Warning lights
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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 16.4 to 10.7.
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Busy address KBO
69 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
COOK BELGIUM from Antwerpen, company number BE0429919440, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 436,584 after tax. For that financial year COOK BELGIUM recorded revenue of € 17.9 million and equity of € 2.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.1 million to € 436,584. The company is profitable. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 73 % below last year. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on April 17, 2026.
€ 2.5 million
▼ 73% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 436,584
▼ 58% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 100,698
▼ 25% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 7 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
10.7
▼ 3.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.9 million
▼ 17% vs 2024
€ 179,300 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.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2.2 million
▼ 44% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 49 days on average.
€ 1 million
▲ 8% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 16,918,452 | € 17,629,207 | € 17,986,481 | € 17,869,902 | ▼ 1% |
| Profit after taxes | € 378,573 | € 600,597 | € 1,051,885 | € 436,584 | ▼ 58% |
| Equity | € 7,380,284 | € 7,980,881 | € 9,032,766 | € 2,469,350 | ▼ 73% |
| Total debts | € 4,215,380 | € 3,594,631 | € 4,909,252 | € 3,220,921 | ▼ 34% |
| Cash | € 103,667 | € 100,389 | € 134,625 | € 100,698 | ▼ 25% |
| Retained profit | € 6,884,497 | € 7,485,094 | € 8,536,979 | € 1,973,562 | ▼ 77% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 7,000,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 11,595,664 | € 11,575,512 | € 13,942,018 | € 5,690,270 | ▼ 59% |
| Employees (FTE) | 19.6 | 16.4 | 13.9 | 10.7 | ▼ 3.2 |
Key figures of COOK BELGIUM, 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 COOK BELGIUM?
What happened at COOK BELGIUM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 436,584 (▼ 58% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- William Doherty became a director. NBB
- John R. Kamastra became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 378,573 profit in 2022 to € 436,584 profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.1 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 1.1 million profit.
Paid out € 7 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Behind COOK BELGIUM are William Doherty and John R. Kamastra.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
William Doherty
Director
since 2020
John R. Kamastra
Director
since 2020
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
De Keyserlei 60C box 1301
2018 Antwerpen
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0429.919.440
- VAT number
- BE 0429.919.440
- Registered office
- De Keyserlei 60C bus 1301, 2018 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- COOK BELGIUM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 25 November 1986
- Peppol
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