Van Laere: 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.
Van Laere
Largest movements
- Receivables within one year +€1.7m
up €1.7m (+2.0%), from €88.0m to €89.8m
of which Other amounts receivable: +€4.9m
- Stocks and contracts -€1.1m
down €1.1m (-64.3%), from €1.8m to €624,610
of which Contracts in progress: -€1.1m
- Accrued charges and deferred income -€11.9m
down €11.9m (-48.9%), from €24.4m to €12.5m
- Advances received +€3.5m
up €3.5m (+108.5%), from €3.3m to €6.8m
- Other debts +€2.9m
up €2.9m (+93.0%), from €3.1m to €6.0m
- Trade debts +€2.7m
up €2.7m (+5.2%), from €52.5m to €55.2m
- Provisions +€2.6m
up €2.6m (+133.4%), from €1.9m to €4.5m
of which Provisions for liabilities and charges: +€2.6m
- Turnover +€31.4m
up €31.4m (+20.5%), from €153.3m to €184.7m
- Goods and materials +€23.0m
up €23.0m (+20.8%), from €110.5m to €133.4m
of which Purchases: +€23.0m
- Provisions +€3.0m
up €3.0m, from -€476,674 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.
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.
Every line side by side
| Line | Code | 2024 | 2025 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €98,529,356 | €99,954,851 | +€1.4m | +1.4% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €4,501,040 | €4,973,724 | +€472,684 | +10.5% |
| Intangible fixed assets | 21 | €62,754 | €33,462 | -€29,292 | -46.7% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €1,692,428 | €1,611,216 | -€81,212 | -4.8% |
| Land and buildings | 22 | €586,989 | €567,090 | -€19,899 | -3.4% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €695,207 | €685,220 | -€9,987 | -1.4% |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | €410,232 | €269,396 | -€140,836 | -34.3% |
| Other tangible fixed assets | 26 | - | €89,510 | +€89,510 | |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €2,745,858 | €3,329,046 | +€583,188 | +21.2% |
| Affiliated companies | 280/1 | €1,676,675 | €2,719,928 | +€1.0m | +62.2% |
| Participating interests | 280 | €1,676,675 | €2,719,928 | +€1.0m | +62.2% |
| Companies linked by participating interests | 282/3 | €527,002 | €64,477 | -€462,525 | -87.8% |
| Participating interests | 282 | €527,002 | €64,477 | -€462,525 | -87.8% |
| Other financial fixed assets | 284/8 | €542,181 | €544,641 | +€2,460 | +0.5% |
| Shares | 284 | €66,150 | €66,150 | = | 0.0% |
| Amounts receivable and cash guarantees | 285/8 | €476,031 | €478,491 | +€2,460 | +0.5% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €94,028,316 | €94,981,127 | +€952,812 | +1.0% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €1,750,748 | €624,610 | -€1.1m | -64.3% |
| Stocks | 30/36 | €525,925 | €529,421 | +€3,497 | +0.7% |
| Raw materials and consumables | 30/31 | €525,925 | €529,421 | +€3,497 | +0.7% |
| Contracts in progress | 37 | €1,224,823 | €95,188 | -€1.1m | -92.2% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €88,034,626 | €89,784,514 | +€1.7m | +2.0% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €43,749,093 | €40,620,054 | -€3.1m | -7.2% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €44,285,533 | €49,164,460 | +€4.9m | +11.0% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €3,972,230 | €4,397,405 | +€425,175 | +10.7% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €270,712 | €174,599 | -€96,113 | -35.5% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €98,529,356 | €99,954,851 | +€1.4m | +1.4% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €11,013,923 | €12,703,010 | +€1.7m | +15.3% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €6,250,400 | €6,250,400 | = | 0.0% |
| Capital | 10 | €6,198,000 | €6,198,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Issued capital | 100 | €6,198,000 | €6,198,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Outside capital | 11 | €52,400 | €52,400 | = | 0.0% |
| Share premium | 1100/10 | €52,400 | €52,400 | = | 0.0% |
| Revaluation surpluses | 12 | €166,833 | €166,833 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €9,122,059 | €9,088,081 | -€33,978 | -0.4% |
| Non-distributable reserves | 130/1 | €651,302 | €651,302 | = | 0.0% |
| Legal reserve | 130 | €619,800 | €619,800 | = | 0.0% |
| Other | 1319 | €31,502 | €31,502 | = | 0.0% |
| Tax-exempt reserves | 132 | €3,464,680 | €3,430,702 | -€33,978 | -1.0% |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | €5,006,076 | €5,006,076 | = | 0.0% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | -€4,525,369 | -€2,802,304 | +€1.7m | +38.1% |
| Provisions and deferred taxes | 16 | €1,927,952 | €4,500,453 | +€2.6m | +133.4% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges | 160/5 | €1,913,481 | €4,500,453 | +€2.6m | +135.2% |
| Other liabilities and charges | 164/5 | €1,913,481 | €4,500,453 | +€2.6m | +135.2% |
| Deferred taxes | 168 | €14,471 | €0 | -€14,471 | -100.0% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €85,587,481 | €82,751,388 | -€2.8m | -3.3% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year | 17 | €470,033 | €437,680 | -€32,354 | -6.9% |
| Financial debts | 170/4 | €470,033 | €437,680 | -€32,354 | -6.9% |
| Credit institutions | 173 | €470,033 | €437,680 | -€32,354 | -6.9% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €60,704,761 | €69,834,758 | +€9.1m | +15.0% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year | 42 | €31,149 | €32,354 | +€1,205 | +3.9% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €52,505,067 | €55,238,579 | +€2.7m | +5.2% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €52,505,067 | €55,238,579 | +€2.7m | +5.2% |
| Advances received on contracts in progress | 46 | €3,269,454 | €6,816,327 | +€3.5m | +108.5% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €1,791,111 | €1,748,947 | -€42,164 | -2.4% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €593,293 | €550,302 | -€42,991 | -7.2% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €1,197,819 | €1,198,646 | +€827 | +0.1% |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €3,107,981 | €5,998,552 | +€2.9m | +93.0% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €24,412,686 | €12,478,950 | -€11.9m | -48.9% |
| Operating income | 70/76A | €165,402,060 | €190,517,994 | +€25.1m | +15.2% |
| Turnover | 70 | €153,257,243 | €184,671,715 | +€31.4m | +20.5% |
| Change in stocks of work in progress, finished goods and contracts in progress | 71 | €1,001,544 | -€4,706,920 | -€5.7m | |
| Other operating income | 74 | €11,075,494 | €10,539,387 | -€536,107 | -4.8% |
| Non-recurring operating income | 76A | €67,779 | €13,812 | -€53,967 | -79.6% |
| Operating charges | 60/66A | €162,311,640 | €190,331,699 | +€28.0m | +17.3% |
| Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables | 60 | €110,458,423 | €133,439,935 | +€23.0m | +20.8% |
| Purchases | 600/8 | €110,984,348 | €133,969,357 | +€23.0m | +20.7% |
| Change in stocks: decrease (increase) | 609 | -€525,925 | -€529,421 | -€3,497 | -0.7% |
| Services and other goods | 61 | €36,034,264 | €36,265,837 | +€231,573 | +0.6% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €15,679,430 | €17,050,189 | +€1.4m | +8.7% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €546,272 | €447,655 | -€98,617 | -18.1% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | €0 | €6,511 | +€6,511 | |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals) | 635/8 | -€476,674 | €2,556,560 | +€3.0m | |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €68,304 | €532,514 | +€464,210 | +679.6% |
| Non-recurring operating charges | 66A | €1,621 | €32,499 | +€30,878 | +1905.2% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €3,090,419 | €186,295 | -€2.9m | -94.0% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €835,478 | €2,018,614 | +€1.2m | +141.6% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €835,478 | €975,361 | +€139,884 | +16.7% |
| Income from financial fixed assets | 750 | €8,418 | €8,360 | -€59 | -0.7% |
| Income from current assets | 751 | €693,908 | €943,034 | +€249,126 | +35.9% |
| Other financial income | 752/9 | €133,152 | €23,968 | -€109,184 | -82.0% |
| Non-recurring financial income | 76B | - | €1,043,253 | +€1.0m | |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €506,328 | €544,784 | +€38,456 | +7.6% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €506,328 | €544,784 | +€38,456 | +7.6% |
| Debt charges | 650 | €287,199 | €314,554 | +€27,356 | +9.5% |
| Other financial charges | 652/9 | €219,129 | €230,229 | +€11,100 | +5.1% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €3,419,569 | €1,660,125 | -€1.8m | -51.5% |
| Transfer from deferred taxes | 780 | €22,446 | €14,471 | -€7,975 | -35.5% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €371,705 | -€14,491 | -€386,196 | |
| Taxes | 670/3 | €372,639 | €37,047 | -€335,592 | -90.1% |
| Tax adjustments and reversals of tax provisions | 77 | €934 | €51,538 | +€50,604 | +5418.0% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €3,070,310 | €1,689,087 | -€1.4m | -45.0% |
| Transfer from tax-exempt reserves | 789 | €66,513 | €33,978 | -€32,535 | -48.9% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €3,136,822 | €1,723,066 | -€1.4m | -45.1% |
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 9 October 2026 via checked.be.