The Dark Kitchen: what changed
Two financial years side by side, explained: what moved most in the balance sheet and the result, why the result rose or fell, and where the money went.
The Dark Kitchen
Largest movements
- Tangible fixed assets -€4,536
down €4,536 (-11.6%), from €38,987 to €34,452
- Other debts -€97,500
down €97,500 (-70.4%), from €138,576 to €41,076
- Profit (loss) carried forward +€74,736
up €74,736, from -€69,998 to €4,738
- Tax, wage and social debts +€29,365
new in 2025: €29,365
- Current portion of long-term debt -€11,866
down €11,866 (-66.5%), from €17,845 to €5,980
- Debts after one year -€4,722
no longer reported in 2025 (was €4,722)
- Gross operating margin +€102,533
up €102,533 (+278%), from €36,862 to €139,395
- Taxes +€29,365
new in 2025: €29,365
From the 2024 result to the 2025 result
Each bar is the change in one income-statement line, as its effect on the result: higher costs pull it down, higher income lifts it.
Derived cash bridge
Derived from the 2024 and 2025 balance sheets and the 2025 result: not a filed cash-flow statement. It shows where the money came from and went.
Every line side by side
| Line | Code | 2024 | 2025 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €96,545 | €90,787 | -€5,757 | -6.0% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €38,987 | €34,452 | -€4,536 | -11.6% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €38,987 | €34,452 | -€4,536 | -11.6% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €38,987 | €34,452 | -€4,536 | -11.6% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €57,557 | €56,336 | -€1,221 | -2.1% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €55,205 | €54,479 | -€727 | -1.3% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €50,000 | €50,000 | = | 0.0% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €5,205 | €4,479 | -€727 | -14.0% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €2,352 | €1,857 | -€495 | -21.0% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €96,545 | €90,787 | -€5,757 | -6.0% |
| Equity | 10/15 | -€64,598 | €10,138 | +€74,736 | |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €5,400 | €5,400 | = | 0.0% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | -€69,998 | €4,738 | +€74,736 | |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €161,143 | €80,650 | -€80,493 | -50.0% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year | 17 | €4,722 | - | -€4,722 | |
| Financial debts | 170/4 | €4,722 | - | -€4,722 | |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €156,421 | €80,650 | -€75,771 | -48.4% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year | 42 | €17,845 | €5,980 | -€11,866 | -66.5% |
| Trade debts | 44 | - | €4,230 | +€4,230 | |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | - | €4,230 | +€4,230 | |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | - | €29,365 | +€29,365 | |
| Taxes | 450/3 | - | €29,365 | +€29,365 | |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €138,576 | €41,076 | -€97,500 | -70.4% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €4,534 | €4,536 | +€2 | 0.0% |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €905 | €389 | -€516 | -57.0% |
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €36,862 | €139,395 | +€102,533 | +278% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €31,423 | €134,470 | +€103,047 | +328% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €629 | €369 | -€259 | -41.3% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €629 | €369 | -€259 | -41.3% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €30,794 | €134,101 | +€103,307 | +335% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | - | €29,365 | +€29,365 | |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €30,794 | €104,736 | +€73,942 | +240% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €30,794 | €104,736 | +€73,942 | +240% |
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB), financial years ended 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2025. Colour: green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. Prepared on 15 October 2026 via checked.be.