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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 32 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2022.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Book'u from Kortrijk, company number BE0629815258, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -730,190 after tax. For that financial year Book'u recorded a gross margin of € 2.1 million and equity of € -3.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -854,131 to € -730,190. 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 July 30, 2026.
€ -3.5 million
▼ € 730,190 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -730,190
▲ 15 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1,388
▼ 98% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -4.8 million.
People and assets in 2025
23.9
▲ 5.9 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.8 million
▲ 34% vs 2024
€ 76,900 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.
€ 32,792
▲ 35% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 5.3 million
▲ 34% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 167,508
▼ 19% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 441,737
▲ 30% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € -86,743 | € 323,878 | € 1,107,431 | € 2,085,481 | ▲ 88% |
| Profit after taxes | € -976,195 | € -970,589 | € -854,131 | € -730,190 | ▲ € 123,942 |
| Equity | € -983,460 | € -1,954,049 | € -2,808,181 | € -3,538,370 | ▼ € 730,190 |
| Total debts | € 1,842,453 | € 3,008,633 | € 4,625,442 | € 6,114,170 | ▲ 32% |
| Cash | € 2,427 | € 5,899 | € 82,005 | € 1,388 | ▼ 98% |
| Retained profit | € -2,271,299 | € -3,241,888 | € -4,096,019 | € -4,826,209 | ▼ € 730,190 |
| Bank debt | € 1,475,000 | € 2,525,000 | € 3,925,000 | € 5,275,000 | ▲ 34% |
| Balance sheet total | € 858,993 | € 1,054,584 | € 1,817,262 | € 2,575,800 | ▲ 42% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9 | 12.4 | 18 | 23.9 | ▲ 5.9 |
Key figures of Book'u, 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 July 2027.
What happened to Book'u?
What happened at Book'u in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- House of HR NV stepped down as director. NBB
- Maszon BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Leen Geirnaerdt stepped down as director. NBB
- VTH Invest Comm V stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 730,190. Source: NBB ↗
- House of HR NV became a director. NBB
- Maszon BV became a director. NBB
- Leen Geirnaerdt became a director. NBB
In short
From € 976,195 loss in 2022 to € 730,190 loss in 2025.
Paid € 2,167 in corporate taxes since 2022.
On average € 87,300 of value added per employee 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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Management
The stake of House of Invest, H.M. & COMPAGNIE comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Book'uThe shares are held by House of Invest (80%) and H.M. & COMPAGNIE (10.3%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Leen Geirnaerdt
Director
Also active at: LOGI - TECHNIC, TEC, House of Invest, House of HR, GRITT, The House of Finance, House of IT Support, LEAN² +3 more
since 2023 · until 2029
since 2021 · until 2027
Managing director · represented by Rika Coppens
Also active at: ACCENT Jobs For People, LOGI - TECHNIC, BE-CONSULT, TEC, VIALEGIS, EuroTech, House of Invest, Accent Jobs +21 more
since 2026 · until 2032
Director · represented by Luc Caenepeel
since 2024 · until 2030
Shareholders
80%
10.3%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Spinnerijstraat(Kor) 97
8500 Kortrijk
Ambachtenstraat 33
8870 Izegem
Active since 6 May 2015
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Details
- Company number
- 0629.815.258
- VAT number
- BE 0629.815.258
- Registered office
- Spinnerijstraat(Kor) 97, 8500 Kortrijk
- Names & denominations
- Book'u
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 May 2015
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 14 Dec 2025
- Contact
- [email protected]
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