Financials
Financial year 2026
CHOCOLATERIE DE SCHUTTER from Lokeren, company number BE0458727054, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 131,939 after tax. For that financial year CHOCOLATERIE DE SCHUTTER recorded a gross margin of € 782,870 and equity of € 941,120. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 128,816 to € 131,939. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 28, 2026.
€ 941,120
▼ 1% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 131,939
▲ 2% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 261,684
▲ 18% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 141,000 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2026
11.3
▼ 3.5 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 539,238
▼ 27% vs 2025
€ 47,700 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.
€ 3,125
▼ 38% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 29,082
▼ 68% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 74,911
▼ 35% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,185,363 | € 673,962 | € 969,276 | € 782,870 | ▼ 19% |
| Profit after taxes | € 466,081 | € -56,039 | € 128,816 | € 131,939 | ▲ 2% |
| Equity | € 1,433,404 | € 877,366 | € 950,181 | € 941,120 | ▼ 1% |
| Total debts | € 135,249 | € 186,568 | € 260,374 | € 159,993 | ▼ 39% |
| Cash | € 1,118,953 | € 143,581 | € 221,846 | € 261,684 | ▲ 18% |
| Retained profit | € 1,366,473 | € 810,434 | € 883,250 | € 874,189 | ▼ 1% |
| Dividend | € 15,214 | € 500,000 | € 56,000 | € 141,000 | ▲ 152% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,568,653 | € 1,063,934 | € 1,210,555 | € 1,101,113 | ▼ 9% |
| Employees (FTE) | 10.7 | 13.8 | 14.8 | 11.3 | ▼ 3.5 |
By gross margin, CHOCOLATERIE DE SCHUTTER ranks 3rd of 4 companies with main activity “Vervaardiging van cacao, chocolade en suikerwerk” in Lokeren that publish figures (fiscal year 2026).
Key figures of CHOCOLATERIE DE SCHUTTER, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 30 January 2028.
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What happened to CHOCOLATERIE DE SCHUTTER?
What happened at CHOCOLATERIE DE SCHUTTER in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 131,939 (▲ 2% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Lokeren. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 466,081 profit in 2023 to € 131,939 profit in 2026.
Paid € 187,760 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 466,081 profit.
On average € 69,300 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
The stake of POLYVEST comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
CHOCOLATERIE DE SCHUTTERBehind CHOCOLATERIE DE SCHUTTER are Laurence Baert and Polyvest BV. The shares are held by POLYVEST (100%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Managing director · represented by Van Biesebroeck Philippe
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Brandstraat 18
9160 Lokeren
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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- Company number
- 0458.727.054
- VAT number
- BE 0458.727.054
- Registered office
- Brandstraat 18, 9160 Lokeren
- Names & denominations
- CHOCOLATERIE DE SCHUTTER
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 11 September 1996
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Contact
- chocolaterie-de-schutter.be
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