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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 51 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
19 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
SOGATRA from Gent, company number BE0403476547, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 154,035 after tax. For that financial year SOGATRA recorded a gross margin of € 4.6 million and equity of € 9.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 320,441 to € 154,035. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 9, 2026.
€ 9.5 million
▲ 2% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 154,035
▼ 52% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 3.8 million.
People and assets in 2025
2
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 108,078
▲ 1% vs 2024
€ 54,000 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.
€ 1,535
▼ 83% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.2 million
▲ € 969,313 vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 458,701
▼ 66% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 88,657
▲ 69% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Revenue | € 726,030 | € 1,513,925 | - | - | |
| Gross margin | - | - | € 4,469,606 | € 4,649,135 | ▲ 4% |
| Profit after taxes | € 179,282 | € 390,029 | € 320,441 | € 154,035 | ▼ 52% |
| Equity | € 1,299,636 | € 9,063,048 | € 9,383,489 | € 9,537,525 | ▲ 2% |
| Total debts | € 1,344,923 | € 1,198,460 | € 1,719,407 | € 1,815,799 | ▲ 6% |
| Cash | € 701,060 | € 1,642,341 | - | - | |
| Land & buildings | € 676,825 | € 7,418,135 | € 6,730,656 | € 9,680,033 | ▲ 44% |
| Retained profit | € 598,636 | € 2,575,403 | € 3,251,800 | € 3,760,818 | ▲ 16% |
| Dividend | € 100,157 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 0 | € 242,311 | € 1,211,624 | ▲ € 969,313 |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,644,559 | € 10,261,508 | € 11,102,896 | € 11,353,324 | ▲ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 |
Key figures of SOGATRA, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.
What happened to SOGATRA?
What happened at SOGATRA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 154,035 (▼ 52% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Arne Wintraecken stepped down as director. NBB
- Frederic Staelens stepped down as director. NBB
- Caroline De Poorter stepped down as director. NBB
- Arne Wintraecken became a director. NBB
- Frederic Staelens became a director. NBB
- Caroline De Poorter became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
In short
From € 179,282 profit in 2022 to € 154,035 profit in 2025.
Paid € 62,892 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 390,029 profit.
On average € 2.3 million of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Arne Wintraecken
Director
Also active at: Belgian New Fruit Wharf, Belgian Fruit Forwarding Company, SEA - INVEST, SEA-RAIL, ASSUVAN, SEA-INVEST SHIPPING AGENCY
since 2025 · until 2026
Frederic Staelens
Director
Also active at: MG TERMINAL GENT, GHENT STEVEDORING TERMINAL (G.S.T.), IMMOBILIAIRE VENNOOTSCHAP DER VLAANDEREN, COMPAGNIE BELGE DE MANUTENTION, BELPARFI, KAVIN, SEA - INVEST, FLANDERS COLD CENTER +7 more
since 2025 · until 2026
Caroline De Poorter
Director
Also active at: MG TERMINAL GENT, GHENT STEVEDORING TERMINAL (G.S.T.), GHENT COMMODITY TERMINAL, IMMOBILIAIRE VENNOOTSCHAP DER VLAANDEREN, GHENT COAL PREPARATION PLANT, BELPARFI, KAVIN, SEA - INVEST +2 more
since 2025 · until 2026
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Skaldenstraat 1
9042 Gent
Henri Farmanstraat 2
9000 Gent
Active since 24 November 1986
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 19 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →Comptoir de Crédit
Ensagent
€ 1.9 million gross margin · 2025
MG TERMINAL GENT same network
€ 1 million gross margin · 2025
GHENT STEVEDORING TERMINAL (G.S.T.) same network
€ 162,095 gross margin · 2025
SEA-TANK TERMINAL
€ 26.6 million revenue · 2025
+14 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0403.476.547
- VAT number
- BE 0403.476.547
- Registered office
- Skaldenstraat 1, 9042 Gent
- Names & denominations
- SOGATRA
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 December 1956
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
Douaneagentschappen
Logistieke diensten
Overige vervoerondersteunende activiteiten
Groothandel in vaste, vloeibare en gasvormige brandstoffen en aanverwante producten
Goederenvervoer over de weg