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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 2 of the last 2 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 36 % of short-term debt in 2021; threshold 65 %.
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Late annual account NBB
Fiscal year 2021 was filed 214 days after the legal deadline.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2021
VAN ECHELPOEL from Beerse, company number BE0431651582, closed financial year 2021 with a result of € 7,059 after tax. For that financial year VAN ECHELPOEL recorded a gross margin of € 250,922 and equity of € -136,411. Compared with financial year 2020, the result moved from € -441,171 to € 7,059. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 March 2, 2023.
€ -136,411
▲ € 7,059 vs 2020
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 7,059
▲ still € 441,171 loss in 2020
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 13,660
▲ 5% vs 2020
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2021. Retained profit grew to € -155,003.
People and assets in 2021
4.5
▼ 1.8 vs 2020
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 179,832
▼ 39% vs 2020
€ 40,000 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.
€ 3,160
▼ 81% vs 2020
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2021
€ 342,817
▼ 5% vs 2020
€ 16,770 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 20 years.
€ 516,416
▲ 26% vs 2020
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 28,922
▼ 66% vs 2020
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2020 | 2021 | Change 2020 → 2021 | |
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| Gross margin | € -73,676 | € 250,922 | ▲ € 324,597 |
| Profit after taxes | € -441,171 | € 7,059 | ▲ € 448,230 |
| Equity | € -143,470 | € -136,411 | ▲ € 7,059 |
| Total debts | € 854,490 | € 957,641 | ▲ 12% |
| Cash | € 13,055 | € 13,660 | ▲ 5% |
| Land & buildings | € 157,990 | € 146,864 | ▼ 7% |
| Retained profit | € -162,062 | € -155,003 | ▲ € 7,059 |
| Bank debt | € 359,077 | € 342,817 | ▼ 5% |
| Balance sheet total | € 711,020 | € 821,230 | ▲ 16% |
| Employees (FTE) | 6.3 | 4.5 | ▼ 1.8 |
By gross margin, VAN ECHELPOEL ranks 13th of 32 companies with main activity “Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen” in the province of Antwerp that publish figures (fiscal year 2021).
Key figures of VAN ECHELPOEL, fiscal years 2020 to 2021, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2022 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2023.
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What happened to VAN ECHELPOEL?
What happened at VAN ECHELPOEL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
VAN ECHELPOEL is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2021: profit of € 7,059. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Natascha Schellekens became a director. NBB
- Bart Van Echelpoel stepped down as director. NBB
- Bart Van Echelpoel became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Beerse. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 441,171 loss in 2020 to € 7,059 profit in 2021.
Paid € 233 in corporate taxes since 2020.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 7,059 profit.
On average € 55,800 of value added per employee in 2021.
Management
Behind VAN ECHELPOEL is Natascha Schellekens.
Directors
According to the 2021 annual accounts
Natascha Schellekens
Director
since 2022
Bart Van Echelpoel
Manager
since 2017 · until 2022
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Ambachtstraat 9
2340 Beerse
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
- 0431.651.582
- VAT number
- BE 0431.651.582
- Registered office
- Ambachtstraat 9, 2340 Beerse
- Names & denominations
- VAN ECHELPOEL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 27 July 1987
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