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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 2 of the last 2 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 6 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
The Chocolate Maker from Gent, company number BE0803989151, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -146,223 after tax. For that financial year The Chocolate Maker recorded a gross margin of € 73,386 and equity of € -221,476. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -85,252 to € -146,223. 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 16, 2026.
€ -221,476
▼ € 146,223 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -146,223
▼ 72 % more loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 10,944
▲ € 8,760 vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -231,476.
People and assets in 2025
2.6
▲ 1.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 129,024
▲ € 104,111 vs 2024
€ 49,600 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 2025
€ 364,259
▼ 9% vs 2024
€ 38,289 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 10 years.
€ 55,862
▼ 68% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 19,667
▲ 120% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € -8,392 | € 73,386 | ▲ € 81,779 |
| Profit after taxes | € -85,252 | € -146,223 | ▼ € 60,971 |
| Equity | € -75,252 | € -221,476 | ▼ € 146,223 |
| Total debts | € 673,168 | € 710,690 | ▲ 6% |
| Cash | € 2,184 | € 10,944 | ▲ € 8,760 |
| Retained profit | € -85,252 | € -231,476 | ▼ € 146,223 |
| Bank debt | € 401,088 | € 364,259 | ▼ 9% |
| Balance sheet total | € 597,916 | € 489,214 | ▼ 18% |
| Employees (FTE) | 1.5 | 2.6 | ▲ 1.1 |
Key figures of The Chocolate Maker, fiscal years 2024 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 Chocolate Maker?
What happened at The Chocolate Maker in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 146,223. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 85,252 loss in 2024 to € 146,223 loss in 2025.
On average € 28,200 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind The Chocolate Maker are Karen Van Lysebeth and Jannes Deduytschaever. The same people are also behind Deduytschaever and Delyse.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Mageleinstraat 2
9000 Gent
Werregarenstraat 4
9000 Gent
Active since 9 August 2023
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0803.989.151
- VAT number
- BE 0803.989.151
- Registered office
- Mageleinstraat 2, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- The Chocolate Maker
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 14 July 2023
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 26 Sept 2025
- Activities · NACE
Vervaardiging van cacao, chocolade en suikerwerk
Detailhandel in chocolade en suikerwerk
Overige detailhandel in voedingsmiddelen, neg
Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met beperkte bediening, muv mobiele eetgelegenheden
Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs
Catering van evenementen
Eetgelegenheden met beperkte bediening
Overige detailhandel in voedingsmiddelen in gespecialiseerde winkels, n.e.g.