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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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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 59 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Bril Gent from Gent, company number BE0652868396, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -10,072 after tax. For that financial year Bril Gent recorded a gross margin of € 59,310 and equity of € 6,228. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -5,114 to € -10,072. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 62 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 29, 2025.
€ 6,228
▼ 62% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -10,072
▼ 97 % more loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 11,428
▲ 9% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -12,372.
Debts at end 2024
€ 116,292
▲ 33% vs 2023
€ 15,305 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 7 years.
€ 29,665
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 7,583
▼ 8% vs 2023
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 32,334 | € 17,776 | € 25,881 | € 59,310 | ▲ 129% |
| Profit after taxes | € -2,652 | € -12,895 | € -5,114 | € -10,072 | ▼ € 4,958 |
| Equity | € 34,309 | € 21,414 | € 16,300 | € 6,228 | ▼ 62% |
| Total debts | € 209,193 | € 197,551 | € 166,235 | € 156,876 | ▼ 6% |
| Cash | € 18,589 | € 16,722 | € 10,499 | € 11,428 | ▲ 9% |
| Land & buildings | € 70,296 | € 54,006 | € 37,716 | € 21,427 | ▼ 43% |
| Retained profit | € 15,709 | € 2,814 | € -2,300 | € -12,372 | ▼ € 10,072 |
| Bank debt | € 156,233 | € 122,117 | € 87,278 | € 116,292 | ▲ 33% |
| Balance sheet total | € 243,502 | € 218,965 | € 182,535 | € 163,104 | ▼ 11% |
Key figures of Bril Gent, 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 Bril Gent?
What happened at Bril Gent in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 10,072. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Sarah Withofs became a director. NBB
- Charlotte Van Hijfte became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Bril Oostende BV became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 2,652 loss in 2021 to € 10,072 loss in 2024.
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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 BRIL OOSTENDE comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Bril GentBehind Bril Gent are Sarah Withofs, Bril Oostende BV and Charlotte Van Hijfte. The shares are held by BRIL OOSTENDE (20%).
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Sarah Withofs
Director
since 2022
Director · represented by Withofs WIM
since 2016
Charlotte Van Hijfte
Director
since 2016
Shareholders
20%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Mageleinstraat 19
9000 Gent
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0652.868.396
- VAT number
- BE 0652.868.396
- Registered office
- Mageleinstraat 19, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- Bril Gent
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 27 April 2016
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- Active · Active since 9 Dec 2025
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