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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2021, 2023.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Manufacture Belge de Chocolats from Koekelberg, company number BE0722764519, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -5.9 million after tax. For that financial year Manufacture Belge de Chocolats recorded revenue of € 25.7 million and equity of € 25.6 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -1.9 million to € -5.9 million. 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 June 30, 2025.
€ 25.6 million
▼ 19% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -5.9 million
▼ 203 % more loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 938,103
▼ 67% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -15.9 million.
People and assets in 2024
175.1
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 12.1 million
▼ 11% vs 2023
€ 69,300 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.
€ 1.6 million
▼ 21% vs 2023
Of which on lease € 1.5 million.
Debts at end 2024
€ 1.4 million
▼ 19% vs 2023
€ 296,294 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 2.8 million
▼ 4% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 58 days on average.
€ 1.8 million
▲ 9% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 34,451,286 | € 36,823,418 | € 38,842,142 | € 25,731,148 | ▼ 34% |
| Profit after taxes | € -1,961,424 | € -6,082,716 | € -1,932,301 | € -5,857,831 | ▼ € 3.9 million |
| Equity | € -1,940,994 | € -8,027,860 | € 31,474,533 | € 25,612,553 | ▼ 19% |
| Total debts | € 47,404,348 | € 49,935,366 | € 6,972,502 | € 6,592,168 | ▼ 5% |
| Cash | € 1,569,206 | € 7,573,754 | € 2,870,834 | € 938,103 | ▼ 67% |
| Land & buildings | € 9,733,692 | € 9,383,169 | € 9,307,124 | € 9,067,202 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € -2,040,448 | € -8,123,164 | € -10,037,427 | € -15,895,259 | ▼ € 5.9 million |
| Bank debt | € 40,209,801 | € 43,337,190 | € 1,785,338 | € 1,441,462 | ▼ 19% |
| Balance sheet total | € 45,484,811 | € 41,927,539 | € 38,465,646 | € 32,221,907 | ▼ 16% |
| Employees (FTE) | 191.1 | 185.2 | 175.1 | 175.1 |
Key figures of Manufacture Belge de Chocolats, 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 Manufacture Belge de Chocolats?
What happened at Manufacture Belge de Chocolats in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 5.9 million. Source: NBB ↗
- Arnaud Verwilghen became a director. NBB
- Jérôme Chouchan became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Koekelberg. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 2 million loss in 2021 to € 5.9 million loss in 2024.
Paid € 83,844 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Pays suppliers within 58 days on average.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind Manufacture Belge de Chocolats are Jérôme Chouchan and Arnaud Verwilghen.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Jérôme Chouchan
Administrator-manager
since 2019
Arnaud Verwilghen
Administrator-manager
since 2023
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Gembastraat 5
1081 Koekelberg
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0722.764.519
- VAT number
- BE 0722.764.519
- Registered office
- Gembastraat 5, 1081 Koekelberg
- Names & denominations
- Manufacture Belge de Chocolats
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 14 March 2019
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
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