Visit.brussels: 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.
What changed
Visit.brussels
NACE 79.901, Tourist information services
financial year 2024 against 2025filed annual accounts (NBB)
Net result for the year
€875,613
2024 · -€608,755+€1.5m
Equity
€2.0m
2024 · €2.0m-€29,416
Cash
€736,323
2024 · €1.1m-€383,341
Balance sheet total
€12.9m
2024 · €8.2m+€4.7m
Largest movements
Assets
- Receivables within one year +€6.1m
up €6.1m (+186.8%), from €3.3m to €9.4m
of which Other amounts receivable: +€5.8m
- Intangible fixed assets -€1.4m
down €1.4m (-56.3%), from €2.4m to €1.1m
- Cash -€383,341
down €383,341 (-34.2%), from €1.1m to €736,323
mainly Receivables within one year (-€6.1m) and Contributions, distributions and other (-€905,028)
- Deferred charges and accrued income +€367,835
up €367,835 (+82.5%), from €445,972 to €813,806
Equity and liabilities
- Accrued charges and deferred income +€3.9m
up €3.9m (+1560.8%), from €251,733 to €4.2m
- Investment grants -€905,028
down €905,028 (-41.3%), from €2.2m to €1.3m
- Debts within one year +€801,171
up €801,171 (+13.5%), from €5.9m to €6.7m
of which Trade debts: +€828,557
- Profit (loss) carried forward +€637,350
no longer reported in 2025 (was -€637,350)
- Reserves +€238,263
new in 2025: €238,263
Income statement
- Services and other goods -€2.6m
down €2.6m (-19.1%), from €13.7m to €11.1m
- Staff costs -€408,617
down €408,617 (-2.8%), from €14.5m to €14.1m
- Depreciation -€382,129
down €382,129 (-18.5%), from €2.1m to €1.7m
- Other operating charges -€185,780
down €185,780 (-82.3%), from €225,756 to €39,976
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.
Result 2024
-€608,755
Turnover
-€43,737
Other operating income
-€6,264
Goods and materials
+€69,689
Services and other goods
+€2.6m
Staff costs
+€408,617
Depreciation
+€382,129
Write-downs
-€28,570
Other operating charges
+€185,780
Other operating items
-€2.1m
Financial income
-€22,198
Financial charges
-€4,340
Result 2025
€875,613
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.
From operations
+€799,761
Investment
-€278,074
Financing
-€905,028
Cash 2024
€1.1m
From operations (derived)
+€799,761
Net result for the year
+€875,613
Depreciation
+€1.7m
Stocks and contracts
+€16,485
Receivables within one year
-€6.1m
Deferred charges and accrued income
-€367,835
Debts within one year
+€801,171
Accrued charges and deferred income
+€3.9m
Investment (derived)
-€278,074
Investment in fixed assets (net)
-€278,074
Financing
-€905,028
Contributions, distributions and other
-€905,028
Cash 2025
€736,323
Every line side by side
| Line | Code | 2024 | 2025 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €8,176,855 | €12,877,708 | +€4.7m | +57.5% |
| Formation expenses | 20 | €0 | €0 | = | |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €3,249,712 | €1,845,540 | -€1.4m | -43.2% |
| Intangible fixed assets | 21 | €2,446,788 | €1,068,689 | -€1.4m | -56.3% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €761,809 | €735,737 | -€26,073 | -3.4% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €64,115 | €59,940 | -€4,175 | -6.5% |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | €513,182 | €550,330 | +€37,149 | +7.2% |
| Other tangible fixed assets | 26 | €184,513 | €125,466 | -€59,046 | -32.0% |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €41,115 | €41,115 | = | 0.0% |
| Other financial fixed assets | 284/8 | €41,115 | €41,115 | = | 0.0% |
| Amounts receivable and cash guarantees | 285/8 | €41,115 | €41,115 | = | 0.0% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €4,927,142 | €11,032,168 | +€6.1m | +123.9% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €76,501 | €60,016 | -€16,485 | -21.5% |
| Stocks | 30/36 | €76,501 | €60,016 | -€16,485 | -21.5% |
| Goods purchased for resale | 34 | €76,501 | €60,016 | -€16,485 | -21.5% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €3,285,006 | €9,422,022 | +€6.1m | +186.8% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €933,594 | €1,282,613 | +€349,019 | +37.4% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €2,351,412 | €8,139,409 | +€5.8m | +246.1% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €1,119,664 | €736,323 | -€383,341 | -34.2% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €445,972 | €813,806 | +€367,835 | +82.5% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €8,176,855 | €12,877,708 | +€4.7m | +57.5% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €2,004,479 | €1,975,063 | -€29,416 | -1.5% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €450,904 | €450,904 | = | 0.0% |
| Capital | 10 | €450,904 | €450,904 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | - | €238,263 | +€238,263 | |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | -€637,350 | - | +€637,350 | |
| Investment grants | 15 | €2,190,925 | €1,285,897 | -€905,028 | -41.3% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €6,172,376 | €10,902,644 | +€4.7m | +76.6% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €5,920,643 | €6,721,814 | +€801,171 | +13.5% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €4,369,693 | €5,198,250 | +€828,557 | +19.0% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €4,369,693 | €5,198,250 | +€828,557 | +19.0% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €1,549,644 | €1,483,345 | -€66,300 | -4.3% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €2,607 | €538 | -€2,068 | -79.3% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €1,547,038 | €1,482,806 | -€64,231 | -4.2% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €251,733 | €4,180,830 | +€3.9m | +1560.8% |
| Operating income | 70/76A | €34,737,229 | €32,647,452 | -€2.1m | -6.0% |
| Turnover | 70 | €8,429,159 | €8,385,422 | -€43,737 | -0.5% |
| Membership fees, donations, legacies and grants | 73 | €25,896,657 | €23,856,881 | -€2.0m | -7.9% |
| Other operating income | 74 | €411,413 | €405,149 | -€6,264 | -1.5% |
| Operating charges | 60/66A | €35,295,367 | €31,694,684 | -€3.6m | -10.2% |
| Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables | 60 | €4,795,245 | €4,725,557 | -€69,689 | -1.5% |
| Purchases | 600/8 | €4,799,196 | €4,709,072 | -€90,124 | -1.9% |
| Change in stocks: decrease (increase) | 609 | -€3,951 | €16,485 | +€20,435 | |
| Services and other goods | 61 | €13,726,258 | €11,101,789 | -€2.6m | -19.1% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €14,506,671 | €14,098,053 | -€408,617 | -2.8% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €2,064,375 | €1,682,246 | -€382,129 | -18.5% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | -€22,937 | €5,633 | +€28,570 | |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €225,756 | €39,976 | -€185,780 | -82.3% |
| Non-recurring operating charges | 66A | €0 | €41,431 | +€41,431 | |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | -€558,139 | €952,767 | +€1.5m | |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €50,849 | €28,651 | -€22,198 | -43.7% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €50,849 | €28,651 | -€22,198 | -43.7% |
| Income from current assets | 751 | €49,665 | €27,858 | -€21,806 | -43.9% |
| Other financial income | 752/9 | €1,184 | €793 | -€392 | -33.1% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €101,466 | €105,806 | +€4,340 | +4.3% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €101,466 | €105,806 | +€4,340 | +4.3% |
| Other financial charges | 652/9 | €101,466 | €105,806 | +€4,340 | +4.3% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | -€608,755 | €875,613 | +€1.5m | |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | -€608,755 | €875,613 | +€1.5m | |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | -€608,755 | €875,613 | +€1.5m |
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 11 October 2026 via checked.be.