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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 37 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Second Thoughts from Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, company number BE0538881619, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -70,423 after tax. For that financial year Second Thoughts recorded a gross margin of € 133,138 and equity of € 397,214. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 96,798 to € -70,423. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 30, 2025.
€ 397,214
▼ 23% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -70,423
▼ still € 96,798 profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 44,599
▼ 68% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 384,814.
People and assets in 2024
€ 97,976
▼ 23% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 1.3 million
▲ € 1.1 million vs 2023
€ 441,511 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 3,708
▼ 68% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 6,550
▲ 17% vs 2023
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 73,402 | € 133,642 | € 154,725 | € 133,138 | ▼ 14% |
| Profit after taxes | € 33,275 | € 76,224 | € 96,798 | € -70,423 | ▼ € 167,221 |
| Equity | € 343,734 | € 418,458 | € 515,256 | € 397,214 | ▼ 23% |
| Total debts | € 184,709 | € 160,494 | € 195,752 | € 1,273,643 | ▲ € 1.1 million |
| Cash | € 52,276 | € 123,005 | € 140,083 | € 44,599 | ▼ 68% |
| Land & buildings | € 326,354 | € 309,027 | € 296,324 | € 519,137 | ▲ 75% |
| Retained profit | € 331,334 | € 406,058 | € 502,856 | € 384,814 | ▼ 23% |
| Dividend | € 800 | € 1,500 | € 0 | € 47,619 | |
| Bank debt | € 154,120 | € 121,417 | € 178,395 | € 1,261,481 | ▲ € 1.1 million |
| Balance sheet total | € 528,444 | € 578,953 | € 711,008 | € 1,670,857 | ▲ 135% |
Key figures of Second Thoughts, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to Second Thoughts?
What happened at Second Thoughts in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 70,423 (▼ € 167,221 vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 33,275 profit in 2021 to € 70,423 loss in 2024.
Paid € 80,213 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 96,798 profit.
Paid out € 49,919 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Behind Second Thoughts is Dr. Christy Sempels.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Dr. Christy Sempels
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Hoeve 5
3272 Scherpenheuvel-Zichem
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
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Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0538.881.619
- VAT number
- BE 0538.881.619
- Registered office
- Hoeve 5, 3272 Scherpenheuvel-Zichem
- Names & denominations
- Second Thoughts
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 September 2013
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Jan 2025
- Contact
- secondthoughts.be