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Financials
Financial year 2025
CARAMEL from Geel, company number BE0436101409, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 62,162 after tax. For that financial year CARAMEL recorded a gross margin of € 124,997 and equity of € 687,999. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 71,724 to € 62,162. The company is profitable. 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 June 24, 2026.
€ 687,999
▲ 10% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 62,162
▼ 13% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 614,777
▲ 178% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 679,407.
People and assets in 2025
€ 35,313
▲ 2% vs 2024
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.
€ 5,446
▲ 81% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 19,440
▲ 15% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 167,010 | € 122,666 | € 134,178 | € 124,997 | ▼ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 87,564 | € 67,736 | € 71,724 | € 62,162 | ▼ 13% |
| Equity | € 486,376 | € 554,112 | € 625,836 | € 687,999 | ▲ 10% |
| Total debts | € 94,230 | € 46,133 | € 27,408 | € 24,885 | ▼ 9% |
| Cash | € 501,274 | € 227,079 | € 221,261 | € 614,777 | ▲ 178% |
| Land & buildings | € 11,644 | € 12,622 | € 33,481 | € 25,005 | ▼ 25% |
| Retained profit | € 477,784 | € 545,520 | € 617,244 | € 679,407 | ▲ 10% |
| Bank debt | € 36,989 | € 15,745 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 580,606 | € 600,245 | € 653,245 | € 712,884 | ▲ 9% |
Key figures of CARAMEL, 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 CARAMEL?
What happened at CARAMEL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 62,162 (▼ 13% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Geel. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 87,564 profit in 2022 to € 62,162 profit in 2025.
Paid € 111,594 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 87,564 profit.
Management
Behind CARAMEL are INGRID VAN GENECHTEN and KRISTIEN VAN HEUCKELOM. KRISTIEN VAN HEUCKELOM is also behind Caramel Fashion 2.0.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
INGRID VAN GENECHTEN
Manager
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Larum 42 box 7
2440 Geel
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 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
- 0436.101.409
- VAT number
- BE 0436.101.409
- Registered office
- Larum 42 bus 7, 2440 Geel
- Names & denominations
- CARAMEL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 22 December 1988
- Peppol
- Not registered
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