SCENTS: what changed
Position among the sector peers
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You see every sector peer as a dot per ratio, with the company in two financial years and every ratio over five years against the sector.
What moved between 2024 and 2025
Largest movements
- Cash +€113,991
up €113,991 (+178%), from €64,142 to €178,133
mainly Net result for the year (+€161,560) and Depreciation (+€97,309)
- Receivables within one year +€63,963
up €63,963 (+30.0%), from €213,171 to €277,134
of which Trade receivables: +€63,067
- Intangible fixed assets +€34,833
up €34,833 (+68.3%), from €50,977 to €85,810
- Deferred charges and accrued income -€18,835
down €18,835 (-44.9%), from €41,944 to €23,108
- Stocks and contracts -€14,044
down €14,044 (-5.5%), from €255,043 to €241,000
- Reserves +€91,320
up €91,320 (+20.6%), from €444,365 to €535,685
- Other debts +€53,964
up €53,964 (+319%), from €16,927 to €70,891
- Trade debts +€14,021
up €14,021 (+29.9%), from €46,828 to €60,849
- Staff costs +€166,313
up €166,313 (+29.7%), from €560,478 to €726,791
- Gross operating margin +€151,830
up €151,830 (+16.6%), from €914,609 to €1.1m
- Financial income -€11,611
down €11,611 (-94.7%), from €12,265 to €653
Change in the result, 2024 to 2025
For each income-statement line you see the change as its effect on the result. Higher costs lower the result, higher income raises it.
Derived cash bridge
The bridge is derived from the 2024 and 2025 balance sheets and the 2025 result. There is no filed cash-flow statement. You see where the money came from and where it went.
Every line side by side
| Line | Code | 2024 | 2025 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €1,185,793 | €1,375,053 | +€189,260 | +16.0% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €611,494 | €655,679 | +€44,185 | +7.2% |
| Intangible fixed assets | 21 | €50,977 | €85,810 | +€34,833 | +68.3% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €558,476 | €567,829 | +€9,352 | +1.7% |
| Land and buildings | 22 | €443,363 | €423,477 | -€19,886 | -4.5% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €101,751 | €129,387 | +€27,636 | +27.2% |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | €13,363 | €14,964 | +€1,602 | +12.0% |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €2,040 | €2,040 | = | 0.0% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €574,300 | €719,375 | +€145,075 | +25.3% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €255,043 | €241,000 | -€14,044 | -5.5% |
| Stocks | 30/36 | €255,043 | €241,000 | -€14,044 | -5.5% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €213,171 | €277,134 | +€63,963 | +30.0% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €213,171 | €276,239 | +€63,067 | +29.6% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | - | €896 | +€896 | |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €64,142 | €178,133 | +€113,991 | +178% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €41,944 | €23,108 | -€18,835 | -44.9% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €1,185,793 | €1,375,053 | +€189,260 | +16.0% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €462,915 | €554,235 | +€91,320 | +19.7% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €18,550 | €18,550 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €444,365 | €535,685 | +€91,320 | +20.6% |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | €444,365 | €535,685 | +€91,320 | +20.6% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €0 | €0 | = | |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €722,878 | €820,819 | +€97,941 | +13.5% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year | 17 | €443,654 | €456,470 | +€12,816 | +2.9% |
| Financial debts | 170/4 | €292,349 | €253,662 | -€38,687 | -13.2% |
| Other amounts payable | 178/9 | €151,305 | €202,808 | +€51,503 | +34.0% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €279,224 | €363,934 | +€84,709 | +30.3% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year | 42 | €70,087 | €74,329 | +€4,243 | +6.1% |
| Financial debts | 43 | €0 | - | = | |
| Credit institutions | 430/8 | €0 | - | = | |
| Trade debts | 44 | €46,828 | €60,849 | +€14,021 | +29.9% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €46,828 | €60,849 | +€14,021 | +29.9% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €145,382 | €157,864 | +€12,482 | +8.6% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €82,151 | €74,761 | -€7,390 | -9.0% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €63,231 | €83,102 | +€19,871 | +31.4% |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €16,927 | €70,891 | +€53,964 | +319% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €0 | €415 | +€415 | |
| Non-recurring operating income | 76A | €11,827 | €4,969 | -€6,858 | -58.0% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €560,478 | €726,791 | +€166,313 | +29.7% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €90,089 | €97,309 | +€7,220 | +8.0% |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €4,767 | €4,915 | +€148 | +3.1% |
| Non-recurring operating charges | 66A | €3,315 | €296 | -€3,018 | -91.1% |
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €914,609 | €1,066,439 | +€151,830 | +16.6% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €255,960 | €237,128 | -€18,832 | -7.4% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €12,265 | €653 | -€11,611 | -94.7% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €12,265 | €653 | -€11,611 | -94.7% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €18,737 | €17,112 | -€1,625 | -8.7% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €18,737 | €17,112 | -€1,625 | -8.7% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €249,487 | €220,670 | -€28,818 | -11.6% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €67,185 | €59,109 | -€8,075 | -12.0% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €182,303 | €161,560 | -€20,743 | -11.4% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €182,303 | €161,560 | -€20,743 | -11.4% |
Value
latest balance sheet 30-09-2025 · indication, not a valuation or adviceIndicative value of the equity
Indication, not a valuation or adviceMidpoint €848,050 · 50% capitalised earnings, 50% adjusted equity
Capitalisation rate 12% result over 3 years, excluding non-recurring income and charges earnings weight 50% revaluation €0 other adjustment €0 EBITDA multiple
The filed figures and these assumptions give no positive value. The adjusted equity and the average result are both zero or negative.
Part of the calculation comes out below zero. A shareholding is never worth less than zero, so the floor is zero.
Adjusted equity
- Equity (10/15)
- €554,235
- Formation expenses (20)
- €0
- Intangible fixed assets (21)
- -€85,810
- Revaluation of assets
- €0
- Deferred tax on the revaluation
- €0
- Other adjustment
- €0
- Adjusted equity
- €468,424
Capitalised earnings
- 2025
- €161,560
- excluding non-recurring income and charges
- €156,887
- 2024
- €182,303
- excluding non-recurring income and charges
- €173,790
- 2023
- €112,118
- excluding non-recurring income and charges
- €111,287
- 2022
- €128,099
- 2021
- €30,093
- excluding non-recurring income and charges
- €31,060
- Average result, excluding non-recurring income and charges
- €147,321
- Divided by the capitalisation rate
- 14% / 12% / 10%
- Capitalised earnings
- €1.1m / €1.2m / €1.5m
Your EBITDA multiple
- EBITDA 2025
- €334,437
- Net financial debt
- €149,859
- Your multiple
- -
- Value with your multiple
- -
Net financial debt is the sum of financial debts after one year, the part due within the year and short-term financial debts, less cash and current investments.
Limits of the indication
- Checked holds no market prices or comparable transactions.
- Anything after the latest accounts and items off the balance sheet (guarantees, leases, disputes) are left out.
- Checked does not know the real value of buildings, stock and receivables. Enter your own revaluation or adjustment for it.
- The owner's role in the business, synergies for a buyer and the tax consequences of a sale are left out.
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Calculation and sources
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB) and main activity (KBO). The movements compare the financial years ended 30 September 2024 and 30 September 2025. Green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. The value is an indication, not a valuation or advice. Prepared on 12 November 2026 via checked.be.