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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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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 26 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
COOLS GABRIEL from Zedelgem, company number BE0459350725, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -6,308 after tax. For that financial year COOLS GABRIEL recorded a gross margin of € 479,881 and equity of € 322,540. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -24,580 to € -6,308. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on January 27, 2026.
€ 322,540
▼ 2% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -6,308
▲ 74 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 46,061
▼ 52% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 242,448.
People and assets in 2025
8.2
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 266,217
▼ 16% vs 2024
€ 32,500 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.
€ 46,875
▼ 31% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 712,771
▼ 3% vs 2024
€ 295,392 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 175,932
▲ 4% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 39,571
▼ 36% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 365,426 | € 514,330 | € 479,881 | ▼ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € -17,705 | € -24,580 | € -6,308 | ▲ € 18,272 |
| Equity | € 965,470 | € 328,848 | € 322,540 | ▼ 2% |
| Total debts | € 1,001,530 | € 1,255,982 | € 1,214,807 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 18,826 | € 95,682 | € 46,061 | ▼ 52% |
| Land & buildings | € 240,646 | € 275,769 | € 255,573 | ▼ 7% |
| Retained profit | € 946,878 | € 248,756 | € 242,448 | ▼ 3% |
| Bank debt | € 603,211 | € 735,003 | € 712,771 | ▼ 3% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,967,000 | € 1,584,829 | € 1,537,347 | ▼ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.2 |
Key figures of COOLS GABRIEL, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.
What happened to COOLS GABRIEL?
What happened at COOLS GABRIEL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 6,308. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Zedelgem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 17,705 loss in 2022 to € 6,308 loss in 2025.
Paid € 35,896 in corporate taxes since 2022.
On average € 58,500 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind COOLS GABRIEL are Rita Commyn, Gabriël Cools, Peter Cools and Cindy Cools. It owns 50% of Outdoor Camping Barvaux itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Rita Commyn
Director
Gabriël Cools
Director
Peter Cools
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Schatting 48
8210 Zedelgem
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0459.350.725
- VAT number
- BE 0459.350.725
- Registered office
- Schatting 48, 8210 Zedelgem
- Names & denominations
- COOLS GABRIEL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 2 December 1996
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- Active · Active since 1 Oct 2025
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