Warning lights
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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 1 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 31 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
47 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2024
The Grain from Antwerpen, company number BE0719295382, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -259,718 after tax. For that financial year The Grain recorded a gross margin of € 369,883 and equity of € -269,918. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -321,352 to € -259,718. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 27, 2025.
€ -269,918
▼ € 292,111 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -259,718
▲ 19 % less loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 20,486
▼ 77% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -1 million.
People and assets in 2024
3.3
▼ 0.7 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 327,615
▼ 12% vs 2023
€ 99,300 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.
€ 251
▼ 55% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 562,421
▼ 14% vs 2023
€ 99,515 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 241,558
▲ 32% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 31,916
▼ 24% vs 2023
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € -20,251 | € 490,415 | € 431,916 | € 369,883 | ▼ 14% |
| Profit after taxes | € -355,037 | € 6,512 | € -321,352 | € -259,718 | ▲ € 61,634 |
| Equity | € 539,526 | € 437,570 | € 22,194 | € -269,918 | ▼ € 292,111 |
| Total debts | € 463,752 | € 584,611 | € 877,331 | € 874,603 | |
| Cash | € 95,759 | € 33,353 | € 88,118 | € 20,486 | ▼ 77% |
| Retained profit | € -460,361 | € -453,848 | € -775,200 | € -1,034,918 | ▼ € 259,718 |
| Bank debt | € 270,757 | € 411,817 | € 652,109 | € 562,421 | ▼ 14% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,003,279 | € 1,022,181 | € 899,524 | € 604,685 | ▼ 33% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3.3 | 4 | 4 | 3.3 | ▼ 0.7 |
Key figures of The Grain, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to The Grain?
What happened at The Grain in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
The Grain is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 259,718. Source: NBB ↗
- Mineshaft BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Gerard Jim Bos became a director. NBB
- Roland Cornelis Johannes ten Broeke became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 355,037 loss in 2021 to € 259,718 loss in 2024.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 6,512 profit.
On average € 112,100 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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
The stake of MINESHAFT comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
The GrainBehind The Grain are Gerard Jim Bos, Entropy BV and Roland Cornelis Johannes ten Broeke. The shares are held by MINESHAFT (32%).
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Gerard Jim Bos
Director
since 2024
Director · represented by Steven RAEKELBOOM
Roland Cornelis Johannes ten Broeke
Director
since 2024
Director · represented by Thomas MEERSSEMAN
· until 2025
Shareholders
32%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Sint-Pietersvliet 7
2000 Antwerpen
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- Company number
- 0719.295.382
- VAT number
- BE 0719.295.382
- Registered office
- Sint-Pietersvliet 7, 2000 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- The Grain
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 23 January 2019
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- Contact
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