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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 62 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 2.1 to 0.9.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CARUBIN from Pittem, company number BE0422896442, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 432,759 after tax. For that financial year CARUBIN recorded a gross margin of € 689,634 and equity of € 364,845. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 283,557 to € 432,759. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 70 % below last year. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on April 21, 2026.
€ 364,845
▼ 70% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 432,759
▲ 53% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 678,609
▼ 5% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1.3 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
0.9
▼ 0.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 44,179
▼ 28% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 1,268
▼ 94% 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.
€ 5,328
▼ 23% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 50,058
▲ 54% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 685,793 | € 548,152 | € 532,575 | € 689,634 | ▲ 29% |
| Profit after taxes | € 348,692 | € 232,768 | € 283,557 | € 432,759 | ▲ 53% |
| Equity | € 2,265,762 | € 2,248,531 | € 1,232,087 | € 364,845 | ▼ 70% |
| Total debts | € 357,664 | € 298,563 | € 1,339,391 | € 1,355,386 | ▲ 1% |
| Cash | € 909,227 | € 499,290 | € 716,112 | € 678,609 | ▼ 5% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,205,848 | € 1,129,463 | € 1,040,327 | € 951,389 | ▼ 9% |
| Retained profit | € 2,247,162 | € 2,229,931 | € 1,213,487 | € 346,245 | ▼ 71% |
| Dividend | € 250,000 | € 250,000 | € 1,300,000 | € 1,300,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,753,810 | € 2,668,479 | € 2,684,207 | € 1,824,743 | ▼ 32% |
| Employees (FTE) | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | ▼ 0.2 |
Key figures of CARUBIN, 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 CARUBIN?
What happened at CARUBIN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 432,759 (▲ 53% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Pittem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 348,692 profit in 2022 to € 432,759 profit in 2025.
Paid € 483,103 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 432,759 profit.
On average € 484,200 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
The stake of CARULUC comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
CARUBINBehind CARUBIN is Luc Debruyne. The shares are held by CARULUC (100%).
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Brugsesteenweg 8 BIS
8740 Pittem
Brugsesteenweg 8
8740 Pittem
Active since 1 September 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
- 0422.896.442
- VAT number
- BE 0422.896.442
- Registered office
- Brugsesteenweg 8 BIS, 8740 Pittem
- Names & denominations
- CARUBIN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 14 July 1982
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 25 Sept 2025
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