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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 7 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
GENERAL CHOCOLATES COMPANY from Nivelles, company number BE0879274118, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 93,031 after tax. For that financial year GENERAL CHOCOLATES COMPANY recorded a gross margin of € 33,157 and equity of € 3.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 120,700 to € 93,031. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on December 11, 2025.
€ 3.4 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 93,031
▼ 23% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 4,530
▲ 37% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 70,000 paid out
75 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
Debts at end 2025
€ 50,031
▼ 38% vs 2024
€ 39,962 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 16,940
▲ 8% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 39,314 | € 30,820 | € 43,101 | € 33,157 | ▼ 23% |
| Profit after taxes | € 85,773 | € 21,301 | € 120,700 | € 93,031 | ▼ 23% |
| Equity | € 3,357,035 | € 3,314,335 | € 3,345,035 | € 3,368,067 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 209,006 | € 198,977 | € 168,601 | € 137,971 | ▼ 18% |
| Cash | € 779 | € 4,773 | € 3,308 | € 4,530 | ▲ 37% |
| Land & buildings | € 606,732 | € 606,732 | € 606,732 | € 606,732 | |
| Retained profit | € 2,357,035 | € 2,314,335 | € 2,345,035 | € 2,368,067 | ▲ 1% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 64,000 | € 90,000 | € 70,000 | ▼ 22% |
| Bank debt | € 138,365 | € 111,579 | € 81,209 | € 50,031 | ▼ 38% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,566,041 | € 3,513,312 | € 3,513,636 | € 3,506,038 |
Key figures of GENERAL CHOCOLATES COMPANY, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.
What happened to GENERAL CHOCOLATES COMPANY?
What happened at GENERAL CHOCOLATES COMPANY in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Bernard de GRUBEN stepped down as director. NBB
- Ya-K Consulting SA stepped down as director. NBB
- Jean-Jacques de Gruben stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 93,031 (▼ 23% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Bernard de GRUBEN became a director. NBB
- Ya-K Consulting SA became a director. NBB
- Jean-Jacques de Gruben became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Nivelles. KBO
In short
From € 85,773 profit in 2022 to € 93,031 profit in 2025.
Paid € 33,442 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 120,700 profit.
Paid out € 224,000 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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Management
It owns 95% of DOLFIN and 0% of BRAINE PRINTING itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Bernard de GRUBEN
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Director · represented by Gilles van der Meerschen
Also active at: DOLFIN, BRAINE PRINTING, Spreds Finance, EXPLORE AND SHARE, James Lind
since 2021 · until 2027
Jean-Jacques de Gruben
Managing director
since 2021 · until 2027
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Avenue Robert Schuman 172
1401 Nivelles
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Details
- Company number
- 0879.274.118
- VAT number
- BE 0879.274.118
- Registered office
- Avenue Robert Schuman 172, 1401 Nivelles
- Names & denominations
- GENERAL CHOCOLATES COMPANY · GCCo
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 10 February 2006
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 16 Jan 2026
- Activities · NACE
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