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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 25 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
UGLY DUCKLING from Knokke-Heist, company number BE0741758604, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -867 after tax. For that financial year UGLY DUCKLING recorded a gross margin of € 150,535 and equity of € 121,065. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 494 to € -867. 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 25, 2026.
€ 121,065
▼ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -867
▼ still € 494 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 9,124
▲ 22% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 91,065.
People and assets in 2025
3.1
▲ 1.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 111,618
▲ 68% vs 2024
€ 36,000 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.
€ 6,326
▼ 38% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 16,710
▼ 43% vs 2024
€ 12,535 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 17,695
▼ 61% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 17,719
▼ 4% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 171,531 | € 191,043 | € 101,610 | € 150,535 | ▲ 48% |
| Profit after taxes | € 21,763 | € 23,796 | € 494 | € -867 | ▼ € 1,362 |
| Equity | € 97,641 | € 121,438 | € 121,932 | € 121,065 | ▼ 1% |
| Total debts | € 94,445 | € 109,719 | € 114,228 | € 68,200 | ▼ 40% |
| Cash | € 39,474 | € 14,171 | € 7,450 | € 9,124 | ▲ 22% |
| Retained profit | € 67,641 | € 91,438 | € 91,932 | € 91,065 | ▼ 1% |
| Bank debt | € 50,100 | € 41,750 | € 29,225 | € 16,710 | ▼ 43% |
| Balance sheet total | € 192,086 | € 231,157 | € 236,160 | € 189,264 | ▼ 20% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | 1.3 | 3.1 | ▲ 1.8 |
Key figures of UGLY DUCKLING, 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 UGLY DUCKLING?
What happened at UGLY DUCKLING in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 867 (▼ € 1,362 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- Harano NV became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 21,763 profit in 2022 to € 867 loss in 2025.
Paid € 10,548 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 23,796 profit.
On average € 48,600 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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 UGLY DUCKLING is Harano NV. Harano NV is also behind WOOBA.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Lippenslaan 98
8300 Knokke-Heist
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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Security
Details
- Company number
- 0741.758.604
- VAT number
- BE 0741.758.604
- Registered office
- Lippenslaan 98, 8300 Knokke-Heist
- Names & denominations
- UGLY DUCKLING
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 January 2020
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 23 Oct 2025
- Contact
- uglyducklingknokke.be
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