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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2025 and 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2026
DELICACY from Verviers, company number BE0888285913, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -54,905 after tax. For that financial year DELICACY recorded a gross margin of € 972,983 and equity of € 747,605. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € -123,224 to € -54,905. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 13, 2026.
€ 747,605
▼ 7% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -54,905
▲ 55 % less loss than in 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 81,821
▲ 20% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 600,850.
People and assets in 2026
14.8
▼ 0.5 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 953,870
▲ 5% vs 2025
€ 64,500 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.
€ 9,946
▼ 67% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 4,474
▼ 46% vs 2025
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 281,108
▲ 22% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 184,350
▲ 10% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 962,724 | € 870,729 | € 855,500 | € 972,983 | ▲ 14% |
| Profit after taxes | € 26,703 | € -50,196 | € -123,224 | € -54,905 | ▲ € 68,319 |
| Equity | € 979,620 | € 928,735 | € 804,010 | € 747,605 | ▼ 7% |
| Total debts | € 455,060 | € 433,034 | € 407,831 | € 471,299 | ▲ 16% |
| Cash | € 246,738 | € 129,744 | € 68,469 | € 81,821 | ▲ 20% |
| Land & buildings | € 344,574 | € 318,468 | € 289,965 | € 277,758 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 829,175 | € 778,979 | € 655,755 | € 600,850 | ▼ 8% |
| Dividend | € 14,286 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 32,245 | € 19,552 | € 8,323 | € 4,474 | ▼ 46% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,434,680 | € 1,361,768 | € 1,211,842 | € 1,218,904 | ▲ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 14.8 | ▼ 0.5 |
By gross margin, DELICACY ranks 1st of 6 companies with main activity “Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk” in the province of Liège that publish figures (fiscal year 2026).
Key figures of DELICACY, 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.
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What happened to DELICACY?
What happened at DELICACY in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Marie-Claude GIERCKENS stepped down as director. NBB
- Claude GIERCKENS stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: loss of € 54,905. Source: NBB ↗
- Marie-Claude GIERCKENS became a director. NBB
- Claude GIERCKENS became a director. NBB
- Incorporation, published in the Gazette. Source: Staatsblad ↗
- New establishment in Jalhay. KBO
In short
From € 26,703 profit in 2023 to € 54,905 loss in 2026.
Paid € 9,335 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 26,703 profit.
On average € 65,700 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Marie-Claude GIERCKENS
Managing director
since 2023 · until 2029
Claude GIERCKENS
Chairman of the board
since 2023 · until 2029
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Belle-Vue 47
4800 Verviers
Chafour 41
4845 Jalhay
Active since 30 March 2007
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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Shareholders according to the Official Gazette deeds
Who contributed at incorporation and at capital increases, with the deed as source. Later share transfers are not published in the Gazette.
Incorporation
Source: Deed ↗- GIERCKENS Claude Joseph Alphonse Marie(oprichter) 60%
- GIERCKENS Marie-Claude Gilbert Joséphine(oprichter) 40%
Details
- Company number
- 0888.285.913
- VAT number
- BE 0888.285.913
- Registered office
- Rue Belle-Vue 47, 4800 Verviers
- Names & denominations
- DELICACY
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 27 March 2007
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 19 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk
Vervaardiging van beschuit en koekjes en ander houdbaar banketbakkerswerk