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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 32 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
CHROME from Knokke-Heist, company number BE0428454938, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 64,000 after tax. For that financial year CHROME recorded a gross margin of € 426,584 and equity of € 538,496. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -134,552 to € 64,000. 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 August 30, 2025.
€ 538,496
▲ 13% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 64,000
▲ still € 134,552 loss in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 192,293
▲ 66% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 518,496.
People and assets in 2024
8.1
▲ 1.5 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 305,211
▲ 7% vs 2023
€ 37,700 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.
€ 24,385
▲ 29% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 236,096
▼ 7% vs 2023
€ 41,915 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 554,654
▲ 76% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 101,219
▲ 3% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 272,616 | € 371,455 | € 172,320 | € 426,584 | ▲ 148% |
| Profit after taxes | € 87,051 | € 113,278 | € -134,552 | € 64,000 | ▲ € 198,552 |
| Equity | € 495,770 | € 609,048 | € 474,496 | € 538,496 | ▲ 13% |
| Total debts | € 385,822 | € 303,212 | € 679,912 | € 922,156 | ▲ 36% |
| Cash | € 206,509 | € 191,692 | € 115,894 | € 192,293 | ▲ 66% |
| Retained profit | € 475,770 | € 589,048 | € 454,496 | € 518,496 | ▲ 14% |
| Dividend | € 100,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 85,438 | € 106,922 | € 254,140 | € 236,096 | ▼ 7% |
| Balance sheet total | € 881,592 | € 912,260 | € 1,154,407 | € 1,460,651 | ▲ 27% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5.1 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 8.1 | ▲ 1.5 |
Key figures of CHROME, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to CHROME?
What happened at CHROME in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 64,000. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- MC Agency & Consulting BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 87,051 profit in 2021 to € 64,000 profit in 2024.
Paid € 75,145 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 113,278 profit.
On average € 52,700 of value added per employee in 2024.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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Management
The stake of MC AGENCY & CONSULTING comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
CHROMEBehind CHROME is MC Agency & Consulting BV. The shares are held by MC AGENCY & CONSULTING (100%).
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Director · represented by Marijke CAPPAERT
since 2020
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kustlaan 5
8300 Knokke-Heist
Lippenslaan 295
8300 Knokke-Heist
Active since 26 April 1995
Kustlaan 5 7
8300 Knokke-Heist
Active since 13 December 2001
Kustlaan 181
8300 Knokke-Heist
Active since 1 December 2025
Kustlaan 39
8300 Knokke-Heist
Active since 15 December 2025
Who else lives here?
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
- 0428.454.938
- VAT number
- BE 0428.454.938
- Registered office
- Kustlaan 5, 8300 Knokke-Heist
- Names & denominations
- CHROME
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 27 January 1986
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 11 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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