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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 2 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 57 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
COOK & BOOK from Elsene, company number BE0553892467, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 10,892 after tax. For that financial year COOK & BOOK recorded a gross margin of € 16,535 and equity of € -16,048. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -184,026 to € 10,892. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 December 22, 2025.
€ -16,048
▲ € 10,892 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 10,892
▲ still € 184,026 loss in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3,548
▲ € 3,192 vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € -136,648.
Debts at end 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 13,496
▲ 109% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2,316
▲ 162% 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 | |
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| Gross margin | € -1,553 | € -2,288 | € 5,396 | € 16,535 | ▲ 206% |
| Profit after taxes | € 2,367 | € 2,127 | € -184,026 | € 10,892 | ▲ € 194,918 |
| Equity | € 154,958 | € 157,085 | € -26,940 | € -16,048 | ▲ € 10,892 |
| Total debts | € 53,387 | € 40,824 | € 35,311 | € 40,793 | ▲ 16% |
| Cash | € 648 | € 17 | € 356 | € 3,548 | ▲ € 3,192 |
| Retained profit | € 34,358 | € 36,485 | € -147,540 | € -136,648 | ▲ € 10,892 |
| Balance sheet total | € 208,345 | € 197,909 | € 8,371 | € 24,745 | ▲ 196% |
Key figures of COOK & BOOK, 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 COOK & BOOK?
What happened at COOK & BOOK in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 10,892. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Elsene. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 2,367 profit in 2021 to € 10,892 profit in 2024.
Paid € 1,781 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 10,892 profit.
Management
The stake of DREAM FOOD, MGH comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
COOK & BOOKBehind COOK & BOOK are DREAM FOOD SA and MGH SPRL. The shares are held by DREAM FOOD (47%) and MGH (47%). It owns 0.7% of BLADZIJDE itself.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Manager · represented by JEAN-CEDRIC LEGEIN
Manager · represented by ANNEMIEKE HARDEMAN
Also active at: Résidence Louise, Comentri, Les Fermes de Matignolle, MACAN.GROUP
Shareholders
47%
47%
Participations
0.7%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Louizalaan 251
1050 Elsene
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 5 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
- 0553.892.467
- VAT number
- BE 0553.892.467
- Registered office
- Louizalaan 251, 1050 Elsene
- Names & denominations
- COOK & BOOK
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 June 2014
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 5 Jan 2026
- Activities · NACE
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