Financials
Financial year 2024
CL WARNETON from Comines-Warneton, company number BE0893004269, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 6.3 million after tax. For that financial year CL WARNETON recorded revenue of € 407.5 million and equity of € 90.3 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 4.2 million to € 6.3 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 1, 2025.
€ 90.3 million
▲ 7% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 6.3 million
▲ 51% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1.8 million
▼ 33% 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 € 86.9 million.
People and assets in 2024
795
▲ 22.7 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 48.7 million
▲ 4% vs 2023
€ 61,300 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.
€ 113.5 million
▼ 8% vs 2023
Of which on lease € 113.3 million.
Debts at end 2024
€ 101.5 million
▼ 23% vs 2023
€ 25.6 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 206.5 million
▲ 12% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 241 days on average.
€ 6.8 million
▼ 11% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 189,664,708 | € 266,194,832 | € 385,452,673 | € 407,450,854 | ▲ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,620,347 | € 3,341,279 | € 4,207,545 | € 6,334,115 | ▲ 51% |
| Equity | € 78,228,902 | € 80,847,524 | € 84,369,512 | € 90,283,162 | ▲ 7% |
| Total debts | € 196,901,229 | € 238,663,861 | € 329,230,975 | € 318,346,257 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 3,205,421 | € 8,627,109 | € 2,729,602 | € 1,816,539 | ▼ 33% |
| Land & buildings | € 99,124,038 | € 95,452,106 | € 90,072,223 | € 87,611,243 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 73,051,540 | € 76,392,819 | € 80,600,364 | € 86,934,479 | ▲ 8% |
| Bank debt | € 138,935,374 | € 146,427,899 | € 131,037,661 | € 101,518,566 | ▼ 23% |
| Balance sheet total | € 275,572,996 | € 319,930,117 | € 413,995,086 | € 408,999,883 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 703.9 | 728.2 | 772.3 | 795 | ▲ 22.7 |
Key figures of CL WARNETON, 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 CL WARNETON?
What happened at CL WARNETON in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Yves Capoen stepped down as director. NBB
- Jan Clarebout stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 6.3 million (▲ 51% vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
- Yves Capoen became a director. NBB
- Jan Clarebout became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Frameries. KBO
- New establishment in Comines-Warneton. KBO
- New establishment in Comines-Warneton. KBO
In short
From € 1.6 million profit in 2021 to € 6.3 million profit in 2024.
Paid € 5.8 million in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 6.3 million profit.
Management
It owns 100% of CL Dunkerque sas and 100% of CLD Trans sas itself.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
since 2023 · until 2030
Jan Clarebout
Managing director
Also active at: DE FRENCH, DEWULF, TRANSMYL, IMMO DOUVE, CLAREBOUT POTATOES, MYDIBEL, STEENHUYS, CLF Logistics +14 more
since 2023 · until 2030
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Steenweg op Rijsel(WAA) 61
7784 Comines-Warneton
Pont Rouge steenweg(WAA) 57
7784 Comines-Warneton
Active since 20 March 2014
Chemin de Binche SN
7080 Frameries
Active since 1 September 2016
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0893.004.269
- VAT number
- BE 0893.004.269
- Registered office
- Steenweg op Rijsel(WAA) 61, 7784 Comines-Warneton
- Names & denominations
- CL WARNETON
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 October 2007
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
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