Financials
Financial year 2025
Shake Hand from Evergem, company number BE0407154629, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 547,768 after tax. For that financial year Shake Hand recorded a gross margin of € 1.3 million and equity of € 3.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 388,603 to € 547,768. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 22, 2026.
€ 3.7 million
▲ 18% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 547,768
▲ 41% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 780,771
▲ 27% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 3.7 million.
People and assets in 2025
4.6
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 372,067
▼ 21% vs 2024
€ 80,900 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.
€ 93,289
▼ 29% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 24,951
▲ 6% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 100,975
▼ 6% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,149,279 | € 1,779,092 | € 1,067,363 | € 1,286,868 | ▲ 21% |
| Profit after taxes | € 570,085 | € 748,499 | € 388,603 | € 547,768 | ▲ 41% |
| Equity | € 3,824,482 | € 3,139,409 | € 3,128,013 | € 3,675,781 | ▲ 18% |
| Total debts | € 749,533 | € 1,648,259 | € 530,623 | € 125,926 | ▼ 76% |
| Cash | € 1,299,317 | € 1,470,776 | € 613,993 | € 780,771 | ▲ 27% |
| Retained profit | € 3,804,651 | € 3,119,578 | € 3,108,181 | € 3,655,950 | ▲ 18% |
| Dividend | € 80,000 | € 1,428,571 | € 400,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,574,016 | € 4,787,669 | € 3,658,636 | € 3,801,707 | ▲ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Key figures of Shake Hand, 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 Shake Hand?
What happened at Shake Hand in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 547,768 (▲ 41% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Niek Lerou became a director. NBB
- Daan Lerou became a director. NBB
- Jean Lerou became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Evergem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 570,085 profit in 2022 to € 547,768 profit in 2025.
Paid € 707,960 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 748,499 profit.
On average € 279,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of LEROU comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Shake HandBehind Shake Hand are Niek Lerou, Daan Lerou and Jean Lerou. The shares are held by LEROU (87.5%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2023
since 2023
Shareholders
87.5%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Durmakker 17
9940 Evergem
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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Details
- Company number
- 0407.154.629
- VAT number
- BE 0407.154.629
- Registered office
- Durmakker 17, 9940 Evergem
- Names & denominations
- Shake Hand
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 March 1970
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 12 Jun 2025
- Contact
- elesa-ganter.be
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