €23,938 | €6,171 | -€17,768 | -74.2% |
| Non-recurring operating charges | 66A | €1,300 | €0 | -€1,300 | -100% |
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €2,627,028 | €2,599,512 | -€27,516 | -1.0% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €284,929 | €366,953 | +€82,024 | +28.8% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €122,416 | €106,870 | -€15,546 | -12.7% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €122,416 | €106,870 | -€15,546 | -12.7% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €3,016 | €11,334 | +€8,318 | +276% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €2,769 | €10,878 | +€8,108 | +293% |
| Non-recurring financial charges | 66B | €246 | €456 | +€210 | +85.2% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €404,329 | €462,489 | +€58,160 | +14.4% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €44,749 | €41,869 | -€2,879 | -6.4% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €359,580 | €420,619 | +€61,039 | +17.0% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €359,580 | €420,619 | +€61,039 | +17.0% |
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 23 October 2026 via checked.be.