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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 28 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
COOL FACTORY from Herentals, company number BE0652967178, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 29,999 after tax. For that financial year COOL FACTORY recorded a gross margin of € 364,641 and equity of € -59,591. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 12,520 to € 29,999. 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 June 23, 2026.
€ -59,591
▲ € 29,999 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 29,999
▲ 140% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 108,328
▼ 45% 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 € -78,191.
Debts at end 2025
€ 3.6 million
▼ 6% vs 2024
€ 230,000 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 16 years.
€ 1,485
▼ 98% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 17,706
▲ 5% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 368,800 | € 405,786 | € 355,424 | € 364,641 | ▲ 3% |
| Profit after taxes | € 30,845 | € 68,072 | € 12,520 | € 29,999 | ▲ 140% |
| Equity | € -170,182 | € -102,111 | € -89,590 | € -59,591 | ▲ € 29,999 |
| Total debts | € 4,950,342 | € 4,760,726 | € 4,559,701 | € 4,209,630 | ▼ 8% |
| Cash | € 4,246 | € 50,761 | € 197,389 | € 108,328 | ▼ 45% |
| Land & buildings | € 4,573,319 | € 4,359,148 | € 4,144,976 | € 3,930,804 | ▼ 5% |
| Retained profit | € -188,782 | € -120,711 | € -108,190 | € -78,191 | ▲ € 29,999 |
| Bank debt | € 4,312,500 | € 4,082,500 | € 3,852,500 | € 3,622,500 | ▼ 6% |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,780,160 | € 4,658,616 | € 4,470,111 | € 4,150,039 | ▼ 7% |
Key figures of COOL FACTORY, 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 COOL FACTORY?
What happened at COOL FACTORY in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 29,999 (▲ 140% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Wim Heylen became a director. NBB
- Didier Clerx became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Herentals. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 30,845 profit in 2022 to € 29,999 profit in 2025.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 68,072 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
The stake of WATSON & DICKENS comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
COOL FACTORYBehind COOL FACTORY are Wim Heylen and Didier Clerx. The shares are held by WATSON & DICKENS (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Wim Heylen
Director
Also active at: RONALD VANDEPUTTE, Eltra, Société Anversoise Immobilière et de Placements du Centre, LANCKRIET ANDRE, HERMANS HEFTRUCKS, Heylen Remi, EURO FRESH FOODS, TUVO +97 more
since 2022
Didier Clerx
Director
Also active at: RONALD VANDEPUTTE, LANCKRIET ANDRE, HERMANS HEFTRUCKS, Heylen Remi, EURO FRESH FOODS, TUVO, DRU INTERNATIONAL, D & D COMPUTERS +57 more
since 2022
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Diamantstraat (HRT) 8 box 214
2200 Herentals
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0652.967.178
- VAT number
- BE 0652.967.178
- Registered office
- Diamantstraat (HRT) 8 bus 214, 2200 Herentals
- Names & denominations
- COOL FACTORY
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 April 2016
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