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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 0 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
11 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Sopex Cocoa from Antwerpen, company number BE0416599855, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -957,891 after tax. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -895,832 to € -957,891. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 22, 2026.
€ -18.3 million
▼ € 957,891 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -957,891
▼ 7 % more loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 41,035
▼ 71% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -18.7 million.
People and assets in 2025
1
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 179,006
▲ 33% vs 2024
€ 179,000 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.
€ 509
▼ 91% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 51
▼ 96% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 8,102
▲ 61% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 22 days on average.
€ 26,235
▼ 75% vs 2024
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 80,683,376 | € 68,327,589 | € 2,447,667 | - | |
| Profit after taxes | € -13,260,401 | € -5,816,611 | € -895,832 | € -957,891 | ▼ € 62,059 |
| Equity | € -10,651,649 | € -16,468,260 | € -17,364,091 | € -18,321,982 | ▼ € 957,891 |
| Total debts | € 42,541,381 | € 22,181,256 | € 17,540,508 | € 18,378,631 | ▲ 5% |
| Cash | € 2,134,469 | € 1,021,969 | € 142,625 | € 41,035 | ▼ 71% |
| Retained profit | € -11,031,507 | € -16,848,118 | € -17,743,950 | € -18,701,840 | ▼ € 957,891 |
| Bank debt | € 10,150,010 | € 24,383 | € 1,403 | € 51 | ▼ 96% |
| Balance sheet total | € 31,889,732 | € 5,712,996 | € 176,416 | € 56,649 | ▼ 68% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4 | 2.4 | 1 | 1 |
Key figures of Sopex Cocoa, 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 Sopex Cocoa?
What happened at Sopex Cocoa in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Paul Kronacker stepped down as director. NBB
- Quentin Kronacker stepped down as director. NBB
- Hugues Kronacker stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 957,891. Source: NBB ↗
- Paul Kronacker became a director. NBB
- Quentin Kronacker became a director. NBB
- Hugues Kronacker became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
In short
From € 13.3 million loss in 2022 to € 957,891 loss in 2025.
Paid € 60,161 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Pays suppliers within 22 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%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The stake of GROUP SOPEX comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Sopex CocoaThe shares are held by GROUP SOPEX (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2024 · until 2030
since 2024 · until 2030
Hugues Kronacker
Chairman of the board
Also active at: SOPEX COMMODITY SOLUTIONS, HERMIA, PORT-INVEST
since 2024 · until 2030
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Generaal Lemanstraat 74
2600 Antwerpen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 11 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →SOPEX COMMODITY SOLUTIONS same network
€ 7.8 million revenue · 2025
GROUP SOPEX same network
€ 290.2 million revenue · 2025
HERMIA same network
€ -21,300 gross margin · 2025
SHIPNEXT
€ 142,583 gross margin · 2025
VARAMAR
€ 81,026 gross margin · 2024
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0416.599.855
- VAT number
- BE 0416.599.855
- Registered office
- Generaal Lemanstraat 74, 2600 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- Sopex Cocoa
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 December 1976
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 4 Nov 2025
- Activities · NACE
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