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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 3 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 35 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
NOBLE CHOCOLATES from Veurne, company number BE0465548134, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 331,485 after tax. For that financial year NOBLE CHOCOLATES recorded a gross margin of € 1.4 million and equity of € -1.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -645,322 to € 331,485. Profitable, and profit is growing. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on February 2, 2026.
€ -1.2 million
▲ € 331,485 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 331,485
▲ still € 645,322 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 125,129
▼ 60% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € -12.3 million.
People and assets in 2025
14.3
▲ 3.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 755,876
▲ 36% vs 2024
€ 52,900 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.
€ 45,210
▲ 226% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 905,829
▼ 12% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 756,905
▼ 53% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 89,192
▼ 31% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 1,100,100 | € -266,535 | € 169,248 | € 1,378,307 | ▲ € 1.2 million |
| Profit after taxes | € 402,727 | € -977,910 | € -645,322 | € 331,485 | ▲ € 976,807 |
| Equity | € 67,108 | € -910,803 | € -1,556,124 | € -1,224,639 | ▲ € 331,485 |
| Total debts | € 2,912,041 | € 3,061,957 | € 4,348,909 | € 3,599,409 | ▼ 17% |
| Cash | € 271,458 | € 143,827 | € 316,201 | € 125,129 | ▼ 60% |
| Land & buildings | € 40,530 | € 30,998 | € 21,170 | € 14,720 | ▼ 30% |
| Retained profit | € -10,962,292 | € -11,940,203 | € -12,585,524 | € -12,254,039 | ▲ € 331,485 |
| Bank debt | € 977,000 | € 847,212 | € 1,034,781 | € 905,829 | ▼ 12% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,979,149 | € 2,151,154 | € 2,792,784 | € 2,374,770 | ▼ 15% |
| Employees (FTE) | 8.9 | 8.7 | 11 | 14.3 | ▲ 3.3 |
Key figures of NOBLE CHOCOLATES, 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 NOBLE CHOCOLATES?
What happened at NOBLE CHOCOLATES in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Edisto BV stepped down as director. NBB
- P.D.S. NV stepped down as director. NBB
- Carine Deprez stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 331,485. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Edisto BV became a director. NBB
- P.D.S. NV became a director. NBB
- Carine Deprez became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Veurne. KBO
In short
From € 402,727 profit in 2022 to € 331,485 profit in 2025.
Paid € 736 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 402,727 profit.
On average € 96,400 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of P.D.S. comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
NOBLE CHOCOLATESThe shares are held by P.D.S. (44.7%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2021 · until 2027
Managing director · represented by Destrooper PATRIEK
Also active at: DESTROOPER PROJECTS, NOBLE SAVOURY, PLEIN SUD
since 2021 · until 2027
since 2021 · until 2027
Shareholders
44.7%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Handelsstraat 5
8630 Veurne
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0465.548.134
- VAT number
- BE 0465.548.134
- Registered office
- Handelsstraat 5, 8630 Veurne
- Names & denominations
- NOBLE CHOCOLATES
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 March 1999
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Dec 2025
- Contact
- [email protected] +3258/31.77.40
- Activities · NACE
Vervaardiging van cacao, chocolade en suikerwerk
Handelsbemiddeling in voedings- en genotmiddelen
Activiteiten van holdings
Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in voedings- en genotmiddelen
Detailhandel in brood en banketbakkerswerk (koude bakkers)
Detailhandel in brood-, banketbakkerswerk en suikerwerk
Managementactiviteiten van holdings
Holdings