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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 35 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Fred's choice from Oostende, company number BE0747983034, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 125,367 after tax. For that financial year Fred's choice recorded a gross margin of € 209,346 and equity of € 377,157. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 101,850 to € 125,367. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 18, 2025.
€ 377,157
▲ 21% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 125,367
▲ 23% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 14,636
▲ € 14,316 vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 58,824 paid out
47 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
Debts at end 2024
€ 279,099
▼ 7% vs 2023
€ 74,949 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 27,222
▲ 15% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 29,439
▲ 47% vs 2023
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 146,848 | € 134,818 | € 167,855 | € 209,346 | ▲ 25% |
| Profit after taxes | € 103,794 | € 61,018 | € 101,850 | € 125,367 | ▲ 23% |
| Equity | € 147,745 | € 208,763 | € 310,613 | € 377,157 | ▲ 21% |
| Total debts | € 73,561 | € 331,856 | € 368,814 | € 367,142 | |
| Cash | € 21,575 | € 15,414 | € 320 | € 14,636 | ▲ € 14,316 |
| Land & buildings | - | - | € 426,468 | € 417,954 | ▼ 2% |
| Retained profit | € 145,245 | € 206,263 | € 308,113 | € 374,657 | ▲ 22% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 58,824 | |
| Bank debt | € 16,766 | € 299,374 | € 301,128 | € 279,099 | ▼ 7% |
| Balance sheet total | € 221,307 | € 540,619 | € 679,427 | € 744,298 | ▲ 10% |
Key figures of Fred's choice, 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 Fred's choice?
What happened at Fred's choice in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 125,367 (▲ 23% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Oostende. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 103,794 profit in 2021 to € 125,367 profit in 2024.
Paid € 142,699 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 125,367 profit.
Paid out € 58,824 in dividends to the owners in total.
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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
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Freddy Derave
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Gelijkheidstraat 18
8400 Oostende
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Details
- Company number
- 0747.983.034
- VAT number
- BE 0747.983.034
- Registered office
- Gelijkheidstraat 18, 8400 Oostende
- Names & denominations
- Fred's choice
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 8 June 2020
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