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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 4 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 50 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 43.6 to 37.6.
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Board fully replaced NBB
No director from three years ago is still active according to annual account 2025.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Bureau Veritas Commodities Ghent NV from Gent, company number BE0455882083, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -191,540 after tax. For that financial year Bureau Veritas Commodities Ghent NV recorded a gross margin of € 3 million and equity of € -350,033. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -10,250 to € -191,540. 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 July 6, 2026.
€ -350,033
▼ € 191,540 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -191,540
▼ 1769 % more loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 7,355
▲ € 6,202 vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -415,033.
People and assets in 2025
37.6
▼ 3.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.9 million
€ 77,600 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.
€ 9,447
▲ 6% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 634,615
▼ 28% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 485,877
▼ 23% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 3,575,955 | € 3,578,285 | € 3,290,241 | € 3,030,767 | ▼ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € 217,768 | € 9,764 | € -10,250 | € -191,540 | ▼ € 181,290 |
| Equity | € -158,006 | € -148,242 | € -158,492 | € -350,033 | ▼ € 191,540 |
| Total debts | € 1,551,553 | € 1,536,272 | € 1,508,397 | € 1,485,745 | ▼ 2% |
| Cash | € 4,814 | € 24,002 | € 1,153 | € 7,355 | ▲ € 6,202 |
| Land & buildings | - | € 20,657 | € 12,446 | € 17,084 | ▲ 37% |
| Retained profit | € -223,006 | € -213,242 | € -223,492 | € -415,033 | ▼ € 191,540 |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,411,635 | € 1,406,118 | € 1,367,993 | € 1,135,713 | ▼ 17% |
| Employees (FTE) | 43 | 43.6 | 41.3 | 37.6 | ▼ 3.7 |
Key figures of Bureau Veritas Commodities Ghent NV, 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 Bureau Veritas Commodities Ghent NV?
What happened at Bureau Veritas Commodities Ghent NV in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 191,540. Source: NBB ↗
- Johannes De Jong Marinus stepped down as director. NBB
- Borris Kamminga stepped down as director. NBB
- Kathy Van Kerckhove became a director. NBB
- Alexis Joos stepped down as director. NBB
- Alexis Joos became a director. NBB
- Borris Kamminga became a director. NBB
- Johannes De Jong Marinus became a director. NBB
In short
From € 217,768 profit in 2022 to € 191,540 loss in 2025.
Paid € 412,740 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 217,768 profit.
On average € 80,600 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind Bureau Veritas Commodities Ghent NV is Kathy Van Kerckhove.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Kathy Van Kerckhove
Persoon belast met dagelijks bestuur
since 2026
Johannes De Jong Marinus
Director
since 2022 · until 2026
Alexis Joos
Persoon belast met dagelijks bestuur
since 2024 · until 2026
Borris Kamminga
Director
since 2024 · until 2026
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Keurestraat 29
9042 Gent
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0455.882.083
- VAT number
- BE 0455.882.083
- Registered office
- Keurestraat 29, 9042 Gent
- Names & denominations
- Bureau Veritas Commodities Ghent NV
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 23 August 1995
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Dec 2025
- Contact
- [email protected] 09/255.54.54
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