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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 2025 and 2026.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 29 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2026
The Cook Stays from Hove, company number BE0540655630, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -11,100 after tax. For that financial year The Cook Stays recorded a gross margin of € -4,312 and equity of € -218,271. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € -4,231 to € -11,100. 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 27, 2026.
€ -218,271
▼ € 11,100 vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -11,100
▼ 162 % more loss than in 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2,785
▼ 28% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -224,571.
People and assets in 2026
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 957
▼ 37% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 235,323
▲ 1% vs 2025
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 15,786
▼ 31% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2,011
▲ 12% vs 2025
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
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| Gross margin | € -9,151 | € -6,751 | € 1,402 | € -4,312 | ▼ € 5,715 |
| Profit after taxes | € -14,701 | € -11,553 | € -4,231 | € -11,100 | ▼ € 6,869 |
| Equity | € -191,386 | € -202,940 | € -207,171 | € -218,271 | ▼ € 11,100 |
| Total debts | € 234,672 | € 249,303 | € 258,462 | € 253,819 | ▼ 2% |
| Cash | € 2,740 | € 3,496 | € 3,862 | € 2,785 | ▼ 28% |
| Retained profit | € -197,686 | € -209,240 | € -213,471 | € -224,571 | ▼ € 11,100 |
| Bank debt | € 223,510 | € 230,805 | € 233,277 | € 235,323 | ▲ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 43,285 | € 46,363 | € 51,292 | € 35,548 | ▼ 31% |
Key figures of The Cook Stays, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
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 2026: loss of € 11,100. Source: NBB ↗
- Jarl Van Den Broeck became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Hove. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 14,701 loss in 2023 to € 11,100 loss in 2026.
Management
Behind The Cook Stays is Jarl Van Den Broeck.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Jarl Van Den Broeck
Director
since 2024
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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