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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 1 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 14 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CARACTERE AUTOMOBILE from Ferrières, company number BE0454560410, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -80,415 after tax. For that financial year CARACTERE AUTOMOBILE recorded a gross margin of € -13,138 and equity of € -52,427. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -25,448 to € -80,415. The company made a loss. 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 February 24, 2026.
€ -52,427
▼ € 80,415 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -80,415
▼ 216 % more loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 18,659
▲ 32% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -152,427.
People and assets in 2025
€ 718
▲ 190% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 38,335
▼ 26% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 8,212
▼ 96% vs 2024
€ 4,626 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 74,866 | € 58,888 | € 40,669 | € -13,138 | ▼ € 53,807 |
| Profit after taxes | € 991 | € -5,683 | € -25,448 | € -80,415 | ▼ € 54,967 |
| Equity | € 59,119 | € 53,436 | € 27,988 | € -52,427 | ▼ € 80,415 |
| Total debts | € 443,461 | € 455,254 | € 438,784 | € 202,581 | ▼ 54% |
| Cash | € 32,839 | € 18,479 | € 14,177 | € 18,659 | ▲ 32% |
| Land & buildings | € 4,951 | € 5,040 | € 4,450 | € 8,272 | ▲ 86% |
| Retained profit | € -40,881 | € -46,564 | € -72,012 | € -152,427 | ▼ € 80,415 |
| Bank debt | € 234,171 | € 236,468 | € 219,521 | € 8,212 | ▼ 96% |
| Balance sheet total | € 508,328 | € 512,455 | € 468,605 | € 151,070 | ▼ 68% |
| Employees (FTE) | 0.2 | - | - | - |
Key figures of CARACTERE AUTOMOBILE, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 3 March 2027.
What happened to CARACTERE AUTOMOBILE?
What happened at CARACTERE AUTOMOBILE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 80,415. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Ferrières. KBO
- New establishment in Liège. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 991 profit in 2022 to € 80,415 loss in 2025.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 991 profit.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Allée de Wésomont 3
4190 Ferrières
Rue de Hesbaye 147
4000 Liège
Active since 16 March 1995
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
OVH, FR
DNS
OVH DNS
Domain
Domain
caractere.com
Registered
1998-04-18
Registrar
OVH, SAS
Expires
2026-04-17
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0454.560.410
- VAT number
- BE 0454.560.410
- Registered office
- Allée de Wésomont 3, 4190 Ferrières
- Names & denominations
- CARACTERE AUTOMOBILE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 14 February 1995
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 3 Dec 2025
- Contact
- caractere.com
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