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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 5.8 to 5.1.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CAROLINE from Knokke-Heist, company number BE0449051107, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 136,785 after tax. For that financial year CAROLINE recorded a gross margin of € 461,553 and equity of € 682,029. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 46,311 to € 136,785. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 July 30, 2026.
€ 682,029
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 136,785
▲ 195% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 301,245
▲ 64% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 136,785 paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
5.1
▼ 0.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 246,013
▲ 3% vs 2024
€ 48,200 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.
€ 3,014
▼ 31% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 95,845
▼ 27% vs 2024
€ 39,711 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 28,276
▼ 15% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 22,401
▲ 35% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 648,121 | € 432,831 | € 331,341 | € 461,553 | ▲ 39% |
| Profit after taxes | € 199,003 | € 95,597 | € 46,311 | € 136,785 | ▲ 195% |
| Equity | € 540,121 | € 635,717 | € 682,029 | € 682,029 | |
| Total debts | € 473,698 | € 247,235 | € 182,126 | € 285,266 | ▲ 57% |
| Cash | € 330,326 | € 97,668 | € 183,598 | € 301,245 | ▲ 64% |
| Land & buildings | € 620,887 | € 607,038 | € 593,188 | € 579,339 | ▼ 2% |
| Retained profit | € 465,753 | € 561,349 | € 607,661 | € 607,661 | |
| Dividend | € 203,390 | € 0 | € 0 | € 136,785 | |
| Bank debt | € 199,403 | € 164,440 | € 131,896 | € 95,845 | ▼ 27% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,013,819 | € 882,953 | € 864,155 | € 967,295 | ▲ 12% |
| Employees (FTE) | 6 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.1 | ▼ 0.6 |
Key figures of CAROLINE, 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 CAROLINE?
What happened at CAROLINE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 136,785 (▲ 195% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 199,003 profit in 2022 to € 136,785 profit in 2025.
Paid € 164,313 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 199,003 profit.
On average € 90,500 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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 CAROLINE are Danny Bout and Nicole Witgeers. Nicole Witgeers is also behind IMMONESCO, Zeekraal, THORN and TIJDOK.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Monnikendreef 3d
8300 Knokke-Heist
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0449.051.107
- VAT number
- BE 0449.051.107
- Registered office
- Monnikendreef 3d, 8300 Knokke-Heist
- Names & denominations
- CAROLINE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 December 1992
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 5 Jan 2026
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