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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 14 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Not registered in the Peppol network, mandatory for VAT-liable companies since 1 January 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2025
DE ARK from Wortegem-Petegem, company number BE0662986783, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 494,437 after tax. For that financial year DE ARK recorded a gross margin of € 33,867 and equity of € 7.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 3 million to € 494,437. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 23, 2026.
€ 7.5 million
▲ 7% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 494,437
▼ 83% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 95,401
▼ 85% 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 € 7.5 million.
People and assets in 2025
0.1
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 4,605
▲ 20% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 80,655
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 2.3 million
▼ 38% vs 2024
€ 812,597 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 2,186
▲ 226% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 6,226
▼ 1% vs 2024
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 68,354 | € 10,193 | € 50,234 | € 33,867 | ▼ 33% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,158,862 | € 1,318,057 | € 2,954,669 | € 494,437 | ▼ 83% |
| Equity | € 2,780,058 | € 4,062,115 | € 7,016,784 | € 7,511,221 | ▲ 7% |
| Total debts | € 925,819 | € 5,862,442 | € 3,829,258 | € 2,345,501 | ▼ 39% |
| Cash | € 259,192 | € 134,680 | € 628,982 | € 95,401 | ▼ 85% |
| Land & buildings | € 339,660 | € 321,690 | € 305,833 | € 288,042 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 2,760,058 | € 4,042,115 | € 6,996,784 | € 7,491,221 | ▲ 7% |
| Dividend | € 36,000 | € 36,000 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 794,503 | € 5,561,371 | € 3,799,383 | € 2,337,089 | ▼ 38% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,705,877 | € 9,924,558 | € 10,846,042 | € 9,856,722 | ▼ 9% |
| Employees (FTE) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Key figures of DE ARK, 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 DE ARK?
What happened at DE ARK in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 494,437 (▼ 83% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Wortegem-Petegem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 1.2 million profit in 2022 to € 494,437 profit in 2025.
Paid € 248,390 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 3 million profit.
Paid out € 72,000 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Behind DE ARK is Thomas Maenhout. It owns 100% of Klinisch Laboratorium Maenhout, 100% of Medisch Laboratorium and 100% of LabCare Plus itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Thomas Maenhout
Director
Also active at: Klinisch Laboratorium Maenhout, LabCare Plus, MEDISCH LABORATORIUM, Vital Signs
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kortrijkstraat (P.-E.) 112
9790 Wortegem-Petegem
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0662.986.783
- VAT number
- BE 0662.986.783
- Registered office
- Kortrijkstraat (P.-E.) 112, 9790 Wortegem-Petegem
- Names & denominations
- DE ARK
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 27 September 2016
- Peppol
- Not registered
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