Devos-Caby

In bankruptcy Public limited companyfounded 1993Vichtesteenweg 200, 8540 DeerlijkKBO/BCE: BE 0451.862.919

Devos-Caby

Overview

Information for creditors

Enterprise Court of Ghent, Kortrijk division · Official Gazette of 19-03-2025

Appeal or third-party opposition 03-04-2025Filing the claim in RegSol 12-04-2025First verification report 29-04-2025Late claim 13-03-2026

Trustees: Nathalie Beernaert, Dries Lauwers. The judgment is more than a year old. A claim can no longer be filed, not even late. The trustee knows whether anything will still be paid out.

Lifetime

18 annual accounts with figures on one time axis, 30 filings since 1993

Compare with

peak €21.8m (2006)

€6.4m▼ 18.4%

lowest -€1.2m (2014)

-€414,081▼ €217,926

peak €6.1m (2007)

€312,144▼ 57.0%

€6.0m▼ 8.2%

peak 103.1 FTE (2007)

35.7 FTE▲ 2.3%

Board8 names since 2018

3 directorsHALIMAR and 2 others

Owners

25%BELTRA INTERNATIONAL

Documentsfilings and deeds

21-02-2025205 days late

2023financial year

Turnover from €7.8m to €6.4mLoss of €414,081Amendment of the articles 04-123 directors reappointed 25-09Equity from €726,225 to €312,144Cash from €188,346 to €32,267

Key points

from the 2023 annual accounts, the last ones filed

Equity

€312,144 from €6.1m in 2007

Equity fell by 95% in 16 years.

Result

-€414,081 ▼ 111%

The result fell in 2023 from -€196,155 to -€414,081.

Debts

€6.0m 95% of the balance sheet

Financial debts 18%Suppliers 60%Taxes and wages 4%Other 18%

€1.0m of the debts are secured on the company's own assets. In 2021 that was €2.2m.

Staff

35.7 FTE from 103.1 in 2007

Between 2007 and 2023, 65% of the full-time equivalents disappeared.

Filings

30 annual accounts since 1993

Four of the last ten came late. The 2023 accounts came latest: 205 days after the end of the period.

Public support

€101,138 awarded from 2022 to 2025

Flemish support, mostly Vlaamse ondersteuningspremie (VOP) voor werkgevers (uitdovend stelsel).

No score

Board and ownership

Vevi DEVOS

Managing director

HALIMAR

Managing director, Koen Devos

Joe VAN HERZEELE

Director, since 01-06-2021

Auditas Bedrijfsrevisoren

Auditor, Sven Vansteelant

BELTRA INTERNATIONAL 25%score 87equity €3.0m (2025) · 30-09-2025 annual accounts of BELTRA INTERNATIONAL

Board & ownership

Recent changes

19-03-2025

Bankruptcy published Enterprise Court of Ghent, Kortrijk division · judgment of 13-03-2025 · Bankruptcy

04-12-2023

Amendment of the articles Gazette deed

25-09-2023

3 directors reappointed HALIMAR (managing director and chair of the board), Vevi DEVOS (managing director) and Joe VAN HERZEELE · Permanent representative: Koen Devos · General meeting of 31-08-2023 · Gazette deed

26-09-2022

1 director appointed, 1 resignation, 1 statutory auditor reappointed Reappointment: AUDITAS BEDRIJFSREVISOREN (statutory auditor) · Resignation: Koen DEVOS (managing director and chair of the board) · Appointment: HALIMAR (managing director and chair of the board) · General meeting of 01-07-2022 · Gazette deed

All 47 events

Official details

Source: KBO

Status: In bankruptcydeclared bankrupt on 13-03-2025
Activity: Manufacture of textilesNACE 13930and 1 other
Joint committee: 120Textile industry · annual accounts 2022
Establishment unit: 2.065.474.4488540 Deerlijk, since 11-02-1994
Financial year end: 31 December
Peppol: Not found in the Peppol Directory

Company details

Annual accounts 2023

: €6.4m▼ 18.4%
: €414,081▲ 111%
: €312,144▼ 57.0%
: €6.3m▼ 13.1%
Employeeson 31-12-2023: 35▼ 2.8%
Filing: Filed on 21-02-2025

Financials

Insights on Devos-Caby

Devos-Caby reached its highest turnover in 2006: €21.8m. A year later it was €20.1m, and in 2008 still €16.6m.

Equity fell from €6.1m in 2007 to €312,144 in 2023.

On 13 March 2025 the court declared Devos-Caby bankrupt.

Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Annual accounts 2023

full format, filed on 21-02-2025, 205 days late

€6.4m

▼ 18.4%

-€393,959

▼ €412,311

-€272,971

▼ €513,848

-€293,093

▼ €319,462

4.9%

▼ 5.1 percentage points

1.00

▼ 0.09

Money flows

of every €100 of turnover, €6.46 was lost in 2023

Balance sheet

balance sheet total €6.3m on 31-12-2023

What the company ownsHow it is paid for

in euro

Position in the sector

Compare with sector

4.9%

Lower than 95% of 141 companies in 2023.

1.00

Higher than 16% of 140 companies in 2023.

-6.6%

Higher than 18% of 141 companies in 2023.

Devos-Caby Middle half of the sector 80% of the sector Full accounts in textiles (NACE 13)

Net result: bottom quarter · Equity: bottom quarter · Balance sheet total: middle half · Working capital: bottom quarter · Staff: middle half

Staff

Men and women36% women

22.8 men and 12.9 women in full-time equivalents in 2023.

€38,371

Men €40,184, women €33,909 per full-time equivalent. Jobs differ, so this is not a pay gap.

-4 people

people who joined people who left

In 2023, 7 people joined and 11 left. Training hours in 2023: 20. Agency workers: 0.1 on average.

Filed annual accounts

as filed with the National Bank, click a year to choose it

Line	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
Balance sheet: assets
`20/58`	6.3m	7.3m	8.4m	8.0m	9.0m	10.3m	10.1m	10.4m	10.1m	8.6m	10.7m	10.3m	10.9m	11.4m	11.0m	13.6m	16.1m	14.7m
`20`	-	-	-	-	-	24,471	49,010	73,549	98,087	122,626	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
`21/28`	368,016	314,997	392,523	566,229	882,533	1.2m	1.2m	1.4m	1.1m	505,011	383,908	409,122	639,152	1.2m	1.6m	3.7m	4.5m	3.3m
`21`	808	7,498	25,737	47,772	70,628	83,181	82,483	30,719	21,918	12,965	18,205	21,197	43,079	72,183	69,868	92,769	97,293	55,407
`22/27`	364,208	304,499	363,787	517,957	811,905	1.1m	1.1m	1.3m	976,986	369,420	365,702	354,385	572,791	1.1m	1.5m	2.4m	3.2m	2.0m
`23`	349,988	187,192	110,497	131,440	193,229	268,833	264,414	285,844	328,799	267,716	277,388	181,757	154,570	233,419	239,206	373,810	387,257	435,642
`24`	12,353	12,810	14,523	11,384	25,493	37,289	54,696	45,991	38,203	50,789	28,095	21,755	24,543	73,199	135,185	221,354	255,157	186,506
`25`	0	102,377	237,503	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
`26`	1,868	2,121	1,264	196	1,282	3,672	14,612	29,463	44,362	50,915	60,220	73,689	86,359	116,768	148,090	170,698	84,844	110,378
`28`	3,000	3,000	3,000	500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33,541	23,282	11,570	33,517	1.2m	1.2m	1.2m
`280/1`	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2m	1.2m	1.2m
`280`	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2m	1.2m	1.2m
`284/8`	3,000	3,000	3,000	500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33,541	23,282	11,570	33,517	43,836	34,880	16,721
`285/8`	3,000	3,000	3,000	500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33,541	23,282	11,570	33,517	43,836	34,880	16,721
`29/58`	5.9m	6.9m	8.1m	7.5m	8.1m	9.1m	8.8m	9.0m	9.0m	8.1m	10.3m	9.9m	10.3m	10.2m	9.4m	9.9m	11.7m	11.4m
`3`	4.0m	4.3m	4.7m	4.1m	4.9m	5.1m	5.3m	5.4m	5.3m	4.7m	5.7m	5.8m	5.5m	5.2m	4.6m	4.5m	3.8m	2.9m
`30/36`	4.0m	4.3m	4.7m	4.1m	4.9m	5.1m	5.3m	5.4m	5.3m	4.7m	5.7m	5.8m	5.5m	5.2m	4.6m	4.5m	3.8m	2.9m
`30/31`	2.5m	2.9m	3.3m	2.3m	2.9m	3.0m	2.9m	2.8m	2.9m	2.3m	3.0m	2.7m	2.8m	2.6m	2.1m	2.1m	2.1m	1.6m
`33`	1.4m	1.3m	1.3m	1.6m	1.7m	1.6m	1.8m	1.8m	1.5m	1.5m	1.7m	2.3m	1.8m	1.7m	1.7m	1.7m	1.5m	1.3m
`34`	92,813	108,849	155,805	215,027	307,383	521,466	611,855	754,730	826,528	886,733	1.0m	809,398	916,240	804,066	827,729	709,440	193,874	3,644
`40/41`	1.9m	2.3m	3.0m	3.0m	2.8m	3.5m	3.2m	2.9m	3.3m	2.7m	4.2m	3.8m	4.3m	4.4m	4.1m	5.1m	7.2m	7.0m
`40`	1.7m	2.0m	2.7m	2.7m	2.5m	3.0m	2.8m	2.4m	3.0m	2.5m	3.8m	3.4m	3.8m	3.8m	3.7m	4.1m	6.2m	5.8m
`41`	197,207	297,891	269,983	284,246	270,264	504,900	361,826	486,777	288,011	229,258	380,669	336,817	463,799	580,450	385,750	915,215	1.0m	1.2m
`54/58`	32,267	188,346	208,633	338,159	269,834	335,895	150,352	489,649	325,555	529,648	280,936	191,200	311,048	403,858	487,926	118,487	529,797	1.3m
`490/1`	44,072	119,798	140,848	52,785	153,834	175,576	182,358	164,373	179,524	164,336	164,872	162,111	167,174	175,479	178,088	174,398	170,218	167,253
Balance sheet: equity and liabilities
`10/49`	6.3m	7.3m	8.4m	8.0m	9.0m	10.3m	10.1m	10.4m	10.1m	8.6m	10.7m	10.3m	10.9m	11.4m	11.0m	13.6m	16.1m	14.7m
`10/15`	312,144	726,225	922,380	789,131	533,658	1.3m	2.1m	2.1m	2.7m	2.8m	4.1m	4.1m	4.4m	4.0m	4.7m	5.8m	6.1m	6.0m
`10/11`	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.2m	1.2m	1.2m
`10`	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
`100`	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.2m	1.2m	1.2m
`13`	311,892	311,892	311,892	311,892	311,892	311,892	1.1m	1.1m	1.7m	1.8m	3.1m	3.1m	3.4m	3.0m	3.7m	4.4m	4.5m	4.5m
`130/1`	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
`130`	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	120,000	120,000	120,000
`132`	48,071	48,071	48,071	48,071	48,071	48,071	48,071	48,071	48,071	48,071	48,071	48,071	75,664	190,136	304,607	430,402	590,353	827,383
`133`	163,820	163,820	163,820	163,820	163,820	163,820	956,148	927,404	1.6m	1.7m	2.9m	2.9m	3.2m	2.7m	3.2m	3.8m	3.8m	3.6m
`14`	-999,747	-585,666	-389,511	-523,508	-778,981	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
`15`	-	-	0	747	747	747	747	747	747	747	747	747	747	747	20,546	246,018	374,410	294,732
`16`	-	-	0	477	477	477	75,477	477	477	477	477	477	14,685	73,629	192,675	517,813	716,288	797,314
`160/5`	-	-	-	-	-	-	75,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50,000	200,000	250,000	250,000
`164/5`	-	-	-	-	-	-	75,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50,000	200,000	250,000	250,000
`168`	-	-	0	477	477	477	477	477	477	477	477	477	14,685	73,629	142,675	317,813	466,288	547,314
`17/49`	6.0m	6.5m	7.5m	7.2m	8.5m	9.0m	7.9m	8.3m	7.4m	5.8m	6.6m	6.3m	6.5m	7.3m	6.1m	7.3m	9.4m	7.8m
`17`	0	65,625	265,715	616,537	775,457	1.1m	1.2m	1.4m	1.1m	-	-	21,169	117,141	385,585	802,196	1.5m	2.4m	1.8m
`170/4`	0	65,625	265,715	616,537	775,457	1.1m	1.2m	1.4m	1.1m	-	-	21,169	117,141	385,585	802,196	1.5m	2.4m	1.8m
`172`	-	0	54,678	260,572	512,957	762,069	736,060	922,359	523,463	-	-	21,169	117,141	385,585	695,096	1.2m	1.9m	1.1m
`173`	0	65,625	211,037	355,964	262,500	350,000	437,500	525,000	612,500	-	-	-	-	-	107,100	275,283	519,859	739,904
`42/48`	5.9m	6.4m	7.2m	6.6m	7.6m	7.9m	6.7m	6.8m	6.2m	5.8m	6.6m	6.3m	6.4m	6.9m	5.3m	5.8m	6.9m	6.0m
`42`	65,625	248,592	342,509	382,353	336,612	333,384	273,799	271,422	178,035	-	21,169	95,972	268,444	537,228	616,099	969,414	1.0m	648,529
`43`	1.1m	958,004	1.8m	1.9m	1.9m	1.8m	2.0m	1.9m	2.1m	2.0m	2.1m	1.8m	2.1m	1.7m	953,659	1.4m	107,490	58,098
`430/8`	1.1m	958,004	1.8m	1.9m	1.9m	1.8m	2.0m	1.9m	2.1m	2.0m	2.1m	1.8m	2.1m	1.7m	953,659	1.4m	107,490	58,098
`44`	3.6m	3.9m	3.9m	3.3m	4.1m	4.5m	3.1m	3.1m	2.8m	2.3m	3.0m	2.9m	2.5m	3.1m	2.8m	2.6m	5.0m	4.5m
`440/4`	3.6m	3.9m	3.9m	3.3m	4.1m	4.5m	3.1m	3.1m	2.8m	2.3m	3.0m	2.9m	2.5m	3.1m	2.8m	2.5m	3.7m	3.7m
`441`	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	111,363	1.3m	816,596
`46`	77,459	39,630	24,365	0	71,972	41,367	22,040	139,795	29,340	19,095	80,628	37,839	34,134	51,729	75,313	27,367	23,370	29,769
`45`	229,389	353,744	330,123	243,972	427,661	377,863	361,987	332,752	367,488	381,021	376,344	395,323	429,855	479,166	484,968	595,176	670,029	649,043
`450/3`	7,239	9,363	14,595	7,255	23,176	9,106	9,559	10,994	17,929	30,208	22,004	25,239	27,816	45,908	27,716	70,646	47,205	68,370
`454/9`	222,149	344,380	315,528	236,717	404,485	368,758	352,428	321,757	349,559	350,813	354,340	370,085	402,039	433,258	457,253	524,530	622,824	580,673
`47/48`	888,864	853,186	824,470	796,430	798,526	834,229	818,396	1.0m	771,115	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	366,076	171,938	131,570	115,350
`492/3`	51,784	87,825	37,874	35,386	60,512	49,471	47,058	41,576	39,578	42,046	34,982	9,152	12,940	15,641	24,668	34,261	24,910	33,810
Income statement
`70/76A`	6.6m	8.0m	9.7m	8.6m	10.4m	10.7m	11.5m	10.7m	10.0m	10.3m	12.7m	12.7m	12.9m	13.0m	11.9m	17.4m	20.6m	22.1m
`70`	6.4m	7.8m	9.9m	8.5m	9.9m	10.3m	11.0m	9.8m	9.5m	10.0m	12.6m	11.7m	12.4m	12.4m	11.4m	16.6m	20.1m	21.8m
`71`	84,700	-22,108	-361,433	-44,145	77,463	-168,137	7,366	355,800	-53,357	-95,305	-514,335	610,107	112,971	99,157	-64,070	75,003	151,658	3,075
`72`	-	-	-	-	-	15,992	58,631	36,675	39,160	-	5,350	-	-	-	-	6,796	-	15,887
`74`	62,413	135,598	76,799	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
`76A`	-	0	1,224	6,064	15,000	-	-	10,255	-	6,380	4,880	7,413	817,184	3,800	270,938	70,580	546,200	783,455
`60/66A`	6.9m	7.9m	9.5m	8.3m	11.0m	11.3m	11.4m	11.2m	10.0m	10.2m	12.5m	12.9m	13.1m	13.7m	12.1m	17.1m	21.3m	21.8m
`60`	4.1m	4.5m	6.0m	4.8m	6.5m	6.6m	7.0m	6.8m	6.0m	6.5m	8.4m	8.4m	8.5m	8.4m	6.6m	10.1m	13.9m	14.2m
`600/8`	3.6m	4.2m	6.7m	4.3m	6.1m	6.8m	6.9m	6.6m	6.5m	6.0m	8.7m	8.1m	8.8m	8.8m	6.7m	10.7m	14.6m	14.2m
`609`	501,506	369,624	-719,082	546,687	407,226	-130,786	92,295	207,754	-528,029	485,725	-257,835	246,110	-209,016	-472,422	-110,814	-590,566	-649,588	-11,661
`61`	1.4m	1.6m	1.7m	1.4m	1.9m	2.0m	1.8m	1.8m	1.7m	1.7m	2.0m	1.9m	1.9m	2.1m	2.1m	2.7m	3.1m	2.9m
`62`	1.4m	1.5m	1.8m	1.5m	2.3m	2.1m	2.1m	2.1m	2.1m	2.0m	2.1m	2.1m	2.1m	2.5m	2.6m	3.2m	3.4m	3.3m
`630`	120,988	222,525	222,480	324,454	412,745	414,749	401,919	430,178	277,644	166,849	179,254	372,334	509,956	671,001	873,368	1.1m	955,400	755,721
`631/4`	-59,542	34,017	-196,732	175,879	-98,987	204,290	-18,777	33,995	-98,963	-39,933	-124,707	128,870	-19,695	127,615	-27,385	14,882	-119,790	410,280
`635/8`	-	-	-	-	-	-75,000	75,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-50,000	-150,000	-50,000	-	250,000
`640/8`	9,376	20,312	6,140	9,951	16,780	16,059	13,222	8,650	6,623	28,447	20,713	40,596	52,265	26,910	24,153	70,008	30,279	21,409
`649`	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-122,693	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
`66A`	0	2,160	6,809	35,210	-	-	-	-	-	1.2m	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
`9901`	-393,959	18,352	206,113	349,923	-645,956	-602,447	103,007	-506,424	-407	86,054	166,890	-209,176	-199,907	-707,293	-192,243	311,081	-683,398	240,903
`75/76B`	156,468	69,959	61,577	28,635	18,209	130	104,030	50,727	7,234	36,928	67,776	137,061	160,107	373,881	337,245	488,420	504,687	377,024
`75`	156,468	69,959	61,577	28,635	18,209	130	104,030	50,727	7,234	36,928	67,776	137,061	160,107	373,881	337,245	488,420	504,687	377,024
`751`	-	-	-	-	4	13	26	16	185	65	100	349	124	285	39,886	209	10,099	895
`752/9`	156,468	69,959	61,577	28,635	18,205	117	104,004	50,711	7,049	36,864	67,676	136,712	159,982	373,596	297,359	488,211	494,588	376,129
`65/66B`	176,590	284,541	134,625	123,011	149,749	188,732	177,361	200,267	100,858	206,246	235,103	272,858	434,590	450,867	424,514	1.1m	597,741	549,396
`65`	176,590	284,541	134,625	123,011	149,749	188,732	177,361	200,267	100,858	206,246	235,103	272,858	434,590	450,867	424,514	1.1m	597,741	549,396
`650`	125,120	78,498	75,321	73,811	86,471	99,175	103,116	109,803	47,561	42,806	51,236	60,470	95,760	95,961	155,776	211,983	139,886	106,681
`652/9`	51,469	206,043	59,305	49,200	63,278	89,557	74,245	90,465	53,297	163,440	183,867	212,388	338,829	354,906	268,737	880,288	457,855	442,715
`9903`	-414,081	-196,231	133,065	255,547	-777,496	-791,049	29,677	-655,964	-94,030	-1.2m	4,443	-337,561	342,795	-780,479	-8,574	-222,191	-230,251	851,986
`780`	-	0	477	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
`67/77`	0	-76	293	74	1,485	1,279	933	365	337	612	803	1,245	-	-	-	31,911	14,956	13,814
`670/3`	0	71	293	74	1,485	1,279	933	371	337	612	803	1,245	-	-	-	31,911	14,956	13,814
`77`	0	146	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
`9904`	-414,081	-196,155	133,250	255,473	-778,981	-792,328	28,744	-656,330	-94,367	-1.2m	3,640	-324,597	401,739	-670,169	105,930	-105,627	-56,246	646,493
`789`	-	0	747	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27,592	114,472	114,472	114,472	159,951	237,031	39,604
`689`	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	504,976
`9905`	-414,081	-196,155	133,997	255,473	-778,981	-792,328	28,744	-656,330	-94,367	-1.2m	3,640	-297,005	516,211	-555,697	220,402	54,324	180,785	181,121
Appropriation of the result
`9906`	-999,747	-585,666	-389,511	-523,508	-778,981	-792,328	28,744	-656,330	-94,367	-1.2m	3,640	-297,005	516,211	-555,697	220,402	54,324	180,785	181,121
`14P`	-585,666	-389,511	-523,508	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
`791/2`	-	-	-	-	-	792,328	-	656,330	94,367	1.2m	-	297,005	-	555,697	-	-	-	-
`792`	-	-	-	-	-	792,328	-	656,330	94,367	1.2m	-	297,005	-	555,697	-	-	-	-
`691/2`	-	-	-	-	-	-	28,744	-	-	-	3,640	-	516,211	-	182,402	54,324	180,785	181,121
`6920`	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,876	-	-	-
`6921`	-	-	-	-	-	-	28,744	-	-	-	3,640	-	516,211	-	179,526	54,324	180,785	181,121
`694/7`	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38,000	-	-	-
`694`	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38,000	-	-	-
Social balance sheet
`9087`	35.7	34.9	41.6	44.3	53	53.2	52.9	52.3	52.3	52.9	52.5	55.6	66.8	80.3	86	100.8	103.1	101.6
Men (FTE)`1003`	22.8	23.7	26.5	24.6	28.1	29.8	29.1	30.1	31.6	33	31.7	33.2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Women (FTE)`1003`	12.9	11.2	15.1	19.7	24.9	23.4	23.8	22.2	20.7	19.9	20.8	22.4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Agency workers`1501`	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.8	1.7	1.5	0.6	2	2	0.9	1.3	-	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.3	1.4	2.4
Hours worked`1013`	39,168	41,434	57,054	52,642	76,791	71,975	73,455	77,240	75,336	71,483	75,871	77,520	82,211	101,269	105,787	132,040	150,280	148,949
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The accounts for 12 older financial years (1993-2005) were filed as documents without figures as data, scans for example.

The notes to these accounts have 73 items, including the statement of assets and debts, the cost breakdown and rights and commitments. You find them in the filed accounts (PDF).

Source: Annual accounts 2023 (PDF), filed on 21-02-2025.

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Filings

each dot is a set of accounts, on the day it reached the National Bank

Financial year	Type	Filed	Reference	Document
31-12-2023	full format	21-02-2025	2025-00040751	PDF
31-12-2022	full format	01-09-2023	2023-00406597	PDF
31-12-2021	full format	19-07-2022	2022-20202416	PDF
31-12-2020	full format	01-07-2021	2021-30000168	PDF
31-12-2019	full format	27-10-2020	2020-64200139	PDF
31-12-2018	full format	24-07-2019	2019-37300251	PDF
31-12-2017	full format	31-08-2018	2018-55000327	PDF
31-12-2016	full format	07-07-2017	2017-28600571	PDF
31-12-2015	full format	04-07-2016	2016-27800297	PDF
31-12-2014	full format	03-07-2015	2015-25800234	PDF
31-12-2013	full format	29-07-2014	2014-36000332	PDF
31-12-2012	full format	22-07-2013	2013-34100372	PDF
31-12-2011	full format	31-08-2012	2012-49900403	PDF
31-12-2010	full format	31-08-2011	2011-47800557	PDF
31-12-2009	full format	30-08-2010	2010-46400217	PDF
31-12-2008	full format	26-08-2009	2009-63700186	PDF
31-12-2007	full format	30-09-2008	2008-76400049	PDF
31-12-2006	full format	27-09-2007	2007-74200372	PDF
31-12-2005	full format	30-11-2006	2006-88703131	PDF
31-12-2004	full format	24-10-2005	2005-83201266	PDF
31-12-2003	full format	17-11-2004	2004-79504087	PDF
31-12-2002	full format	11-02-2004	2004-04305043	PDF
31-12-2001	full format	23-12-2002	2002-78401115	PDF
30-06-2000	full format	08-05-2001	2001-11804884	PDF
30-06-1999	full format	30-05-2000	2000-16504157	PDF
30-06-1998	full format	04-06-1999	1999-14603598	PDF
30-06-1997	full format	18-02-1998	1998-03002779	PDF
30-06-1996	full format	30-04-1997	1997-06703260	PDF
30-06-1995	full format	22-04-1996	1996-06401078	PDF
31-12-1993	full format	04-11-1994	1994-46100073	PDF

Subsidies and aid

Flemish government 2022 to 2025, 9 entries, €101,138 awarded, €100,967 paid

Vlaamse ondersteuningspremie (VOP) voor werkgevers (uitdovend stelsel)

€50,937

Subsidies voor internationaal ondernemen

€47,675

Subsidie voor opleiding en advies voor kmo's en zelfstandigen (kmo-portefeuille)

€2,526

Year	Entries	Awarded	Paid
2025	1	€7,102	€6,931
2024	2	€16,235	€16,235
2023	3	€61,881	€61,881
2022	3	€15,920	€15,920

Key figures and ratios

per financial year, computed from the annual accounts

2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
-272,971	240,877	428,593	674,377	-233,210	-187,698	504,926	-76,246	277,238	252,903	346,144	163,157	310,049	-36,292	681,125	1.4m	272,002	996,624
-293,093	26,370	355,730	579,927	-366,235	-377,579	430,663	-226,152	183,277	-1.1m	182,894	47,736	911,694	832	979,297	1.0m	899,153	1.4m
174,008	146,639	46,111	13,545	42,988	447,030	183,976	774,364	869,625	165,259	187,580	132,045	37,201	309,543	81,704	382,879	2.1m	2.2m
-156,079	-20,287	-129,526	68,325	-66,061	185,543	-339,298	164,095	-204,093	248,712	89,736	-119,848	-92,810	-84,068	369,439	-411,310	-793,868	-
-4,088	564,679	833,447	875,301	487,572	1.2m	2.2m	2.1m	2.8m	2.4m	3.7m	3.7m	3.9m	3.3m	4.1m	4.1m	4.8m	5.4m
-6.1%	0.2%	2.1%	4.1%	-6.5%	-5.9%	0.9%	-5.1%	0.0%	0.9%	1.3%	-1.8%	-1.6%	-5.7%	-1.7%	1.9%	-3.4%	1.1%
4.9%	10.0%	10.9%	9.8%	5.9%	12.7%	20.9%	19.9%	26.9%	32.8%	38.0%	39.2%	40.3%	35.1%	42.5%	42.8%	37.5%	41.1%
1.00	1.09	1.12	1.13	1.06	1.16	1.33	1.31	1.45	1.41	1.56	1.59	1.61	1.47	1.78	1.71	1.69	1.90
0.33	0.41	0.46	0.51	0.42	0.51	0.53	0.52	0.60	0.59	0.70	0.66	0.75	0.72	0.90	0.93	1.14	1.42
19.21	9.00	8.16	9.18	15.86	6.88	3.74	4.01	2.71	2.05	1.63	1.55	1.48	1.83	1.31	1.25	1.55	1.30
-132.7%	-27.0%	14.4%	32.4%	-146.0%	-60.4%	1.4%	-31.6%	-3.5%	-43.8%	0.1%	-8.0%	9.2%	-16.8%	2.3%	-1.8%	-0.9%	10.7%
-6.6%	-2.7%	1.6%	3.2%	-8.7%	-7.7%	0.3%	-6.3%	-0.9%	-14.3%	0.0%	-3.1%	3.7%	-5.9%	1.0%	-0.8%	-0.3%	4.4%
-2.18	3.07	5.69	9.14	-2.70	-1.89	4.90	-0.69	5.83	5.91	6.76	2.70	3.24	-0.38	4.37	6.83	1.94	9.34
95 days	93 days	100 days	115 days	93 days	105 days	94 days	91 days	114 days	90 days	110 days	108 days	112 days	112 days	119 days	91 days	112 days	98 days
239 days	234 days	186 days	196 days	177 days	191 days	129 days	134 days	132 days	104 days	105 days	102 days	87 days	109 days	118 days	74 days	107 days	96 days

A Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement. Cash flow is therefore an approximation, derived from the income statement. Investment is the acquisitions in the notes and, without them, the balance-sheet move.

Social balance sheet

Item	31-12-2023	31-12-2022	31-12-2021
Employees at the balance-sheet date	35	36	44
full-time	29	31	37
part-time	6	5	7
in full-time equivalents	32.9	34.6	41.6
	35.7	34.9	41.6
On a permanent contract	35	36	43
Joined	7	37	52
Left	11	38	52
Agency workers, average number	0.1	0.1	1.6
Training hours	20	194	352

Source: social balance sheet in the 2021 to 2023 annual accounts

Securities and guarantees

on own assets and for others

Item	2023	2022	2021
Debts secured on the company's own assets	€1.0m	€1.3m	€2.2m
	€2.0m	€2.0m	€2.0m
Pledge on other assets, amount secured	€200,000	€58,004	€855,388
Carrying value of the other pledged assets	-	€367,976	€1.7m

Source: notes to the 2021 to 2023 annual accounts (statement of debts and off-balance-sheet rights and commitments)

Investments

fixed assets acquired

Item	2023	2022	2021
Tangible fixed assets	€174,008	€146,639	€46,111
	€120,988	€222,525	€222,480

Source: notes to the 2021 to 2023 annual accounts (statement of fixed assets)

Auditor

fees

The auditor is Auditas Bedrijfsrevisoren.

Item	2023	2022	2021
Fee for the audit	€5,924	€5,250	€5,250

Source: notes to the 2021 to 2023 annual accounts (relations with the auditor)

Insights on Devos-Caby

The operating result for 2023 is a loss of €393,959, after a profit of €18,352 in 2022. It is the lowest result since 2019.

Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 90.0% to 95.1%. Equity and debt are lower.

Board & ownership

Curators

the curators have managed the company since 13-03-2025

Nathalie Beernaert

Curator, Dammestraat-West 6, 8800 Roeselare

Also on 67 other cases

Dries Lauwers

Curator, Bornstraat 44, 8800 Roeselare

Also on 23 other cases

Last board

3 directors, 2 in day-to-day management, 1 auditor, last change in 2023

Vevi DEVOS

Managing director

managing director since 09-02-2018 managing director in office according to the deed of 25-09-2023

listed in the 2022 annual accounts, filed on 01-09-2023

Joe VAN HERZEELE

Director

since 01-06-2021

listed in the 2022 annual accounts, filed on 01-09-2023

HALIMAR CommV

Managing director and chair of the board, permanent representative Koen Devos

managing director and chair of the board since 01-07-2022 managing director and chair of the board appointed by deed of 26-09-2022

listed in the 2022 annual accounts, filed on 01-09-2023

Auditas Bedrijfsrevisoren

Statutory auditor, permanent representative Sven Vansteelant

appointed by deed of 26-09-2022

: HALIMAR, Vevi DEVOS
Signing authority: “verrichtingen bij de bedrijven die een openbare nutsvoorziening aanbieden, zoals spoorwegen, post, telefoon, water en andere. De…”
deed of 25-09-2023

Permanent representatives 1

Koen Devos

Permanent representative, for HALIMAR

appointed by deed of 26-09-2022

Office holders in the KBO →

Mandates through the years

8 names, the dashed line is today

HALIMAR
Managing director and chair of the board

Vevi DEVOS
Managing director

Joe VAN HERZEELE
Director

Auditas Bedrijfsrevisoren
Statutory auditor

Koen DEVOS
Managing director and chair of the board

Leopold DEVOS
Director

Steven Van Den Bossche
Director

Walter Devos
Director

LeadershipBoardEarliermandate already running before its first mentionBankruptcy 13-03-2025

Mandates as a list

HALIMAR
- Managing director and chair of the board, from 09-02-2018, until the bankruptcy of 13-03-2025
- Managing director and chair of the board, appointed by deed of 26-09-2022, until the bankruptcy of 13-03-2025
Vevi DEVOS
- Managing director, from 09-02-2018, until the bankruptcy of 13-03-2025
- Managing director, from before 31-08-2023, until the bankruptcy of 13-03-2025
Joe VAN HERZEELE
- Director, from 01-06-2021, until the bankruptcy of 13-03-2025
Auditas Bedrijfsrevisoren
- Statutory auditor, appointed by deed of 26-09-2022, until the bankruptcy of 13-03-2025
Koen DEVOS
- Managing director and chair of the board, from 09-02-2018 to 01-07-2022
Leopold DEVOS
- Director, appointed by deed of 02-10-2020, until 27-07-2021
Steven Van Den Bossche
- Director, appointed by deed of 07-02-2020, until 28-08-2020
Walter Devos
- Director, until 16-09-2019

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Control

Shareholder

BELTRA INTERNATIONAL

Equity €3.0m

Loss €59,436 in 2025 (profit €181,266 in 2024)

Checked score 87

Source: accounts BELTRA INTERNATIONAL 30-09-2025

25%

This company

Devos-Caby

Equity €312,144

Loss €414,081 in 2023

Capital

Capital: €1,000,000
Shares: 11,320 in the 2023 annual accounts
Contribution per share: €88.34
Equity per share: €27.57 in 2023
Source: deed of 04-12-2023

Owners through the years

as the annual accounts name them

BELTRA INTERNATIONAL

25%

Owners as a list

BELTRA INTERNATIONAL
- 2020 to 2025: 25%

Source: lists of holdings in the owners' accounts

Articles of association

deed of 04-12-2023 (in Dutch)

Duration: Unlimited
Board rule: At least 3 directors
Term of at most 6 years
Annual meeting: First Saturday of June at 16:00

Network & group

Holdings

own 2008 accounts

This companyDevos-Caby1 holding, 1 country 2008 accounts

Europe 1 Equity Result

RU BELKA CJSC51% RUB 111,239 result RUB 31,479

Source: list of holdings in its own 2008 accounts. The amounts are in that list and come from the holdings' accounts at 31-12-2008, in their own currency.

At the same address

Vichtesteenweg 200, 8540 Deerlijk · 2 other companies

MIDDELHOF registered office since 27-07-1987 · founded in 1985	total assets €1.6m (2025) 0428.065.849
D.C. HOLDING registered office since 24-07-2009 · founded in 2009 · negative equity (2025)	total assets €245 (2025) 0817.714.354

Earlier ties

SILVERLINE ENGINEERING

via HALIMAR, no longer at SILVERLINE ENGINEERING · Manager · deed of 14-09-2022

No longer active

Holdings through the years

2006 to 2008

Holdings through the years
Name	2006	2007	2008
BELKA CJSCRU 2007 to 2008: 51%		51%
BELKA GJSCRU 2006: 51%	51%

Source: list of holdings in its own accounts

Connections & network

1 connected company

Depth

The connected companies are in the list below.

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Linked via shared directors

D.C. HOLDING

via HALIMAR · Bestuurder,gedelegeerdbestuurderenvoorzittervanderaadvanbestuur · deed of 14-09-2022

Founded in 2009 · total assets €245 (2025) · negative equity

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Timeline

47 events since 1993

Board

Capital

Filings

Financial

Establishments

Insolvency

Address

1995200020052010201520202025

2025

19-03-2025

Bankruptcy published Enterprise Court of Ghent, Kortrijk division · judgment of 13-03-2025

21-02-2025

Annual accounts 2023 filed PDFfull format · 205 days late

2023

04-12-2023

Amendment of the articles2 points ▸

Registered-office move, Flemish Region
Capital, €1,000,000, 11,320 shares
The deed holds 4 more points.

Open the deed in the Belgian Official Gazette

25-09-2023

3 directors reappointedHALIMAR (managing director and chair of the board), Vevi DEVOS (managing director) and Joe VAN HERZEELE · Permanent representative: Koen Devos · General meeting of 31-08-20236 points ▸

General meeting, 31-08-2023
Board meeting, 31-08-2023
Director reappointment, HALIMAR (managing director and chair of the board)
Director reappointment, Vevi DEVOS (managing director)
Director reappointment, Joe VAN HERZEELE
Permanent representative, Koen Devos

Open the deed in the Belgian Official Gazette

01-09-2023

Annual accounts 2022 filed PDFfull format · 32 days late

2022

26-09-2022

1 director appointed, 1 resignation, 1 statutory auditor reappointedReappointment: AUDITAS BEDRIJFSREVISOREN (statutory auditor) · Resignation: Koen DEVOS (managing director and chair of the board) · Appointment: HALIMAR (managing director and chair of the board) · General meeting of 01-07-20227 points ▸

General meeting, 06-12-2021
Auditor reappointment, AUDITAS BEDRIJFSREVISOREN (statutory auditor)
General meeting, 01-07-2022
Board meeting, 01-07-2022
Director resignation, Koen DEVOS (managing director and chair of the board)
Director appointment, HALIMAR (managing director and chair of the board)
Permanent representative, Koen DEVOS

Open the deed in the Belgian Official Gazette

19-07-2022

Annual accounts 2021 filed PDFfull format · 12 days before the deadline

2021

27-07-2021

Resignation: Leopold DEVOS (director)Appointment: Joe VAN HERZEELE (director) · General meeting of 01-06-20213 points ▸

General meeting, 01-06-2021
Director resignation, Leopold DEVOS
Director appointment, Joe VAN HERZEELE

Open the deed in the Belgian Official Gazette

01-07-2021

Annual accounts 2020 filed PDFfull format · 30 days before the deadline

2020

31-12-2020

Back to profit net €255,473 The net result is €255,473, after 2 loss-making years.

27-10-2020

Annual accounts 2019 filed PDFfull format · 88 days late

02-10-2020

Resignation: Steven Van Den Bossche (director)Appointment: Leopold DEVOS (director) · General meeting of 01-09-20203 points ▸

General meeting, 01-09-2020
Director resignation, Steven Van Den Bossche
Director appointment, Leopold DEVOS

Open the deed in the Belgian Official Gazette

07-02-2020

Resignation: Walter Devos (director)Appointment: Steven Van Den Bossche (director) · General meeting of 16-09-20193 points ▸

General meeting, 16-09-2019
Director resignation, Walter Devos
Director appointment, Steven Van Den Bossche
The deed holds 1 more point.

Open the deed in the Belgian Official Gazette

2019

14-11-2019

Resignation: Walter Devos (director)Appointment: Steven Van Den Bossche (director) · General meeting of 16-09-20193 points ▸

General meeting, 16-09-2019
Director resignation, Walter Devos
Director appointment, Steven Van Den Bossche

Open the deed in the Belgian Official Gazette

24-07-2019

Annual accounts 2018 filed PDFfull format · 7 days before the deadline

2018

31-08-2018

Annual accounts 2017 filed PDFfull format · 31 days late

2017

31-12-2017

Back to profit net €28,744 The net result is €28,744, after 3 loss-making years.

07-07-2017

Annual accounts 2016 filed PDFfull format · 24 days before the deadline

2016

04-07-2016

Annual accounts 2015 filed PDFfull format · 27 days before the deadline

2015

03-07-2015

Annual accounts 2014 filed PDFfull format · 28 days before the deadline

2014

31-12-2014

Weakest financial year net -€1.2m The net result drops to -€1.2m, the lowest from 2006 to 2023.

29-07-2014

Annual accounts 2013 filed PDFfull format · 2 days before the deadline

2013

31-12-2013

Back to profit net €3,640 The net result is €3,640, after one loss-making year.

22-07-2013

Annual accounts 2012 filed PDFfull format · 9 days before the deadline

2012

31-08-2012

Annual accounts 2011 filed PDFfull format · 31 days late

2011

31-12-2011

Back to profit net €401,739 The net result is €401,739, after one loss-making year.

31-08-2011

Annual accounts 2010 filed PDFfull format · 31 days late

2010

30-08-2010

Annual accounts 2009 filed PDFfull format · 30 days late

2009

31-12-2009

Back to profit net €105,930 The net result is €105,930, after 2 loss-making years.

26-08-2009

Annual accounts 2008 filed PDFfull format · 26 days late

21-08-2009

Deed on restructuring Capital €1,000,000, annual accounts 2009

2008

30-09-2008

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2007

27-09-2007

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2006

30-11-2006

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2005

24-10-2005

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2004

17-11-2004

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11-02-2004

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2002

23-12-2002

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2001

08-05-2001

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2000

30-05-2000

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1999

04-06-1999

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1998

18-02-1998

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1997

30-04-1997

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1996

22-04-1996

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1994

04-11-1994

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11-02-1994

First establishment DEVOS CABY NV, Vichtesteenweg 200, Deerlijk

1993

16-12-1993

Incorporation 38 publications in the Belgian Official Gazette, the last on 04-12-2023 · published on 22-01-1994

Financial milestones sit on the financial year-end date, not the filing date.

Sources: Publications in the Belgian Official Gazette Filings with the National Bank

History

Devos-Caby was incorporated on 16 December 1993.¹ Turnover fell from €10.3m in 2018 to €6.4m in 2023 and headcount from 53.2 to 35.7 full-time equivalents.² On 13 March 2025 the company was declared bankrupt.³

Company details

Identity

Enterprise number: 0451.862.919
VAT number: BE 0451.862.919
LEI code: 549300WNWL4N21Z3KF96 no longer live in the LEI register
Legal form: Public limited company
Status: In bankruptcy, since 13-03-2025
Founded: 16-12-1993
Financial year: ends on 31 December
Annual meeting: First Saturday of June at 16:00
deed of 04-12-2023 (in Dutch)
Peppol: Not found in the Peppol Directory
Name: Devos-Caby in Dutch
Entity type: Legal entity
Duration: Unlimited
deed of 04-12-2023 (in Dutch)
Registered office clause: “Vlaams Gewest”
deed of 04-12-2023 (in Dutch)

Activities

NACEBEL 2025

13930 Manufacture of textiles main activity

13300 Finishing of textiles

Joint committees annual accounts 2022

JC 120 Textile industry

Codes under NACEBEL 2008

13930 Manufacture of textiles main activity

13300 Finishing of textiles

Codes under NACEBEL 2003

17510 main activity

17300

Purpose: “De fabricatie,het tuften,de aankoop,de verkoop,de commissiehandel,de vertegenwoordiging,de import en export,de consignatie van alle…”
4 activities
De fabricatie,het tuften,de aankoop,de verkoop,de commissiehandel,de vertegenwoordiging,de import en export,de consignatie van alle weefsels,alsmede van alle grondstoffen en producten die met de weefnijverheid en de tuftingnijverheid,hetzij rechtstreeks,hetzij onrechtstreeks in verband staan.
Het kleuren en ontkleuren van alle garens,geweven stukken en tapijten,gelijk uit welke vezel die vervaardigd zijn,alsmede het drogen en apprêteren van de bewerkte textielwaren in de uitgebreidste vorm;alsmede de aankoop,de verkoop,de commissiehandel,de vertegenwoordiging,de consignatie van alle grondstoffen en producten die met de verfnijverheid of apprêt hetzij rechtstreeks hetzij onrechtstreeks in verband staan.
De vennootschap zal alle roerende en onroerende goederen,materieel en inrichtingen mogen aankopen,in pacht nemen,verhuren,bouwen,verkopen of ruilen.
In het algemeen zal de vennootschap alle commerciële,industriële,financiële,roerende en onroerende handelingen mogen verrichten,in rechtstreeks of onrechtstreeks,geheel of gedeeltelijk verband met haar voorwerp,of die van aard zouden zijn de verwezenlijking ervan te vergemakkelijken of uit te breiden.
deed of 04-12-2023 (in Dutch)

Registered office and establishments

1 establishment

Establishment	Since	Unit number
DEVOS CABY NV registered office Vichtesteenweg 200, 8540 Deerlijk	11-02-1994	2.065.474.448

1 former office

8540 Deerlijk until the deed of 04-12-2023

Buildings and parcels at the address

Ground area: 2.8 ha
Buildings: 2.3 ha
Volume, LiDAR: 169,758 m³
Tallest building: 34.2 m

Buildings to scale, each on its own parcel

registered office establishment The establishment unit on the map

3 companies at this address See who is registered here

Parcels

Cadastral parcel	Area	Buildings	Height / floors
34009B0766/00L000	2.8 ha	1 · 2.3 ha	34.2 m · 3

Overview

Information for creditors

Lifetime

Key points

Equity

Result

Debts

Staff

Filings

Public support

Board and ownership

Recent changes

Official details

Annual accounts 2023

Insights on Devos-Caby

Financials

Annual accounts 2023

Money flows

Balance sheet

Change in equityin euro

Change in cashin euro

Position in the sector

Solvency4.9%

Current ratio1.00

Return on assets-6.6%

Staff

Men and women36% women

Staff cost per FTE€38,371

Joined and left-4 people

Filed annual accounts

Filings

Subsidies and aid

Flemish government 2022 to 2025, 9 entries, €101,138 awarded, €100,967 paid

Key figures and ratios

Social balance sheet

Securities and guarantees

Investments

Auditor

Insights on Devos-Caby

Board & ownership

Curators

Last board

Mandates through the years

Control

Capital

Owners through the years

Articles of association

Network & group

Holdings

Europe 1 Equity Result

At the same address

Earlier ties

Holdings through the years

Connections & network

Timeline

Timeline

History

Company details

Identity

Activities

Registered office and establishments

Buildings and parcels at the address

Location

Parcels

in euro

in euro

4.9%

1.00

-6.6%

€38,371

-4 people