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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 23 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 528.8 to 464.3.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VANDEWIELE from Kortrijk, company number BE0405450595, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -45.3 million after tax. For that financial year VANDEWIELE recorded revenue of € 83.2 million and equity of € 324.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 26.4 million to € -45.3 million. 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 June 2, 2026.
€ 324.4 million
▼ 12% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -45.3 million
▼ still € 26.4 million profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 13.4 million
▲ € 11.7 million vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 321.9 million.
People and assets in 2025
464.3
▼ 30.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 37 million
▼ 4% vs 2024
€ 79,600 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.
€ 1.3 million
▼ 18% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 368.3 million
▼ 9% vs 2024
€ 21.4 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 17 years.
€ 40 million
▼ 4% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 147 days on average.
€ 15.9 million
▲ 43% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 244,692,008 | € 175,663,752 | € 123,638,432 | € 83,202,961 | ▼ 33% |
| Profit after taxes | € 64,053,144 | € -26,059,085 | € 26,444,246 | € -45,301,085 | ▼ € 71.7 million |
| Equity | € 369,281,439 | € 343,222,353 | € 369,666,599 | € 324,365,515 | ▼ 12% |
| Total debts | € 633,065,614 | € 598,018,823 | € 541,007,106 | € 609,928,402 | ▲ 13% |
| Cash | € 7,217,901 | € 4,394,254 | € 1,692,219 | € 13,436,221 | ▲ € 11.7 million |
| Land & buildings | € 12,466,728 | € 12,364,194 | € 13,320,571 | € 13,320,513 | |
| Retained profit | € 366,802,439 | € 340,743,353 | € 367,187,599 | € 321,886,515 | ▼ 12% |
| Bank debt | € 499,635,339 | € 476,487,113 | € 406,001,819 | € 368,283,627 | ▼ 9% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,007,190,910 | € 945,478,141 | € 915,264,055 | € 939,464,033 | ▲ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 584.6 | 528.8 | 494.7 | 464.3 | ▼ 30.4 |
Key figures of VANDEWIELE, 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 VANDEWIELE?
What happened at VANDEWIELE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Charles Beauduin stepped down as director. NBB
- Bernadette de Bethune stepped down as director. NBB
- Thomas Beauduin stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 45.3 million (▼ € 71.7 million vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Charles Beauduin became a director. NBB
- Bernadette de Bethune became a director. NBB
- Thomas Beauduin became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 64.1 million profit in 2022 to € 45.3 million loss in 2025.
Paid € 4.8 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 64.1 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 147 days on average.
Management
The shares are held by Vandewiele Group nv (100%). It owns 100% of Wittendal, 100% of BMS, 100% of Roj consultoria Empresarial e technologica do Brasil eirelli, 100% of Société D'investissements de la Moselle, 100% of Industrie Nahmaschinen Holding and 100% of Van de Wiele Istanbul itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Charles Beauduin
Director
Also active at: VANDEWIELE GROUP, VLAAMS ECONOMISCH VERBOND, VIGAN ENGINEERING, Vlaams Netwerk van Ondernemingen, A. DE KONINCK, Barco Integrated Solutions, BARCO COORDINATION CENTER, FERROMATRIX +7 more
since 2023 · until 2029
Bernadette de Bethune
Director
Also active at: VANDEWIELE GROUP, A. DE KONINCK, FERROMATRIX, Indimmo, VAN DE WIELE COORDINATIECENTRUM, BONAS TEXTILE MACHINERY, BRAINE L'ALLEUD SERVICES FINANCIERS
since 2021 · until 2027
Thomas Beauduin
Director
Also active at: VANDEWIELE GROUP, Indimmo, VAN DE WIELE COORDINATIECENTRUM, BONAS TEXTILE MACHINERY, Vandewiele-Bejimac
since 2021 · until 2027
Shareholders
100%
Participations
Wittendal
100%
100%
Roj consultoria Empresarial e technologica do Brasil eirelli
100%
Société D'investissements de la Moselle
100%
Industrie Nahmaschinen Holding
100%
Van de Wiele Istanbul
100%
Savio- Vandewiele
100%
Vandewiele Solutions
100%
Iropa
100%
Superba
100%
Bonas
100%
Michel Van de Wiele
100%
Staccato Technologies
97%
Van de Wiele Asia
95.1%
89.6%
63.8%
10%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Michel Vandewielestraat(Mar) 7
8510 Kortrijk
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 7 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →VANDEWIELE GROUP same network
€ 28.3 million revenue · 2025
FERROMATRIX same network
€ -18,782 gross margin · 2025
Indimmo same network
VAN DE WIELE COORDINATIECENTRUM same network
VDW-GROUP
+2 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0405.450.595
- VAT number
- BE 0405.450.595
- Registered office
- Michel Vandewielestraat(Mar) 7, 8510 Kortrijk
- Names & denominations
- VANDEWIELE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 January 1968
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 12 Nov 2025
- Activities · NACE
Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van textiel, kleding en leer