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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 2 of the last 2 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 1 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2024
The Drifter from Gent, company number BE0799589707, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -34,927 after tax. For that financial year The Drifter recorded a gross margin of € 57,726 and equity of € -74,611. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -44,683 to € -34,927. 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 August 31, 2025.
€ -74,611
▼ € 34,927 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -34,927
▲ 22 % less loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 14
▼ 97% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -79,611.
People and assets in 2024
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 60,284
▼ 2% vs 2023
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 4,234
▼ 21% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 136,088
▼ 6% vs 2023
€ 35,567 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 60,033
▲ 102% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 26,124
▲ 39% vs 2023
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 35,739 | € 57,726 | ▲ 62% |
| Profit after taxes | € -44,683 | € -34,927 | ▲ € 9,756 |
| Equity | € -39,683 | € -74,611 | ▼ € 34,927 |
| Total debts | € 215,010 | € 226,540 | ▲ 5% |
| Cash | € 489 | € 14 | ▼ 97% |
| Land & buildings | € 22,966 | € 20,619 | ▼ 10% |
| Retained profit | € -44,683 | € -79,611 | ▼ € 34,927 |
| Bank debt | € 144,183 | € 136,088 | ▼ 6% |
| Balance sheet total | € 175,327 | € 151,929 | ▼ 13% |
Key figures of The Drifter, fiscal years 2023 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 The Drifter?
What happened at The Drifter in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
The Drifter is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 34,927. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Incorporation, published in the Gazette. Source: Staatsblad ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Tom Neijens became a director. NBB
In short
From € 44,683 loss in 2023 to € 34,927 loss in 2024.
Paid € 56 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Management
Behind The Drifter is Tom Neijens.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Tom Neijens
Director
since 2023
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Steendam 53
9000 Gent
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Shareholders according to the Official Gazette deeds
Who contributed at incorporation and at capital increases, with the deed as source. Later share transfers are not published in the Gazette.
Incorporation
Source: Deed ↗- NEIJENS Tom(oprichter) 100%
Details
- Company number
- 0799.589.707
- VAT number
- BE 0799.589.707
- Registered office
- Steendam 53, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- The Drifter
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 16 March 2023
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