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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 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 15 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
THE BLACK KNIFE from Wellen, company number BE0770577797, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -180,105 after tax. For that financial year THE BLACK KNIFE recorded a gross margin of € 66,873 and equity of € -842,349. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -179,832 to € -180,105. 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 9, 2026.
€ -842,349
▼ € 180,105 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -180,105
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 17,575
▲ 44% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -847,349.
People and assets in 2025
€ 184,655
▲ 21% vs 2024
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 2025
€ 1.1 million
▲ 11% vs 2024
€ 19,822 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 57 years.
€ 21,667
▼ 19% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 29,109
▲ 40% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € -136,925 | € 9,797 | € 37,600 | € 66,873 | ▲ 78% |
| Profit after taxes | € -275,326 | € -212,086 | € -179,832 | € -180,105 | |
| Equity | € -270,326 | € -482,412 | € -662,244 | € -842,349 | ▼ € 180,105 |
| Total debts | € 805,137 | € 978,019 | € 1,100,963 | € 1,224,647 | ▲ 11% |
| Cash | € 19,239 | € 17,405 | € 12,233 | € 17,575 | ▲ 44% |
| Retained profit | € -275,326 | € -487,412 | € -667,244 | € -847,349 | ▼ € 180,105 |
| Bank debt | € 615,047 | € 596,279 | € 1,006,314 | € 1,121,150 | ▲ 11% |
| Balance sheet total | € 534,811 | € 495,607 | € 438,718 | € 382,298 | ▼ 13% |
Key figures of THE BLACK KNIFE, 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 THE BLACK KNIFE?
What happened at THE BLACK KNIFE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 180,105. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Wellen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 275,326 loss in 2022 to € 180,105 loss in 2025.
Paid € 485 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Management
Behind THE BLACK KNIFE are Yanaika Skrzyszkowiak and Niels Vranken. Niels Vranken is also behind MVK, SVENI, NEELZZ and DROP.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Plattestraat 41
3830 Wellen
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
- 0770.577.797
- VAT number
- BE 0770.577.797
- Registered office
- Plattestraat 41, 3830 Wellen
- Names & denominations
- THE BLACK KNIFE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 July 2021
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