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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 43 % 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 Cacao Project from Mechelen, company number BE0745693735, closed financial year 2023 with a result of € -112,905 after tax. For that financial year The Cacao Project recorded a gross margin of € 127,714 and equity of € -51,808. Compared with financial year 2022, the result moved from € 24,810 to € -112,905. 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.
€ -51,808
▼ € 112,905 vs 2022
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -112,905
▼ still € 24,810 profit in 2022
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 15,363
▼ 74% vs 2022
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -54,808.
People and assets in 2023
€ 196,180
▲ 277% vs 2022
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 452
▼ 50% vs 2022
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2023
€ 358,127
▲ € 348,127 vs 2022
€ 13,988 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 25 years.
€ 109,910
▲ 293% vs 2022
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 17,298
▲ 62% 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 | € 92,339 | € 91,949 | € 127,714 | ▲ 39% |
| Profit after taxes | € 33,287 | € 24,810 | € -112,905 | ▼ € 137,716 |
| Equity | € 36,287 | € 61,098 | € -51,808 | ▼ € 112,905 |
| Total debts | € 55,063 | € 48,672 | € 507,424 | ▲ € 458,753 |
| Cash | € 30,509 | € 58,377 | € 15,363 | ▼ 74% |
| Retained profit | € 33,287 | € 58,098 | € -54,808 | ▼ € 112,905 |
| Bank debt | € 10,000 | € 10,000 | € 358,127 | ▲ € 348,127 |
| Balance sheet total | € 91,350 | € 109,769 | € 455,617 | ▲ € 345,847 |
Key figures of The Cacao Project, 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 Cacao Project?
What happened at The Cacao Project in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
The Cacao Project is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2023: loss of € 112,905 (▼ € 137,716 vs 2022). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Pieter Vaes became a director. NBB
- Viviane Verhaert became a director. NBB
In short
From € 33,287 profit in 2021 to € 112,905 loss in 2023.
Paid € 14,581 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 33,287 profit.
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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%
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Management
Behind The Cacao Project are Pieter Vaes and Viviane Verhaert.
Directors
According to the 2023 annual accounts
Pieter Vaes
Director
since 2020
Viviane Verhaert
Director
since 2020
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bruul 89
2800 Mechelen
Korenmarkt 23
2800 Mechelen
Active since 27 April 2023
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
- 0745.693.735
- VAT number
- BE 0745.693.735
- Registered office
- Bruul 89, 2800 Mechelen
- Names & denominations
- The Cacao Project
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 30 March 2020
- Peppol
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