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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 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 17 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2024
COLUMBU'S from Mouscron, company number BE0865067675, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -65,964 after tax. For that financial year COLUMBU'S recorded a gross margin of € 1.9 million and equity of € -1 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -473,981 to € -65,964. The company made a loss. 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 August 28, 2025.
€ -1 million
▼ € 65,964 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -65,964
▲ 86 % less loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 236,033
▲ 171% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -1 million.
People and assets in 2024
45.8
▲ 2.3 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.7 million
▲ 4% vs 2023
€ 37,200 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.
€ 11,305
▼ 52% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 595,561
▼ 14% vs 2023
€ 89,452 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 7 years.
€ 964,908
▲ 7% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 533,398
▲ 27% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 947,576 | € 1,304,097 | € 1,402,886 | € 1,854,738 | ▲ 32% |
| Profit after taxes | € -38,471 | € -446,966 | € -473,981 | € -65,964 | ▲ € 408,018 |
| Equity | € -13,592 | € -460,557 | € -934,539 | € -1,000,502 | ▼ € 65,964 |
| Total debts | € 1,555,656 | € 1,834,174 | € 2,045,581 | € 2,093,867 | ▲ 2% |
| Cash | € 230,185 | € 176,845 | € 87,248 | € 236,033 | ▲ 171% |
| Land & buildings | € 726,319 | € 644,850 | € 551,969 | € 464,806 | ▼ 16% |
| Retained profit | € -32,192 | € -479,157 | € -953,139 | € -1,019,102 | ▼ € 65,964 |
| Bank debt | € 931,792 | € 811,664 | € 694,837 | € 595,561 | ▼ 14% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,542,064 | € 1,373,616 | € 1,111,042 | € 1,093,364 | ▼ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 32.9 | 39.5 | 43.5 | 45.8 | ▲ 2.3 |
By gross margin, COLUMBU'S ranks 1st of 4 companies with main activity “Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening” in Mouscron that publish figures (fiscal year 2024).
Key figures of COLUMBU'S, 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.
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What happened to COLUMBU'S?
What happened at COLUMBU'S in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
COLUMBU'S is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 65,964. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Mouscron. KBO
- New establishment in Mouscron. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 38,471 loss in 2021 to € 65,964 loss in 2024.
Paid € 6,386 in corporate taxes since 2021.
On average € 40,500 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
Behind COLUMBU'S are STEPHANE PALOMBINO and JEAN FRANCOIS PALOMBINO.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
STEPHANE PALOMBINO
Director
JEAN FRANCOIS PALOMBINO
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Préachesdreef 4
7711 Mouscron
Stationplein 18-19
7700 Mouscron
Active since 6 June 2020
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0865.067.675
- VAT number
- BE 0865.067.675
- Registered office
- Préachesdreef 4, 7711 Mouscron
- Names & denominations
- COLUMBU'S
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 3 May 2004
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