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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 52 % of short-term debt in 2023; threshold 65 %.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2020.
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Annual account missing NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was expected before 30 April 2025 and has not been filed.
Financials
Financial year 2023
BEGRO from Ardooie, company number BE0425237904, closed financial year 2023 with a result of € 1.2 million after tax. For that financial year BEGRO recorded revenue of € 170.8 million and equity of € 19.1 million. Compared with financial year 2021, the result moved from € -679,818 to € 1.2 million. 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 March 22, 2024.
€ 19.1 million
▲ 4% vs 2021
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1.2 million
▲ still € 679,818 loss in 2021
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 993,834
▲ 30% vs 2021
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 500,000 paid out
43 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to DICKSTAR (99 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2023
116.1
▲ 2 vs 2021
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 10.7 million
▲ 75% vs 2021
€ 91,800 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.
€ 147,883
▼ 21% vs 2021
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2023
€ 4.9 million
▼ 4% vs 2021
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 16.9 million
▼ 8% vs 2021
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 38 days on average.
€ 1.2 million
▲ 14% vs 2021
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2020 | 2021 | 2023 | Change 2021 → 2023 | |
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| Revenue | € 89,881,362 | € 90,473,990 | € 170,829,918 | ▲ 89% |
| Profit after taxes | € 245,971 | € -679,818 | € 1,169,700 | ▲ € 1.8 million |
| Equity | € 19,086,280 | € 18,406,461 | € 19,076,162 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 21,672,890 | € 24,592,138 | € 23,576,822 | ▼ 4% |
| Cash | € 971,869 | € 766,113 | € 993,834 | ▲ 30% |
| Land & buildings | € 4,146,584 | € 3,945,460 | € 3,609,469 | ▼ 9% |
| Retained profit | € 17,380,677 | € 16,700,859 | € 17,370,559 | ▲ 4% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 500,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 4,985,162 | € 5,135,231 | € 4,925,789 | ▼ 4% |
| Balance sheet total | € 40,837,709 | € 43,077,139 | € 42,652,984 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 130.6 | 114.1 | 116.1 | ▲ 2 |
Key figures of BEGRO, fiscal years 2020 to 2023, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2024 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 30 April 2025.
What happened to BEGRO?
What happened at BEGRO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Dickstar Comm.VA stepped down as director. NBB
- Anhema SRL stepped down as director. NBB
- Claire Dick stepped down as director. NBB
- Anja Bossuyt stepped down as director. NBB
- Roger Dick stepped down as director. NBB
- YNC BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2023: profit of € 1.2 million. Source: NBB ↗
- Dickstar Comm.VA became a director. NBB
In short
From € 245,971 profit in 2020 to € 1.2 million profit in 2023.
Paid € 530,876 in corporate taxes since 2020.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 1.2 million profit.
Paid out € 500,000 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The stake of DICKSTAR comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
BEGROThe shares are held by DICKSTAR (99%).
Directors
According to the 2023 annual accounts
Managing director · represented by Marie-Christine Lafaut
Also active at: DICOGEL AGRO, BEHAEGEL LANDBOUW, ROGER & ROGER, DICOFOODS, STAGEL
since 2022 · until 2028
Managing director · represented by Hein Dick
Also active at: Westfro, DICOGEL AGRO, BEHAEGEL LANDBOUW, ROGER & ROGER, Lorenz Belgium, DICOFOODS, STAGEL
since 2022 · until 2028
Claire Dick
Director
Also active at: DICOGEL AGRO, BEHAEGEL LANDBOUW, ROGER & ROGER, DICOFOODS, YNC, STAGEL
since 2022 · until 2028
Anja Bossuyt
Director
Also active at: DICOGEL AGRO, BEHAEGEL LANDBOUW, ROGER & ROGER, DICOFOODS, STAGEL
since 2022 · until 2028
Roger Dick
Director
Also active at: DICOGEL AGRO, BEHAEGEL LANDBOUW, HEPHAISTOS, DICKSTAR, ROGER & ROGER, MARO, DICOFOODS, STAGEL
since 2022 · until 2028
Managing director · represented by Yves De Vinck
Also active at: DICOGEL AGRO, BEHAEGEL LANDBOUW, ROGER & ROGER, VYMALA, Lorenz Belgium, Human Capital District, Belemi, DICOFOODS +3 more
since 2022 · until 2028
Shareholders
99%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Tombrugstraat 8 box BIS
8850 Ardooie
Tombrugstraat 8
8850 Ardooie
Active since 1 January 1984
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A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0425.237.904
- VAT number
- BE 0425.237.904
- Registered office
- Tombrugstraat 8 bus BIS, 8850 Ardooie
- Names & denominations
- BEGRO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 December 1983
- Peppol
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