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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 45 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2026
Dranken Claes from Nieuwerkerken (Limb.), company number BE0882605869, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 88,055 after tax. For that financial year Dranken Claes recorded a gross margin of € 459,131 and equity of € 504,450. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 68,515 to € 88,055. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 28, 2026.
€ 504,450
▼ 4% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 88,055
▲ 29% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 234,450
▲ 28% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 108,031 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2026
7
▲ 0.5 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 245,319
▼ 27% vs 2025
€ 35,000 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.
€ 45,367
▼ 31% vs 2025
Of which on lease € 23,684.
Debts at end 2026
€ 459,616
▼ 3% vs 2025
€ 39,319 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 9 years.
€ 358,156
▲ 44% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 152
▼ 99% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 626,644 | € 542,122 | € 549,758 | € 459,131 | ▼ 16% |
| Profit after taxes | € 144,043 | € 83,004 | € 68,515 | € 88,055 | ▲ 29% |
| Equity | € 372,907 | € 455,911 | € 524,426 | € 504,450 | ▼ 4% |
| Total debts | € 1,162,873 | € 1,100,676 | € 1,023,225 | € 1,181,661 | ▲ 15% |
| Cash | € 78,489 | € 175,531 | € 182,483 | € 234,450 | ▲ 28% |
| Land & buildings | € 410,480 | € 398,186 | € 385,892 | € 373,598 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 354,007 | € 437,011 | € 505,526 | € 485,550 | ▼ 4% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 108,031 | |
| Bank debt | € 584,615 | € 523,014 | € 475,309 | € 459,616 | ▼ 3% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,535,780 | € 1,556,587 | € 1,547,650 | € 1,686,111 | ▲ 9% |
| Employees (FTE) | 6.6 | - | 6.5 | 7 | ▲ 0.5 |
Key figures of Dranken Claes, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
What happened to Dranken Claes?
What happened at Dranken Claes in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 88,055 (▲ 29% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Nieuwerkerken (Limb.). KBO
- New establishment in Lummen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 144,043 profit in 2023 to € 88,055 profit in 2026.
Paid € 152,059 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 144,043 profit.
On average € 65,600 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
Behind Dranken Claes are Ruben Vandepoel and Linda Claes.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Ruben Vandepoel
Director
Linda Claes
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Tegelrijstraat 189
3850 Nieuwerkerken (Limb.)
Zonnestraat 2
3560 Lummen
Active since 18 July 2006
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0882.605.869
- VAT number
- BE 0882.605.869
- Registered office
- Tegelrijstraat 189, 3850 Nieuwerkerken (Limb.)
- Names & denominations
- Dranken Claes
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 July 2006
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