Warning lights
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 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 4 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CARI from Menen, company number BE0860219061, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 35,204 after tax. For that financial year CARI recorded a gross margin of € 177,628 and equity of € -43,752. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -50,701 to € 35,204. 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 September 30, 2026.
€ -43,752
▲ € 35,204 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 35,204
▲ still € 50,701 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 5,662
▼ 30% 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 € -438,809.
People and assets in 2025
€ 76,838
▼ 23% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 1,530
▼ 43% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1,143
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 114,199
▼ 23% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 80,870
▼ 15% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 288,803 | € 181,259 | € 112,195 | € 177,628 | ▲ 58% |
| Profit after taxes | € 105,498 | € -96,356 | € -50,701 | € 35,204 | ▲ € 85,905 |
| Equity | € 68,102 | € -28,254 | € -78,956 | € -43,752 | ▲ € 35,204 |
| Total debts | € 1,044,111 | € 1,044,573 | € 1,039,397 | € 1,002,656 | ▼ 4% |
| Cash | € 45,732 | € 35,504 | € 8,037 | € 5,662 | ▼ 30% |
| Land & buildings | € 440,763 | € 412,279 | € 384,923 | € 359,467 | ▼ 7% |
| Retained profit | € -367,518 | € -443,592 | € -474,012 | € -438,809 | ▲ € 35,204 |
| Bank debt | € 1,716 | € 0 | € 1,143 | € 1,143 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,112,212 | € 1,016,319 | € 960,441 | € 958,904 | |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.3 | 6.2 | 3.8 | - |
Key figures of CARI, 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 CARI?
What happened at CARI in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 35,204. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Menen. KBO
- New establishment in Menen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 105,498 profit in 2022 to € 35,204 profit in 2025.
Paid € 324 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 105,498 profit.
On average € 29,500 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
The stake of FOURNIER comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
CARIBehind CARI is JOHAN FOURNIER. The shares are held by FOURNIER (100%).
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rijselstraat 196
8930 Menen
Rijselstraat 230-232
8930 Menen
Active since 1 June 2017
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0860.219.061
- VAT number
- BE 0860.219.061
- Registered office
- Rijselstraat 196, 8930 Menen
- Names & denominations
- CARI
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 August 2003
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 29 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
Activiteiten van holdings
Managementactiviteiten van holdings
Detailhandel in tabaksproducten
Holdings
Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding
Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding
Detailhandel in dranken, algemeen assortiment
Detailhandel in cosmetica en toiletartikelen
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