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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Not on Peppol Peppol
Not registered in the Peppol network, mandatory for VAT-liable companies since 1 January 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Hoger Instituut voor Gezinswetenschappen from Schaarbeek, company number BE0409802036, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -55,058 after tax. For that financial year Hoger Instituut voor Gezinswetenschappen recorded a gross margin of € 186 and equity of € 14,590. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -60,225 to € -55,058. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 79 % below last year. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 3, 2026.
€ 14,590
▼ 79% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -55,058
▲ 9 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 872
▼ 5% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 2,463 | € -959 | € -760 | € 186 | ▲ € 946 |
| Profit after taxes | € -57,004 | € -60,421 | € -60,225 | € -55,058 | ▲ € 5,167 |
| Equity | € 190,294 | € 129,874 | € 69,648 | € 14,590 | ▼ 79% |
| Total debts | € 0 | € 0 | € 231 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Cash | € 2,458 | € 1,475 | € 917 | € 872 | ▼ 5% |
| Land & buildings | € 187,836 | € 128,399 | € 68,962 | € 13,718 | ▼ 80% |
| Retained profit | € 190,294 | € 129,874 | € 69,648 | € 14,590 | ▼ 79% |
| Balance sheet total | € 190,294 | € 129,874 | € 69,879 | € 14,590 | ▼ 79% |
Key figures of Hoger Instituut voor Gezinswetenschappen, 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 Hoger Instituut voor Gezinswetenschappen?
What happened at Hoger Instituut voor Gezinswetenschappen in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 55,058. Source: NBB ↗
- Ann Verreth became a director. NBB
- Jan Degadt became a director. NBB
- Ivo Mechels became a director. NBB
- Emmanuël Keirse became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 57,004 loss in 2022 to € 55,058 loss in 2025.
Management
Behind Hoger Instituut voor Gezinswetenschappen are Ann Verreth, Ivo Mechels, Emmanuël Keirse and Jan Degadt. Ivo Mechels is also behind GEZINSBOND, ASSOCIATION BELGE DES CONSOMMATEURS TEST-ACHATS, ASSOCIATION DES CONSOMMATEURS TEST ACHATS, ORGANISATION INDEPENDANTE POUR LA PROTECTION DU CONSOMMATEUR and Xustiza. Emmanuël Keirse is also behind LEIF, Woonzorgnet-Dijleland and HUMANITER.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Ann Verreth
Director
since 2021
Ivo Mechels
Director
Also active at: GEZINSBOND, ASSOCIATION BELGE DES CONSOMMATEURS TEST-ACHATS, ASSOCIATION DES CONSOMMATEURS TEST ACHATS, ORGANISATION INDEPENDANTE POUR LA PROTECTION DU CONSOMMATEUR, Xustiza
since 2010
since 2010
Jan Degadt
Director
since 2013
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Huart Hamoirlaan 136
1030 Schaarbeek
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0409.802.036
- VAT number
- BE 0409.802.036
- Registered office
- Huart Hamoirlaan 136, 1030 Schaarbeek
- Names & denominations
- Hoger Instituut voor Gezinswetenschappen · HIG
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Non-profit association
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 December 1960
- Peppol
- Not registered