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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 30 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
STEPHENSON from Knokke-Heist, company number BE0886036602, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 322.4 million after tax. For that financial year STEPHENSON recorded a gross margin of € 127,835 and equity of € 800 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2.7 million to € 322.4 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 19, 2025.
€ 800 million
▲ € 674.8 million vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 322.4 million
▲ € 319.6 million vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 4.3 million
▼ 2% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 623,223 paid out
0 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
0.9
▲ 0.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 95,662
▲ 69% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 1 million
▼ 11% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 15.3 million
▲ 57% vs 2024
€ 1.8 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 7 years.
€ 566,116
▲ € 552,467 vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 18,358
▼ 87% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 486,219 | € 543,075 | € 1,157,211 | € 127,835 | ▼ 89% |
| Profit after taxes | € 15,191,094 | € 2,356,709 | € 2,737,301 | € 322,374,848 | ▲ € 319.6 million |
| Equity | € 121,959,445 | € 123,445,154 | € 125,170,949 | € 799,983,786 | ▲ € 674.8 million |
| Total debts | € 9,857,477 | € 5,479,314 | € 10,875,178 | € 26,811,949 | ▲ 147% |
| Cash | € 18,472,983 | € 5,275,029 | € 4,456,997 | € 4,345,701 | ▼ 2% |
| Land & buildings | € 9,484,425 | € 17,733,418 | € 18,181,774 | € 26,211,162 | ▲ 44% |
| Retained profit | € 100,766,945 | € 102,252,654 | € 103,978,449 | € 761,873,983 | ▲ € 657.9 million |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 871,000 | € 1,011,505 | € 623,223 | ▼ 38% |
| Bank debt | € 9,281,032 | € 5,151,859 | € 9,706,045 | € 15,272,810 | ▲ 57% |
| Balance sheet total | € 131,816,921 | € 128,924,468 | € 136,046,128 | € 826,795,735 | ▲ € 690.7 million |
| Employees (FTE) | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | ▲ 0.2 |
Key figures of STEPHENSON, 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 STEPHENSON?
What happened at STEPHENSON in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 322.4 million (▲ € 319.6 million vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- New establishment in Waasmunster. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 15.2 million profit in 2022 to € 322.4 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 615,436 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 322.4 million profit.
Paid out € 2.5 million 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
Behind STEPHENSON are Jan Boone and Isabelle Maes. The same people are also behind Lotus Bakeries Corporate. Jan Boone is also behind Biscuiterie Willems, LOTUS BAKERIES, CREMERS - RIBERT, BEUKENLAAN and INTERWAFFLES. Isabelle Maes is also behind VALSEBA.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Jan Boone
Managing director
Also active at: Biscuiterie Willems, LOTUS BAKERIES, CREMERS - RIBERT, BEUKENLAAN, INTERWAFFLES, CLUB BRUGGE, MERCUUR CONSULT, Die Tafelberg +5 more
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Albertplein 12 box 53
8300 Knokke-Heist
Muizenberg 3
9250 Waasmunster
Active since 25 January 2007
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0886.036.602
- VAT number
- BE 0886.036.602
- Registered office
- Albertplein 12 bus 53, 8300 Knokke-Heist
- Names & denominations
- STEPHENSON
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 December 2006
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 6 Nov 2025
- Contact
- sphere-knokke.be
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