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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2026.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 51 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
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Board fully replaced NBB
No director from three years ago is still active according to annual account 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2026
ROUSSELOT from Gent, company number BE0414560578, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -4.6 million after tax. For that financial year ROUSSELOT recorded revenue of € 160.7 million and equity of € 39.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -6.9 million to € -4.6 million. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 8, 2026.
€ 39.6 million
▼ 10% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -4.6 million
▲ 34 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2,773
▼ 98% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 15.6 million.
People and assets in 2026
205.2
▼ 2.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 24.9 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
€ 121,500 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.
€ 1.7 million
▲ 14% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 47.2 million
▲ 180% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 117 days on average.
€ 9.2 million
▲ 6% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 | Change 2024 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 188,122,652 | € 194,293,835 | € 127,864,130 | € 160,736,741 | ▲ 26% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,135,027 | € -16,366,181 | € -6,869,686 | € -4,560,315 | ▲ € 2.3 million |
| Equity | € 67,402,604 | € 51,036,423 | € 44,166,737 | € 39,606,422 | ▼ 10% |
| Total debts | € 33,091,534 | € 35,104,198 | € 34,750,456 | € 56,424,819 | ▲ 62% |
| Cash | € 8,146,908 | € 194,753 | € 153,667 | € 2,773 | ▼ 98% |
| Land & buildings | € 13,488,196 | € 12,668,824 | € 14,141,714 | € 13,214,989 | ▼ 7% |
| Retained profit | € 43,402,604 | € 27,036,423 | € 20,166,737 | € 15,606,422 | ▼ 23% |
| Bank debt | € 517,737 | € 1 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 101,029,396 | € 86,465,732 | € 79,241,696 | € 96,327,413 | ▲ 22% |
| Employees (FTE) | 176.6 | 192.7 | 207.3 | 205.2 | ▼ 2.1 |
Key figures of ROUSSELOT, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 3 August 2027.
What happened to ROUSSELOT?
What happened at ROUSSELOT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Jeroen Colpaert stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: loss of € 4.6 million. Source: NBB ↗
- Martijn M.J.L. van Steenpaal became a director. NBB
- Jan Peter Bosch stepped down as director. NBB
- Jan Peter Bosch became a director. NBB
- Jeroen Colpaert became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 1.1 million profit in 2022 to € 4.6 million loss in 2026.
Paid € 79,306 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 1.1 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 117 days on average.
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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%
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Management
Behind ROUSSELOT is Martijn M.J.L. van Steenpaal.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Martijn M.J.L. van Steenpaal
Director
since 2026
Jan Peter Bosch
Director
since 2023 · until 2026
Jeroen Colpaert
Director
since 2023 · until 2029
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Meulestedekaai 81
9000 Gent
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Details
- Company number
- 0414.560.578
- VAT number
- BE 0414.560.578
- Registered office
- Meulestedekaai 81, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- ROUSSELOT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 14 October 1974
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 23 Dec 2025
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