Financials
Financial year 2025
Candle Research from Lede, company number BE0507747884, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 43,893 after tax. For that financial year Candle Research recorded a gross margin of € 74,068 and equity of € 18,550. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 31,307 to € 43,893. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 30, 2026.
€ 18,550
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 43,893
▲ 40% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 58,228
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 43,893 paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
€ 1,680
▼ 23% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 12,971
▼ 45% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 9,988.
Debts at end 2025
€ 22,753
▼ 36% vs 2024
€ 10,041 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 3,392
▲ 172% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 8,334
▲ 9% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 37,732 | € 72,919 | € 61,122 | € 74,068 | ▲ 21% |
| Profit after taxes | € 13,067 | € 42,778 | € 31,307 | € 43,893 | ▲ 40% |
| Equity | € 18,550 | € 18,550 | € 18,550 | € 18,550 | |
| Total debts | € 40,426 | € 89,087 | € 74,447 | € 79,651 | ▲ 7% |
| Cash | € 18,772 | € 41,121 | - | € 58,228 | |
| Dividend | € 13,067 | € 42,778 | € 31,307 | € 43,893 | ▲ 40% |
| Bank debt | € 19,085 | € 41,605 | € 35,538 | € 22,753 | ▼ 36% |
| Balance sheet total | € 58,976 | € 107,637 | € 92,997 | € 98,201 | ▲ 6% |
Key figures of Candle Research, 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 Candle Research?
What happened at Candle Research in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 43,893 (▲ 40% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Lede. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 13,067 profit in 2022 to € 43,893 profit in 2025.
Paid € 43,445 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 43,893 profit.
Paid out € 131,045 in dividends to the owners in total.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Oordegemkouter 46
9340 Lede
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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
- 0507.747.884
- VAT number
- BE 0507.747.884
- Registered office
- Oordegemkouter 46, 9340 Lede
- Names & denominations
- Candle Research · Candle
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 24 December 2014
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