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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 3 of the last 3 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 21 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ARTISTA CHOCOLATES from Wavre, company number BE0832817749, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 6,284 after tax. For that financial year ARTISTA CHOCOLATES recorded revenue of € 9.7 million and equity of € -2.4 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -233,209 to € 6,284. 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 May 5, 2026.
€ -2.4 million
▼ € 248,541 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 6,284
▲ still € 233,209 loss in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 592,621
▲ 233% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € -3.1 million.
People and assets in 2025
26.5
▲ 2.5 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.6 million
▲ 23% vs 2023
€ 61,700 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.
€ 87,629
▲ 5% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 4.9 million
▲ 14% vs 2023
€ 103,414 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 1.2 million
▲ 23% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 60 days on average.
€ 175,816
▲ 6% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | Change 2023 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 6,733,073 | € 8,144,906 | € 9,726,167 | ▲ 19% |
| Profit after taxes | € -470,796 | € -233,209 | € 6,284 | ▲ € 239,494 |
| Equity | € -1,913,632 | € -2,146,841 | € -2,395,382 | ▼ € 248,541 |
| Total debts | € 5,377,356 | € 5,554,376 | € 6,412,614 | ▲ 15% |
| Cash | € 384,036 | € 177,699 | € 592,621 | ▲ 233% |
| Land & buildings | € 750,948 | € 900,676 | € 737,030 | ▼ 18% |
| Retained profit | € -2,641,671 | € -2,874,880 | € -3,123,421 | ▼ € 248,541 |
| Bank debt | € 4,187,859 | € 4,306,381 | € 4,904,660 | ▲ 14% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,463,724 | € 3,407,535 | € 4,017,232 | ▲ 18% |
| Employees (FTE) | 26 | 24 | 26.5 | ▲ 2.5 |
Key figures of ARTISTA CHOCOLATES, 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 ARTISTA CHOCOLATES?
What happened at ARTISTA CHOCOLATES in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 6,284. Source: NBB ↗
- COMPAGNIE DU BOIS SAUVAGE SA stepped down as director. NBB
- VALERIE PAQUOT stepped down as director. NBB
- PHILIPPE JAMBON stepped down as director. NBB
- BART DERO stepped down as director. NBB
- MICHAËL GIJSELAAR stepped down as director. NBB
- VALERIE PAQUOT became a director. NBB
- COMPAGNIE DU BOIS SAUVAGE SA became a director. NBB
In short
From € 470,796 loss in 2022 to € 6,284 profit in 2025.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 6,284 profit.
Pays suppliers within 60 days on average.
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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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Management
The stake of COMPAGNIE DU BOIS SAUVAGE comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
ARTISTA CHOCOLATESThe shares are held by COMPAGNIE DU BOIS SAUVAGE (75.8%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by BENOÎT DECKERS
Also active at: GALACTIC, PARFINA, Serendip, NANOCYL, First Retail International 2, Futerro Holding, FUTERRO
since 2020 · until 2026
VALERIE PAQUOT
Director
Also active at: ENTREPRISES ET CHEMINS DE FER EN CHINE, NEUHAUS, Tanval, PARFINA, ANCHORAGE
since 2022 · until 2026
PHILIPPE JAMBON
Director
since 2020 · until 2026
BART DERO
Director
since 2020 · until 2026
MICHAËL GIJSELAAR
Director
since 2020 · until 2026
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Avenue Mercator 10
1300 Wavre
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0832.817.749
- VAT number
- BE 0832.817.749
- Registered office
- Avenue Mercator 10, 1300 Wavre
- Names & denominations
- ARTISTA CHOCOLATES
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 14 January 2011
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 16 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
Vervaardiging van cacao, chocolade en suikerwerk