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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CASTLE INGREDIENTS from Verviers, company number BE0641916997, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -3.1 million after tax. For that financial year CASTLE INGREDIENTS recorded a gross margin of € 2.3 million and equity of € 13.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -3.9 million to € -3.1 million. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 29, 2026.
€ 13.8 million
▼ 20% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -3.1 million
▲ 19 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 309,992
▼ 88% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -8.7 million.
People and assets in 2025
15.1
▼ 0.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.1 million
▲ 9% vs 2024
€ 73,500 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.
€ 321,818
▼ 7% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 206.
Debts at end 2025
€ 21 million
▲ 2% vs 2024
€ 1.7 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 11 years.
€ 2.1 million
▲ 94% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 202,509
▲ 7% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,310,248 | € -218,693 | € 1,114,814 | € 2,278,746 | ▲ 104% |
| Profit after taxes | € 108,016 | € -3,691,917 | € -3,888,289 | € -3,141,138 | ▲ € 747,150 |
| Equity | € 2,062,504 | € 8,528,571 | € 17,380,435 | € 13,849,507 | ▼ 20% |
| Total debts | € 13,515,806 | € 30,427,926 | € 28,652,002 | € 29,631,497 | ▲ 3% |
| Cash | € 358,569 | € 393,684 | € 2,672,275 | € 309,992 | ▼ 88% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,917,981 | € 21,917,212 | € 22,210,903 | € 22,586,221 | ▲ 2% |
| Retained profit | € 2,001,004 | € -1,690,914 | € -5,579,202 | € -8,720,341 | ▼ € 3.1 million |
| Bank debt | € 102,621 | € 17,723,321 | € 20,593,502 | € 20,972,281 | ▲ 2% |
| Balance sheet total | € 15,578,310 | € 38,956,497 | € 46,032,437 | € 43,481,004 | ▼ 6% |
| Employees (FTE) | 11.5 | 14.4 | 15.2 | 15.1 | ▼ 0.1 |
Key figures of CASTLE INGREDIENTS, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 April 2027.
What happened to CASTLE INGREDIENTS?
What happened at CASTLE INGREDIENTS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 3.1 million. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Jean-Louis Dourcy stepped down as director. NBB
- DLS Management stepped down as director. NBB
- New establishment in Lontzen. KBO
- Jean-Louis Dourcy became a director. NBB
- DLS Management became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Plombières. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 108,016 profit in 2022 to € 3.1 million loss in 2025.
Paid € 49,148 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 108,016 profit.
On average € 150,900 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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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
The stake of Invict Group comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
CASTLE INGREDIENTSThe shares are held by Invict Group (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2021 · until 2026
Director · represented by Steve DOURCY
Also active at: CASTLE DAIRY, Invict Group, Castle Energy
since 2021 · until 2026
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Chemin du Couloury 1
4800 Verviers
Rue de Rémersdael 105/107
4852 Plombières
Active since 27 October 2015
Rue Ernest Solvay 9
4710 Lontzen
Active since 15 November 2023
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 7 companies are registered at this address.
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€ 50,427 gross margin · 2025
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€ 15,630 gross margin · 2024
CASTLE DAIRY same network
€ 27.9 million revenue · 2025
JLD Management
€ 3,711 gross margin · 2025
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
AS48823, DE
Domain
Domain
castle-ingredients.com
Registered
2013-08-15
Registrar
EuroDNS S.A.
Expires
2026-08-15
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0641.916.997
- VAT number
- BE 0641.916.997
- Registered office
- Chemin du Couloury 1, 4800 Verviers
- Names & denominations
- CASTLE INGREDIENTS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 27 October 2015
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 20 Nov 2020
- Activities · NACE
Vervaardiging van zuivelproducten
Groothandel in andere voedingsmiddelen, neg
Groothandel in groenten en fruit, muv consumptieaardappelen
Overige detailhandel in voedingsmiddelen, neg
Goederenvervoer over de weg
Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, neg
Verwerking en conservering van fruit, exclusief productie van diepgevroren fruit
Verwerking en conservering van groenten, exclusief productie van diepgevroren groenten
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