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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 18 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
EMPIRE from Gent, company number BE0455026109, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 14,381 after tax. For that financial year EMPIRE recorded a gross margin of € 33,623 and equity of € 31,436. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 7,397 to € 14,381. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 22, 2026.
€ 31,436
▲ 84% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 14,381
▲ 94% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 43,286
▼ 30% 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 € 29,436.
People and assets in 2025
€ 8,889
▼ 37% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 8,889.
Debts at end 2025
€ 3,834
▼ 59% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 4,968
▲ € 4,230 vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 7,540
▲ 21% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € -2,912 | € 18,848 | € 31,050 | € 33,623 | ▲ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € -20,290 | € -22,519 | € 7,397 | € 14,381 | ▲ 94% |
| Equity | € 79,756 | € 9,658 | € 17,055 | € 31,436 | ▲ 84% |
| Total debts | € 95,456 | € 311,382 | € 307,372 | € 308,820 | |
| Cash | € 32,323 | € 41,975 | € 62,189 | € 43,286 | ▼ 30% |
| Land & buildings | € 123,376 | € 271,286 | € 263,520 | € 255,754 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 30,177 | € 7,658 | € 15,055 | € 29,436 | ▲ 96% |
| Bank debt | € 19,808 | € 14,645 | € 9,306 | € 3,834 | ▼ 59% |
| Balance sheet total | € 212,445 | € 355,630 | € 356,075 | € 370,280 | ▲ 4% |
Key figures of EMPIRE, 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 EMPIRE?
What happened at EMPIRE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 14,381 (▲ 94% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Daphné Imbo became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Sint-Martens-Latem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 20,290 loss in 2022 to € 14,381 profit in 2025.
Paid € 4,332 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 14,381 profit.
Management
Behind EMPIRE are Robert Imbo, Denise Van Poucke and Daphné Imbo.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Robert Imbo
Director
Denise Van Poucke
Director
Daphné Imbo
Director
since 2018
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Floraliënlaan 8 box 501
9000 Gent
Helftwinning 10
9830 Sint-Martens-Latem
Active since 19 June 1995
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0455.026.109
- VAT number
- BE 0455.026.109
- Registered office
- Floraliënlaan 8 bus 501, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- EMPIRE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 10 April 1995
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