What does Stories do?

Stories is a hospitality business in Schoten. Private Limited, started on 21 February 2006, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Stories?

The registered office of Stories is located at Schijnparklaan 24, 2900 Schoten.

Is Stories still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Stories is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 21 February 2006.

Is Stories registered on Peppol?

Yes, Stories is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0879505136.

What is the enterprise number of Stories?

The enterprise number of Stories is BE0879505136.

When was Stories founded?

Stories was founded on 21 February 2006.

Who are the directors of Stories?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Stories are: Stefan De Cleene, Bob De Cleene.

Is Stories a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 21 February 2006; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 2 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Stories make in 2025?

Stories posted a profit after taxes of € 15,653 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Stories?

As a small company, Stories is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 18,827.

How much does an employee at Stories earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Stories was € 29,400 in 2022: staff costs of € 55,846 for 1.9 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

Stories (Private Limited) - Schoten - BE0879505136

Dossier Stories, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0879505136/stories. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Warning lights

Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.

Negative equity NBB

More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 15 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Stories from Schoten, company number BE0879505136, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 15,653 after tax. For that financial year Stories recorded a gross margin of € 18,827 and equity of € -286,290. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 11,864 to € 15,653. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 June 18, 2026.

What it is worth Caution

€ -286,290

▲ € 15,653 vs 2024

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

Profit Growing

€ 15,653

▲ 32% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 28,360

▲ 59% 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 € -2.1 million.

People and assets in 2025

Vehicles and equipment

€ 7,814

▲ € 6,095 vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 100,000

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 1,846

▼ 99% vs 2024

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

Taxes

€ 4,499

▲ € 4,409 vs 2024

Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 34,388 Gross margin 2022: € 34,388 First fiscal year in the series	€ 11,161 Gross margin 2023: € 11,161 ▼ 68% vs 2022 (€ 34,388) Unfavourable step	€ 13,737 Gross margin 2024: € 13,737 ▲ 23% vs 2023 (€ 11,161) Favourable step	€ 18,827 Gross margin 2025: € 18,827 ▲ 37% vs 2024 (€ 13,737) Favourable step	▲ 37%
Profit after taxes	€ -20,008 Profit after taxes 2022: € -20,008 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,817 Profit after taxes 2023: € 6,817 ▲ € 26,825 vs 2022 (€ -20,008) Favourable step	€ 11,864 Profit after taxes 2024: € 11,864 ▲ 74% vs 2023 (€ 6,817) Favourable step	€ 15,653 Profit after taxes 2025: € 15,653 ▲ 32% vs 2024 (€ 11,864) Favourable step	▲ 32%
Equity	€ -320,624 Equity 2022: € -320,624 First fiscal year in the series	€ -313,807 Equity 2023: € -313,807 ▲ € 6,817 vs 2022 (€ -320,624) Favourable step	€ -301,943 Equity 2024: € -301,943 ▲ € 11,864 vs 2023 (€ -313,807) Favourable step	€ -286,290 Equity 2025: € -286,290 ▲ € 15,653 vs 2024 (€ -301,943) Favourable step	▲ € 15,653
Total debts	€ 414,013 Total debts 2022: € 414,013 First fiscal year in the series	€ 327,508 Total debts 2023: € 327,508 ▼ 21% vs 2022 (€ 414,013) Favourable step	€ 333,509 Total debts 2024: € 333,509 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 327,508) Unfavourable step	€ 337,148 Total debts 2025: € 337,148 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 333,509) Unfavourable step	▲ 1%
Cash	€ 10,005 Cash 2022: € 10,005 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,267 Cash 2023: € 4,267 ▼ 57% vs 2022 (€ 10,005) Unfavourable step	€ 17,874 Cash 2024: € 17,874 ▲ € 13,607 vs 2023 (€ 4,267) Favourable step	€ 28,360 Cash 2025: € 28,360 ▲ 59% vs 2024 (€ 17,874) Favourable step	▲ 59%
Retained profit	€ -2,102,447 Retained profit 2022: € -2,102,447 First fiscal year in the series	€ -2,095,630 Retained profit 2023: € -2,095,630 Unchanged (€ -2,102,447) Favourable step	€ -2,083,766 Retained profit 2024: € -2,083,766 ▲ € 11,864 vs 2023 (€ -2,095,630) Favourable step	€ -2,068,113 Retained profit 2025: € -2,068,113 ▲ € 15,653 vs 2024 (€ -2,083,766) Favourable step	▲ € 15,653
Bank debt	€ 160,158 Bank debt 2022: € 160,158 First fiscal year in the series	€ 100,000 Bank debt 2023: € 100,000 ▼ 38% vs 2022 (€ 160,158) Favourable step	€ 100,000 Bank debt 2024: € 100,000 Unchanged (€ 100,000) Unchanged	€ 100,000 Bank debt 2025: € 100,000 Unchanged (€ 100,000) Unchanged
Balance sheet total	€ 93,389 Balance sheet total 2022: € 93,389 First fiscal year in the series	€ 13,701 Balance sheet total 2023: € 13,701 ▼ 85% vs 2022 (€ 93,389) Unchanged	€ 31,567 Balance sheet total 2024: € 31,567 ▲ 130% vs 2023 (€ 13,701) Unchanged	€ 50,858 Balance sheet total 2025: € 50,858 ▲ 61% vs 2024 (€ 31,567) Unchanged	▲ 61%
Employees (FTE)	1.9 Employees (FTE) 2022: 1.9 First fiscal year in the series	-	-	-

Key figures of Stories, 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 Stories?

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

Jun 18, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 15,653 (▲ 32% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2023 Bob De Cleene became a director. NBB
2020 Stefan De Cleene became a director. NBB
Jun 23, 2006 New establishment in Schoten. KBO
Feb 21, 2006 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 20,008 loss in 2022 to € 15,653 profit in 2025.

Paid € 165 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 15,653 profit.

On average € 18,100 of value added per employee in 2022.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

DE CLEENE 100%

The stake of DE CLEENE comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

Stories

Behind Stories are Stefan De Cleene and Bob De Cleene. The shares are held by DE CLEENE (100%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Stefan De Cleene

Director

Also active at: AVATIM, DE CLEENE, PI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

since 2020

Bob De Cleene

Director

Also active at: DE CLEENE

since 2023

Shareholders

DE CLEENE

100%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Schijnparklaan 24

2900 Schoten

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

Details

Company number

0879.505.136

VAT number

BE 0879.505.136

Registered office

Schijnparklaan 24, 2900 Schoten

Names & denominations

Stories

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

21 February 2006

Peppol

Active · Active since 29 Jan 2025

Contact

foodstories.be [email protected] 052203688

Activities · NACE

Cateringdiensten op contractbasis en overige diensten in verband met maaltijden

Catering

Overige eetgelegenheden

Overige financiële dienstverlening, neg

Catering van evenementen

Uitzendkoks en verzorgen van feesten en recepties

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

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