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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 17.5 to 14.8.
Financials
Financial year 2025
SOCIAAL SECRETARIAAT VOOR HANDEL EN AMBACHT from Gent, company number BE0407757019, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 22,278 after tax. For that financial year SOCIAAL SECRETARIAAT VOOR HANDEL EN AMBACHT recorded a gross margin of € 935,299 and equity of € 2 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 6,118 to € 22,278. 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 June 26, 2026.
€ 2 million
▲ 22% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 22,278
▲ 264% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 4.3 million
▼ 18% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
People and assets in 2025
14.8
▼ 2.1 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.2 million
▲ 9% vs 2023
€ 79,400 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.
€ 26,798
▲ 77% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 698,900
▲ 3% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 245,865
▼ 3% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | Change 2023 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 2,410,805 | - | - | - | |
| Gross margin | € 1,009,793 | € 1,063,909 | € 998,977 | € 935,299 | ▼ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 8,017 | € 22,206 | € 6,118 | € 22,278 | ▲ 264% |
| Equity | € 1,591,019 | € 1,613,225 | € 1,619,343 | € 1,982,086 | ▲ 22% |
| Total debts | € 5,037,735 | € 5,817,727 | € 5,054,813 | € 4,454,432 | ▼ 12% |
| Cash | € 5,544,237 | € 6,269,723 | € 5,276,986 | € 4,346,786 | ▼ 18% |
| Retained profit | € 200,506 | € 222,712 | € 228,830 | € 591,573 | ▲ 159% |
| Balance sheet total | € 6,628,754 | € 7,430,952 | € 6,674,156 | € 6,436,518 | ▼ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 16.5 | 17.5 | 16.9 | 14.8 | ▼ 2.1 |
Key figures of SOCIAAL SECRETARIAAT VOOR HANDEL EN AMBACHT, fiscal years 2021 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 SOCIAAL SECRETARIAAT VOOR HANDEL EN AMBACHT?
What happened at SOCIAAL SECRETARIAAT VOOR HANDEL EN AMBACHT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 22,278 (▲ 264% vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
- Sociaal Bureau Easypay BV became a director. NBB
- Easypay NV became a director. NBB
- Kurt Clarysse became a director. NBB
- Roeland Van Dessel became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Oudenaarde. KBO
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 8,017 profit in 2021 to € 22,278 profit in 2025.
Paid € 23,256 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 22,278 profit.
On average € 63,200 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind SOCIAAL SECRETARIAAT VOOR HANDEL EN AMBACHT are Roeland Van Dessel, Sociaal Bureau Easypay BV, Easypay NV and Kurt Clarysse. Roeland Van Dessel is also behind PARTENA - SECRETARIAT SOCIAL D'EMPLOYEURS - PARTENA - SOCIAAL SECRETARIAAT VOOR werkgevers, P - INVEST, EASYPAY, S.O.C.A. and EASY-SERVICES. Sociaal Bureau Easypay BV is also behind Sociaal SecretariaatEASYPAY VZW-Secrétariat social EASYPAY ASBL, SSE, SSE-STEUNT ELKANDER, SSE-BSJ and SSE - ENTRAIDE LIEGE. Easypay NV is also behind Sociaal SecretariaatEASYPAY VZW-Secrétariat social EASYPAY ASBL, S.O.C.A., SSE, Sociaal Bureau EASYPAY - Bureau Social EASYPAY and SSE-ENTRAIDE/SSE-STEUNT ELKANDER. Kurt Clarysse is also behind Todate.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Roeland Van Dessel
Managing director
Also active at: PARTENA - SECRETARIAT SOCIAL D'EMPLOYEURS - PARTENA - SOCIAAL SECRETARIAAT VOOR werkgevers, P - INVEST, EASYPAY, S.O.C.A., EASY-SERVICES, EASYTIME, C. L. U. INVEST, EASYPLAN +16 more
since 2019
Director · represented by Katia De Wilde
Also active at: Sociaal SecretariaatEASYPAY VZW-Secrétariat social EASYPAY ASBL, SSE, SSE-STEUNT ELKANDER, SSE-BSJ, SSE - ENTRAIDE LIEGE
since 2024
Managing director · represented by Katleen Clappaert
Also active at: Sociaal SecretariaatEASYPAY VZW-Secrétariat social EASYPAY ASBL, S.O.C.A., SSE, Sociaal Bureau EASYPAY - Bureau Social EASYPAY, SSE-ENTRAIDE/SSE-STEUNT ELKANDER, Brandt Stephan, SSE-BSJ, SSE - ENTRAIDE LIEGE +3 more
since 2024
since 2023
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kortrijksesteenweg 1095 box C
9051 Gent
Kortrijksesteenweg 1095 C
9051 Gent
Active since 23 June 1960
Marlboroughlaan 2 box 101
9700 Oudenaarde
Active since 1 July 2009
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0407.757.019
- VAT number
- BE 0407.757.019
- Registered office
- Kortrijksesteenweg 1095 bus C, 9051 Gent
- Names & denominations
- SOCIAAL SECRETARIAAT VOOR HANDEL EN AMBACHT · HANDEL EN AMBACHT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Non-profit association
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 23 June 1960
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 9 Dec 2025
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