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Financials
Financial year 2025
Cobot from Gent, company number BE0418257862, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 360,053 after tax. For that financial year Cobot recorded a gross margin of € 1.2 million and equity of € 645,053. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 0 to € 360,053. 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 June 15, 2026.
€ 645,053
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 360,053
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 837,924
▲ € 651,935 vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
People and assets in 2025
8.3
▼ 1.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 808,791
▼ 10% vs 2024
€ 97,400 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.
€ 63,945
▼ 33% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 71,635
▼ 39% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 102,836
▼ 27% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 758,791 | € 844,174 | € 940,225 | € 1,211,534 | ▲ 29% |
| Profit after taxes | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 360,053 | |
| Equity | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 645,053 | |
| Total debts | € 330,345 | € 446,085 | € 783,818 | € 719,442 | ▼ 8% |
| Cash | € 134,542 | € 8,770 | € 185,989 | € 837,924 | ▲ € 651,935 |
| Retained profit | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 360,053 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 527,394 | € 643,134 | € 980,867 | € 1,561,544 | ▲ 59% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 8.3 | ▼ 1.1 |
Key figures of Cobot, 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 Cobot?
What happened at Cobot in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 360,053. Source: NBB ↗
- Björn De Kerpel became a director. NBB
- Filip Misplon became a director. NBB
- Karla Basselier became a director. NBB
- Olaf Minne became a director. NBB
- Maarten Vlyminck became a director. NBB
- Annelies Deman became a director. NBB
- Lieve De Preter became a director. NBB
In short
From € 0 profit in 2022 to € 360,053 profit in 2025.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 360,053 profit.
On average € 146,000 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind Cobot are Annelies Deman, Björn De Kerpel, Wim Van Goethem, Karla Basselier, Marylène Albers and Olaf Minne. Annelies Deman is also behind Rijksverlofkas voor de Diamantnijverheid, INSTITUUT VOOR VORMING EN ONDERZOEK IN DE CONFECTIE - INSTITUT POUR LA RECHERCHE ET L'ENSEIGNEMENT DANS LA CONFECTION and CEFRET. Björn De Kerpel is also behind INSTITUUT VOOR VORMING EN ONDERZOEK IN DE CONFECTIE - INSTITUT POUR LA RECHERCHE ET L'ENSEIGNEMENT DANS LA CONFECTION. Wim Van Goethem is also behind vakantiefonds voor de textiel - caisse des vacances annuelles du textile, ATTENTIA Preventie & bescherming and CEFRET. Karla Basselier is also behind vakantiefonds voor de textiel - caisse des vacances annuelles du textile and KaBa Solutions.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Annelies Deman
Director
Also active at: Rijksverlofkas voor de Diamantnijverheid, INSTITUUT VOOR VORMING EN ONDERZOEK IN DE CONFECTIE - INSTITUT POUR LA RECHERCHE ET L'ENSEIGNEMENT DANS LA CONFECTION, CEFRET
since 2021
Björn De Kerpel
Director
Also active at: INSTITUUT VOOR VORMING EN ONDERZOEK IN DE CONFECTIE - INSTITUT POUR LA RECHERCHE ET L'ENSEIGNEMENT DANS LA CONFECTION
since 2025
Wim Van Goethem
Director
Also active at: vakantiefonds voor de textiel - caisse des vacances annuelles du textile, ATTENTIA Preventie & bescherming, CEFRET
since 2003
Karla Basselier
Director
Also active at: vakantiefonds voor de textiel - caisse des vacances annuelles du textile, KaBa Solutions
since 2023
since 2009
Olaf Minne
Director
Also active at: Institut de Formation postscolaire de l'Industrie des Fabrications métalliques-Ouvriers, INSTITUUT VOOR VORMING EN ONDERZOEK IN DE CONFECTIE - INSTITUT POUR LA RECHERCHE ET L'ENSEIGNEMENT DANS LA CONFECTION, VORMINGS- EN OPLEIDINGSKANSEN, Volta, mtech+ Vlaanderen & Brussel
since 2023
Yves Cammaert
Director
since 2012
since 2019
Ronny Arryn
Director
since 2003
since 2021
Griet Bonami
Director
Also active at: vakantiefonds voor de textiel - caisse des vacances annuelles du textile, CEFRET
since 2011
Maarten Vlyminck
Director
since 2023
Filip Misplon
Director
since 2024
Hilde Willems
Director
Also active at: INSTITUUT VOOR VORMING EN ONDERZOEK IN DE CONFECTIE - INSTITUT POUR LA RECHERCHE ET L'ENSEIGNEMENT DANS LA CONFECTION
since 2014
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Poortakkerstraat 92
9051 Gent
Burggravenlaan 40
9000 Gent
Active since 23 August 2006
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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Details
- Company number
- 0418.257.862
- VAT number
- BE 0418.257.862
- Registered office
- Poortakkerstraat 92, 9051 Gent
- Names & denominations
- Cobot · C.O.B.O.T.
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Non-profit association
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 March 1978
- Peppol
- Not registered
- Contact
- cobot.be
- Activities · NACE
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