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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 28 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CARGILL CHOCOLATE BELGIUM from Mouscron, company number BE0461617357, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 3.1 million after tax. For that financial year CARGILL CHOCOLATE BELGIUM recorded revenue of € 48.8 million and equity of € 23.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 3.2 million to € 3.1 million. The company is profitable. 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 December 2, 2025.
€ 23.6 million
▲ 14% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 3.1 million
▼ 3% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 19 million.
People and assets in 2025
270.1
▲ 1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 22.2 million
▲ 2% vs 2024
€ 82,200 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.
€ 83,505
▲ € 65,707 vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 26.8 million
▲ 14% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 6 million
▼ 57% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 156 days on average.
€ 4.3 million
▲ 8% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 46,738,515 | € 52,205,928 | € 50,995,463 | € 48,835,433 | ▼ 4% |
| Profit after taxes | € 2,243,695 | € 2,411,833 | € 3,226,929 | € 3,143,942 | ▼ 3% |
| Equity | € 14,037,931 | € 16,397,774 | € 20,700,201 | € 23,593,907 | ▲ 14% |
| Total debts | € 61,142,402 | € 56,861,966 | € 41,487,745 | € 37,387,902 | ▼ 10% |
| Cash | € 879 | € 797 | € 4,038 | - | |
| Land & buildings | € 17,477,162 | € 17,111,387 | € 16,008,447 | € 17,763,030 | ▲ 11% |
| Retained profit | € 10,206,296 | € 12,618,129 | € 15,845,057 | € 18,989,000 | ▲ 20% |
| Bank debt | € 49,434,215 | € 47,689,052 | € 23,496,645 | € 26,841,090 | ▲ 14% |
| Balance sheet total | € 75,218,940 | € 73,288,793 | € 62,240,420 | € 61,292,225 | ▼ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 245.6 | 259.2 | 269.1 | 270.1 | ▲ 1 |
Key figures of CARGILL CHOCOLATE BELGIUM, 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 December 2026.
What happened to CARGILL CHOCOLATE BELGIUM?
What happened at CARGILL CHOCOLATE BELGIUM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Frederik Demeulemeester stepped down as director. NBB
- Franck Monmont stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 3.1 million (▼ 3% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Dirk Van Lancker stepped down as director. NBB
- Inge Demeyere stepped down as director. NBB
- Frederik Demeulemeester became a director. NBB
- Franck Monmont became a director. NBB
- Dirk Van Lancker became a director. NBB
In short
From € 2.2 million profit in 2022 to € 3.1 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 3.9 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 3.2 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 156 days on average.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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Management
The shares are held by Cargill Holding France SAS (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Dirk Van Lancker
Director
since 2022 · until 2025
Inge Demeyere
Managing director
Also active at: MIKO, LEMAN DECORATIONS BELGIUM, IMSTO, SMET CHOCOLATERIE, Smet Productions, Beau Noir
since 2021 · until 2025
Frederik Demeulemeester
Director
since 2025 · until 2030
since 2025 · until 2030
Shareholders
Cargill Holding France SAS
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Gustave Fachedreef(L) 13
7700 Mouscron
Belgiëlei 37
2018 Antwerpen
Active since 16 March 1998
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0461.617.357
- VAT number
- BE 0461.617.357
- Registered office
- Gustave Fachedreef(L) 13, 7700 Mouscron
- Names & denominations
- CARGILL CHOCOLATE BELGIUM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 October 1997
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 8 Jul 2025
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