Karus is a hospital in Merelbeke-Melle. Non-profit, started on 27 October 2003, 8 establishments.

What is the address of Karus?

The registered office of Karus is located at Caritasstraat 76, 9090 Merelbeke-Melle.

Is Karus still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Karus is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 27 October 2003.

Is Karus registered on Peppol?

Yes, Karus is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0861314369.

What is the enterprise number of Karus?

The enterprise number of Karus is BE0861314369.

When was Karus founded?

Karus was founded on 27 October 2003.

Who are the directors of Karus?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Karus are: Ellen Veeckman, Stefaan Gielens, Harlinde Exelmans, Hans Van Rijckeghem, Bert Vanderhaegen , Jan Vande Moortel, Nathalie De Wever, Hendrik Van Gansbeke.

Is Karus a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 27 October 2003; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 8 directors known from the annual account; 8 establishments in the CBE.

How much profit did Karus make in 2025?

Karus posted a profit after taxes of € 1,756,084 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Karus?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), Karus reported revenue of € 70,079,391.

How much does an employee at Karus earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Karus was € 82,000 in 2025: staff costs of € 52.4 million for 639.3 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Karus have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Karus has 639.3 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Karus (Non-profit) - Merelbeke-Melle - BE0861314369

Dossier Karus, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0861314369/karus. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Karus from Merelbeke-Melle, company number BE0861314369, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.8 million after tax. For that financial year Karus recorded revenue of € 70.1 million and equity of € 92.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.4 million to € 1.8 million. 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 June 23, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 92.8 million

▲ 1% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Growing

€ 1.8 million

▲ 25% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 4.3 million

▼ 33% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

639.3

▼ 0.3 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 20.8 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 52.4 million

▲ 3% vs 2024

€ 82,000 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 3 million

▼ 5% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 10 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 12.5 million

▼ 13% vs 2024

€ 1.2 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 10 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 12.4 million

▼ 19% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 186 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 6.8 million

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 54,680,735 Revenue 2022: € 54,680,735 First fiscal year in the series	€ 59,009,650 Revenue 2023: € 59,009,650 ▲ 8% vs 2022 (€ 54,680,735) Favourable step	€ 66,786,071 Revenue 2024: € 66,786,071 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 59,009,650) Favourable step	€ 70,079,391 Revenue 2025: € 70,079,391 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 66,786,071) Favourable step	▲ 5%
Profit after taxes	€ -1,800,716 Profit after taxes 2022: € -1,800,716 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,144,490 Profit after taxes 2023: € 3,144,490 ▲ € 4.9 million vs 2022 (€ -1,800,716) Favourable step	€ 1,399,527 Profit after taxes 2024: € 1,399,527 ▼ 55% vs 2023 (€ 3,144,490) Unfavourable step	€ 1,756,084 Profit after taxes 2025: € 1,756,084 ▲ 25% vs 2024 (€ 1,399,527) Favourable step	▲ 25%
Equity	€ 87,656,341 Equity 2022: € 87,656,341 First fiscal year in the series	€ 90,265,112 Equity 2023: € 90,265,112 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 87,656,341) Favourable step	€ 91,665,733 Equity 2024: € 91,665,733 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 90,265,112) Favourable step	€ 92,800,700 Equity 2025: € 92,800,700 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 91,665,733) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Total debts	€ 41,327,054 Total debts 2022: € 41,327,054 First fiscal year in the series	€ 40,740,395 Total debts 2023: € 40,740,395 ▼ 1% vs 2022 (€ 41,327,054) Favourable step	€ 55,458,917 Total debts 2024: € 55,458,917 ▲ 36% vs 2023 (€ 40,740,395) Unfavourable step	€ 53,357,561 Total debts 2025: € 53,357,561 ▼ 4% vs 2024 (€ 55,458,917) Favourable step	▼ 4%
Cash	€ 8,742,010 Cash 2022: € 8,742,010 First fiscal year in the series	€ 7,463,624 Cash 2023: € 7,463,624 ▼ 15% vs 2022 (€ 8,742,010) Unfavourable step	€ 6,468,058 Cash 2024: € 6,468,058 ▼ 13% vs 2023 (€ 7,463,624) Unfavourable step	€ 4,302,917 Cash 2025: € 4,302,917 ▼ 33% vs 2024 (€ 6,468,058) Unfavourable step	▼ 33%
Land & buildings	€ 47,090,687 Land & buildings 2022: € 47,090,687 First fiscal year in the series	€ 43,851,165 Land & buildings 2023: € 43,851,165 ▼ 7% vs 2022 (€ 47,090,687) Unchanged	€ 44,174,780 Land & buildings 2024: € 44,174,780 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 43,851,165) Unchanged	€ 41,628,492 Land & buildings 2025: € 41,628,492 ▼ 6% vs 2024 (€ 44,174,780) Unchanged	▼ 6%
Retained profit	€ 69,911,365 Retained profit 2022: € 69,911,365 First fiscal year in the series	€ 73,055,855 Retained profit 2023: € 73,055,855 ▲ 4% vs 2022 (€ 69,911,365) Favourable step	€ 74,455,382 Retained profit 2024: € 74,455,382 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 73,055,855) Favourable step	€ 76,211,466 Retained profit 2025: € 76,211,466 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 74,455,382) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Bank debt	€ 19,262,004 Bank debt 2022: € 19,262,004 First fiscal year in the series	€ 16,424,632 Bank debt 2023: € 16,424,632 ▼ 15% vs 2022 (€ 19,262,004) Favourable step	€ 14,343,957 Bank debt 2024: € 14,343,957 ▼ 13% vs 2023 (€ 16,424,632) Favourable step	€ 12,456,216 Bank debt 2025: € 12,456,216 ▼ 13% vs 2024 (€ 14,343,957) Favourable step	▼ 13%
Balance sheet total	€ 129,033,705 Balance sheet total 2022: € 129,033,705 First fiscal year in the series	€ 131,321,995 Balance sheet total 2023: € 131,321,995 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 129,033,705) Unchanged	€ 147,909,334 Balance sheet total 2024: € 147,909,334 ▲ 13% vs 2023 (€ 131,321,995) Unchanged	€ 147,097,591 Balance sheet total 2025: € 147,097,591 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 147,909,334) Unchanged	▼ 1%
Employees (FTE)	638.1 Employees (FTE) 2022: 638.1 First fiscal year in the series	642.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 642.5 ▲ 4.4 vs 2022 (638.1) Unchanged	639.6 Employees (FTE) 2024: 639.6 ▼ 2.9 vs 2023 (642.5) Unchanged	639.3 Employees (FTE) 2025: 639.3 ▼ 0.3 vs 2024 (639.6) Unchanged	▼ 0.3

Key figures of Karus, 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 Karus?

What happened at Karus in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2031 Stefaan Gielens stepped down as director. NBB
2031 Hendrik Van Gansbeke stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Ellen Veeckman stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Harlinde Exelmans stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Hans Van Rijckeghem stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Bert Vanderhaegen stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Jan Vande Moortel stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Nathalie De Wever stepped down as director. NBB

In short

From € 1.8 million loss in 2022 to € 1.8 million profit in 2025.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 3.1 million profit.

Pays suppliers within 186 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Ellen Veeckman

Director

since 2024 · until 2029

Stefaan Gielens

Director

Also active at: ANTEMM, KOLMONT HOLDING, Happy Affairs

since 2026 · until 2031

Harlinde Exelmans

Director

Also active at: Felies

since 2024 · until 2029

Hans Van Rijckeghem

Chairman of the board, Director

Also active at: Smartphoto group, LOCOFIN, THREE LADIES INTERNATIONAL

since 2024 · until 2029

Bert Vanderhaegen

Director

Also active at: WOON EN ZORGCENTRUM DE LINDE

since 2024 · until 2029

Jan Vande Moortel

Director

since 2024 · until 2029

Nathalie De Wever

Director

Also active at: NATCHACO

since 2024 · until 2029

Hendrik Van Gansbeke

Director

Also active at: ASSOCIATION DES FONDS SOCIAUX DU SECTEUR NON-MARCHAND FEDERAUX ET BICOMMUNAUTAIRES

since 2026 · until 2031

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Caritasstraat 76

9090 Merelbeke-Melle

2.151.536.907

Beukenlaan 20

9051 Gent

Active since 8 February 2006

2.150.080.719

Poelstraat 39

9820 Merelbeke-Melle

Active since 23 November 2005

2.150.080.917

Hundelgemsesteenweg 270

9820 Merelbeke-Melle

Active since 23 November 2005

2.156.478.858

Vossenstraat 10

9090 Merelbeke-Melle

Active since 5 October 2006

2.165.884.294

Salisburylaan 106

9820 Merelbeke-Melle

Active since 23 November 2005

2.200.311.475

Salisburylaan 121

9820 Merelbeke-Melle

Active since 1 July 2011

2.362.498.841

Drongenplein 26

9031 Gent

Active since 1 January 2024

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.

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Karus Patrimonium

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Details

Company number

0861.314.369

VAT number

BE 0861.314.369

Registered office

Caritasstraat 76, 9090 Merelbeke-Melle

Names & denominations

Karus

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Non-profit association

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

27 October 2003

Peppol

Active · Active since 25 Jan 2023

Activities · NACE

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Karus

Financials

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Management

Directors

Establishments

Establishment units

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