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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Freebase from Brasschaat, company number BE0845222564, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -16,353 after tax. For that financial year Freebase recorded a gross margin of € 4,038 and equity of € 47,460. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -4,595 to € -16,353. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 31, 2025.
€ 47,460
▼ 26% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -16,353
▼ 256 % more loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2,996
▲ € 2,865 vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 41,260.
People and assets in 2024
€ 25,205
▼ 28% vs 2023
Of which on lease € 17,224.
Debts at end 2024
€ 29,777
▼ 15% vs 2023
€ 10,136 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 2,596
▼ 33% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 14,992
▼ 16% vs 2023
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 6,642 | € 41,305 | € 19,054 | € 4,038 | ▼ 79% |
| Profit after taxes | € -4,820 | € 16,682 | € -4,595 | € -16,353 | ▼ € 11,758 |
| Equity | € 51,725 | € 68,407 | € 63,813 | € 47,460 | ▼ 26% |
| Total debts | € 41,218 | € 72,049 | € 56,756 | € 47,764 | ▼ 16% |
| Cash | € 9,749 | € 4,086 | € 131 | € 2,996 | ▲ € 2,865 |
| Land & buildings | € 20,251 | € 17,618 | € 14,985 | € 12,352 | ▼ 18% |
| Retained profit | € 45,525 | € 62,207 | € 57,613 | € 41,260 | ▼ 28% |
| Bank debt | € 11,411 | € 45,469 | € 35,052 | € 29,777 | ▼ 15% |
| Balance sheet total | € 92,943 | € 140,456 | € 120,569 | € 95,224 | ▼ 21% |
Key figures of Freebase, 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 Freebase?
What happened at Freebase in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 16,353. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Brasschaat. KBO
- Ben Boliau became a director. NBB
- Sofie Coreynen became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 4,820 loss in 2021 to € 16,353 loss in 2024.
Paid € 14,128 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 16,682 profit.
Management
Behind Freebase are Ben Boliau and Sofie Coreynen.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Ben Boliau
Director
since 2012
Sofie Coreynen
Director
since 2012
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Vrijwilligerslei 55
2930 Brasschaat
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0845.222.564
- VAT number
- BE 0845.222.564
- Registered office
- Vrijwilligerslei 55, 2930 Brasschaat
- Names & denominations
- Freebase
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 12 April 2012
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