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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 47 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
CLAREBOUT from Heuvelland, company number BE0452829157, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 5.9 million after tax. For that financial year CLAREBOUT recorded revenue of € 794.6 million and equity of € 229.2 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 205.3 million to € 5.9 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 July 1, 2025.
€ 229.2 million
▲ 3% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 5.9 million
▼ 97% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2.3 million
▲ 7% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 229.1 million.
People and assets in 2024
32.4
▲ 7.5 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.8 million
▲ 39% vs 2023
€ 87,300 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.
€ 1.7 million
▼ 5% vs 2023
Of which on lease € 1.4 million.
Debts at end 2024
€ 114.8 million
▼ 18% vs 2023
€ 25.9 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 241.9 million
▲ 104% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 113 days on average.
€ 1.6 million
▼ 27% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 321,291,710 | € 430,746,682 | € 580,547,933 | € 794,611,691 | ▲ 37% |
| Profit after taxes | € -2,200,442 | € 2,590,362 | € 205,270,913 | € 5,933,136 | ▼ 97% |
| Equity | € 15,377,712 | € 17,968,074 | € 223,238,986 | € 229,172,123 | ▲ 3% |
| Total debts | € 153,802,079 | € 173,875,896 | € 276,954,625 | € 362,479,757 | ▲ 31% |
| Cash | € 1,754,161 | € 5,438,220 | € 2,197,067 | € 2,345,226 | ▲ 7% |
| Land & buildings | € 61,852,775 | € 60,881,779 | € 79,261,618 | € 87,672,065 | ▲ 11% |
| Retained profit | € 15,316,212 | € 17,906,574 | € 223,177,486 | € 229,110,623 | ▲ 3% |
| Bank debt | € 47,587,314 | € 58,313,758 | € 140,713,733 | € 114,824,030 | ▼ 18% |
| Balance sheet total | € 169,179,791 | € 191,843,970 | € 500,193,611 | € 591,651,880 | ▲ 18% |
| Employees (FTE) | 22.7 | 22.5 | 24.9 | 32.4 | ▲ 7.5 |
Key figures of CLAREBOUT, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to CLAREBOUT?
What happened at CLAREBOUT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Gert Masselus stepped down as director. NBB
- Yves Capoen stepped down as director. NBB
- Jan Clarebout stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 5.9 million (▼ 97% vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
- Gert Masselus became a director. NBB
- Yves Capoen became a director. NBB
- Jan Clarebout became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Diksmuide. KBO
In short
From € 2.2 million loss in 2021 to € 5.9 million profit in 2024.
Paid € 1.8 million in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 205.3 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 113 days on average.
Management
It owns 100% of Steenhuys, 100% of Transmyl, 100% of TK 01, 100% of Immo Douve, 100% of C.M. and 100% of Harfarm itself.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
since 2023 · until 2030
since 2023 · until 2030
Jan Clarebout
Managing director
Also active at: DE FRENCH, DEWULF, TRANSMYL, IMMO DOUVE, CLAREBOUT POTATOES, MYDIBEL, STEENHUYS, CLF Logistics +14 more
since 2023 · until 2030
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Heirweg(Nieuwk) 26
8950 Heuvelland
Cardijnlaan(D) 19
8600 Diksmuide
Active since 11 June 2015
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 6 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →CLAREBOUT POTATOES same network
€ 1.8 billion revenue · 2024
BRUNO MYLLE same network
€ -8,284 gross margin · 2024
C.M. same network
€ -10,864 gross margin · 2024
B.C. MYLLE same network
€ 803,793 revenue · 2024
CLF trans same network
€ 16.7 million revenue · 2024
+1 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0452.829.157
- VAT number
- BE 0452.829.157
- Registered office
- Heirweg(Nieuwk) 26, 8950 Heuvelland
- Names & denominations
- CLAREBOUT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 9 June 1994
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
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