Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 58 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 1.4 to 0.7.
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Busy address KBO
13 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2024
ARK/8 from Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, company number BE0890015382, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 211,547 after tax. For that financial year ARK/8 recorded a gross margin of € 325,132 and equity of € -1.1 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -540,128 to € 211,547. 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 September 17, 2025.
€ -1.1 million
▲ € 211,547 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 211,547
▲ still € 540,128 loss in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 29,979
▼ 30% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € -1.5 million.
People and assets in 2024
0.7
▼ 0.1 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 34,132
▼ 15% vs 2023
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 2,363
▼ 73% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 406,275
▲ € 402,957 vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 466,126
▲ € 392,213 vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 24,802
▲ 40% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 209,208 | € 319,958 | € -569,309 | € 325,132 | ▲ € 894,440 |
| Profit after taxes | € -31,019 | € -235,943 | € -540,128 | € 211,547 | ▲ € 751,675 |
| Equity | € -508,633 | € -744,576 | € -1,284,704 | € -1,073,157 | ▲ € 211,547 |
| Total debts | € 2,895,502 | € 3,059,351 | € 2,934,205 | € 3,728,455 | ▲ 27% |
| Cash | € 450,914 | € 89,450 | € 43,009 | € 29,979 | ▼ 30% |
| Retained profit | € -900,633 | € -1,136,576 | € -1,676,704 | € -1,465,157 | ▲ € 211,547 |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 1,863 | € 3,318 | € 406,275 | ▲ € 402,957 |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,386,870 | € 2,314,776 | € 1,649,501 | € 2,655,297 | ▲ 61% |
| Employees (FTE) | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | ▼ 0.1 |
Key figures of ARK/8, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to ARK/8?
What happened at ARK/8 in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Fanny VAN DE WIJNGAERT stepped down as director. NBB
- Dimitri VAN EETVELDE stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 211,547. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Patricia BOSQUIN stepped down as director. NBB
- Fanny VAN DE WIJNGAERT became a director. NBB
- Dimitri VAN EETVELDE became a director. NBB
- Patricia BOSQUIN became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 31,019 loss in 2021 to € 211,547 profit in 2024.
Paid € 0 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 211,547 profit.
On average € 228,500 of value added per employee in 2022.
Management
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kolomstraat 1a
1080 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Alfred Gironstraat 48
1050 Elsene
Active since 7 June 2007
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 13 companies are registered at this address.
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0890.015.382
- VAT number
- BE 0890.015.382
- Registered office
- Kolomstraat 1a, 1080 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
- Names & denominations
- ARK/8
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 12 June 2007
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 16 Dec 2025
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