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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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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 40 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Le Fermoir from Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, company number BE0402617603, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -12,649 after tax. For that financial year Le Fermoir recorded a gross margin of € 738,174 and equity of € 275,754. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -203,385 to € -12,649. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 29, 2026.
€ 275,754
▼ 4% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -12,649
▲ 94 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 130,014
▲ 40% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -227,724.
People and assets in 2025
€ 617,361
▲ 3% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 34,692
▼ 51% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 8,950.
Debts at end 2025
€ 588,784
▲ 2% vs 2024
€ 47,700 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 115,055
▼ 47% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 98,539
▼ 1% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 716,745 | € 827,237 | € 595,275 | € 738,174 | ▲ 24% |
| Profit after taxes | € -56,730 | € 52,840 | € -203,385 | € -12,649 | ▲ € 190,737 |
| Equity | € 438,948 | € 491,788 | € 288,402 | € 275,754 | ▼ 4% |
| Total debts | € 1,618,964 | € 1,205,370 | € 1,290,707 | € 1,204,397 | ▼ 7% |
| Cash | € 6,548 | € 150,043 | € 92,763 | € 130,014 | ▲ 40% |
| Land & buildings | € 390,323 | € 370,833 | € 354,862 | € 339,726 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € -64,530 | € -11,691 | € -215,076 | € -227,724 | ▼ € 12,649 |
| Bank debt | € 631,893 | € 511,601 | € 578,612 | € 588,784 | ▲ 2% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,057,912 | € 1,697,158 | € 1,579,109 | € 1,480,151 | ▼ 6% |
| Employees (FTE) | 8 | 7.5 | 6.6 | - |
Key figures of Le Fermoir, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.
What happened to Le Fermoir?
What happened at Le Fermoir in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Christophe SMETS stepped down as director. NBB
- Yé MIN stepped down as director. NBB
- Marc SMETS stepped down as director. NBB
- Gilles SMETS stepped down as director. NBB
- Olivier STRYCKMANS stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 12,649. Source: NBB ↗
- Olivier STRYCKMANS became a director. NBB
- Christophe SMETS became a director. NBB
In short
From € 56,730 loss in 2022 to € 12,649 loss in 2025.
Paid € 2,119 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 52,840 profit.
On average € 90,200 of value added per employee in 2024.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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Management
It owns 99.9% of M DE MEYER ET J. MERGAN S.P.R.L. itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Christophe SMETS
Director
since 2016 · until 2028
Yé MIN
Director
since 2016 · until 2028
Marc SMETS
Director
since 2016 · until 2028
since 2016 · until 2028
Olivier STRYCKMANS
Managing director
since 2022 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Gentsesteenweg 732-734
1080 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Josaphatstraat 22
1210 Sint-Joost-ten-Node
Active since 1 April 1928
Gentsesteenweg 732-
1080 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Active since 1 January 1945
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Details
- Company number
- 0402.617.603
- VAT number
- BE 0402.617.603
- Registered office
- Gentsesteenweg 732-734, 1080 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
- Names & denominations
- Le Fermoir
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 25 April 1928
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 21 Oct 2025
- Contact
- lefermoir.be
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