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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 40 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ESME FOOD from Aartselaar, company number BE0664898376, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 95,901 after tax. For that financial year ESME FOOD recorded a gross margin of € 420,868 and equity of € 304,899. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 130,692 to € 95,901. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on January 30, 2026.
€ 304,899
▲ 11% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 95,901
▼ 27% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 5,490
▼ 58% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 65,000 paid out
68 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
3.5
▲ 0.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 159,513
▲ 14% vs 2024
€ 45,600 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.
€ 19,724
▼ 27% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 14,690.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.1 million
▲ 146% vs 2024
€ 92,154 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 10 years.
€ 261,587
▲ 131% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 56,958
▼ 24% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 247,859 | € 312,587 | € 391,830 | € 420,868 | ▲ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 75,229 | € 104,771 | € 130,692 | € 95,901 | ▼ 27% |
| Equity | € 168,534 | € 208,306 | € 273,998 | € 304,899 | ▲ 11% |
| Total debts | € 335,752 | € 385,555 | € 684,922 | € 1,464,827 | ▲ 114% |
| Cash | € 100,503 | € 11,492 | € 12,926 | € 5,490 | ▼ 58% |
| Land & buildings | - | - | - | € 938,006 | |
| Retained profit | € 149,934 | € 189,706 | € 255,398 | € 286,299 | ▲ 12% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 65,000 | € 65,000 | € 65,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 139,209 | € 205,942 | € 432,000 | € 1,062,080 | ▲ 146% |
| Balance sheet total | € 504,286 | € 593,861 | € 958,920 | € 1,769,726 | ▲ 85% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | ▲ 0.4 |
Key figures of ESME FOOD, 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 January 2027.
What happened to ESME FOOD?
What happened at ESME FOOD in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 95,901 (▼ 27% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Aartselaar. KBO
- Ahmet Karaca became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 75,229 profit in 2022 to € 95,901 profit in 2025.
Paid € 121,877 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 130,692 profit.
On average € 120,200 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
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Ahmet Karaca
Director
since 2016
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Helststraat 150-3
2630 Aartselaar
Helststraat 9
2630 Aartselaar
Active since 24 October 2016
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0664.898.376
- VAT number
- BE 0664.898.376
- Registered office
- Helststraat 150-3, 2630 Aartselaar
- Names & denominations
- ESME FOOD
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 24 October 2016
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 17 Nov 2025
- Activities · NACE
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