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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 17 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 39 to 31.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Belgian New Fruit Wharf from Antwerpen, company number BE0404754868, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 7.6 million after tax. For that financial year Belgian New Fruit Wharf recorded revenue of € 66.4 million and equity of € 75.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 7.2 million to € 7.6 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 May 7, 2026.
€ 75.3 million
▲ 10% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 7.6 million
▲ 7% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1,825
▲ 12% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1 million paid out
13 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
31
▼ 1.9 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.8 million
▼ 4% vs 2024
€ 89,500 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.
€ 417,043
▲ 16% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 50 million
▼ 8% vs 2024
€ 2.5 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 10.9 million
▲ 3% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 65 days on average.
€ 11.1 million
▲ 13% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 67,659,970 | € 56,784,544 | € 67,743,586 | € 66,360,249 | ▼ 2% |
| Profit after taxes | € 2,641,283 | € -256,918 | € 7,171,800 | € 7,649,238 | ▲ 7% |
| Equity | € 61,140,612 | € 61,402,537 | € 68,684,135 | € 75,307,371 | ▲ 10% |
| Total debts | € 111,093,523 | € 80,857,789 | € 75,555,717 | € 73,375,377 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 2,297 | € 975 | € 1,636 | € 1,825 | ▲ 12% |
| Land & buildings | € 11,126,620 | € 16,202,701 | € 18,158,338 | € 24,206,389 | ▲ 33% |
| Retained profit | € 52,140,612 | € 52,157,922 | € 59,329,722 | € 65,978,876 | ▲ 11% |
| Dividend | € 2,000,169 | € 0 | € 0 | € 1,000,084 | |
| Bank debt | € 85,142,929 | € 60,534,180 | € 54,369,606 | € 50,015,204 | ▼ 8% |
| Balance sheet total | € 172,754,930 | € 142,375,735 | € 144,367,901 | € 148,797,673 | ▲ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 38.4 | 39 | 32.9 | 31 | ▼ 1.9 |
Key figures of Belgian New Fruit Wharf, 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 Belgian New Fruit Wharf?
What happened at Belgian New Fruit Wharf in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 7.6 million (▲ 7% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Ellen Cauberghs stepped down as director. NBB
- Arne Wintraecken stepped down as director. NBB
- Erik Loontjens stepped down as director. NBB
- Philippe Van de Vyvere stepped down as director. NBB
- Sonia Baesch stepped down as director. NBB
- BV Brasmar stepped down as director. NBB
- Ellen Cauberghs became a director. NBB
In short
From € 2.6 million profit in 2022 to € 7.6 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 2.9 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 7.6 million profit.
Paid out € 3 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
It owns 99.9% of Belgian Fruit Forwarding Company, 49% of HHLA Frucht und kuhl zentrum, 49% of Ulrich Stein GmbH, 30% of Sea-Invest and 20.4% of Sea-Invest Shipping Agency itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Ellen Cauberghs
Director
Also active at: Ensagent, GHENT COMMODITY TERMINAL, COMPAGNIE BELGE DE MANUTENTION, TORFS IMPORT SERVICE, ANTWERP BULK TERMINAL, SEA - INVEST, ASSUVAN
since 2025 · until 2026
Arne Wintraecken
Director
Also active at: SOGATRA, Belgian Fruit Forwarding Company, SEA - INVEST, SEA-RAIL, ASSUVAN, SEA-INVEST SHIPPING AGENCY
since 2025 · until 2026
Erik Loontjens
Director
Also active at: Ensagent, ERALO, SEA-TANK TERMINAL, FLANDERS COLD CENTER, SEA-TANK 700 B, TOTSEANERGY, SEA-MOL TANK TERMINAL, SEA-TANK TERMINAL ANTWERP +5 more
since 2025 · until 2026
Philippe Van de Vyvere
Director
Also active at: Ensagent, SEA-TANK TERMINAL, GHENT COMMODITY TERMINAL, IMMOBILIAIRE VENNOOTSCHAP DER VLAANDEREN, COMPAGNIE BELGE DE MANUTENTION, BELPARFI, KAVIN, ANTWERP BULK TERMINAL +11 more
since 2025 · until 2026
Sonia Baesch
Director
Also active at: MG TERMINAL GENT, Belgian Fruit Forwarding Company, GHENT COMMODITY TERMINAL, COMPAGNIE BELGE DE MANUTENTION, BELPARFI, KAVIN, ANTWERP BULK TERMINAL, SEA - INVEST +2 more
since 2025 · until 2026
Director · represented by Eugène Van Fleteren
Also active at: FLANDERS COLD CENTER, ANTWERP CONTAINER TERMINAL
since 2025 · until 2026
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rostockweg 1
2030 Antwerpen
Albertdok 184
2030 Antwerpen
Active since 1 May 1938
Rostockweg 1 box 212
2030 Antwerpen
Active since 1 May 1938
Nieuw-Zeelandse Kaai ZN
8380 Brugge
Active since 17 January 1991
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Details
- Company number
- 0404.754.868
- VAT number
- BE 0404.754.868
- Registered office
- Rostockweg 1, 2030 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- Belgian New Fruit Wharf
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 February 1938
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Dec 2025
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