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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 7 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ARSU from Gistel, company number BE0452991681, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 232,528 after tax. For that financial year ARSU recorded revenue of € 584,085 and equity of € 27.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 10.5 million to € 232,528. 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 31, 2026.
€ 27.4 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 232,528
▼ 98% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 177
▼ 48% 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 € 21 million.
People and assets in 2025
13.5
▲ 3.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 794,838
▲ 29% vs 2024
€ 58,900 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.
€ 1,485
▼ 34% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 2.6 million
▲ 8% vs 2024
€ 310,404 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.
€ 520,762
▲ 196% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 734 days on average.
€ 168,495
▲ 134% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | € 433,764 | € 584,085 | ▲ 35% |
| Gross margin | € 1,954,672 | € 1,917,596 | - | - | |
| Profit after taxes | € 652,485 | € 292,429 | € 10,494,540 | € 232,528 | ▼ 98% |
| Equity | € 16,357,394 | € 16,645,199 | € 27,139,739 | € 27,372,267 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 8,025,002 | € 18,892,581 | € 9,694,602 | € 10,342,164 | ▲ 7% |
| Cash | € 448,992 | € 17,333 | € 342 | € 177 | ▼ 48% |
| Land & buildings | € 7,608,257 | € 8,751,318 | € 8,669,651 | € 8,854,177 | ▲ 2% |
| Retained profit | € 9,926,503 | € 10,225,798 | € 20,728,955 | € 20,970,101 | ▲ 1% |
| Dividend | € 300,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 870,010 | € 2,740,108 | € 2,407,827 | € 2,594,088 | ▲ 8% |
| Balance sheet total | € 25,274,063 | € 36,382,227 | € 37,653,481 | € 38,411,796 | ▲ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.2 | 7.4 | 10.4 | 13.5 | ▲ 3.1 |
Key figures of ARSU, 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 ARSU?
What happened at ARSU in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Kristof Spegelaere stepped down as director. NBB
- Jan Spegelaere stepped down as director. NBB
- Stefaan Spegelaere stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 232,528 (▼ 98% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Kristof Spegelaere became a director. NBB
- Jan Spegelaere became a director. NBB
- Stefaan Spegelaere became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Ichtegem. KBO
In short
From € 652,485 profit in 2022 to € 232,528 profit in 2025.
Paid € 504,009 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 10.5 million profit.
On average € 259,100 of value added per employee in 2023.
Management
It owns 100% of Eernegemse Supermarkt, 100% of Oudenburgse Supermarkt, 100% of Jabbeekse Supermarkt, 100% of Fera, 100% of Joto and 99.4% of Fresh Spegelaere itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Kristof Spegelaere
Managing director
Also active at: Handelaars in Voeding Van Noord en Zuid Vlaanderen, JABBEEKSE SUPERMARKT, FERA, FRESH SPEGELAERE, Sea Shopping, Leburo
since 2017 · until 2029
Jan Spegelaere
Managing director
Also active at: OUDENBURGSE SUPERMARKT, FERA, FRESH SPEGELAERE, Sea Shopping, Leburo
since 2017 · until 2029
Stefaan Spegelaere
Managing director
Also active at: FERA, FRESH SPEGELAERE, JOTO, Sea Shopping, Leburo
since 2017 · until 2029
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Zevekoteheirweg 89
8470 Gistel
Fabriekweg(EER) 5
8480 Ichtegem
Active since 7 October 1996
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0452.991.681
- VAT number
- BE 0452.991.681
- Registered office
- Zevekoteheirweg 89, 8470 Gistel
- Names & denominations
- ARSU
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 June 1994
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
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