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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 21.5 to 18.5.
Financials
Financial year 2025
MARLOT KALKEN from Laarne, company number BE0880647756, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 632,450 after tax. For that financial year MARLOT KALKEN recorded a gross margin of € 2 million and equity of € 587,974. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 623,986 to € 632,450. 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 April 16, 2026.
€ 587,974
▲ 23% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 632,450
▲ 1% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 244,739
▲ 34% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 523,000 paid out
83 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to ARTHUR (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
18.5
▼ 1.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 853,509
▲ 6% vs 2024
€ 46,100 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 160,625
▼ 30% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 2.6 million
▲ 11% vs 2024
€ 440,691 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 6 years.
€ 489,265
▼ 8% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 105,896
▼ 2% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 1,664,654 | € 1,827,967 | € 1,988,379 | € 1,965,027 | ▼ 1% |
| Profit after taxes | € 557,797 | € 609,623 | € 623,986 | € 632,450 | ▲ 1% |
| Equity | € 429,366 | € 437,538 | € 478,524 | € 587,974 | ▲ 23% |
| Total debts | € 4,437,177 | € 4,183,994 | € 3,628,913 | € 3,769,540 | ▲ 4% |
| Cash | € 32,773 | € 76,431 | € 182,345 | € 244,739 | ▲ 34% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,614,139 | € 2,458,351 | € 2,311,338 | € 2,157,909 | ▼ 7% |
| Retained profit | € 335,766 | € 343,938 | € 384,924 | € 494,374 | ▲ 28% |
| Dividend | € 925,000 | € 600,000 | € 583,000 | € 523,000 | ▼ 10% |
| Bank debt | € 2,835,740 | € 2,573,033 | € 2,307,230 | € 2,570,274 | ▲ 11% |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,866,543 | € 4,621,532 | € 4,107,437 | € 4,357,514 | ▲ 6% |
| Employees (FTE) | 22.4 | 21.5 | 20.2 | 18.5 | ▼ 1.7 |
By gross margin, MARLOT KALKEN ranks 1st of 4 companies with main activity “Niet-gespecialiseerde detailhandel waarbij voedings- en genotmiddelen overheersen” in Laarne that publish figures (fiscal year 2025).
Key figures of MARLOT KALKEN, 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 April 2027.
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What happened to MARLOT KALKEN?
What happened at MARLOT KALKEN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 632,450 (▲ 1% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Lotte Serraes became a director. NBB
- Arthur BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Laarne. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 557,797 profit in 2022 to € 632,450 profit in 2025.
Paid € 386,226 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 632,450 profit.
On average € 106,200 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of ARTHUR comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
MARLOT KALKENBehind MARLOT KALKEN are Arthur BV and Lotte Serraes. The shares are held by ARTHUR (99.9%).
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Dendermondsesteenweg 7
9270 Laarne
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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Details
- Company number
- 0880.647.756
- VAT number
- BE 0880.647.756
- Registered office
- Dendermondsesteenweg 7, 9270 Laarne
- Names & denominations
- MARLOT KALKEN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 11 April 2006
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 18 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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Supermarkten (verkoopsoppervlakte tussen 400 m2 en minder dan 2.500 m2)
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