Financials
Financial year 2025
Pinching the Ostrich from Kapellen, company number BE0822122906, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 9,716 after tax. For that financial year Pinching the Ostrich recorded a gross margin of € 33,980 and equity of € 21,977. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -9,644 to € 9,716. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 6, 2026.
€ 21,977
▲ 79% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 9,716
▲ still € 9,644 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1,324
▼ 94% 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 € 14,977.
People and assets in 2025
€ 45,866
▲ 35% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 22,258.
Debts at end 2025
€ 48,028
▲ 52% vs 2024
€ 12,387 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 4,315
▲ 68% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 4,078
▲ 106% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 57,755 | € -6,286 | € 45,415 | € 33,980 | ▼ 25% |
| Profit after taxes | € 11,336 | € -20,075 | € -9,644 | € 9,716 | ▲ € 19,360 |
| Equity | € 41,980 | € 21,905 | € 12,261 | € 21,977 | ▲ 79% |
| Total debts | € 40,762 | € 78,926 | € 70,719 | € 65,499 | ▼ 7% |
| Cash | € 33,046 | € 1,686 | € 21,134 | € 1,324 | ▼ 94% |
| Retained profit | € 34,980 | € 14,905 | € 5,261 | € 14,977 | ▲ 185% |
| Bank debt | € 543 | € 40,811 | € 31,536 | € 48,028 | ▲ 52% |
| Balance sheet total | € 82,742 | € 100,831 | € 82,979 | € 87,475 | ▲ 5% |
Key figures of Pinching the Ostrich, 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 Pinching the Ostrich?
What happened at Pinching the Ostrich in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 9,716. Source: NBB ↗
- An Mees became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Kapellen. KBO
- Karl Raats became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 11,336 profit in 2022 to € 9,716 profit in 2025.
Paid € 2,773 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 11,336 profit.
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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
Behind Pinching the Ostrich are Karl Raats and An Mees.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Karl Raats
Director
since 2010
An Mees
Director
since 2020
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Vloeiende 80C
2950 Kapellen
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
TRANSIP-AS Amsterdam, the Netherlands, NL
DNS
TransIP DNS
Domain
Domain
pinchingtheostrich.com
Registered
2020-05-17
Registrar
Key-Systems GmbH
Expires
2026-05-17
Website info
Features
Security
Network
Details
- Company number
- 0822.122.906
- VAT number
- BE 0822.122.906
- Registered office
- Vloeiende 80C, 2950 Kapellen
- Names & denominations
- Pinching the Ostrich · Karl Raats, creativiteit.expert, Mouth Corner Media, MCM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 11 January 2010
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- Active · Active since 11 Mar 2026
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