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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 7 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
ACANTHUS from Erpe-Mere, company number BE0878988858, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -296 after tax. For that financial year ACANTHUS recorded a gross margin of € 81,152 and equity of € 19,500. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -6,872 to € -296. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 3, 2025.
€ 19,500
▼ 1% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -296
▲ 96 % less loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 4,775
▼ 77% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -960.
People and assets in 2024
€ 32,574
▼ 34% vs 2023
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 2024
€ 294,249
▼ 14% vs 2023
€ 45,156 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 7 years.
€ 55,571
▼ 6% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 9,166
▼ 31% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 73,891 | € 64,567 | € 87,343 | € 81,152 | ▼ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 15,298 | € -10,501 | € -6,872 | € -296 | ▲ € 6,576 |
| Equity | € 37,169 | € 26,668 | € 19,796 | € 19,500 | ▼ 1% |
| Total debts | € 563,882 | € 564,585 | € 504,312 | € 459,408 | ▼ 9% |
| Cash | € 74,518 | € 53,115 | € 20,485 | € 4,775 | ▼ 77% |
| Land & buildings | € 492,037 | € 484,789 | € 467,853 | € 450,746 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 18,569 | € 8,068 | € -664 | € -960 | ▼ € 296 |
| Bank debt | € 389,622 | € 393,899 | € 343,894 | € 294,249 | ▼ 14% |
| Balance sheet total | € 601,051 | € 591,253 | € 524,108 | € 478,908 | ▼ 9% |
By gross margin, ACANTHUS ranks 7th of 11 companies with main activity “Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met beperkte bediening, muv mobiele eetgelegenheden” in Erpe-Mere that publish figures (fiscal year 2024).
Key figures of ACANTHUS, 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 ACANTHUS?
What happened at ACANTHUS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 296. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Erpe-Mere. KBO
- Incorporation, published in the Gazette. Source: Staatsblad ↗
In short
From € 15,298 profit in 2021 to € 296 loss in 2024.
Paid € 13,933 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 15,298 profit.
Management
Behind ACANTHUS is Steven Van Hecke.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Steven Van Hecke
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Meredorp 1
9420 Erpe-Mere
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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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
Source: Deed ↗- VAN HECKE Steven(oprichter) 45%
- STEELS Davy Clementine(oprichter) 45%
- VAN DER BIEST Arlitte Henriette(oprichter) 10%
Details
- Company number
- 0878.988.858
- VAT number
- BE 0878.988.858
- Registered office
- Meredorp 1, 9420 Erpe-Mere
- Names & denominations
- ACANTHUS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 January 2006
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 28 Jul 2024
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