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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 12 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
STERKENS BV from Kalmthout, company number BE0422380857, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -171,803 after tax. For that financial year STERKENS BV recorded a gross margin of € -78,682 and equity of € -474,202. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 20,291 to € -171,803. 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 August 11, 2026.
€ -474,202
▼ € 171,803 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -171,803
▼ still € 20,291 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 55,827
▲ 74% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -624,202.
People and assets in 2025
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
Debts at end 2025
€ 253,648
▼ 42% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 1,238
▼ 77% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 13,735
▲ 242% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € -74,281 | € 54,704 | € 63,211 | € -78,682 | ▼ € 141,893 |
| Profit after taxes | € -145,526 | € -36,164 | € 20,291 | € -171,803 | ▼ € 192,094 |
| Equity | € -286,526 | € -322,690 | € -302,399 | € -474,202 | ▼ € 171,803 |
| Total debts | € 1,169,692 | € 1,078,401 | € 845,039 | € 612,757 | ▼ 27% |
| Cash | € 21,306 | € 23,391 | € 32,153 | € 55,827 | ▲ 74% |
| Retained profit | € -436,526 | € -472,690 | € -452,399 | € -624,202 | ▼ € 171,803 |
| Bank debt | € 600,132 | € 589,902 | € 434,410 | € 253,648 | ▼ 42% |
| Balance sheet total | € 883,166 | € 755,712 | € 542,640 | € 138,555 | ▼ 74% |
| Employees (FTE) | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | - |
Key figures of STERKENS BV, 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 STERKENS BV?
What happened at STERKENS BV in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 171,803 (▼ € 192,094 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Kalmthout. KBO
- New establishment in Kalmthout. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 145,526 loss in 2022 to € 171,803 loss in 2025.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 20,291 profit.
On average € 54,700 of value added per employee in 2023.
Management
Behind STERKENS BV is Gustaaf Sterkens.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Gustaaf Sterkens
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Essensteenweg (Nm) 96
2920 Kalmthout
Nieuwmoer-Dorp (Nm) 44
2920 Kalmthout
Active since 1 January 1982
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0422.380.857
- VAT number
- BE 0422.380.857
- Registered office
- Essensteenweg (Nm) 96, 2920 Kalmthout
- Names & denominations
- STERKENS BV
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 December 1981
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- Active · Active since 26 Oct 2026
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