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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 60 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf De Kouter from Poperinge, company number BE0835121894, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 252,403 after tax. For that financial year Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf De Kouter recorded a gross margin of € 877,182 and equity of € 10 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 51,557 to € 252,403. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 3, 2026.
€ 10 million
▲ 5% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 252,403
▲ € 200,845 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 39,442
▼ 65% 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 € 322,557.
People and assets in 2025
0
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 6 million
▼ 2% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 6 million.
Debts at end 2025
€ 14.5 million
▼ 3% vs 2024
€ 518,595 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 28 years.
€ 463,835
▼ 94% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,747,121 | € 897,878 | € 768,385 | € 877,182 | ▲ 14% |
| Profit after taxes | € 29,858 | € 192,383 | € 51,557 | € 252,403 | ▲ € 200,845 |
| Equity | € 7,020,011 | € 8,429,361 | € 9,535,057 | € 10,018,562 | ▲ 5% |
| Total debts | € 10,607,892 | € 10,053,268 | € 22,564,396 | € 15,030,956 | ▼ 33% |
| Cash | € 52,391 | € 93,885 | € 113,672 | € 39,442 | ▼ 65% |
| Land & buildings | € 16,659,968 | € 17,459,595 | € 18,058,054 | € 18,075,535 | |
| Retained profit | € -173,786 | € 18,597 | € 70,154 | € 322,557 | ▲ € 252,403 |
| Bank debt | € 10,173,334 | € 9,713,334 | € 15,054,264 | € 14,535,669 | ▼ 3% |
| Balance sheet total | € 17,627,903 | € 18,482,629 | € 32,099,453 | € 25,049,518 | ▼ 22% |
| Employees (FTE) | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Key figures of Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf De Kouter, 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 Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf De Kouter?
What happened at Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf De Kouter in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 252,403 (▲ € 200,845 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 29,858 profit in 2022 to € 252,403 profit in 2025.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 252,403 profit.
On average € 85,200 of value added per employee in 2022.
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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
Behind Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf De Kouter are Jurgen Vanlerberghe, Bram Meeuw, Ben Desmyter, Christine Verdonck, Iris Spenninck and David Van Kerkhove. Jurgen Vanlerberghe is also behind WESTTOER, Het Socialistisch Volkshuis, Centrum voor Informatica – Oplossingen – Ondersteuning – Overheid, Socialistisch Gezondheidsfonds and Sociaal Actiefonds. Ben Desmyter is also behind Dienstverlenende vereniging Westhoek and Intergemeentelijke Vereniging voor Crematoriumbeheer in Zuid-West-Vlaanderen.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Jurgen Vanlerberghe
Director
Also active at: WESTTOER, Het Socialistisch Volkshuis, Centrum voor Informatica – Oplossingen – Ondersteuning – Overheid, Socialistisch Gezondheidsfonds, Sociaal Actiefonds, REGIONAAL LANDSCHAP WESTHOEK, Access to Sustainability for Tenants through Energy Effective Retrofit, Centrum voor Informatica +1 more
Bram Meeuw
Director
Ben Desmyter
Director
Also active at: Dienstverlenende vereniging Westhoek, Intergemeentelijke Vereniging voor Crematoriumbeheer in Zuid-West-Vlaanderen
Christine Verdonck
Director
Iris Spenninck
Director
David Van Kerkhove
Director
Jeroen Verdonck
Director
Christof Dejaegher
Chairman of the board
Also active at: West-Vlaamse Intercommunale, FLUVIUS WEST, VLAAMSE LANDMAATSCHAPPIJ, WESTTOER, West-Vlaamse Politieschool, PUBLI-T, Fluvius System Operator, Dienstverlenende vereniging Westhoek
Marjan Chapelle
Director
Also active at: Intercommunale Vereniging voor Vuilverwijdering en -verwerking voor de Veurne en Ommeland, Sociaal Verhuurkantoor Woonsleutel vzw
Aaron Adriaen
Director
Ewoud Notebaert
Director
Johan Lefever
Director
Sabien Lahaye-Battheu
Director
Also active at: WESTTOER, West-Vlaamse Politieschool, West-Vlaams Opleidingscentrum voor Brandweer, Reddings- en Ambulancediensten, Monumentenwacht West-Vlaanderen
Joseph Delalleau
Director
Jolien Derck
Director
Chantal Vanzieleghem
Director
Bryan Vanderhaeghe
Director
Also active at: Intercommunale Vereniging voor Vuilverwijdering en -verwerking voor de Veurne en Ommeland, Thuiswest, REGIONAAL LANDSCHAP WESTHOEK, Eerstelijnszone Westhoek, HAIRINVEST
Klaas Verbeke
Director
Gilles D'Hooghe
Director
Johan Pil
Director
Regine Debyser
Director
Robbe Saint Germain
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Grote Markt 1
8970 Poperinge
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Details
- Company number
- 0835.121.894
- VAT number
- BE 0835.121.894
- Registered office
- Grote Markt 1, 8970 Poperinge
- Names & denominations
- Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf De Kouter
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Autonoom gemeentebedrijf
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 February 2009
- Peppol
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