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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2025 and 2026.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 52 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2026
Grandes Distilleries de Charleroi from Charleroi, company number BE0401635131, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -64,110 after tax. For that financial year Grandes Distilleries de Charleroi recorded revenue of € 14.6 million and equity of € 1.8 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € -89,324 to € -64,110. The company made a loss. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 18, 2026.
€ 1.8 million
▲ 4% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -64,110
▲ 28 % less loss than in 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 237,114
▼ 41% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 971,818.
People and assets in 2026
30
▼ 0.2 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.9 million
▼ 10% vs 2025
€ 64,500 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 176,926
▲ 182% vs 2025
Of which on lease € 143,755.
Debts at end 2026
€ 4.7 million
▲ 47% vs 2025
€ 320,297 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.
€ 1.5 million
▲ 29% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 45 days on average.
€ 512,655
▼ 15% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
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| Revenue | € 16,267,170 | € 15,661,619 | € 15,173,210 | € 14,585,726 | ▼ 4% |
| Profit after taxes | € 99,923 | € 35,640 | € -89,324 | € -64,110 | ▲ € 25,214 |
| Equity | € 1,900,710 | € 1,831,162 | € 1,771,121 | € 1,844,099 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 4,733,123 | € 4,671,738 | € 5,034,739 | € 6,773,381 | ▲ 35% |
| Cash | € 360,019 | € 188,723 | € 404,931 | € 237,114 | ▼ 41% |
| Land & buildings | - | - | - | € 2,168,941 | |
| Retained profit | € 1,189,677 | € 1,125,253 | € 1,035,928 | € 971,818 | ▼ 6% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 100,064 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 3,065,419 | € 2,821,962 | € 3,178,678 | € 4,683,973 | ▲ 47% |
| Balance sheet total | € 6,633,833 | € 6,502,900 | € 6,805,860 | € 8,617,480 | ▲ 27% |
| Employees (FTE) | 32.6 | 32.9 | 30.2 | 30 | ▼ 0.2 |
Key figures of Grandes Distilleries de Charleroi, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
What happened to Grandes Distilleries de Charleroi?
What happened at Grandes Distilleries de Charleroi in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Mat-Cha stepped down as director. NBB
- Corrected annual accounts filed for financial year 2026. Source: NBB ↗
- Mat-Cha became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Charleroi. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 99,923 profit in 2023 to € 64,110 loss in 2026.
Paid € 102,444 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 99,923 profit.
Paid out € 100,064 in dividends to the owners in total.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The stake of MAT-CHA comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Grandes Distilleries de CharleroiThe shares are held by MAT-CHA (99.9%).
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue des Verreries 44A
6040 Charleroi
Rue des Verreries 44 A
6040 Charleroi
Active since 1 July 1946
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0401.635.131
- VAT number
- BE 0401.635.131
- Registered office
- Rue des Verreries 44A, 6040 Charleroi
- Names & denominations
- Grandes Distilleries de Charleroi · G.D.C Belgique
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 January 1946
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Oct 2025
- Activities · NACE
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