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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 1 of the last 3 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2022 and 2023.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 14 % of short-term debt in 2023; threshold 65 %.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2023
THE DUTCH from Knokke-Heist, company number BE0743573492, closed financial year 2023 with a result of € -164,449 after tax. For that financial year THE DUTCH recorded a gross margin of € 420,337 and equity of € -106,370. Compared with financial year 2022, the result moved from € -53,355 to € -164,449. 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 July 31, 2024.
€ -106,370
▼ € 164,449 vs 2022
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -164,449
▼ 208 % more loss than in 2022
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 37,504
▲ 35% vs 2022
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -131,370.
People and assets in 2023
13.5
▼ 0.8 vs 2022
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 451,203
▲ 2% vs 2022
€ 33,400 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.
€ 7,989
▼ 18% vs 2022
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2023
€ 50,000
▲ € 45,000 vs 2022
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 119,968
▼ 29% vs 2022
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 190,324
▲ 144% vs 2022
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Change 2022 → 2023 | |
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| Gross margin | € 399,669 | € 449,995 | € 420,337 | ▼ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 86,434 | € -53,355 | € -164,449 | ▼ € 111,094 |
| Equity | € 111,434 | € 58,079 | € -106,370 | ▼ € 164,449 |
| Total debts | € 57,137 | € 278,696 | € 370,292 | ▲ 33% |
| Cash | € 1,378 | € 27,735 | € 37,504 | ▲ 35% |
| Land & buildings | € 6,917 | € 6,172 | € 5,427 | ▼ 12% |
| Retained profit | € 86,434 | € 33,079 | € -131,370 | ▼ € 164,449 |
| Bank debt | € 11,000 | € 5,000 | € 50,000 | ▲ € 45,000 |
| Balance sheet total | € 168,571 | € 336,775 | € 263,922 | ▼ 22% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7 | 14.3 | 13.5 | ▼ 0.8 |
Key figures of THE DUTCH, fiscal years 2021 to 2023, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2024 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2025.
What happened to THE DUTCH?
What happened at THE DUTCH in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
THE DUTCH is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2023: loss of € 164,449. Source: NBB ↗
- Denny Ottenhof became a director. NBB
- Jonathan Ben-Ezra became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 86,434 profit in 2021 to € 164,449 loss in 2023.
Paid € 3,838 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 86,434 profit.
On average € 31,100 of value added per employee in 2023.
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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
Behind THE DUTCH are Denny Ottenhof and Jonathan Ben-Ezra.
Directors
According to the 2023 annual accounts
Denny Ottenhof
Director
since 2023
Jonathan Ben-Ezra
Chairman of the board
since 2023
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Sylvain Dupuisstraat 21 box 1
8300 Knokke-Heist
Zeedijk-Albertstrand 552
8300 Knokke-Heist
Active since 12 February 2020
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0743.573.492
- VAT number
- BE 0743.573.492
- Registered office
- Sylvain Dupuisstraat 21 bus 1, 8300 Knokke-Heist
- Names & denominations
- THE DUTCH
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 12 February 2020
- Peppol
- Not registered
- Contact
- [email protected]
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