VASCO: 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.
VASCO
Largest movements
- Receivables within one year +€10.7m
up €10.7m (+74.2%), from €14.4m to €25.1m
of which Trade receivables: +€8.1m
- Stocks and contracts -€2.3m
down €2.3m (-35.3%), from €6.6m to €4.3m
- Tangible fixed assets -€2.0m
down €2.0m (-32.8%), from €6.1m to €4.1m
of which Plant, machinery and equipment: -€1.2m
- Provisions +€2.3m
up €2.3m (+905.1%), from €257,553 to €2.6m
of which Provisions for liabilities and charges: +€2.3m
- Trade debts +€2.2m
up €2.2m (+78.3%), from €2.8m to €5.0m
- Profit (loss) carried forward +€890,521
up €890,521 (+160.8%), from €553,801 to €1.4m
- Tax, wage and social debts +€777,361
up €777,361 (+28.0%), from €2.8m to €3.6m
of which Remuneration and social security: +€661,478
- Staff costs -€11.5m
down €11.5m (-77.5%), from €14.8m to €3.3m
- Provisions +€5.0m
up €5.0m, from -€211,642 to €4.8m
- Turnover -€3.1m
down €3.1m (-8.8%), from €35.5m to €32.3m
- Services and other goods -€477,758
down €477,758 (-24.6%), from €1.9m to €1.5m
- Other operating charges +€390,130
up €390,130 (+1167.2%), from €33,423 to €423,554
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 | €27,370,102 | €33,798,797 | +€6.4m | +23.5% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €6,153,731 | €4,137,577 | -€2.0m | -32.8% |
| Intangible fixed assets | 21 | €17,889 | €13,310 | -€4,579 | -25.6% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €6,135,829 | €4,124,254 | -€2.0m | -32.8% |
| Land and buildings | 22 | €1,879,816 | €1,711,327 | -€168,489 | -9.0% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €2,013,526 | €770,814 | -€1.2m | -61.7% |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | €83,368 | €58,242 | -€25,126 | -30.1% |
| Leasing and similar rights | 25 | €1,481,143 | €1,247,460 | -€233,683 | -15.8% |
| Assets under construction and advance payments | 27 | €677,976 | €336,411 | -€341,565 | -50.4% |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €13 | €13 | = | 0.0% |
| Affiliated companies | 280/1 | €13 | €13 | = | 0.0% |
| Participating interests | 280 | €13 | €13 | = | 0.0% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €21,216,371 | €29,661,220 | +€8.4m | +39.8% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €6,644,488 | €4,296,483 | -€2.3m | -35.3% |
| Stocks | 30/36 | €6,644,488 | €4,296,483 | -€2.3m | -35.3% |
| Raw materials and consumables | 30/31 | €3,540,605 | €2,004,545 | -€1.5m | -43.4% |
| Work in progress | 32 | €102,932 | €111,675 | +€8,743 | +8.5% |
| Finished goods | 33 | €2,984,304 | €2,146,188 | -€838,116 | -28.1% |
| Goods purchased for resale | 34 | €16,647 | €34,075 | +€17,428 | +104.7% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €14,421,025 | €25,114,931 | +€10.7m | +74.2% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €2,623,477 | €10,739,607 | +€8.1m | +309.4% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €11,797,548 | €14,375,324 | +€2.6m | +21.9% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €101,912 | €207,953 | +€106,040 | +104.1% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €48,946 | €41,853 | -€7,093 | -14.5% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €27,370,102 | €33,798,797 | +€6.4m | +23.5% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €21,548,564 | €22,381,425 | +€832,861 | +3.9% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €20,043,600 | €20,043,600 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €585,987 | €585,987 | = | 0.0% |
| Non-distributable reserves | 130/1 | €490,822 | €490,822 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves not available under the articles | 1311 | €490,822 | €490,822 | = | 0.0% |
| Tax-exempt reserves | 132 | €95,165 | €95,165 | = | 0.0% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €553,801 | €1,444,322 | +€890,521 | +160.8% |
| Investment grants | 15 | €365,176 | €307,517 | -€57,660 | -15.8% |
| Provisions and deferred taxes | 16 | €257,553 | €2,588,604 | +€2.3m | +905.1% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges | 160/5 | €225,831 | €2,556,883 | +€2.3m | +1032.2% |
| Other liabilities and charges | 164/5 | €225,831 | €2,556,883 | +€2.3m | +1032.2% |
| Deferred taxes | 168 | €31,722 | €31,722 | = | 0.0% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €5,563,985 | €8,828,767 | +€3.3m | +58.7% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €5,563,016 | €8,824,519 | +€3.3m | +58.6% |
| Financial debts | 43 | - | €300,000 | +€300,000 | |
| Other loans | 439 | - | €300,000 | +€300,000 | |
| Trade debts | 44 | €2,788,385 | €4,972,528 | +€2.2m | +78.3% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €2,788,385 | €4,972,528 | +€2.2m | +78.3% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €2,774,630 | €3,551,991 | +€777,361 | +28.0% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €918,923 | €1,034,806 | +€115,883 | +12.6% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €1,855,708 | €2,517,185 | +€661,478 | +35.6% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €970 | €4,248 | +€3,278 | +338.1% |
| Operating income | 70/76A | €35,879,795 | €38,357,512 | +€2.5m | +6.9% |
| Turnover | 70 | €35,457,978 | €32,333,815 | -€3.1m | -8.8% |
| Change in stocks of work in progress, finished goods and contracts in progress | 71 | -€1,309,664 | -€548,104 | +€761,559 | +58.1% |
| Own construction capitalised | 72 | €374 | - | -€374 | |
| Other operating income | 74 | €1,179,931 | €1,356,492 | +€176,561 | +15.0% |
| Non-recurring operating income | 76A | €551,176 | €5,215,309 | +€4.7m | +846.2% |
| Operating charges | 60/66A | €34,818,955 | €37,613,002 | +€2.8m | +8.0% |
| Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables | 60 | €25,658,261 | €25,348,356 | -€309,905 | -1.2% |
| Purchases | 600/8 | €22,892,440 | €25,617,366 | +€2.7m | +11.9% |
| Change in stocks: decrease (increase) | 609 | €2,765,822 | -€269,010 | -€3.0m | |
| Services and other goods | 61 | €1,942,468 | €1,464,710 | -€477,758 | -24.6% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €14,818,663 | €3,337,854 | -€11.5m | -77.5% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €1,828,217 | €1,482,327 | -€345,890 | -18.9% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | €209,475 | -€50,108 | -€259,583 | |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals) | 635/8 | -€211,642 | €4,834,928 | +€5.0m | |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €33,423 | €423,554 | +€390,130 | +1167.2% |
| Non-recurring operating charges | 66A | -€9,459,911 | €771,382 | +€10.2m | |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €1,060,840 | €744,510 | -€316,330 | -29.8% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €592,725 | €401,475 | -€191,250 | -32.3% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €592,725 | €401,475 | -€191,250 | -32.3% |
| Income from current assets | 751 | €525,052 | €336,153 | -€188,900 | -36.0% |
| Other financial income | 752/9 | €67,673 | €65,322 | -€2,351 | -3.5% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €6,060 | €13,145 | +€7,084 | +116.9% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €6,060 | €13,145 | +€7,084 | +116.9% |
| Debt charges | 650 | €4,085 | €12,108 | +€8,022 | +196.4% |
| Other financial charges | 652/9 | €1,975 | €1,037 | -€938 | -47.5% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €1,647,505 | €1,132,840 | -€514,665 | -31.2% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €457,665 | €242,319 | -€215,346 | -47.1% |
| Taxes | 670/3 | €457,665 | €281,349 | -€176,316 | -38.5% |
| Tax adjustments and reversals of tax provisions | 77 | - | €39,030 | +€39,030 | |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €1,189,840 | €890,521 | -€299,319 | -25.2% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €1,189,840 | €890,521 | -€299,319 | -25.2% |
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.