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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 30 % of short-term debt in 2023; threshold 65 %.
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Annual account missing NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was expected before 31 July 2025 and has not been filed.
Financials
Financial year 2023
Bottle & Barrel from Aartselaar, company number BE0546797611, closed financial year 2023 with a result of € 27,442 after tax. For that financial year Bottle & Barrel recorded a gross margin of € 374,450 and equity of € 216,906. Compared with financial year 2022, the result moved from € 51,316 to € 27,442. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 29, 2024.
€ 216,906
▲ 14% vs 2022
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 27,442
▼ 47% vs 2022
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 98,153
▼ 9% vs 2022
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2023. Retained profit grew to € 198,306.
People and assets in 2023
7.7
▼ 0.6 vs 2022
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 275,203
▲ 13% vs 2022
€ 35,700 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.
€ 15,485
▼ 38% vs 2022
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2023
€ 256,240
▼ 9% vs 2022
€ 21,720 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 274,944
▼ 36% vs 2022
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 88,301
▼ 8% vs 2022
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Change 2022 → 2023 | |
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| Gross margin | € 231,133 | € 350,246 | € 374,450 | ▲ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 29,588 | € 51,316 | € 27,442 | ▼ 47% |
| Equity | € 138,148 | € 189,464 | € 216,906 | ▲ 14% |
| Total debts | € 808,210 | € 861,938 | € 656,252 | ▼ 24% |
| Cash | € 128,559 | € 108,364 | € 98,153 | ▼ 9% |
| Retained profit | € 119,548 | € 170,864 | € 198,306 | ▲ 16% |
| Dividend | € 5,000 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 270,322 | € 281,388 | € 256,240 | ▼ 9% |
| Balance sheet total | € 946,358 | € 1,051,402 | € 873,158 | ▼ 17% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5.5 | 8.3 | 7.7 | ▼ 0.6 |
Key figures of Bottle & Barrel, fiscal years 2021 to 2023, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2024 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2025.
What happened to Bottle & Barrel?
What happened at Bottle & Barrel in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2023: profit of € 27,442 (▼ 47% vs 2022). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Schilde. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 29,588 profit in 2021 to € 27,442 profit in 2023.
Paid € 33,505 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 51,316 profit.
On average € 48,600 of value added per employee in 2023.
Management
The stake of AsterX Group comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Bottle & BarrelBehind Bottle & Barrel is Jef Vets. The shares are held by AsterX Group (100%).
Directors
According to the 2023 annual accounts
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Oudestraat 5
2630 Aartselaar
Turnhoutsebaan 307
2970 Schilde
Active since 1 November 2019
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0546.797.611
- VAT number
- BE 0546.797.611
- Registered office
- Oudestraat 5, 2630 Aartselaar
- Names & denominations
- Bottle & Barrel
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 21 February 2014
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