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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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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 32 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
FERO from Damme, company number BE0474166088, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -48,880 after tax. For that financial year FERO recorded a gross margin of € 559,190 and equity of € -36,427. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 52,815 to € -48,880. The company made a loss. 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 August 18, 2026.
€ -36,427
▼ € 48,880 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -48,880
▼ still € 52,815 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 105,971
▼ 38% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -55,027.
People and assets in 2025
9.7
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 546,530
▲ 8% vs 2024
€ 56,300 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.
€ 33,917
▼ 14% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 64,952
▼ 21% vs 2024
€ 17,690 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 306,714
▲ 28% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 213,995
▼ 3% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 261,259 | € 506,502 | € 613,186 | € 559,190 | ▼ 9% |
| Profit after taxes | € 6,346 | € -8,321 | € 52,815 | € -48,880 | ▼ € 101,695 |
| Equity | € -32,041 | € -40,362 | € 12,453 | € -36,427 | ▼ € 48,880 |
| Total debts | € 660,148 | € 647,713 | € 584,792 | € 585,661 | |
| Cash | € 74,814 | € 127,916 | € 169,852 | € 105,971 | ▼ 38% |
| Retained profit | € -50,641 | € -58,962 | € -6,147 | € -55,027 | ▼ € 48,880 |
| Bank debt | € 115,863 | € 100,623 | € 82,325 | € 64,952 | ▼ 21% |
| Balance sheet total | € 628,107 | € 607,351 | € 597,245 | € 549,234 | ▼ 8% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | - | 9.7 |
Key figures of FERO, 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 FERO?
What happened at FERO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 48,880 (▼ € 101,695 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Peter Marechal became a director. NBB
- Cathy Carpentier became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Damme. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 6,346 profit in 2022 to € 48,880 loss in 2025.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 52,815 profit.
On average € 57,600 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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 FERO are Peter Marechal and Cathy Carpentier.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Peter Marechal
Director
since 2021
Cathy Carpentier
Director
since 2021
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bradericplein 23
8340 Damme
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0474.166.088
- VAT number
- BE 0474.166.088
- Registered office
- Bradericplein 23, 8340 Damme
- Names & denominations
- FERO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 23 February 2001
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