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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 46 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Scruples 'Life from Mechelen, company number BE0450784239, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 6,248 after tax. For that financial year Scruples 'Life recorded a gross margin of € 18,217 and equity of € -21,719. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1,332 to € 6,248. Profitable, and profit is growing. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 26, 2026.
€ -21,719
▲ € 6,248 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 6,248
▲ € 4,916 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 5,034
▲ 36% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € -40,311.
People and assets in 2025
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 29,324
▲ 53% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 45,334
▼ 5% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 20,501 | € 29,692 | € 21,118 | € 18,217 | ▼ 14% |
| Profit after taxes | € -29,444 | € 18,485 | € 1,332 | € 6,248 | ▲ € 4,916 |
| Equity | € -47,784 | € -29,299 | € -27,967 | € -21,719 | ▲ € 6,248 |
| Total debts | € 83,983 | € 77,606 | € 67,964 | € 150,306 | ▲ 121% |
| Cash | € 10,183 | € 2,053 | € 3,711 | € 5,034 | ▲ 36% |
| Retained profit | € -66,376 | € -47,891 | € -46,559 | € -40,311 | ▲ € 6,248 |
| Balance sheet total | € 36,199 | € 48,307 | € 39,996 | € 128,586 | ▲ 221% |
Key figures of Scruples 'Life, 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 Scruples 'Life?
What happened at Scruples 'Life in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 6,248 (▲ € 4,916 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
- MARINA VERLINDEN became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 29,444 loss in 2022 to € 6,248 profit in 2025.
Paid € 3,704 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 18,485 profit.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind Scruples 'Life is MARINA VERLINDEN.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
MARINA VERLINDEN
Director
since 1993
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Guldenstraat 26
2800 Mechelen
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0450.784.239
- VAT number
- BE 0450.784.239
- Registered office
- Guldenstraat 26, 2800 Mechelen
- Names & denominations
- Scruples 'Life
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 August 1993
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 3 Oct 2025
- Activities · NACE
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