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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 10 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
AUTOMOTIVE INVEST from Mechelen, company number BE0403604726, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 118,453 after tax. For that financial year AUTOMOTIVE INVEST recorded revenue of € 1.3 million and equity of € 1.6 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -156,665 to € 118,453. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 30, 2025.
€ 1.6 million
▲ 8% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 118,453
▲ still € 156,665 loss in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 75,501
▼ 52% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 328,790.
People and assets in 2024
7.3
▼ 0.3 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 476,180
▲ 23% vs 2023
€ 65,200 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.
€ 3,515
▼ 13% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 2 million
▼ 15% vs 2023
€ 381,970 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 816,136
▼ 9% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 40,795
▼ 16% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 930,270 | - | € 925,270 | € 1,287,564 | ▲ 39% |
| Gross margin | € 891,519 | € 813,556 | € 704,404 | € 1,072,384 | ▲ 52% |
| Profit after taxes | € 23,249 | € -89,782 | € -156,665 | € 118,453 | ▲ € 275,119 |
| Equity | € 1,689,237 | € 1,599,086 | € 1,442,094 | € 1,560,240 | ▲ 8% |
| Total debts | € 4,052,517 | € 3,983,221 | € 4,169,122 | € 3,835,581 | ▼ 8% |
| Cash | € 35,841 | € 36,700 | € 156,502 | € 75,501 | ▼ 52% |
| Land & buildings | € 5,292,538 | € 5,119,300 | € 4,878,323 | € 4,637,347 | ▼ 5% |
| Retained profit | € 456,783 | € 367,002 | € 210,336 | € 328,790 | ▲ 56% |
| Bank debt | € 3,084,237 | € 2,742,695 | € 2,392,423 | € 2,033,551 | ▼ 15% |
| Balance sheet total | € 5,791,744 | € 5,626,073 | € 5,649,257 | € 5,430,097 | ▼ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 8 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.3 | ▼ 0.3 |
Key figures of AUTOMOTIVE INVEST, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to AUTOMOTIVE INVEST?
What happened at AUTOMOTIVE INVEST in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Erwin Van Hoeck stepped down as director. NBB
- Stefaan Vercamme stepped down as director. NBB
- Peter Van Camp stepped down as director. NBB
- Garage Van Camp NV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 118,453. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Erwin Van Hoeck became a director. NBB
- Stefaan Vercamme became a director. NBB
- Peter Van Camp became a director. NBB
In short
From € 23,249 profit in 2021 to € 118,453 profit in 2024.
Paid € 3,917 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 118,453 profit.
On average € 146,900 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
The stake of HANSWIJK, Garage Van Camp comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
AUTOMOTIVE INVESTThe shares are held by HANSWIJK (98.9%) and Garage Van Camp (1.1%).
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
since 2024 · until 2030
since 2024 · until 2030
Peter Van Camp
Director
Also active at: HANSWIJK, Garage Van Camp, AUTOPARTNERS AARTSELAAR, KLEIN BRABANT MOTORS, DE CALUWE, Automotive MECHELEN
since 2024 · until 2030
Director · represented by Edward Vercamme
Also active at: HANSWIJK, AUTOPARTNERS AARTSELAAR, KLEIN BRABANT MOTORS, DE CALUWE, Automotive MECHELEN
since 2024 · until 2030
Shareholders
98.9%
1.1%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Jubellaan 72
2800 Mechelen
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0403.604.726
- VAT number
- BE 0403.604.726
- Registered office
- Jubellaan 72, 2800 Mechelen
- Names & denominations
- AUTOMOTIVE INVEST · A.R.M. · AUTO REPAIR MECHELEN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 January 1968
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Mar 2026
- Activities · NACE
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