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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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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2025.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 7.3 to 6.
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Busy address KBO
18 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
spiritsEUROPE from Etterbeek, company number BE0451407613, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -83,732 after tax. For that financial year spiritsEUROPE recorded a gross margin of € 843,937 and equity of € 994,085. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -69,940 to € -83,732. 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 July 3, 2026.
€ 994,085
▼ 3% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -83,732
▼ 20 % more loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 996,289
▼ 13% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
People and assets in 2025
6
▼ 0.8 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 904,354
▼ 7% vs 2023
€ 150,700 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.
€ 4,811
▼ 74% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 45,074
▼ 76% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 126,813
▲ 26% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | Change 2023 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 2,099,364 | € 2,093,914 | - | - | |
| Gross margin | € 872,832 | € 868,504 | € 941,178 | € 843,937 | ▼ 10% |
| Profit after taxes | € 14,017 | € -12,732 | € -69,940 | € -83,732 | ▼ € 13,791 |
| Equity | € 1,109,100 | € 1,096,368 | € 1,026,427 | € 994,085 | ▼ 3% |
| Total debts | € 159,465 | € 212,112 | € 319,116 | € 174,798 | ▼ 45% |
| Cash | € 1,114,352 | € 1,142,650 | € 1,151,085 | € 996,289 | ▼ 13% |
| Retained profit | € 1,109,100 | € 1,096,368 | € 1,026,427 | € 994,085 | ▼ 3% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,268,565 | € 1,308,479 | € 1,345,544 | € 1,168,883 | ▼ 13% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6 | ▼ 0.8 |
Key figures of spiritsEUROPE, fiscal years 2021 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 spiritsEUROPE?
What happened at spiritsEUROPE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- THE SCOTCH WHISKY ASSOCIATION stepped down as director. NBB
- BUREAU NATIONAL INTERPROFESSIONNEL DU COGNAC stepped down as director. NBB
- BUNDESVERBAND DER DEUTSCHEN SPIRITUOSEN-INDUSTRIE UND-IMPORTEURE stepped down as director. NBB
- REMY COINTREAU stepped down as director. NBB
- VINUM ET SPIRITUS ASSOCAITION BELGIUM stepped down as director. NBB
- BEAM SUNTORY SPAIN SL stepped down as director. NBB
- BACARDI-MARTINI BV stepped down as director. NBB
- BROWN-FORMAN NETHERLANDS BV stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 14,017 profit in 2021 to € 83,732 loss in 2025.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 14,017 profit.
On average € 140,700 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
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Emily ROADS
since 2024 · until 2027
BUREAU NATIONAL INTERPROFESSIONNEL DU COGNAC
Director · represented by Lionel LALAGÜE
since 2024 · until 2027
BUNDESVERBAND DER DEUTSCHEN SPIRITUOSEN-INDUSTRIE UND-IMPORTEURE
Director · represented by Angelika WIESGEN-PICK
since 2024 · until 2027
Director · represented by Ian McLERNON
since 2024 · until 2027
VINUM ET SPIRITUS ASSOCAITION BELGIUM
Director · represented by Geert VAN LERBERGHE
since 2024 · until 2027
Director · represented by Aoife CLARKE
since 2024 · until 2027
Director · represented by Stefano FRESI
since 2024 · until 2027
Director · represented by Timothy WALLWORK
since 2024 · until 2027
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Belliardstraat 12 box 5
1040 Etterbeek
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 18 companies are registered at this address.
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€ 317,559 gross margin · 2025
Fonds voor de bevordering van de werkgelegenheid en de opleiding in de verzekeringssector
GROUPEMENT INTERNATIONAL DE LA REPARTITION PHARMACEUTIQUE EUROPEENNE
EUROPEAN SPIRITS COMPANIES LIAISON GROUP
WORLD REFRACTORIS ASSOCIATION
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0451.407.613
- VAT number
- BE 0451.407.613
- Registered office
- Belliardstraat 12 bus 5, 1040 Etterbeek
- Names & denominations
- spiritsEUROPE · CEPS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- International non-profit association
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 February 1994
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Mar 2026
- Activities · NACE
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