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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 15 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Otel from Bredene, company number BE0781658266, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -30,632 after tax. For that financial year Otel recorded a gross margin of € 135,634 and equity of € 35,043. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 12,155 to € -30,632. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 60 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 20, 2026.
€ 35,043
▼ 60% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -30,632
▼ still € 12,155 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 10,265
▼ 79% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 9,043.
People and assets in 2025
€ 61,406
▼ 3% 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.
€ 50,125
▲ 18% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 175,789
▼ 11% vs 2024
€ 37,548 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 36,021
▼ 15% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 13,905
▼ 39% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 80,719 | € 156,775 | € 177,169 | € 135,634 | ▼ 23% |
| Profit after taxes | € 31,007 | € 20,812 | € 12,155 | € -30,632 | ▼ € 42,787 |
| Equity | € 41,007 | € 77,819 | € 87,475 | € 35,043 | ▼ 60% |
| Total debts | € 38,532 | € 252,034 | € 267,128 | € 238,317 | ▼ 11% |
| Cash | € 55,127 | € 49,757 | € 49,069 | € 10,265 | ▼ 79% |
| Retained profit | € 31,007 | € 51,819 | € 61,475 | € 9,043 | ▼ 85% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 2,499 | € 21,800 | ▲ € 19,301 |
| Bank debt | € 5,938 | € 223,052 | € 197,703 | € 175,789 | ▼ 11% |
| Balance sheet total | € 79,539 | € 329,852 | € 354,603 | € 273,360 | ▼ 23% |
Key figures of Otel, 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 Otel?
What happened at Otel in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 30,632 (▼ € 42,787 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Douglas Sweetlove became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Oostende. KBO
- Henri Albert Suykens became a director. NBB
- Nicolas Albert Suykens became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 31,007 profit in 2022 to € 30,632 loss in 2025.
Paid € 18,961 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 31,007 profit.
Paid out € 24,299 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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind Otel are Douglas Sweetlove, Henri Albert Suykens and Nicolas Albert Suykens.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Douglas Sweetlove
Director
since 2024
Henri Albert Suykens
Director
since 2022
Nicolas Albert Suykens
Director
since 2022
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Vicognelaan 84
8450 Bredene
Groentemarkt 19
8400 Oostende
Active since 7 February 2022
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0781.658.266
- VAT number
- BE 0781.658.266
- Registered office
- Vicognelaan 84, 8450 Bredene
- Names & denominations
- Otel
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 February 2022
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Jan 2026
- Activities · NACE
Gastenkamers
Hotels en dergelijke accommodatie
Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met beperkte bediening, muv mobiele eetgelegenheden
Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening
Cafés en bars
Eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening
Eetgelegenheden met beperkte bediening