What does de Refuge do?

de Refuge is a residential care institution in Gent. Non-profit, started on 19 February 1992, 2 establishments.

What is the address of de Refuge?

The registered office of de Refuge is located at Coupure 275, 9000 Gent.

Is de Refuge still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) de Refuge is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 19 February 1992.

Is de Refuge registered on Peppol?

Yes, de Refuge is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0447392407.

What is the enterprise number of de Refuge?

The enterprise number of de Refuge is BE0447392407.

When was de Refuge founded?

de Refuge was founded on 19 February 1992.

Who are the directors of de Refuge?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of de Refuge are: Stefan Meersseman, Katty Janssens, Frederieke Compernolle, Christiaan Beyaert, Gilbert De Neve, Jeroen Vandenbroucke, Michael Voordeckers, Nadine Buckens.

Is de Refuge a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 19 February 1992; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 9 directors known from the annual account; 2 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did de Refuge make in 2025?

de Refuge posted a profit after taxes of € 142,112 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of de Refuge?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), de Refuge reported revenue of € 14,601,768.

How much does an employee at de Refuge earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at de Refuge was € 72,400 in 2025: staff costs of € 11.8 million for 162.8 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does de Refuge have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, de Refuge has 162.8 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does de Refuge have a website?

Yes, de Refuge has a website at derefuge.be.

de Refuge (Non-profit) - Gent - BE0447392407

Dossier de Refuge, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0447392407/de-refuge. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

de Refuge from Gent, company number BE0447392407, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 142,112 after tax. For that financial year de Refuge recorded revenue of € 14.6 million and equity of € 18.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 124,113 to € 142,112. 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 June 22, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 18.5 million

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Growing

€ 142,112

▲ 15% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 2.3 million

▲ 36% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

162.8

▲ 2.8 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 2.2 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 11.8 million

▲ 4% vs 2024

€ 72,400 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 324,014

▼ 10% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 5 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 1.7 million

▼ 11% vs 2024

€ 354,183 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 548,965

▼ 7% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 52 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 2.4 million

▲ 4% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 12,389,423 Revenue 2022: € 12,389,423 First fiscal year in the series	€ 13,251,885 Revenue 2023: € 13,251,885 ▲ 7% vs 2022 (€ 12,389,423) Favourable step	€ 13,878,643 Revenue 2024: € 13,878,643 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 13,251,885) Favourable step	€ 14,601,768 Revenue 2025: € 14,601,768 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 13,878,643) Favourable step	▲ 5%
Profit after taxes	€ 412,128 Profit after taxes 2022: € 412,128 First fiscal year in the series	€ 287,123 Profit after taxes 2023: € 287,123 ▼ 30% vs 2022 (€ 412,128) Unfavourable step	€ 124,113 Profit after taxes 2024: € 124,113 ▼ 57% vs 2023 (€ 287,123) Unfavourable step	€ 142,112 Profit after taxes 2025: € 142,112 ▲ 15% vs 2024 (€ 124,113) Favourable step	▲ 15%
Equity	€ 18,379,649 Equity 2022: € 18,379,649 First fiscal year in the series	€ 18,534,613 Equity 2023: € 18,534,613 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 18,379,649) Favourable step	€ 18,527,052 Equity 2024: € 18,527,052 Unchanged (€ 18,534,613) Unfavourable step	€ 18,537,489 Equity 2025: € 18,537,489 Unchanged (€ 18,527,052) Favourable step
Total debts	€ 9,676,601 Total debts 2022: € 9,676,601 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,922,584 Total debts 2023: € 6,922,584 ▼ 28% vs 2022 (€ 9,676,601) Favourable step	€ 6,957,539 Total debts 2024: € 6,957,539 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 6,922,584) Unfavourable step	€ 6,578,120 Total debts 2025: € 6,578,120 ▼ 5% vs 2024 (€ 6,957,539) Favourable step	▼ 5%
Cash	€ 3,262,992 Cash 2022: € 3,262,992 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,333,665 Cash 2023: € 1,333,665 ▼ 59% vs 2022 (€ 3,262,992) Unfavourable step	€ 1,692,886 Cash 2024: € 1,692,886 ▲ 27% vs 2023 (€ 1,333,665) Favourable step	€ 2,295,888 Cash 2025: € 2,295,888 ▲ 36% vs 2024 (€ 1,692,886) Favourable step	▲ 36%
Land & buildings	€ 21,082,997 Land & buildings 2022: € 21,082,997 First fiscal year in the series	€ 20,462,070 Land & buildings 2023: € 20,462,070 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 21,082,997) Unchanged	€ 20,230,774 Land & buildings 2024: € 20,230,774 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 20,462,070) Unchanged	€ 19,673,565 Land & buildings 2025: € 19,673,565 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 20,230,774) Unchanged	▼ 3%
Retained profit	€ 3,331,739 Retained profit 2022: € 3,331,739 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,618,862 Retained profit 2023: € 3,618,862 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 3,331,739) Favourable step	€ 3,742,976 Retained profit 2024: € 3,742,976 ▲ 3% vs 2023 (€ 3,618,862) Favourable step	€ 3,885,088 Retained profit 2025: € 3,885,088 ▲ 4% vs 2024 (€ 3,742,976) Favourable step	▲ 4%
Bank debt	€ 4,228,880 Bank debt 2022: € 4,228,880 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,724,201 Bank debt 2023: € 1,724,201 ▼ 59% vs 2022 (€ 4,228,880) Favourable step	€ 1,941,312 Bank debt 2024: € 1,941,312 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 1,724,201) Unfavourable step	€ 1,729,166 Bank debt 2025: € 1,729,166 ▼ 11% vs 2024 (€ 1,941,312) Favourable step	▼ 11%
Balance sheet total	€ 28,146,778 Balance sheet total 2022: € 28,146,778 First fiscal year in the series	€ 25,539,346 Balance sheet total 2023: € 25,539,346 ▼ 9% vs 2022 (€ 28,146,778) Unchanged	€ 25,569,963 Balance sheet total 2024: € 25,569,963 Unchanged (€ 25,539,346) Unchanged	€ 25,508,770 Balance sheet total 2025: € 25,508,770 Unchanged (€ 25,569,963) Unchanged
Employees (FTE)	162.2 Employees (FTE) 2022: 162.2 First fiscal year in the series	160.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 160.1 ▼ 2.1 vs 2022 (162.2) Unchanged	160 Employees (FTE) 2024: 160 ▼ 0.1 vs 2023 (160.1) Unchanged	162.8 Employees (FTE) 2025: 162.8 ▲ 2.8 vs 2024 (160) Unchanged	▲ 2.8

Key figures of de Refuge, 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 de Refuge?

What happened at de Refuge in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2029 Jeroen Vandenbroucke stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Stefan Meersseman stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Katty Janssens stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Frederieke Compernolle stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Christiaan Beyaert stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Gilbert De Neve stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Michael Voordeckers stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Nadine Buckens stepped down as director. NBB

In short

From € 412,128 profit in 2022 to € 142,112 profit in 2025.

Paid € 134,180 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 412,128 profit.

Pays suppliers within 52 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Stefan Meersseman

Director

Also active at: Fédération belge des Exploitants d'Autobus et d'Autocars-Federatie van de Belgische Autobus en autocarondernemers, PARMENTIER AUTOBUS, Instituut voor de autoCar en de autoBus - Institut pour l'autoCar et l'autoBus, Vlaamse Raad van Autobus- en Autocarondernemers en van reisorganisatoren, SBMV

since 2022 · until 2028

Katty Janssens

Director

since 2022 · until 2028

Frederieke Compernolle

Director

since 2022 · until 2028

Christiaan Beyaert

Director

since 2022 · until 2028

Gilbert De Neve

Director

Also active at: Odisee, Sint-Andriesziekenhuis

since 2022 · until 2028

Jeroen Vandenbroucke

Director

since 2023 · until 2029

Michael Voordeckers

Chairman of the board

Also active at: Jofico

since 2022 · until 2028

Nadine Buckens

Director

since 2022 · until 2028

Willy Verzele

Director

Also active at: Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Blinden en Slechtzienden, Blindenzorg Licht en Liefde, Licht en Liefde - Heem

since 2022 · until 2028

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Coupure 275

9000 Gent

2.285.894.872

Maagdestraat 52

9000 Gent

Active since 1 April 2019

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

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Canonical: https://www.derefuge.be/nl/home-de-refuge

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Company number

0447.392.407

VAT number

BE 0447.392.407

Registered office

Coupure 275, 9000 Gent

Names & denominations

de Refuge

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Non-profit association

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

19 February 1992

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Contact

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