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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 24 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
bark from Antwerpen, company number BE0680400461, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 18,434 after tax. For that financial year bark recorded a gross margin of € 51,778 and equity of € 85,700. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 10,898 to € 18,434. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 16, 2026.
€ 85,700
▼ 14% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 18,434
▲ 69% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 8,985
▼ 65% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 31,900 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 54,420
▲ € 45,434 vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 114,844
▼ 7% vs 2024
€ 9,067 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 13 years.
€ 12,196
▲ € 11,391 vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 22,083
▲ 69% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 51,025 | € 30,284 | € 39,267 | € 51,778 | ▲ 32% |
| Profit after taxes | € 31,951 | € 12,507 | € 10,898 | € 18,434 | ▲ 69% |
| Equity | € 75,761 | € 88,267 | € 99,165 | € 85,700 | ▼ 14% |
| Total debts | € 14,100 | € 131,167 | € 137,759 | € 181,023 | ▲ 31% |
| Cash | € 57,999 | € 30,376 | € 25,643 | € 8,985 | ▼ 65% |
| Retained profit | € 75,759 | € 88,265 | € 99,163 | € 85,698 | ▼ 14% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 31,900 | |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 113,848 | € 123,911 | € 114,844 | ▼ 7% |
| Balance sheet total | € 89,861 | € 219,434 | € 236,924 | € 266,723 | ▲ 13% |
Key figures of bark, 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 bark?
What happened at bark in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 18,434 (▲ 69% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- KATRIEN DE BRUYN became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 31,951 profit in 2022 to € 18,434 profit in 2025.
Paid € 27,464 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 31,951 profit.
Paid out € 31,900 in dividends to the owners in total.
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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 bark is KATRIEN DE BRUYN. KATRIEN DE BRUYN is also behind Pubmaster and PINE.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Vredestraat 51
2600 Antwerpen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0680.400.461
- VAT number
- BE 0680.400.461
- Registered office
- Vredestraat 51, 2600 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- bark
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 24 August 2017
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