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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 22.9 to 18.7.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Caribel from Vilvoorde, company number BE0817219654, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1,180 after tax. For that financial year Caribel recorded a gross margin of € 1.3 million and equity of € -44,660. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 4,943 to € 1,180. The company is profitable. 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 June 29, 2026.
€ -44,660
▲ € 1,180 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1,180
▼ 76% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 158,904
▲ 189% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € -109,660.
People and assets in 2025
18.7
▼ 1.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.2 million
▼ 8% vs 2024
€ 66,600 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
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 958,628
▼ 10% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 212,533
▼ 8% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 1,370,972 | € 1,830,134 | € 1,452,378 | € 1,314,541 | ▼ 9% |
| Profit after taxes | € -313,836 | € 283,219 | € 4,943 | € 1,180 | ▼ 76% |
| Equity | € -334,002 | € -50,783 | € -45,840 | € -44,660 | ▲ € 1,180 |
| Total debts | € 1,869,079 | € 1,375,428 | € 1,299,829 | € 1,171,161 | ▼ 10% |
| Cash | € 158,351 | € 101,091 | € 55,030 | € 158,904 | ▲ 189% |
| Retained profit | € -399,002 | € -115,783 | € -110,840 | € -109,660 | ▲ € 1,180 |
| Bank debt | € 159,001 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,535,077 | € 1,324,645 | € 1,253,989 | € 1,126,501 | ▼ 10% |
| Employees (FTE) | 25.8 | 22.9 | 20.5 | 18.7 | ▼ 1.8 |
Key figures of Caribel, 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 Caribel?
What happened at Caribel in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1,180 (▼ 76% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Vanlancker NV became a director. NBB
- FSD NV became a director. NBB
- J&R NV became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Vilvoorde. KBO
In short
From € 313,836 loss in 2022 to € 1,180 profit in 2025.
Paid € 36,787 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 283,219 profit.
On average € 70,300 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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
The stake of CARIBEL GROUP comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
CaribelBehind Caribel are Vanlancker NV, FSD NV and J&R NV. The shares are held by CARIBEL GROUP (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Managing director · represented by Vanlancker Freddy
Also active at: AUTOBEDRIJF VALCK LIER, AUTOBEDRIJF KIEWIT HASSELT, KGRE 3, FPF, CARE 4 DRIVERS, LTCS, VAROOMSHKA, DEVEBE +9 more
since 2020
Director · represented by Vanlancker Marie
Also active at: AUTOBEDRIJF VALCK LIER, AUTOBEDRIJF KIEWIT HASSELT, KGRE 3, FPF, CARE 4 DRIVERS, CARE 4 CARE, LTCS, VAROOMSHKA +7 more
since 2020
Director · represented by Vanlancker Cyriel
Also active at: AUTOBEDRIJF VALCK LIER, AUTOBEDRIJF KIEWIT HASSELT, KGRE 3, FPF, CARE 4 DRIVERS, VAROOMSHKA, DEVEBE, MORE & MORE +6 more
since 2020
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Schaarbeeklei 245
1800 Vilvoorde
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0817.219.654
- VAT number
- BE 0817.219.654
- Registered office
- Schaarbeeklei 245, 1800 Vilvoorde
- Names & denominations
- Caribel
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 July 2009
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Mar 2026
- Activities · NACE
Carrosserieherstelling (inclusief spuiten en verven)
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Carrosserieherstelling
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (= 3,5 ton)
Bandenservicebedrijven
Goederenvervoer over de weg
Verhuur en lease van personenauto’s en andere lichte motorvoertuigen
Detailhandel in onderdelen en accessoires van motorvoertuigen
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