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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 37 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Advocaat Hanno Decoutere from Gent, company number BE0685867697, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 51,361 after tax. For that financial year Advocaat Hanno Decoutere recorded a gross margin of € 116,906 and equity of € 178,470. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 62,358 to € 51,361. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 25, 2026.
€ 178,470
▼ 30% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 51,361
▼ 18% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 18,672
▼ 78% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 127,384 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
€ 7,983
▼ 32% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 553,020
▼ 6% vs 2024
€ 33,561 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 16 years.
€ 1,216
▲ € 1,206 vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 14,554
▲ 30% 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 | € 68,158 | € 104,633 | € 118,231 | € 116,906 | ▼ 1% |
| Profit after taxes | € 22,842 | € 45,486 | € 62,358 | € 51,361 | ▼ 18% |
| Equity | € 163,649 | € 209,135 | € 254,493 | € 178,470 | ▼ 30% |
| Total debts | € 772,715 | € 662,969 | € 629,657 | € 590,483 | ▼ 6% |
| Cash | € 120,818 | € 59,406 | € 85,071 | € 18,672 | ▼ 78% |
| Land & buildings | € 789,892 | € 770,142 | € 745,053 | € 719,964 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 151,249 | € 196,735 | € 242,093 | € 166,070 | ▼ 31% |
| Dividend | € 5,000 | € 0 | € 17,000 | € 127,384 | ▲ € 110,384 |
| Bank debt | € 701,732 | € 619,153 | € 586,250 | € 553,020 | ▼ 6% |
| Balance sheet total | € 936,364 | € 872,104 | € 884,149 | € 768,953 | ▼ 13% |
Key figures of Advocaat Hanno Decoutere, 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 Advocaat Hanno Decoutere?
What happened at Advocaat Hanno Decoutere in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 51,361 (▼ 18% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 22,842 profit in 2022 to € 51,361 profit in 2025.
Paid € 70,667 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 62,358 profit.
Paid out € 149,384 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Behind Advocaat Hanno Decoutere is HANNO DECOUTERE.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
HANNO DECOUTERE
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bagattenstraat 41
9000 Gent
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0685.867.697
- VAT number
- BE 0685.867.697
- Registered office
- Bagattenstraat 41, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- Advocaat Hanno Decoutere
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 12 December 2017
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