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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 50 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VAARTKAAI from Brasschaat, company number BE0448158014, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -32,157 after tax. For that financial year VAARTKAAI recorded a gross margin of € 927,015 and equity of € 8.1 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 70,770 to € -32,157. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 8, 2026.
€ 8.1 million
▼ 8% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -32,157
▼ still € 70,770 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 308,776
▼ 2% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 747,800.
Debts at end 2025
€ 5.7 million
▼ 3% vs 2024
€ 145,716 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 39 years.
€ 92,926
▼ 30% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 12,142
▼ 96% 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 | € 891,374 | € 1,192,559 | € 1,070,879 | € 927,015 | ▼ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € 40,414 | € 176,855 | € 70,770 | € -32,157 | ▼ € 102,927 |
| Equity | € 8,600,521 | € 8,777,376 | € 8,848,146 | € 8,115,989 | ▼ 8% |
| Total debts | € 8,834,249 | € 8,711,545 | € 7,183,119 | € 6,741,331 | ▼ 6% |
| Cash | € 348,911 | € 1,398,050 | € 315,969 | € 308,776 | ▼ 2% |
| Land & buildings | € 11,583,262 | € 10,975,688 | € 10,368,114 | € 9,760,541 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € -551,947 | € 219,668 | € 885,198 | € 747,800 | ▼ 16% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 700,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 6,111,961 | € 5,966,245 | € 5,820,530 | € 5,674,814 | ▼ 3% |
| Balance sheet total | € 17,434,770 | € 17,488,921 | € 16,031,265 | € 14,857,320 | ▼ 7% |
Key figures of VAARTKAAI, 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 VAARTKAAI?
What happened at VAARTKAAI in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Stephan Bernaerts stepped down as director. NBB
- Ilse Bernaerts stepped down as director. NBB
- Brasschaat Financial Holding NV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 32,157 (▼ € 102,927 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Stephan Bernaerts became a director. NBB
- Ilse Bernaerts became a director. NBB
- Brasschaat Financial Holding NV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Brasschaat. KBO
In short
From € 40,414 profit in 2022 to € 32,157 loss in 2025.
Paid € 729,827 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 176,855 profit.
Paid out € 700,000 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The stake of Brass 2 comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
VAARTKAAIThe shares are held by BRASS 1 (100%) and Brass 2 (0%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Stephan Bernaerts
Persoon belast met dagelijks bestuur
Also active at: IMMO SINT JOZEF, DE WILLE, IMOBE, COBERNA, Brass 1, Brass 2, ANTWERP SOUTH LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT, Brass 3 +4 more
since 2024 · until 2030
Ilse Bernaerts
Persoon belast met dagelijks bestuur
Also active at: IMMO SINT JOZEF, DE WILLE, IMOBE, COBERNA, Brass 1, Brass 2, ANTWERP SOUTH LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT, Brass 3 +5 more
since 2024 · until 2030
Brasschaat Financial Holding NV
Director · represented by Vera Cox
Also active at: DE WILLE, IMOBE, COBERNA, Brass 1, Brass 2, ANTWERP SOUTH LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT, Brass 3, ISVG +2 more
since 2024 · until 2030
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bisschoppenhoflei 20
2930 Brasschaat
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 6 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →IMMO SINT JOZEF same network
€ 84,164 gross margin · 2025
IMOBE same network
€ 4.8 million gross margin · 2025
COBERNA same network
€ 4.5 million gross margin · 2025
Antwerp South Logistics same network
€ 4.5 million gross margin · 2025
BRASSCHAAT FINANCIAL HOLDING same network
€ 1.7 million revenue · 2025
+1 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0448.158.014
- VAT number
- BE 0448.158.014
- Registered office
- Bisschoppenhoflei 20, 2930 Brasschaat
- Names & denominations
- VAARTKAAI
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 4 September 1992
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026
- Contact
- [email protected]
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