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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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2025 and 2026.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 25 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
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Board fully replaced NBB
No director from three years ago is still active according to annual account 2026.
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Busy address KBO
75 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2026
WITEB 4 from Halle, company number BE0747601566, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -75,174 after tax. For that financial year WITEB 4 recorded a gross margin of € 802,395 and equity of € 71,215. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € -1,229 to € -75,174. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 51 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 30, 2026.
€ 71,215
▼ 51% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -75,174
▼ 6017 % more loss than in 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 26,906
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -78,785.
People and assets in 2026
10.8
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 538,003
▲ € 539,888 vs 2025
€ 49,800 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.
Debts at end 2026
€ 3 million
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 96,365
▲ € 93,252 vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 107,762
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
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| Gross margin | € 983,525 | € 401,726 | € -5,090 | € 802,395 | ▲ € 807,485 |
| Profit after taxes | € 513,560 | € 19,231 | € -1,229 | € -75,174 | ▼ € 73,945 |
| Equity | € 128,386 | € 147,617 | € 146,388 | € 71,215 | ▼ 51% |
| Total debts | € 1,924,414 | € 3,241 | € 3,113 | € 3,235,062 | ▲ € 3.2 million |
| Cash | € 81,701 | € 0 | - | € 26,906 | |
| Retained profit | € -21,614 | € -2,383 | € -3,612 | € -78,785 | ▼ € 75,174 |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 3,030,935 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,052,800 | € 150,857 | € 149,501 | € 3,306,276 | ▲ € 3.2 million |
| Employees (FTE) | 9.8 | 5.1 | 0 | 10.8 |
Key figures of WITEB 4, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
What happened to WITEB 4?
What happened at WITEB 4 in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: loss of € 75,174. Source: NBB ↗
- Kris Castelein became a director. NBB
- Johan Vermeire stepped down as director. NBB
- Stefaan Vandamme stepped down as director. NBB
- Johan Vermeire became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Waremme. KBO
- Stefaan Vandamme became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 513,560 profit in 2023 to € 75,174 loss in 2026.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 513,560 profit.
On average € 74,300 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
Behind WITEB 4 is Kris Castelein. The shares are held by RETAIL PARTNERS COLRUYT GROUP (100%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Kris Castelein
Director
Also active at: USIMEX - INVEST, DE PRINS RETAIL, Delidis, SUPERMARKT MAGDA, JIMS, Supermarkt De Belie, CEDOX, VLEBA +41 more
since 2026
Johan Vermeire
Director
Also active at: SUPERMARKT MAGDA, Supermarkt De Belie, CEDOX, WITEB 1, WITEB 2, WITEB 3, WITEB 5
since 2021 · until 2026
Stefaan Vandamme
Director
Also active at: USIMEX - INVEST, DE PRINS RETAIL, Delidis, SUPERMARKT MAGDA, JIMS, Supermarkt De Belie, CEDOX, VLEBA +41 more
since 2020 · until 2026
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Edingensesteenweg 196
1500 Halle
Rue de Huy 70
4300 Waremme
Active since 25 May 2020
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 75 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0747.601.566
- VAT number
- BE 0747.601.566
- Registered office
- Edingensesteenweg 196, 1500 Halle
- Names & denominations
- WITEB 4
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 25 May 2020
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 24 Nov 2023
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