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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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Not on Peppol Peppol
Not registered in the Peppol network, mandatory for VAT-liable companies since 1 January 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Philco from Knokke-Heist, company number BE0423962155, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -245,043 after tax. For that financial year Philco recorded a gross margin of € 37,454 and equity of € -1.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -235,146 to € -245,043. 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 September 23, 2026.
€ -1.3 million
▼ € 245,043 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -245,043
▼ 4 % more loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 8,384
▼ 16% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -1.4 million.
People and assets in 2025
1.4
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 68,133
▲ 1% vs 2024
€ 48,700 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.
€ 11,444
▼ 40% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 2.6 million
▲ 4% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 2,079
▼ 33% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 5,179
▼ 17% vs 2024
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 6,397 | € 953 | € 29,443 | € 37,454 | ▲ 27% |
| Profit after taxes | € -158,036 | € -195,957 | € -235,146 | € -245,043 | ▼ € 9,896 |
| Equity | € -660,773 | € -856,730 | € -1,091,876 | € -1,336,918 | ▼ € 245,043 |
| Total debts | € 2,222,382 | € 2,549,066 | € 2,612,653 | € 2,713,393 | ▲ 4% |
| Cash | € 12,152 | € 24,609 | € 9,972 | € 8,384 | ▼ 16% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,501,609 | € 1,575,669 | € 1,489,583 | € 1,354,401 | ▼ 9% |
| Retained profit | € -727,704 | € -923,661 | € -1,158,807 | € -1,403,850 | ▼ € 245,043 |
| Bank debt | € 2,174,772 | € 2,429,272 | € 2,530,984 | € 2,632,984 | ▲ 4% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,561,609 | € 1,692,336 | € 1,520,778 | € 1,376,475 | ▼ 9% |
| Employees (FTE) | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Key figures of Philco, 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 Philco?
What happened at Philco in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- THOMAS VERBAET stepped down as director. NBB
- MATTHIEU VERBAET stepped down as director. NBB
- Julie VERBAET stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 245,043. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- THOMAS VERBAET became a director. NBB
- PHILIPPE VERBAET stepped down as director. NBB
- MATTHIEU VERBAET became a director. NBB
- Julie VERBAET became a director. NBB
In short
From € 158,036 loss in 2022 to € 245,043 loss in 2025.
Paid € 1,268 in corporate taxes since 2022.
On average € 26,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2013 · until 2025
THOMAS VERBAET
Managing director
Also active at: BERNARDUS CARE REAL ESTATE II, LINDBERGH CONSULT, BEETLE
since 2025 · until 2031
since 2025 · until 2031
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Elizabetlaan 214 box 43
8300 Knokke-Heist
Noordzeelaan 7
8300 Knokke-Heist
Active since 31 January 1983
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0423.962.155
- VAT number
- BE 0423.962.155
- Registered office
- Elizabetlaan 214 bus 43, 8300 Knokke-Heist
- Names & denominations
- Philco
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 31 January 1983
- Peppol
- Not registered
- Activities · NACE
Verhuur en exploitatie van eigen of geleased residentieel onroerend goed, exclusief sociale woningen