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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 3 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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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 20 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Van Houte from Hamme (Vl.), company number BE0405071802, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -20,351 after tax. For that financial year Van Houte recorded a gross margin of € 79,935 and equity of € -111,763. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -80,070 to € -20,351. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 10, 2026.
€ -111,763
▼ € 20,351 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -20,351
▲ 75 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 24,280
▼ 7% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -236,763.
People and assets in 2025
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 53,875
▼ 5% 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.
Debts at end 2025
€ 275,000
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 31,320
▼ 60% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 7,790
▼ 3% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 78,932 | € 55,768 | € 14,020 | € 79,935 | ▲ € 65,915 |
| Profit after taxes | € -44,161 | € -41,449 | € -80,070 | € -20,351 | ▲ € 59,719 |
| Equity | € 30,107 | € -11,342 | € -91,412 | € -111,763 | ▼ € 20,351 |
| Total debts | € 352,445 | € 290,656 | € 362,069 | € 386,452 | ▲ 7% |
| Cash | € 21,831 | € 13,913 | € 26,247 | € 24,280 | ▼ 7% |
| Land & buildings | € 24,789 | € 24,789 | € 24,789 | € 24,789 | |
| Retained profit | € -94,893 | € -136,342 | € -216,412 | € -236,763 | ▼ € 20,351 |
| Bank debt | € 250,000 | € 250,000 | € 275,000 | € 275,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 382,552 | € 279,314 | € 270,657 | € 274,690 | ▲ 1% |
Key figures of Van Houte, 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 Van Houte?
What happened at Van Houte in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 20,351. Source: NBB ↗
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Hamme (Vl.). KBO
In short
From € 44,161 loss in 2022 to € 20,351 loss in 2025.
Paid € 1,150 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Management
The stake of POLYMAT comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Van HouteBehind Van Houte are Polymat NV and Bertrand Van Houte. The shares are held by POLYMAT (39.9%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director
Bertrand Van Houte
Director
Shareholders
39.9%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Broekstraat 140
9220 Hamme (Vl.)
Broekstraat 138
9220 Hamme (Vl.)
Active since 1 August 1960
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0405.071.802
- VAT number
- BE 0405.071.802
- Registered office
- Broekstraat 140, 9220 Hamme (Vl.)
- Names & denominations
- Van Houte
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 January 1968
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 19 Dec 2025
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