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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 44 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
25 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
HANNIBAL BOOKS from Antwerpen, company number BE0821577924, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -126,003 after tax. For that financial year HANNIBAL BOOKS recorded revenue of € 4.5 million and equity of € 82,986. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 53,242 to € -126,003. 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 July 7, 2026.
€ 82,986
▼ 60% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -126,003
▼ still € 53,242 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 305,291
▲ 167% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 21,486.
People and assets in 2025
7.5
▲ 2.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 592,697
▲ 37% vs 2024
€ 79,000 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.
€ 52,662
▼ 18% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1.1 million
▲ 51% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 141,072
▲ 16% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 2,667,301 | € 4,223,699 | € 3,579,126 | € 4,461,140 | ▲ 25% |
| Gross margin | € 53,838 | € 569,805 | € 574,611 | € 610,708 | ▲ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € -285,281 | € 290,788 | € 53,242 | € -126,003 | ▼ € 179,245 |
| Equity | € -135,042 | € 155,746 | € 208,989 | € 82,986 | ▼ 60% |
| Total debts | € 1,754,229 | € 1,702,362 | € 1,941,195 | € 3,151,046 | ▲ 62% |
| Cash | € 167,526 | € 134,322 | € 114,246 | € 305,291 | ▲ 167% |
| Retained profit | € -196,542 | € 94,246 | € 147,489 | € 21,486 | ▼ 85% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,619,187 | € 1,858,108 | € 2,150,184 | € 3,234,033 | ▲ 50% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3.3 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 7.5 | ▲ 2.3 |
Key figures of HANNIBAL BOOKS, 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 HANNIBAL BOOKS?
What happened at HANNIBAL BOOKS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 126,003 (▼ € 179,245 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- GAUTIER PLATTEAU BV became a director. NBB
- Conscius BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 285,281 loss in 2022 to € 126,003 loss in 2025.
Paid € 43,105 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 290,788 profit.
On average € 81,400 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%
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Management
The stake of Katoen Natie Art comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
HANNIBAL BOOKSBehind HANNIBAL BOOKS are GAUTIER PLATTEAU BV and Conscius BV. The shares are held by Katoen Natie Art (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Platteau Gautier
since 2021
Director · represented by Ledegen Wim
Also active at: CONTAINER TECHNICS, Artport, Katoen Natie Art
since 2021
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Van Aerdtstraat 33
2060 Antwerpen
Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 114
2018 Antwerpen
Active since 6 January 2010
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0821.577.924
- VAT number
- BE 0821.577.924
- Registered office
- Van Aerdtstraat 33, 2060 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- HANNIBAL BOOKS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 11 December 2009
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 14 Jan 2026
- Activities · NACE
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