Financials
Financial year 2025
COOK & BOON from Antwerpen, company number BE0462624078, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -2,952 after tax. For that financial year COOK & BOON recorded a gross margin of € 1,668 and equity of € 25,652. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 9,854 to € -2,952. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 95 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 12, 2026.
€ 25,652
▼ 95% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -2,952
▼ still € 9,854 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 74,370
▲ 42% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -80,546.
People and assets in 2025
0
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
Debts at end 2025
€ 150,000
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 12,863
▲ € 9,797 vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 4,854
▼ 49% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 13,244 | € -56,562 | € 11,523 | € 1,668 | ▼ 86% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,511 | € -62,941 | € 9,854 | € -2,952 | ▼ € 12,806 |
| Equity | € 531,691 | € 468,749 | € 478,603 | € 25,652 | ▼ 95% |
| Total debts | € 22,787 | € 27,668 | € 40,455 | € 180,232 | ▲ € 139,777 |
| Cash | € 190,639 | € 106,424 | € 52,285 | € 74,370 | ▲ 42% |
| Retained profit | € -24,507 | € -87,448 | € -77,594 | € -80,546 | ▼ € 2,952 |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 150,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 554,478 | € 496,417 | € 519,058 | € 205,884 | ▼ 60% |
Key figures of COOK & BOON, 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 COOK & BOON?
What happened at COOK & BOON in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 2,952 (▼ € 12,806 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Paul Merkus became a director. NBB
- Frank Merkus became a director. NBB
In short
From € 1,511 profit in 2022 to € 2,952 loss in 2025.
Paid € 6,583 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 9,854 profit.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind COOK & BOON are Paul Merkus and Frank Merkus. The shares are held by Solomerk Campus Lentinus and Monomerk Campus Lentinus.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 1998
Frank Merkus
Director
since 1998
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Blivensstraat 51
2100 Antwerpen
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Details
- Company number
- 0462.624.078
- VAT number
- BE 0462.624.078
- Registered office
- Blivensstraat 51, 2100 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- COOK & BOON
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 February 1998
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 18 Apr 2025
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