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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Financials
Financial year 2025
AREF from Antwerpen, company number BE0648886844, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 983,456 after tax. For that financial year AREF recorded a gross margin of € 1.1 million and equity of € -72,379. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -133,746 to € 983,456. 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 August 11, 2026.
€ -72,379
▲ € 983,456 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 983,456
▲ still € 133,746 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 505,528
▲ € 497,477 vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € -90,979.
People and assets in 2025
€ 271,111
Of which on lease € 271,111.
Debts at end 2025
€ 470,969
▼ 79% vs 2024
€ 30,032 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 16 years.
€ 5,275
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 169,552 | € 163,555 | € 82,649 | € 1,131,249 | ▲ € 1 million |
| Profit after taxes | € -30,914 | € -91,880 | € -133,746 | € 983,456 | ▲ € 1.1 million |
| Equity | € -830,209 | € -922,089 | € -1,055,835 | € -72,379 | ▲ € 983,456 |
| Total debts | € 4,328,290 | € 4,264,648 | € 4,262,868 | € 1,352,523 | ▼ 68% |
| Cash | € 10,890 | € 10,521 | € 8,050 | € 505,528 | ▲ € 497,477 |
| Land & buildings | € 3,464,975 | € 3,331,979 | € 3,198,983 | - | |
| Retained profit | € -848,809 | € -940,689 | € -1,074,435 | € -90,979 | ▲ € 983,456 |
| Bank debt | € 2,517,321 | € 2,395,743 | € 2,264,525 | € 470,969 | ▼ 79% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,498,081 | € 3,342,558 | € 3,207,033 | € 1,280,145 | ▼ 60% |
Key figures of AREF, 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 AREF?
What happened at AREF in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 983,456. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Peter Leyssens stepped down as director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Muriel Van Nieuwenhove became a director. NBB
- Peter Leyssens became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 30,914 loss in 2022 to € 983,456 profit in 2025.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 983,456 profit.
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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
Behind AREF is Muriel Van Nieuwenhove. Muriel Van Nieuwenhove is also behind CABINE.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2016
Peter Leyssens
Director
since 2016 · until 2025
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Steenhouwersvest 16
2000 Antwerpen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 5 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0648.886.844
- VAT number
- BE 0648.886.844
- Registered office
- Steenhouwersvest 16, 2000 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- AREF
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 15 February 2016
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 14 Jan 2026