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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 27 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 1.6 to 1.3.
Financials
Financial year 2026
Wick Trading Company BVBA from Lier, company number BE0893263102, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -4,226 after tax. For that financial year Wick Trading Company BVBA recorded a gross margin of € 106,415 and equity of € 46,353. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 2,957 to € -4,226. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 6, 2026.
€ 46,353
▼ 8% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -4,226
▼ still € 2,957 profit in 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 37,015
▼ 20% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 27,803.
People and assets in 2026
1.3
▼ 0.1 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 67,083
▼ 6% vs 2025
€ 51,600 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.
€ 19,832
▼ 16% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 385,000
▼ 9% vs 2025
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 202,514
▼ 11% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 7,698
▼ 33% vs 2025
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 129,595 | € 118,509 | € 125,455 | € 106,415 | ▼ 15% |
| Profit after taxes | € 15,678 | € -4,774 | € 2,957 | € -4,226 | ▼ € 7,182 |
| Equity | € 72,395 | € 67,622 | € 50,578 | € 46,353 | ▼ 8% |
| Total debts | € 471,451 | € 605,558 | € 663,657 | € 595,212 | ▼ 10% |
| Cash | € 24,858 | € 42,132 | € 46,386 | € 37,015 | ▼ 20% |
| Retained profit | € 53,845 | € 49,072 | € 32,028 | € 27,803 | ▼ 13% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 20,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 275,000 | € 400,000 | € 425,000 | € 385,000 | ▼ 9% |
| Balance sheet total | € 543,847 | € 673,180 | € 714,236 | € 641,565 | ▼ 10% |
| Employees (FTE) | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | ▼ 0.1 |
Key figures of Wick Trading Company BVBA, 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.
What happened to Wick Trading Company BVBA?
What happened at Wick Trading Company BVBA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: loss of € 4,226 (▼ € 7,182 vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Lier. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 15,678 profit in 2023 to € 4,226 loss in 2026.
Paid € 6,290 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 15,678 profit.
On average € 81,900 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
The stake of FRAJA HOLDING comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Wick Trading Company BVBABehind Wick Trading Company BVBA is Jan Franck. The shares are held by Jafra (85.2%), Franck Jan (14.8%) and FRAJA HOLDING (14.4%). It owns 52% of Webrands itself.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Jan Franck
Director
Shareholders
Participations
52%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Antwerpsesteenweg 491 box B
2500 Lier
Antwerpsesteenweg 491 box b
2500 Lier
Active since 5 November 2007
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
OVH, FR
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0893.263.102
- VAT number
- BE 0893.263.102
- Registered office
- Antwerpsesteenweg 491 bus B, 2500 Lier
- Names & denominations
- Wick Trading Company BVBA
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 5 November 2007
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026
- Contact
- wickcompany.com 03 777 74 40
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