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19 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
SEA - INVEST from Gent, company number BE0448993303, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 7.7 million after tax. For that financial year SEA - INVEST recorded revenue of € 12.6 million and equity of € 258.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 9.3 million to € 7.7 million. 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 May 22, 2026.
€ 258.8 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 7.7 million
▼ 18% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 135.7 million
▲ 155% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 4.1 million paid out
54 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
31.3
▲ 4.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.9 million
▲ 9% vs 2024
€ 93,700 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.
€ 6.7 million
▼ 11% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 170.3 million
▲ € 163.5 million vs 2024
€ 973,922 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 6 years.
€ 970,928
▼ 45% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 45 days on average.
€ 838,135
▼ 2% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 10,703,656 | € 11,743,876 | € 11,251,280 | € 12,618,665 | ▲ 12% |
| Profit after taxes | € 7,249,492 | € 7,485,704 | € 9,307,705 | € 7,661,551 | ▼ 18% |
| Equity | € 251,992,227 | € 252,477,932 | € 255,285,637 | € 258,847,189 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 98,050,840 | € 101,214,214 | € 134,832,903 | € 176,201,341 | ▲ 31% |
| Cash | € 30,942,778 | € 32,767,837 | € 53,198,121 | € 135,744,924 | ▲ 155% |
| Retained profit | € -17,359,773 | € 4,209,912 | € 7,017,617 | € 10,579,169 | ▲ 51% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 7,000,000 | € 6,500,000 | € 4,100,000 | ▼ 37% |
| Bank debt | € 9,739,220 | € 7,791,376 | € 6,817,454 | € 170,292,278 | ▲ € 163.5 million |
| Balance sheet total | € 350,043,067 | € 353,692,146 | € 390,118,540 | € 435,048,530 | ▲ 12% |
| Employees (FTE) | 21.8 | 24.9 | 27.2 | 31.3 | ▲ 4.1 |
Key figures of SEA - INVEST, 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 SEA - INVEST?
What happened at SEA - INVEST in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 7.7 million (▼ 18% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Ellen Cauberghs stepped down as director. NBB
- Kristof Claes stepped down as director. NBB
- Frederic Staelens stepped down as director. NBB
- Nils Löfgren stepped down as director. NBB
- Belparfi NV stepped down as director. NBB
- Sonia Baesch stepped down as director. NBB
- Caroline De Poorter stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 7.2 million profit in 2022 to € 7.7 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 3.1 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 9.3 million profit.
Paid out € 17.6 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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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
The stake of Belgian New Fruit Wharf, ANTWERP BULK TERMINAL, COMPAGNIE BELGE DE MANUTENTION, GHENT COMMODITY TERMINAL comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
SEA - INVESTThe shares are held by Belgian New Fruit Wharf (30%), ANTWERP BULK TERMINAL (30%), COMPAGNIE BELGE DE MANUTENTION (30%) and GHENT COMMODITY TERMINAL (10%). It owns 100% of Sea-Air, 50% of Jet Park, 24.8% of Immobiliaire Vennootschap der Vlaanderen and 10% of Infortel itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Ellen Cauberghs
Director
Also active at: Belgian New Fruit Wharf, Ensagent, GHENT COMMODITY TERMINAL, COMPAGNIE BELGE DE MANUTENTION, TORFS IMPORT SERVICE, ANTWERP BULK TERMINAL, ASSUVAN
since 2025 · until 2026
Arne Wintraecken
Director
Also active at: SOGATRA, Belgian New Fruit Wharf, Belgian Fruit Forwarding Company, SEA-RAIL, ASSUVAN, SEA-INVEST SHIPPING AGENCY
since 2025 · until 2026
since 2025 · until 2026
Frederic Staelens
Director
Also active at: SOGATRA, MG TERMINAL GENT, GHENT STEVEDORING TERMINAL (G.S.T.), IMMOBILIAIRE VENNOOTSCHAP DER VLAANDEREN, COMPAGNIE BELGE DE MANUTENTION, BELPARFI, KAVIN, FLANDERS COLD CENTER +7 more
since 2025 · until 2026
since 2026 · until 2026
Managing director · represented by Philippe Van de Vyvere
since 2025 · until 2026
Sonia Baesch
Director
Also active at: Belgian New Fruit Wharf, MG TERMINAL GENT, Belgian Fruit Forwarding Company, GHENT COMMODITY TERMINAL, COMPAGNIE BELGE DE MANUTENTION, BELPARFI, KAVIN, ANTWERP BULK TERMINAL +2 more
since 2025 · until 2026
Caroline De Poorter
Director
Also active at: SOGATRA, MG TERMINAL GENT, GHENT STEVEDORING TERMINAL (G.S.T.), GHENT COMMODITY TERMINAL, IMMOBILIAIRE VENNOOTSCHAP DER VLAANDEREN, GHENT COAL PREPARATION PLANT, BELPARFI, KAVIN +2 more
since 2025 · until 2026
Shareholders
Participations
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Skaldenstraat 1
9042 Gent
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 19 companies are registered at this address.
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€ 4.6 million gross margin · 2025
Comptoir de Crédit
Ensagent same network
€ 1.9 million gross margin · 2025
MG TERMINAL GENT same network
€ 1 million gross margin · 2025
GHENT STEVEDORING TERMINAL (G.S.T.) same network
€ 162,095 gross margin · 2025
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Details
- Company number
- 0448.993.303
- VAT number
- BE 0448.993.303
- Registered office
- Skaldenstraat 1, 9042 Gent
- Names & denominations
- SEA - INVEST
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 December 1992
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Dec 2025
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