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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 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 24 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
The Cook Stays from Hove, company number BE0540655630, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -4,231 after tax. For that financial year The Cook Stays recorded a gross margin of € 1,402 and equity of € -207,171. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -11,553 to € -4,231. 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 October 31, 2025.
€ -207,171
▼ € 4,231 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -4,231
▲ 63 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3,862
▲ 10% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -213,471.
People and assets in 2025
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 1,071
No payroll staff. An amount this small is usually a social contribution or pension premium for the director, booked under staff costs.
€ 1,517
▲ 87% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 233,277
▲ 1% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 22,829
▲ 26% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1,788
▲ € 1,440 vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € -10,307 | € -9,151 | € -6,751 | € 1,402 | ▲ € 8,154 |
| Profit after taxes | € -19,696 | € -14,701 | € -11,553 | € -4,231 | ▲ € 7,322 |
| Equity | € -176,686 | € -191,386 | € -202,940 | € -207,171 | ▼ € 4,231 |
| Total debts | € 226,051 | € 234,672 | € 249,303 | € 258,462 | ▲ 4% |
| Cash | € 1,163 | € 2,740 | € 3,496 | € 3,862 | ▲ 10% |
| Retained profit | € -182,986 | € -197,686 | € -209,240 | € -213,471 | ▼ € 4,231 |
| Bank debt | € 198,667 | € 223,510 | € 230,805 | € 233,277 | ▲ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 49,365 | € 43,285 | € 46,363 | € 51,292 | ▲ 11% |
Key figures of The Cook Stays, 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 October 2026.
What happened to The Cook Stays?
What happened at The Cook Stays in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 4,231. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Hove. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 19,696 loss in 2022 to € 4,231 loss 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 The Cook Stays is Jarl Van den Broeck.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Jarl Van den Broeck
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Lintsesteenweg 29C
2540 Hove
Lintsesteenweg 29 C
2540 Hove
Active since 22 October 2013
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0540.655.630
- VAT number
- BE 0540.655.630
- Registered office
- Lintsesteenweg 29C, 2540 Hove
- Names & denominations
- The Cook Stays
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 9 October 2013
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