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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 2 to 1.
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Late annual account NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was filed 228 days after the legal deadline.
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Not on Peppol Peppol
Not registered in the Peppol network, mandatory for VAT-liable companies since 1 January 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2024
L. ten Cate Belgium NV from Gent, company number BE0402141214, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -605,963 after tax. For that financial year L. ten Cate Belgium NV recorded a gross margin of € 104,291 and equity of € 125,374. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 48,353 to € -605,963. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 83 % below last year. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on March 16, 2026.
€ 125,374
▼ 83% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -605,963
▼ still € 48,353 profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 77,442
▲ 26% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 63,874.
People and assets in 2024
1
▼ 0.2 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 124,711
▼ 40% vs 2023
€ 124,700 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.
Debts at end 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 145,923
▼ 59% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 34,257
▲ 2% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 370,283 | € 143,793 | € 262,978 | € 104,291 | ▼ 60% |
| Profit after taxes | € 112,402 | € -133,521 | € 48,353 | € -605,963 | ▼ € 654,316 |
| Equity | € 816,505 | € 682,984 | € 731,337 | € 125,374 | ▼ 83% |
| Total debts | € 206,851 | € 372,321 | € 431,172 | € 219,784 | ▼ 49% |
| Cash | € 277,405 | € 176,594 | € 61,318 | € 77,442 | ▲ 26% |
| Retained profit | € 755,005 | € 621,484 | € 669,837 | € 63,874 | ▼ 90% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,023,356 | € 1,055,305 | € 1,162,509 | € 345,158 | ▼ 70% |
| Employees (FTE) | 2 | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | ▼ 0.2 |
Key figures of L. ten Cate Belgium NV, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to L. ten Cate Belgium NV?
What happened at L. ten Cate Belgium NV in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Henderikus Hoexum stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 605,963 (▼ € 654,316 vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Henderikus Hoexum became a director. NBB
- Janneke van der Meij stepped down as director. NBB
- Janneke van der Meij became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 112,402 profit in 2021 to € 605,963 loss in 2024.
Paid € 69,501 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 112,402 profit.
On average € 104,300 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Janneke van der Meij
Director
since 2020 · until 2024
Henderikus Hoexum
Director
since 2024 · until 2030
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Poolse-Winglaan 86 box G
9051 Gent
Poolse-Winglaan 86 G
9051 Gent
Active since 2 December 1999
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0402.141.214
- VAT number
- BE 0402.141.214
- Registered office
- Poolse-Winglaan 86 bus G, 9051 Gent
- Names & denominations
- L. ten Cate Belgium NV
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 January 1959
- Peppol
- Not registered
- Contact
- [email protected] 09/2204263
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