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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 3 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 18 % 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
ERNEST from Gent, company number BE0817178478, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 10,354 after tax. For that financial year ERNEST recorded a gross margin of € 15,061 and equity of € -4,026. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -14,428 to € 10,354. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 November 29, 2024.
€ -4,026
▲ € 10,354 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 10,354
▲ still € 14,428 loss in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € -22,626.
People and assets in 2024
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
Debts at end 2024
€ 8,693
▼ 36% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 539
▼ 94% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € -3,679 | € -10,167 | € 15,061 | ▲ € 25,228 |
| Profit after taxes | € -13,210 | € -14,428 | € 10,354 | ▲ € 24,781 |
| Equity | € 48 | € -14,380 | € -4,026 | ▲ € 10,354 |
| Total debts | € 16,229 | € 27,699 | € 10,834 | ▼ 61% |
| Cash | € 734 | € 148 | - | |
| Retained profit | € -18,552 | € -32,980 | € -22,626 | ▲ € 10,354 |
| Bank debt | € 7,000 | € 13,494 | € 8,693 | ▼ 36% |
| Balance sheet total | € 16,277 | € 13,319 | € 6,808 | ▼ 49% |
Key figures of ERNEST, fiscal years 2022 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 30 January 2026.
What happened to ERNEST?
What happened at ERNEST in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
ERNEST is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 10,354. Source: NBB ↗
- Incorporation, published in the Gazette. Source: Staatsblad ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
In short
From € 13,210 loss in 2022 to € 10,354 profit in 2024.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 10,354 profit.
Management
Behind ERNEST is MAAIKE VANDERWEEEN.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
MAAIKE VANDERWEEEN
Manager
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Zuivelbrugstraat 8
9000 Gent
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
one.com Mail
Hosting
ONECOM, DK
Website info
Features
Security
Network
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 ↗- VANDERWEEËN Maaike Beatrijs(oprichter) 99.5%
- VANDERWEEËN Wilfried Benoit(oprichter) 0.5%
Details
- Company number
- 0817.178.478
- VAT number
- BE 0817.178.478
- Registered office
- Zuivelbrugstraat 8, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- ERNEST
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 16 July 2009
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 16 Jan 2025
- Contact
- maaikekleedt.be
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