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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 59 % of short-term debt in 2023; threshold 65 %.
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Annual account missing NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was expected before 30 April 2025 and has not been filed.
Financials
Financial year 2023
ENTERTAINMENT TRADING from Merelbeke-Melle, company number BE0553721134, closed financial year 2023 with a result of € 34,014 after tax. For that financial year ENTERTAINMENT TRADING recorded a gross margin of € 383,401 and equity of € 101,750. Compared with financial year 2022, the result moved from € -23,398 to € 34,014. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on April 30, 2024.
€ 101,750
▲ 50% vs 2022
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 34,014
▲ still € 23,398 loss in 2022
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 34,950
▲ 21% 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 € 95,550.
People and assets in 2023
5.2
▼ 1.2 vs 2022
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 269,472
▼ 13% vs 2022
€ 51,800 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.
€ 53,098
▼ 33% vs 2022
Of which on lease € 38,745.
Debts at end 2023
€ 145,214
▼ 29% vs 2022
€ 56,947 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 801,483
▼ 25% vs 2022
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 165,128
▼ 3% vs 2022
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Change 2022 → 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 296,469 | € 362,349 | € 383,401 | ▲ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 2,711 | € -23,398 | € 34,014 | ▲ € 57,412 |
| Equity | € 91,134 | € 67,736 | € 101,750 | ▲ 50% |
| Total debts | € 1,653,498 | € 1,444,292 | € 1,202,784 | ▼ 17% |
| Cash | € 88,937 | € 28,993 | € 34,950 | ▲ 21% |
| Land & buildings | € 282,167 | € 273,587 | € 265,007 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 84,934 | € 61,536 | € 95,550 | ▲ 55% |
| Bank debt | € 229,887 | € 204,328 | € 145,214 | ▼ 29% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,744,632 | € 1,512,028 | € 1,304,534 | ▼ 14% |
| Employees (FTE) | 6 | 6.4 | 5.2 | ▼ 1.2 |
Key figures of ENTERTAINMENT TRADING, 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 30 April 2025.
What happened to ENTERTAINMENT TRADING?
What happened at ENTERTAINMENT TRADING in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2023: profit of € 34,014. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Merelbeke-Melle. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Cabry Invest Belgium became a director. NBB
In short
From € 2,711 profit in 2021 to € 34,014 profit in 2023.
Paid € 45,374 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 34,014 profit.
On average € 73,700 of value added per employee in 2023.
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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 ENTERTAINMENT TRADING is Cabry Invest Belgium.
Directors
According to the 2023 annual accounts
Director · represented by Bart BRYS
since 2014
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Sint-Elooistraat 81
9820 Merelbeke-Melle
Who else lives here?
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
- 0553.721.134
- VAT number
- BE 0553.721.134
- Registered office
- Sint-Elooistraat 81, 9820 Merelbeke-Melle
- Names & denominations
- ENTERTAINMENT TRADING · NO-BLE ELITE DRINKS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 11 June 2014
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- Active · Active since 4 Jun 2025
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