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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 27 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
A & A CHOCOLATERIE from Lokeren, company number BE0892388320, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.4 million after tax. For that financial year A & A CHOCOLATERIE recorded revenue of € 22.1 million and equity of € 4.1 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.2 million to € 1.4 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 October 20, 2025.
€ 4.1 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1.4 million
▲ 12% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 103,895
▼ 69% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1.3 million paid out
99 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
35.4
▼ 2.9 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.5 million
▼ 5% vs 2024
€ 71,600 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.
€ 1.5 million
▼ 9% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 1.2 million.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.3 million
▼ 17% vs 2024
€ 259,820 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 1.2 million
▼ 43% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 26 days on average.
€ 327,901
▲ 2% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 23,149,924 | € 22,147,145 | € 25,604,502 | € 22,087,972 | ▼ 14% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,008,249 | € 1,392,441 | € 1,207,622 | € 1,354,609 | ▲ 12% |
| Equity | € 4,066,527 | € 4,070,139 | € 4,094,487 | € 4,108,171 | |
| Total debts | € 5,750,298 | € 6,509,394 | € 5,200,995 | € 4,227,208 | ▼ 19% |
| Cash | € 219,355 | € 473,474 | € 333,947 | € 103,895 | ▼ 69% |
| Land & buildings | € 143,861 | € 207,923 | € 420,778 | € 373,769 | ▼ 11% |
| Retained profit | € 2,716,527 | € 2,720,139 | € 2,744,487 | € 2,758,171 | |
| Dividend | € 616,493 | € 1,388,830 | € 1,183,274 | € 1,340,924 | ▲ 13% |
| Bank debt | € 2,861,441 | € 2,113,641 | € 1,514,950 | € 1,260,524 | ▼ 17% |
| Balance sheet total | € 9,816,933 | € 10,580,203 | € 9,304,413 | € 8,349,217 | ▼ 10% |
| Employees (FTE) | 42.1 | 39.3 | 38.3 | 35.4 | ▼ 2.9 |
Key figures of A & A CHOCOLATERIE, 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 November 2026.
What happened to A & A CHOCOLATERIE?
What happened at A & A CHOCOLATERIE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Creolo Chocolates BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Tho Sweets BV stepped down as director. NBB
- PMG Consult BV stepped down as director. NBB
- M&A Chocolates BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.4 million (▲ 12% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Catherine BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Pejamax BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Jugi BV stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 1 million profit in 2022 to € 1.4 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.3 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 1.4 million profit.
Paid out € 4.5 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
The stake of SWEET HOLDING, MEYERICK, THOMI comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
A & A CHOCOLATERIEThe shares are held by SWEET HOLDING (33.3%), MEYERICK (33.3%) and THOMI (33.3%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2024 · until 2030
Director · represented by Marcia Geltmeyer
Also active at: HAMLET, GELCO, PRALINART, SWEET LOGISTICS, THOMI, HAMLET INTERNATIONAL
since 2019 · until 2025
Managing director · represented by Wim Geltmeyer
Also active at: HAMLET, GELCO, PRALINART, SWEET LOGISTICS, SWEET HOLDING, HAMLET INTERNATIONAL
since 2019 · until 2025
Director · represented by Thomas Caenepeel
Also active at: HAMLET, GELCO, PRALINART, SWEET LOGISTICS, HAMLET INTERNATIONAL
since 2024 · until 2029
Director · represented by Tom Geltmeyer
Also active at: HAMLET, GELCO, PRALINART, SWEET LOGISTICS, MEYERICK, HAMLET INTERNATIONAL
since 2019 · until 2025
Director · represented by Peter-Jan Geltmeyer
Also active at: HAMLET, GELCO, PRALINART, SWEET LOGISTICS, HAMLET INTERNATIONAL
since 2024 · until 2029
Director · represented by Michael Caenepeel
Also active at: HAMLET, GELCO, PRALINART, SWEET LOGISTICS, HAMLET INTERNATIONAL
since 2024 · until 2029
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Mosten 16
9160 Lokeren
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0892.388.320
- VAT number
- BE 0892.388.320
- Registered office
- Mosten 16, 9160 Lokeren
- Names & denominations
- A & A CHOCOLATERIE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 September 2007
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 12 Nov 2025
- Activities · NACE
Vervaardiging van cacao, chocolade en suikerwerk
Detailhandel in brood en banketbakkerswerk (koude bakkers)
Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk
Detailhandel in brood-, banketbakkerswerk en suikerwerk