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CLAREBOUT

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Public limited companyfounded 1994active for 32 yearsHeirweg(Nieuwk) 26, 8950 Heuvelland, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0452.829.157
Summary

CLAREBOUT has been active since 1994 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €229.2m and a net result of €5.9m. The figures fluctuate too strongly year-on-year for a reliable trend projection. Its solvency ranks better than 44% of 1,081 sector peers (NACE 73, financial year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 1.2% (low).

Directors

Directors
3 directors, 4 in day-to-day management, no change since 2025

Board 3

Erik Brandenburg
Director · since 31-10-2025
Current
Graham Dugdale
Director · since 31-10-2025
Current
James Alderman
Director · since 31-10-2025
Current
1 not recently confirmed
Still in office according to the deeds, but no deed of the last six years confirms the mandate. Mandates like this have often ended since, in a deed we have not read yet.
Marian Lein
Director · since 15-12-2009
Not recently confirmed

Day-to-day management 4

Erik Brandenburg
Managing director · since 31-10-2025
Current
Graham Dugdale
Managing director · since 31-10-2025
Current
James Alderman
Managing director · since 31-10-2025
Current
GertMasselus
Gedelegeerdbestuurder · since 18-12-2025
Current

Statutory auditor 1

KPMG Réviseurs d'Entreprises
Statutory auditor · since 12-03-2026 · permanent representative: Brecht Buysschaert
Current
Derived from published Gazette deeds. The KBO keeps the official list of office holders; we do not read it, so the two can differ. See the directors and other office holders in the KBO →

Mandate history

15 people since 2002, 6 in office
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  • Board
  • Day-to-day management
  • Statutory auditor
  • not recently confirmed
  • began earlier
Mandates per person, with start and end dates
Name Functions and periods
Erik Brandenburg
  • Director, from 31-10-2025 to date
  • Managing director, from 31-10-2025 to date
Graham Dugdale
  • Director, from 31-10-2025 to date
  • Managing director, from 31-10-2025 to date
James Alderman
  • Director, from 31-10-2025 to date
  • Managing director, from 31-10-2025 to date
GertMasselus
  • Gedelegeerdbestuurder, from 18-12-2025 to date
KPMG Réviseurs d'Entreprises
  • Statutory auditor, from 12-03-2026 to date
Marian Lein
  • Director, from 15-12-2009 not ended, last confirmed 27-10-2015
Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren
  • Statutory auditor, from 15-06-2018 to 12-03-2026
Gert Masselus
  • Director, from 01-05-2021 to 01-12-2023
  • Director (not named in the articles), from before 23-01-2024 to 12-12-2025
Jan Clarebout
  • Director, from before 14-02-2005 to 01-12-2023
  • Managing director, from before 14-02-2005 to 12-12-2025
  • Director (not named in the articles), from before 23-01-2024 to 12-12-2025
Yves Capoen
  • Director, from 16-06-2017 to 01-12-2023
  • Director (not named in the articles), from before 23-01-2024 to 12-12-2025
Werner Verstraete
  • Director, from before 14-02-2005 to 30-04-2021
BV CVBA Ernst & Young Assurance Services
  • Statutory auditor, from 19-06-2015 to 15-06-2018
Marian Leir
  • Director, until 04-01-2017
Grant Thornton, Lippens & Rabaey CVBA
  • Company auditor, from 27-12-2002 to 19-06-2015
Raphaël Clarebout
  • Managing director, until 15-12-2009
See the board, name and registered office on a given date →

Owners and capital

Owners

1 owner

Chain of control

  1. Simplot Europe Holdings 100%
  2. CLAREBOUT

Highest known parent: Simplot Europe Holdings. The sources do not say who stands above it.

Owners 1

According to the 2024 annual accounts of CLAREBOUT and those of the other companies, the acts in the Belgian Official Gazette and the LEI register. Annual accounts state the shareholders that notified the company under article 7:225 of the Code of Companies and Associations and the parent companies that consolidate it. The register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) is not public: who ultimately stands behind a natural person or a foreign parent is not stated here. A company that does not include these statements in its annual accounts, or does not have to, is not listed.

Capital and shareholders

Shareholders according to the deeds
Stated in the act act of 17-12-2025 ↗
Share transfer act of 17-12-2025 ↗

The Belgian Official Gazette names shareholders only when an act mentions them; the share register itself is not published.

Capital over the years
  1. 23-01-2024 Capital stated in 2 acts · €61,500 · 14,055 shares
  2. 10-11-2017 Capital reduction of €7,375,500 · to €61,500 · “aanrekening op het gedeelte van het werkelijk ingebracht/gestort kapitaal”
  3. 07-04-2015 Capital stated in the deed · €7,437,000 · 14,055 shares