What does Cottage do?

Cottage is a shoe shop in Knokke-Heist. Private Limited, started on 21 January 2005, 4 establishments.

What is the address of Cottage?

The registered office of Cottage is located at Lippenslaan 168, 8300 Knokke-Heist.

Is Cottage still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (4 November 2026) Cottage is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 21 January 2005.

Is Cottage registered on Peppol?

Yes, Cottage is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0871370202.

What is the enterprise number of Cottage?

The enterprise number of Cottage is BE0871370202.

When was Cottage founded?

Cottage was founded on 21 January 2005.

Who are the directors of Cottage?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Cottage are: Paul Aernoudts, Lisa Aernoudts, Anne Brakel.

Is Cottage a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 21 January 2005; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account; 4 establishments in the CBE; 1 events from the Belgian Official Gazette processed.

How much profit did Cottage make in 2025?

Cottage posted a profit after taxes of € 63,236 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Cottage?

As a small company, Cottage is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 349,854.

Cottage (Private Limited) - Knokke-Heist - BE0871370202

Dossier Cottage, printed on 4 November 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0871370202/cottage. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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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.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 55 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Cottage from Knokke-Heist, company number BE0871370202, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 63,236 after tax. For that financial year Cottage recorded a gross margin of € 349,854 and equity of € 62,466. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 18,944 to € 63,236. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 31, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 62,466

▲ € 63,236 vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 63,236

▲ 234% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 86,176

▲ € 81,133 vs 2024

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

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 43,866.

People and assets in 2025

Wage cost

€ 252,122

▲ 134% 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.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 33,621

▲ 170% vs 2024

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 98,453

▲ € 88,689 vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes and wages

€ 67,768

▲ 81% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 196,400 Gross margin 2022: € 196,400 First fiscal year in the series	€ 208,953 Gross margin 2023: € 208,953 ▲ 6% vs 2022 (€ 196,400) Favourable step	€ 142,674 Gross margin 2024: € 142,674 ▼ 32% vs 2023 (€ 208,953) Unfavourable step	€ 349,854 Gross margin 2025: € 349,854 ▲ 145% vs 2024 (€ 142,674) Favourable step	▲ 145%
Profit after taxes	€ -36,125 Profit after taxes 2022: € -36,125 First fiscal year in the series	€ 16,208 Profit after taxes 2023: € 16,208 ▲ € 52,333 vs 2022 (€ -36,125) Favourable step	€ 18,944 Profit after taxes 2024: € 18,944 ▲ 17% vs 2023 (€ 16,208) Favourable step	€ 63,236 Profit after taxes 2025: € 63,236 ▲ 234% vs 2024 (€ 18,944) Favourable step	▲ 234%
Equity	€ -35,921 Equity 2022: € -35,921 First fiscal year in the series	€ -19,713 Equity 2023: € -19,713 ▲ € 16,208 vs 2022 (€ -35,921) Favourable step	€ -769 Equity 2024: € -769 ▲ € 18,944 vs 2023 (€ -19,713) Favourable step	€ 62,466 Equity 2025: € 62,466 ▲ € 63,236 vs 2024 (€ -769) Favourable step	▲ € 63,236
Total debts	€ 226,749 Total debts 2022: € 226,749 First fiscal year in the series	€ 169,774 Total debts 2023: € 169,774 ▼ 25% vs 2022 (€ 226,749) Favourable step	€ 102,128 Total debts 2024: € 102,128 ▼ 40% vs 2023 (€ 169,774) Favourable step	€ 208,434 Total debts 2025: € 208,434 ▲ 104% vs 2024 (€ 102,128) Unfavourable step	▲ 104%
Cash	€ 1,300 Cash 2022: € 1,300 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,204 Cash 2023: € 6,204 ▲ € 4,904 vs 2022 (€ 1,300) Favourable step	€ 5,044 Cash 2024: € 5,044 ▼ 19% vs 2023 (€ 6,204) Unfavourable step	€ 86,176 Cash 2025: € 86,176 ▲ € 81,133 vs 2024 (€ 5,044) Favourable step	▲ € 81,133
Land & buildings	€ 8,682 Land & buildings 2022: € 8,682 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,360 Land & buildings 2023: € 8,360 ▼ 4% vs 2022 (€ 8,682) Unchanged	€ 8,038 Land & buildings 2024: € 8,038 ▼ 4% vs 2023 (€ 8,360) Unchanged	€ 0 Land & buildings 2025: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2024 (€ 8,038) Unchanged	▼ 100%
Retained profit	€ -54,521 Retained profit 2022: € -54,521 First fiscal year in the series	€ -38,313 Retained profit 2023: € -38,313 ▲ € 16,208 vs 2022 (€ -54,521) Favourable step	€ -19,369 Retained profit 2024: € -19,369 ▲ € 18,944 vs 2023 (€ -38,313) Favourable step	€ 43,866 Retained profit 2025: € 43,866 ▲ € 63,236 vs 2024 (€ -19,369) Favourable step	▲ € 63,236
Bank debt	€ 49,406 Bank debt 2022: € 49,406 First fiscal year in the series	€ 41,501 Bank debt 2023: € 41,501 ▼ 16% vs 2022 (€ 49,406) Favourable step	€ 12,465 Bank debt 2024: € 12,465 ▼ 70% vs 2023 (€ 41,501) Favourable step	€ 33,621 Bank debt 2025: € 33,621 ▲ 170% vs 2024 (€ 12,465) Unfavourable step	▲ 170%
Balance sheet total	€ 190,828 Balance sheet total 2022: € 190,828 First fiscal year in the series	€ 150,061 Balance sheet total 2023: € 150,061 ▼ 21% vs 2022 (€ 190,828) Unchanged	€ 101,359 Balance sheet total 2024: € 101,359 ▼ 32% vs 2023 (€ 150,061) Unchanged	€ 270,901 Balance sheet total 2025: € 270,901 ▲ 167% vs 2024 (€ 101,359) Unchanged	▲ 167%

Key figures of Cottage, 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 Cottage?

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

Aug 31, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 63,236 (▲ 234% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
Jan 1, 2025 New establishment in De Haan. KBO
Nov 1, 2021 New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
Feb 1, 2020 New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
2018 Lisa Aernoudts became a director. NBB
Feb 5, 2005 New establishment in De Haan. KBO
Jan 31, 2005 Incorporation, published in the Gazette. Source: Staatsblad ↗

In short

From € 36,125 loss in 2022 to € 63,236 profit in 2025.

Paid € 14,364 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 63,236 profit.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Paul Aernoudts Lisa Aernoudts Anne Brakel

Cottage

Behind Cottage are Paul Aernoudts, Lisa Aernoudts and Anne Brakel.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Paul Aernoudts

Director

Lisa Aernoudts

Director

since 2018

Anne Brakel

Director

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Lippenslaan 168

8300 Knokke-Heist

2.145.300.104

Leopoldlaan 15

8420 De Haan

Active since 5 February 2005

2.298.476.564

Lippenslaan 180

8300 Knokke-Heist

Active since 1 February 2020

2.368.157.010

Leopoldlaan 28

8420 De Haan

Active since 1 January 2025

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Shareholders according to the Official Gazette deeds

Who contributed at incorporation and at capital increases, with the deed as source. Later share transfers are not published in the Gazette.

Incorporation

31 January 2005 Source: Deed ↗

AERNOUDTS Paul André Elisabeth(oprichter) 50%
BAETSLÉ Alain Dominique Edmond(oprichter) 50%

Details

Company number: 0871.370.202
VAT number: BE 0871.370.202
Registered office: Lippenslaan 168, 8300 Knokke-Heist
Names & denominations: Cottage
Enterprise type: Rechtspersoon
Legal form: Private limited company
Legal situation: Normale toestand
Start date: 21 January 2005
Peppol: Active · Active since 11 Dec 2025
Activities · NACE: Detailhandel in schoeisel

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

Cottage

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