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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 2 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CIPAL from Geel, company number BE0442802030, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 101.4 million after tax. For that financial year CIPAL recorded revenue of € 1 million and equity of € 62.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 239,404 to € 101.4 million. 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 April 7, 2026.
€ 62.7 million
▲ 253% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 101.4 million
▲ € 101.2 million vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 416,715
▼ 91% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 56.5 million paid out
56 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Cipal dienstverlenende vereniging (90 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
0.3
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 62,104
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 13,265
▼ 22% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 181,450
▼ 44% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 20 days on average.
€ 7,538
▼ 97% vs 2024
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 4,655,252 | € 4,929,452 | € 3,134,749 | € 1,004,249 | ▼ 68% |
| Profit after taxes | € 33,100 | € 545,746 | € 239,404 | € 101,449,266 | ▲ € 101.2 million |
| Equity | € 18,954,863 | € 18,500,609 | € 17,740,013 | € 62,689,280 | ▲ 253% |
| Total debts | € 1,919,709 | € 3,346,188 | € 1,611,586 | € 56,761,984 | ▲ € 55.2 million |
| Cash | € 6,841,100 | € 5,766,453 | € 4,784,021 | € 416,715 | ▼ 91% |
| Land & buildings | € 434,705 | € 386,959 | € 339,213 | € 297,165 | ▼ 12% |
| Retained profit | € 3,951,863 | € 3,497,609 | € 2,737,013 | € 47,686,280 | ▲ € 44.9 million |
| Dividend | € 1,000,000 | € 1,000,000 | € 1,000,000 | € 56,500,000 | ▲ € 55.5 million |
| Balance sheet total | € 20,874,572 | € 21,846,797 | € 19,351,600 | € 122,984,335 | ▲ € 103.6 million |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | - | 0.3 |
Key figures of CIPAL, 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 CIPAL?
What happened at CIPAL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Cipal DV stepped down as director. NBB
- Lawrence Vancraeyenest stepped down as director. NBB
- Nutsbedrijven Houdstermaatschappij CV stepped down as director. NBB
- Johan Sauwens stepped down as director. NBB
- Paul Verbeeck stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 101.4 million (▲ € 101.2 million vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Cipal DV became a director. NBB
- Marc Vandeput stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 33,100 profit in 2022 to € 101.4 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 274,524 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 101.4 million profit.
Paid out € 59.5 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The stake of NUHMA DC comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
CIPALThe shares are held by Cipal dienstverlenende vereniging (90%), Nutsbedrijven Houdstermaatschappij CV (10%) and NUHMA DC (10%). It owns 49% of SC One, 16.7% of Fairville and 10% of MyCSN itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Maarten Boonen
since 2025 · until 2031
Marc Vandeput
Vice-chairman of the board
since 2022 · until 2025
since 2025 · until 2031
Katelijne Weyns
Director
since 2022 · until 2025
Nutsbedrijven Houdstermaatschappij CV
Director · represented by Ludo Kelchtermans
Owns 10% via NUHMA DC
Also active at: A.I.T. EUROPE, WIND EN WATER ENERGIE PRODUCENT, 3E, C-POWER HOLDCO, SeaMade, BIONERGA LOGISTICS, NUHMERIS, BIOSTOOM BELGIË +21 more
since 2025 · until 2031
Ludo Helsen
Chairman of the board
since 2022 · until 2025
Johan Sauwens
Director
Also active at: Vlaamse Vervoermaatschappij - De Lijn, VLAAMS SELECTIECENTRUM VOOR HET OVERHEIDSPERSONEEL C.V.B.A."TEVENS GENAAMD 'JOBPUNT VLAANDEREN' EN/ OF 'POOLSTOK'
since 2025 · until 2031
Jos Claessens
Director
since 2022 · until 2025
Nico Cras
Managing director
Also active at: Cipal Schaubroeck, Bre-Beau, Fairville, SOULCO, RED FOUNTAIN
since 2022 · until 2025
Paul Verbeeck
Director
Also active at: FLUVIUS Antwerpen, CIPAL, Woonschakel Berg en Nete, VLAAMS SELECTIECENTRUM VOOR HET OVERHEIDSPERSONEEL C.V.B.A."TEVENS GENAAMD 'JOBPUNT VLAANDEREN' EN/ OF 'POOLSTOK', AUTONOOM GEMEENTEBEDRIJF NIJLEN
since 2025 · until 2031
Jozef Geuens
Vice-chairman of the board
since 2022 · until 2025
Shareholders
NUHMA DC · holding of Nutsbedrijven Houdstermaatschappij CV
10%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Cipalstraat 3
2440 Geel
Cipalstraat 1
2440 Geel
Active since 31 May 1991
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0442.802.030
- VAT number
- BE 0442.802.030
- Registered office
- Cipalstraat 3, 2440 Geel
- Names & denominations
- CIPAL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 December 1990
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Contact
- [email protected]
- Activities · NACE
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