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Late annual account NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was filed 210 days after the legal deadline.
Financials
Financial year 2024
RATO from Antwerpen, company number BE0436874043, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 14,332 after tax. For that financial year RATO recorded a gross margin of € 30,393 and equity of € 45,985. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 11,310 to € 14,332. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 February 26, 2026.
€ 45,985
▲ 45% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 14,332
▲ 27% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3,447
▼ 88% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 14,998.
People and assets in 2024
€ 41
▼ 97% vs 2023
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 675
▼ 77% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 8
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 23,113
▼ 56% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 35,148
▲ 178% vs 2023
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € -8,865 | € 51,331 | € 18,506 | € 30,393 | ▲ 64% |
| Profit after taxes | € -14,289 | € 44,806 | € 11,310 | € 14,332 | ▲ 27% |
| Equity | € -24,463 | € 20,343 | € 31,653 | € 45,985 | ▲ 45% |
| Total debts | € 45,647 | € 115,544 | € 65,018 | € 58,915 | ▼ 9% |
| Cash | € 914 | € 52,936 | € 28,268 | € 3,447 | ▼ 88% |
| Land & buildings | - | € 2,045 | € 1,826 | € 1,607 | ▼ 12% |
| Retained profit | € -55,449 | € -10,643 | € 666 | € 14,998 | ▲ € 14,332 |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 8 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 21,185 | € 135,887 | € 96,671 | € 104,900 | ▲ 9% |
Key figures of RATO, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to RATO?
What happened at RATO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 14,332 (▲ 27% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 14,289 loss in 2021 to € 14,332 profit in 2024.
Paid € 7,102 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 44,806 profit.
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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
Behind RATO are Ellie Damen and Bjorn Van Zundert. Bjorn Van Zundert is also behind P/A Benelux.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Ellie Damen
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Middelmolenlaan 175
2100 Antwerpen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0436.874.043
- VAT number
- BE 0436.874.043
- Registered office
- Middelmolenlaan 175, 2100 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- RATO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 24 February 1989
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 16 Sept 2025
- Activities · NACE
Activiteiten van reclamebureaus
Publiciteitsagentschappen
Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw