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Board fully replaced NBB
No director from three years ago is still active according to annual account 2025.
Financials
Financial year 2025
L'Ancre-Théatre Royal from Charleroi, company number BE0407724751, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 64,089 after tax. For that financial year L'Ancre-Théatre Royal recorded a gross margin of € 1.2 million and equity of € 105,714. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 181,738 to € 64,089. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 23, 2026.
€ 105,714
▲ 51% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 64,089
▼ 65% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 199,720
▲ 55% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
People and assets in 2025
14.5
▼ 2.9 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 922,870
▲ 13% vs 2024
€ 63,600 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.
€ 9,895
▼ 12% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 31,215
▼ 27% vs 2024
€ 8,680 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 129,874
▼ 23% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 122,256
▲ 55% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 595,906 | € 471,634 | - | - | |
| Gross margin | € 1,316,529 | € 1,083,835 | € 1,166,331 | € 1,200,546 | ▲ 3% |
| Profit after taxes | € -150,528 | € -263,953 | € 181,738 | € 64,089 | ▼ 65% |
| Equity | € 215,905 | € -52,874 | € 70,051 | € 105,714 | ▲ 51% |
| Total debts | € 541,248 | € 583,610 | € 359,200 | € 303,366 | ▼ 16% |
| Cash | € 365,338 | € 244,069 | € 128,592 | € 199,720 | ▲ 55% |
| Land & buildings | - | - | - | € 8,876 | |
| Retained profit | € 25,594 | € -238,359 | € -56,620 | € 7,469 | ▲ € 64,089 |
| Bank debt | € 241,435 | € 240,528 | € 42,758 | € 31,215 | ▼ 27% |
| Balance sheet total | € 777,153 | € 550,736 | € 449,251 | € 478,248 | ▲ 6% |
| Employees (FTE) | 17 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 14.5 | ▼ 2.9 |
Key figures of L'Ancre-Théatre Royal, 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 L'Ancre-Théatre Royal?
What happened at L'Ancre-Théatre Royal in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Catherine Knoops stepped down as director. NBB
- Thierry Dalcq stepped down as director. NBB
- Geneviève Gailly stepped down as director. NBB
- Anne Prignon stepped down as director. NBB
- Pierre Bolle stepped down as director. NBB
- Anne Despotin stepped down as director. NBB
- Brigitte Paquet stepped down as director. NBB
- Pierre-Olivier Rollin stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 150,528 loss in 2022 to € 64,089 profit in 2025.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 181,738 profit.
On average € 82,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind L'Ancre-Théatre Royal are Jean-Michel Van den Eede and Marie Vanhaverbeke. Jean-Michel Van den Eede is also behind BLACK LAND PRODUCTIONS.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2023
Marie Vanhaverbeke
Director
since 2023
Catherine Knoops
Director
since 2025 · until 2028
Anne Prignon
Director
Also active at: SOCIETE D'INVESTISSEMENT ET DE FINANCEMENT DU BRABANT WALLON, Lease.BW, SOCIETE D'INVESTISSEMENT DE MONS, DU BORINAGE ET DU CENTRE, AZIMUT Entreprendre, Transit, LE 26, IMBC 2020, B2START +3 more
since 2024 · until 2027
Thierry Dalcq
Director
since 2025 · until 2028
Anne Despotin
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Jacques Bury
Director
since 2023 · until 2026
Brigitte Paquet
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Claudine-Marie Nouwens
Director
since 2023 · until 2026
Luc Parmentier
Director
Also active at: Palais des Beaux Arts de Charleroi, Teralis, Eden|Centre culturel de Charleroi, Crématorium de Charleroi, Association des Provinces wallonnes, IMMO-DIGUE
since 2023 · until 2026
Pierre-Olivier Rollin
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Geneviève Gailly
Director
since 2025 · until 2028
Pierre Bolle
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue de Montigny 122
6000 Charleroi
Rue des Rivages 30
6000 Charleroi
Active since 1 September 2026
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
OVH, FR
DNS
OVH DNS
Domain
Domain
ancre.be
Registered
2002-03-11
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0407.724.751
- VAT number
- BE 0407.724.751
- Registered office
- Rue de Montigny 122, 6000 Charleroi
- Names & denominations
- L'Ancre-Théatre Royal · L'Ancre
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Non-profit association
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 June 1967
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Mar 2026
- Contact
- ancre.be [email protected]
- Activities · NACE
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