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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 38 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Next Gear from Damme, company number BE0869565210, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 181,357 after tax. For that financial year Next Gear recorded a gross margin of € 263,437 and equity of € 384,995. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 8,855 to € 181,357. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 16, 2026.
€ 384,995
▲ 58% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 181,357
▲ € 172,502 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 445
▼ 89% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 39,274 paid out
22 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
€ 150,549
▲ 147% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 833,389
▲ 7% vs 2024
€ 146,474 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 11,665
▼ 38% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 32,499
▼ 24% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 114,060 | € 205,297 | € 77,250 | € 263,437 | ▲ 241% |
| Profit after taxes | € 30,286 | € 112,900 | € 8,855 | € 181,357 | ▲ € 172,502 |
| Equity | € 313,530 | € 391,022 | € 242,912 | € 384,995 | ▲ 58% |
| Total debts | € 1,049,810 | € 1,296,606 | € 1,750,036 | € 2,309,370 | ▲ 32% |
| Cash | € 208 | € 7,490 | € 3,945 | € 445 | ▼ 89% |
| Land & buildings | € 34,169 | € 43,814 | € 34,901 | € 25,428 | ▼ 27% |
| Retained profit | € 300,980 | € 378,472 | € 230,362 | € 372,445 | ▲ 62% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 35,409 | € 156,965 | € 39,274 | ▼ 75% |
| Bank debt | € 812,895 | € 821,100 | € 775,540 | € 833,389 | ▲ 7% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,363,340 | € 1,687,628 | € 1,992,948 | € 2,694,365 | ▲ 35% |
Key figures of Next Gear, 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 Next Gear?
What happened at Next Gear in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 181,357 (▲ € 172,502 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Damme. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Anthony Theys became a director. NBB
In short
From € 30,286 profit in 2022 to € 181,357 profit in 2025.
Paid € 189,834 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 181,357 profit.
Paid out € 231,648 in dividends to the owners in total.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind Next Gear is Anthony Theys. It owns 45% of Black Dragon and 10.7% of Black Swan itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Anthony Theys
Director
Also active at: Brugs Aannemers Huis, Heleblitz, STORM HOLDING 2, BLACK DUCK, BLACK GOOSE, STORM HOLDING IERLAND, BLACK PANTHER, SWAN ENERGY 2 +7 more
since 2004
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Vissersstraat 21 box B
8340 Damme
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 9 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →BLACK DUCK same network
€ -506 gross margin · 2025
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€ -559 gross margin · 2025
SWAN ENERGY 2 same network
€ -2,752 gross margin · 2025
FARADAY BROTHERS
€ 169,906 gross margin · 2025
BLACK SWAN same network
€ -47,835 gross margin · 2025
+4 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0869.565.210
- VAT number
- BE 0869.565.210
- Registered office
- Vissersstraat 21 bus B, 8340 Damme
- Names & denominations
- Next Gear
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 21 October 2004
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Mar 2026
- Activities · NACE
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