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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2023, 2024.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ROYAL CHOCOLATES from Mol, company number BE0450405048, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 2.7 million after tax. For that financial year ROYAL CHOCOLATES recorded revenue of € 23.7 million and equity of € 2.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.2 million to € 2.7 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 July 30, 2026.
€ 2.2 million
▲ 27% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 2.7 million
▲ 117% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2.3 million
▲ 38% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2 million paid out
74 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
18.5
▼ 0.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.4 million
▼ 4% vs 2024
€ 77,300 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.
€ 184,631
▲ 46% 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.
€ 296,648
▼ 7% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 6 days on average.
€ 182,299
▼ 44% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 18,127,524 | € 22,054,538 | € 21,803,835 | € 23,749,332 | ▲ 9% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,575,288 | € 1,927,299 | € 1,243,296 | € 2,700,310 | ▲ 117% |
| Equity | € 1,225,425 | € 1,726,267 | € 1,765,752 | € 2,235,251 | ▲ 27% |
| Total debts | € 4,543,258 | € 4,475,193 | € 3,947,868 | € 3,395,389 | ▼ 14% |
| Cash | € 1,735,113 | € 1,856,889 | € 1,703,329 | € 2,345,292 | ▲ 38% |
| Land & buildings | € 349,645 | € 321,722 | € 293,800 | € 266,167 | ▼ 9% |
| Retained profit | € 975,425 | € 1,476,267 | € 1,515,752 | € 1,985,251 | ▲ 31% |
| Dividend | € 1,300,000 | € 1,200,000 | € 1,000,000 | € 2,000,000 | ▲ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 193,512 | € 58,300 | € 23,296 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 5,768,682 | € 6,201,460 | € 5,713,620 | € 5,630,641 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 18.6 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 18.5 | ▼ 0.7 |
Key figures of ROYAL CHOCOLATES, 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 ROYAL CHOCOLATES?
What happened at ROYAL CHOCOLATES in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- PETER VAN DYCK stepped down as director. NBB
- KRISTIAAN VAN DYCK stepped down as director. NBB
- JAN VAN DYCK stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 2.7 million (▲ 117% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- PETER VAN DYCK became a director. NBB
- KRISTIAAN VAN DYCK became a director. NBB
- JAN VAN DYCK became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Mol. KBO
In short
From € 1.6 million profit in 2022 to € 2.7 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 2.6 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 2.7 million profit.
Paid out € 5.5 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The stake of GELCO comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
ROYAL CHOCOLATESThe shares are held by GELCO (10%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2022 · until 2028
since 2022 · until 2028
since 2022 · until 2028
Shareholders
10%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Ambachtsstraat 13
2400 Mol
Postelarenweg 229
2400 Mol
Active since 16 July 1993
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0450.405.048
- VAT number
- BE 0450.405.048
- Registered office
- Ambachtsstraat 13, 2400 Mol
- Names & denominations
- ROYAL CHOCOLATES
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 June 1993
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026
- Activities · NACE
Vervaardiging van cacao, chocolade en suikerwerk