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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 7 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
SOCAPHOT from Charleroi, company number BE0424707966, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -2,615 after tax. For that financial year SOCAPHOT recorded a gross margin of € 43,034 and equity of € -57,492. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 64,513 to € -2,615. 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 January 29, 2026.
€ -57,492
▼ € 2,615 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -2,615
▼ still € 64,513 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 441
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -76,092.
People and assets in 2025
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 37,856
▼ 8% 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.
Debts at end 2025
€ 26,812
▼ 7% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 5,663
▲ 18% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 10,457
▲ 28% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 20,476 | € 37,195 | € 115,481 | € 43,034 | ▼ 63% |
| Profit after taxes | € 4,637 | € 192 | € 64,513 | € -2,615 | ▼ € 67,128 |
| Equity | € -119,582 | € -119,390 | € -54,877 | € -57,492 | ▼ € 2,615 |
| Total debts | € 195,695 | € 193,777 | € 132,340 | € 128,854 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 1,137 | € 1,588 | - | € 441 | |
| Retained profit | € -138,182 | € -137,990 | € -73,477 | € -76,092 | ▼ € 2,615 |
| Bank debt | € 45,007 | € 43,491 | € 28,762 | € 26,812 | ▼ 7% |
| Balance sheet total | € 76,113 | € 74,387 | € 77,463 | € 71,362 | ▼ 8% |
Key figures of SOCAPHOT, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.
What happened to SOCAPHOT?
What happened at SOCAPHOT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 2,615 (▼ € 67,128 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Charleroi. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 4,637 profit in 2022 to € 2,615 loss in 2025.
Paid € 508 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 64,513 profit.
Management
Behind SOCAPHOT is Paul CATOIR. Paul CATOIR is also behind UNION SYNDICALE DES CLASSES MOYENNES DU HAINAUT, Centre IFAPME de Charleroi, IMMOBILIERE CATOIR LANGE and Agence locale pour l'Emploi de la Ville de Charleroi.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Paul CATOIR
Director
Also active at: UNION SYNDICALE DES CLASSES MOYENNES DU HAINAUT, Centre IFAPME de Charleroi, IMMOBILIERE CATOIR LANGE, Agence locale pour l'Emploi de la Ville de Charleroi
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue du Collège 9
6000 Charleroi
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
OVH Mail
Hosting
OVH, FR
DNS
OVH DNS
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0424.707.966
- VAT number
- BE 0424.707.966
- Registered office
- Rue du Collège 9, 6000 Charleroi
- Names & denominations
- SOCAPHOT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 October 1983
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026
- Contact
- clicclac1heure.be
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