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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 46 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
COOTN EN DE BIE from Koekelare, company number BE0681437965, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 11,588 after tax. For that financial year COOTN EN DE BIE recorded a gross margin of € 62,724 and equity of € 20,608. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 48,485 to € 11,588. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on April 30, 2026.
€ 20,608
▲ 128% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 11,588
▼ 76% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 45,647
▼ 19% 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 € 608.
People and assets in 2025
€ 9,461
▲ 254% 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.
€ 9,507
▼ 43% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 354,886
▼ 9% vs 2024
€ 32,869 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 9 years.
€ 7,380
▼ 56% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 3,966
▼ 19% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 31,142 | € 39,820 | € 75,883 | € 62,724 | ▼ 17% |
| Profit after taxes | € -4,610 | € 15,220 | € 48,485 | € 11,588 | ▼ 76% |
| Equity | € -54,686 | € -39,465 | € 9,020 | € 20,608 | ▲ 128% |
| Total debts | € 139,086 | € 138,484 | € 413,967 | € 370,938 | ▼ 10% |
| Cash | € 22,684 | € 49,166 | € 56,163 | € 45,647 | ▼ 19% |
| Land & buildings | - | - | € 291,700 | € 279,914 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € -74,686 | € -59,465 | € -10,980 | € 608 | ▲ € 11,588 |
| Bank debt | € 117,256 | € 122,422 | € 389,237 | € 354,886 | ▼ 9% |
| Balance sheet total | € 84,400 | € 99,019 | € 422,986 | € 391,546 | ▼ 7% |
Key figures of COOTN EN DE BIE, 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 April 2027.
What happened to COOTN EN DE BIE?
What happened at COOTN EN DE BIE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 11,588 (▼ 76% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Koekelare. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 4,610 loss in 2022 to € 11,588 profit in 2025.
Paid € 14 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 48,485 profit.
Management
Behind COOTN EN DE BIE are Debbie Devos and Nico Vandendriessche.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Debbie Devos
Director
Nico Vandendriessche
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Sint Andriesstraat 28
8680 Koekelare
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0681.437.965
- VAT number
- BE 0681.437.965
- Registered office
- Sint Andriesstraat 28, 8680 Koekelare
- Names & denominations
- COOTN EN DE BIE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 15 September 2017
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Aug 2025
- Activities · NACE
Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening
Eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)