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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 2025 and 2026.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 38 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
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Financials
Financial year 2026
The Press Factory from Wommelgem, company number BE0867265221, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -2,120 after tax. For that financial year The Press Factory recorded a gross margin of € -700 and equity of € -37,910. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € -3,689 to € -2,120. 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 October 25, 2026.
€ -37,910
▼ € 2,120 vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -2,120
▲ 43 % less loss than in 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -47,910.
Debts at end 2026
€ 5
▼ € 34,495 vs 2025
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
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| Gross margin | € -152 | € -806 | € -1,047 | € -700 | ▲ € 347 |
| Profit after taxes | € -2,110 | € -4,121 | € -3,689 | € -2,120 | ▲ € 1,569 |
| Equity | € -27,980 | € -32,101 | € -35,790 | € -37,910 | ▼ € 2,120 |
| Total debts | € 51,713 | € 53,613 | € 58,508 | € 61,255 | ▲ 5% |
| Cash | € 1,506 | € 732 | € 439 | - | |
| Retained profit | € -37,980 | € -42,101 | € -45,790 | € -47,910 | ▼ € 2,120 |
| Bank debt | € 34,500 | € 34,500 | € 34,500 | € 5 | ▼ € 34,495 |
| Balance sheet total | € 23,733 | € 21,512 | € 22,718 | € 23,345 | ▲ 3% |
Key figures of The Press Factory, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 30 January 2028.
What happened to The Press Factory?
What happened at The Press Factory in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: loss of € 2,120. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 2,110 loss in 2023 to € 2,120 loss in 2026.
Management
The stake of Mercury Investors comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
The Press FactoryBehind The Press Factory is Retail first. The shares are held by Mercury Investors (85%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Manager · represented by Jan Bussels
Also active at: CENTOMEDIA, OCULAR, Aviniti, DIGITALFUND, Colabo Group, Digitopia, THISPLAYS2
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Gulkenrodestraat 7/10
2160 Wommelgem
Lommergang 3
8301 Knokke-Heist
Active since 8 December 2004
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0867.265.221
- VAT number
- BE 0867.265.221
- Registered office
- Gulkenrodestraat 7/10, 2160 Wommelgem
- Names & denominations
- The Press Factory
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 15 September 2004
- Peppol
- Not registered