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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 64 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
APOSTROPHE from Zulte, company number BE0473903396, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1,806 after tax. For that financial year APOSTROPHE recorded a gross margin of € 301,112 and equity of € 85,201. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -76,096 to € 1,806. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 2, 2026.
€ 85,201
▲ 2% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1,806
▲ still € 76,096 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 7,351
▼ 71% 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 € -87,799.
People and assets in 2025
5.3
▲ 1.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 229,356
▲ 40% vs 2024
€ 43,300 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.
€ 30,819
▼ 23% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 208,820
▼ 15% vs 2024
€ 37,507 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 6 years.
€ 101,767
▼ 18% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 43,588
▲ 103% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 200,827 | € 196,773 | € 147,450 | € 301,112 | ▲ 104% |
| Profit after taxes | € -16,694 | € -23,106 | € -76,096 | € 1,806 | ▲ € 77,902 |
| Equity | € 182,596 | € 159,491 | € 83,395 | € 85,201 | ▲ 2% |
| Total debts | € 122,110 | € 172,197 | € 394,984 | € 355,567 | ▼ 10% |
| Cash | € 30,398 | € 46,198 | € 25,241 | € 7,351 | ▼ 71% |
| Land & buildings | - | € 2,403 | € 1,809 | € 1,214 | ▼ 33% |
| Retained profit | € 9,596 | € -13,509 | € -89,605 | € -87,799 | ▲ € 1,806 |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 64,674 | € 244,512 | € 208,820 | ▼ 15% |
| Balance sheet total | € 304,706 | € 331,687 | € 478,379 | € 440,768 | ▼ 8% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | 3.5 | 5.3 | ▲ 1.8 |
Key figures of APOSTROPHE, 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 APOSTROPHE?
What happened at APOSTROPHE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1,806. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Zulte. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 16,694 loss in 2022 to € 1,806 profit in 2025.
Paid € 587 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 1,806 profit.
On average € 56,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of BASSEZ & PARTNERS comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
APOSTROPHEBehind APOSTROPHE is BASSEZ & PARTNERS BV. The shares are held by BASSEZ & PARTNERS (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Christoph Bassez
Also active at: Molentis, ICS DEVELOPMENT
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Centrumstraat 6
9870 Zulte
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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Details
- Company number
- 0473.903.396
- VAT number
- BE 0473.903.396
- Registered office
- Centrumstraat 6, 9870 Zulte
- Names & denominations
- APOSTROPHE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 24 January 2001
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