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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 4 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VERA CRUZ SHIPPING from Antwerpen, company number BE0688673274, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -305,692 after tax. For that financial year VERA CRUZ SHIPPING recorded a gross margin of € 517,608 and equity of € 2.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.8 million to € -305,692. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 17, 2026.
€ 2.9 million
▼ 9% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -305,692
▼ still € 1.8 million profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 421
▼ 96% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 2.3 million.
People and assets in 2025
€ 6.6 million
▼ 7% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 3 million
▼ 9% vs 2024
€ 294,000 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 10 years.
€ 6,216
▼ 91% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1,660
▼ 44% 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 | € 1,007,781 | € 1,399,521 | € 2,836,855 | € 517,608 | ▼ 82% |
| Profit after taxes | € 450,799 | € 677,720 | € 1,791,298 | € -305,692 | ▼ € 2.1 million |
| Equity | € 763,860 | € 1,441,580 | € 3,232,878 | € 2,927,186 | ▼ 9% |
| Total debts | € 2,196,352 | € 1,460,061 | € 4,111,619 | € 3,752,354 | ▼ 9% |
| Cash | € 538,384 | € 1,095,517 | € 11,250 | € 421 | ▼ 96% |
| Retained profit | € 113,860 | € 791,580 | € 2,582,878 | € 2,277,186 | ▼ 12% |
| Bank debt | € 2,051,500 | € 1,365,000 | € 3,307,500 | € 3,013,500 | ▼ 9% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,080,213 | € 3,051,641 | € 7,344,497 | € 6,679,540 | ▼ 9% |
Key figures of VERA CRUZ SHIPPING, 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 VERA CRUZ SHIPPING?
What happened at VERA CRUZ SHIPPING in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 305,692 (▼ € 2.1 million vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Fabian DE WACHTER became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 450,799 profit in 2022 to € 305,692 loss in 2025.
Paid € 295,079 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 1.8 million profit.
Management
Behind VERA CRUZ SHIPPING is Fabian DE WACHTER. Fabian DE WACHTER is also behind SCHELDE - NATIE, Lujista, Schelde-Natie Antwerp and BLUECENTURY.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Fabian DE WACHTER
Director
Also active at: SCHELDE - NATIE, Lujista, Schelde-Natie Antwerp, BLUECENTURY
since 2018
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Laar 182
2180 Antwerpen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0688.673.274
- VAT number
- BE 0688.673.274
- Registered office
- Laar 182, 2180 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- VERA CRUZ SHIPPING
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 January 2018
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 12 Nov 2025
- Activities · NACE
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