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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 6.9 to 4.8.
Financials
Financial year 2025
SYMATRA from Poperinge, company number BE0460174433, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 145,378 after tax. For that financial year SYMATRA recorded a gross margin of € 778,534 and equity of € 1.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 124,004 to € 145,378. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on April 9, 2026.
€ 1.7 million
▲ 8% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 145,378
▲ 17% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 56,082
▼ 20% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 20,000 paid out
14 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
4.8
▼ 0.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 362,887
▲ 7% vs 2024
€ 75,600 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.
€ 769,616
▲ 7% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 171,083
▼ 60% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 289,954
▲ 34% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 68,130
▲ 22% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 322,809 | € 650,746 | € 690,256 | € 778,534 | ▲ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € 48,425 | € 43,021 | € 124,004 | € 145,378 | ▲ 17% |
| Equity | € 1,396,535 | € 1,429,557 | € 1,553,561 | € 1,678,939 | ▲ 8% |
| Total debts | € 917,706 | € 870,775 | € 887,767 | € 715,166 | ▼ 19% |
| Cash | € 20,563 | € 132,622 | € 70,078 | € 56,082 | ▼ 20% |
| Retained profit | € 1,331,535 | € 1,364,557 | € 1,488,561 | € 1,613,939 | ▲ 8% |
| Dividend | € 10,000 | € 10,000 | € 0 | € 20,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 634,583 | € 687,083 | € 429,083 | € 171,083 | ▼ 60% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,314,241 | € 2,300,331 | € 2,441,328 | € 2,394,105 | ▼ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3.9 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 | ▼ 0.3 |
Key figures of SYMATRA, 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 April 2027.
What happened to SYMATRA?
What happened at SYMATRA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Ivan Debaeke stepped down as director. NBB
- Rik Bruneel stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 145,378 (▲ 17% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Eeklo. KBO
- Ivan Debaeke became a director. NBB
- Rik Bruneel became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Poperinge. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 48,425 profit in 2022 to € 145,378 profit in 2025.
Paid € 96,093 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 145,378 profit.
On average € 162,200 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Werf 117
8970 Poperinge
Tieltsesteenweg 175
9900 Eeklo
Active since 1 June 2022
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0460.174.433
- VAT number
- BE 0460.174.433
- Registered office
- Werf 117, 8970 Poperinge
- Names & denominations
- SYMATRA
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 11 March 1997
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 11 Dec 2025
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