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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 63 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Books2succeed from Antwerpen, company number BE0822780427, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 9,836 after tax. For that financial year Books2succeed recorded a gross margin of € 10,263 and equity of € -6,878. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -2,776 to € 9,836. 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 October 8, 2025.
€ -6,878
▲ € 9,836 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 9,836
▲ still € 2,776 loss in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 5,275
▲ € 5,252 vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € -25,478.
Debts at end 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 5,302
▲ € 4,776 vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 1,624 | € 6,704 | € -2,460 | € 10,263 | ▲ € 12,723 |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,083 | € 6,578 | € -2,776 | € 9,836 | ▲ € 12,612 |
| Equity | € -20,515 | € -13,937 | € -16,714 | € -6,878 | ▲ € 9,836 |
| Total debts | € 28,094 | € 26,013 | € 25,581 | € 29,317 | ▲ 15% |
| Cash | € 7 | € 657 | € 24 | € 5,275 | ▲ € 5,252 |
| Retained profit | € -39,115 | € -32,537 | € -35,314 | € -25,478 | ▲ € 9,836 |
| Balance sheet total | € 7,579 | € 12,076 | € 8,867 | € 22,439 | ▲ 153% |
Key figures of Books2succeed, fiscal years 2021 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 31 July 2026.
What happened to Books2succeed?
What happened at Books2succeed in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 9,836. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Alain Galle became a director. NBB
- Gert Vanoppen became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 1,083 profit in 2021 to € 9,836 profit in 2024.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 9,836 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 Books2succeed are Alain Galle and Gert Vanoppen. Alain Galle is also behind CARPE DIEM. Gert Vanoppen is also behind YOLK, Zannekin I and LOUISE I.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
since 2020
since 2020
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Koninklijkelaan 71
2600 Antwerpen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0822.780.427
- VAT number
- BE 0822.780.427
- Registered office
- Koninklijkelaan 71, 2600 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- Books2succeed
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 January 2010
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
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