Financials
Financial year 2025
ASTRA SWEETS from Turnhout, company number BE0432549427, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 3.6 million after tax. For that financial year ASTRA SWEETS recorded revenue of € 113.6 million and equity of € 33.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 14 million to € 3.6 million. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 19, 2026.
€ 33.7 million
▲ 6% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 3.6 million
▼ 74% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3.5 million
▼ 47% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1.7 million paid out
47 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
391.4
▲ 5.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 30.3 million
▲ 5% vs 2024
€ 77,400 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.
€ 217,570
▲ 120% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 60.5 million
▼ 5% vs 2024
€ 5.2 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 12 years.
€ 10.9 million
▲ 6% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 55 days on average.
€ 5.2 million
▲ 18% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 86,383,236 | € 111,048,919 | € 116,824,270 | € 113,598,002 | ▼ 3% |
| Profit after taxes | € 5,012,125 | € 2,812,217 | € 14,008,176 | € 3,589,549 | ▼ 74% |
| Equity | € 18,408,408 | € 19,720,624 | € 31,803,677 | € 33,693,225 | ▲ 6% |
| Total debts | € 53,267,841 | € 82,542,874 | € 85,915,155 | € 83,085,168 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 3,120,269 | € 4,556,356 | € 6,539,673 | € 3,492,658 | ▼ 47% |
| Land & buildings | € 10,649,797 | € 12,135,267 | € 17,834,126 | € 18,339,160 | ▲ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 15,180,675 | € 16,492,892 | € 28,601,068 | € 30,490,616 | ▲ 7% |
| Dividend | € 1,647,950 | € 1,500,000 | € 1,900,000 | € 1,700,000 | ▼ 11% |
| Bank debt | € 18,883,134 | € 45,176,630 | € 63,801,779 | € 60,476,642 | ▼ 5% |
| Balance sheet total | € 71,692,160 | € 102,272,776 | € 117,722,411 | € 116,778,394 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 355.2 | 378.3 | 386 | 391.4 | ▲ 5.4 |
Key figures of ASTRA SWEETS, 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 ASTRA SWEETS?
What happened at ASTRA SWEETS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Bruno VANHERPE stepped down as director. NBB
- Filip Vanherpe BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Shauri BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Katrien VANHERPE stepped down as director. NBB
- Broeckaert BV stepped down as director. NBB
- DiMi Solutions BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 3.6 million (▼ 74% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Turnhout. KBO
In short
From € 5 million profit in 2022 to € 3.6 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 4.6 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 14 million profit.
Paid out € 6.7 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
It owns 100% of Frisia-Asia PTE. LTD., 100% of FRISIA GMBH, 100% of Astra Faam BV and 100% of Frisia Ltd itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Managing director · represented by Filip VANHERPE
since 2023 · until 2029
Bruno VANHERPE
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Director · represented by Marc VANHERPE
Also active at: PANIFLOWER, LA LORRAINE BARCHON, LA LORRAINE TRANSPORT, LA LORRAINE FERNELMONT, FRANZ, LA LORRAINE MORLANWELZ, LA LORRAINE ALKEN, LA LORRAINE ANTWERPEN +2 more
since 2023 · until 2029
since 2023 · until 2029
since 2023 · until 2029
since 2020 · until 2025
Director · represented by Dirk VERYSER
Also active at: SPECIAL FRUIT, Mago Holding
since 2022 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bleukenlaan 18
2300 Turnhout
Bleukenlaan 4
2300 Turnhout
Active since 1 January 2014
Bleukenlaan 15
2300 Turnhout
Active since 16 March 2023
Bleukenlaan 12
2300 Turnhout
Active since 14 June 2023
Bleukenlaan 8
2300 Turnhout
Active since 29 July 2025
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.
Details
- Company number
- 0432.549.427
- VAT number
- BE 0432.549.427
- Registered office
- Bleukenlaan 18, 2300 Turnhout
- Names & denominations
- ASTRA SWEETS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 November 1987
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
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