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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2024.
Financials
Financial year 2025
DUKES' ACADEMIE from Brugge, company number BE0432841714, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1 million after tax. For that financial year DUKES' ACADEMIE recorded a gross margin of € 2.6 million and equity of € 561,409. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.1 million to € 1 million. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 8, 2026.
€ 561,409
▲ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1 million
▼ 9% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 512,417
▲ 27% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1 million paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to ACADEMIE INVEST (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
16.4
▲ 0.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 774,286
▲ 4% vs 2024
€ 47,200 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.
€ 1,674
▼ 30% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.7 million
▼ 11% vs 2024
€ 215,876 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.
€ 518,250
▲ 23% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 140,553
▲ 6% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,122,559 | € 2,272,091 | € 2,850,477 | € 2,648,084 | ▼ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 416,332 | € 827,771 | € 1,105,847 | € 1,004,642 | ▼ 9% |
| Equity | € 903,150 | € 650,921 | € 556,767 | € 561,409 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 1,940,424 | € 3,717,904 | € 3,628,608 | € 3,322,038 | ▼ 8% |
| Cash | € 1,572,519 | € 487,072 | € 402,191 | € 512,417 | ▲ 27% |
| Land & buildings | € 334,244 | € 318,387 | € 302,695 | € 287,147 | ▼ 5% |
| Retained profit | € 369,400 | € 117,171 | € 23,017 | € 27,659 | ▲ 20% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 1,080,000 | € 1,200,000 | € 1,000,000 | ▼ 17% |
| Bank debt | € 1,233,205 | € 2,100,657 | € 1,874,026 | € 1,661,384 | ▼ 11% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,843,573 | € 4,368,824 | € 4,185,375 | € 3,883,446 | ▼ 7% |
| Employees (FTE) | 19.1 | 14 | 16.3 | 16.4 | ▲ 0.1 |
Key figures of DUKES' ACADEMIE, 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 DUKES' ACADEMIE?
What happened at DUKES' ACADEMIE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1 million (▼ 9% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- JDG 4 CONSULTING BV became a director. NBB
- ACADEMIE REAL ESTATE BV became a director. NBB
- DUKES' HOTEL COLLECTION BV became a director. NBB
- DGP CONSULTING BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Brugge. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 416,332 profit in 2022 to € 1 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 919,581 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 1.1 million profit.
On average € 161,500 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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 ACADEMIE INVEST comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
DUKES' ACADEMIEBehind DUKES' ACADEMIE are JDG 4 CONSULTING BV, ACADEMIE REAL ESTATE BV, DUKES' HOTEL COLLECTION BV and DGP CONSULTING BV. The shares are held by ACADEMIE INVEST (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Degroote Jan
Also active at: DEGROOTE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, DEGROOTE HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT, Investments Degroote, VASTGOEDGROEP DEGROOTE, ACADEMIE REAL ESTATE, ACADEMIE INVEST, SKY HOTEL REAL ESTATE, GRAMINEA +1 more
since 2022
Statutaire Bestuurder · represented by Degroote David
Also active at: ACADEMIE INVEST
since 2022
Managing director · represented by Degroote Pieter
Also active at: DUKES' PALACE RESIDENCE, DUKES' ARCHES, DUKES' PALACE, MEMLINC
since 2022
Director · represented by Degroote Pieter
Also active at: DUKES ' HOTEL COLLECTION, ACADEMIE REAL ESTATE, ACADEMIE INVEST, IDP Invest
since 2022
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Wijngaardstraat 7-9
8000 Brugge
Wijngaardstraat 7 9
8000 Brugge
Active since 5 January 1988
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0432.841.714
- VAT number
- BE 0432.841.714
- Registered office
- Wijngaardstraat 7-9, 8000 Brugge
- Names & denominations
- DUKES' ACADEMIE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 December 1987
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 6 Jan 2026
- Activities · NACE
Hotels en dergelijke accommodatie
Hotels en motels, met restaurant