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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 44 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
22 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
BEST from Ingelmunster, company number BE0412653539, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 433,329 after tax. For that financial year BEST recorded a gross margin of € 1.1 million and equity of € 743,929. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 549,167 to € 433,329. The company is profitable. 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 July 23, 2026.
€ 743,929
▲ 46% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 433,329
▼ 21% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 150,904
▼ 41% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 200,000 paid out
46 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to CHAMAS (50 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
14.2
▲ 0.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 508,476
▲ 12% vs 2024
€ 35,800 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.
€ 904
▼ 25% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 24,000
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 819,731
▲ 33% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 86,501
▼ 30% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 742,972 | € 1,241,063 | € 1,206,805 | € 1,106,952 | ▼ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € 145,364 | € 539,760 | € 549,167 | € 433,329 | ▼ 21% |
| Equity | € 121,673 | € 161,433 | € 510,600 | € 743,929 | ▲ 46% |
| Total debts | € 1,263,805 | € 1,681,890 | € 1,113,990 | € 1,263,449 | ▲ 13% |
| Cash | € 146,809 | € 166,372 | € 253,905 | € 150,904 | ▼ 41% |
| Land & buildings | € 203,722 | € 202,715 | € 0 | - | |
| Retained profit | € 59,673 | € 99,433 | € 448,600 | € 681,929 | ▲ 52% |
| Dividend | € 100,000 | € 500,000 | € 200,000 | € 200,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 0 | € 24,000 | € 24,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,385,478 | € 1,843,322 | € 1,624,590 | € 2,007,377 | ▲ 24% |
| Employees (FTE) | 11.7 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 14.2 | ▲ 0.8 |
Key figures of BEST, 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 BEST?
What happened at BEST in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Chamas BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Veda NV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 433,329 (▼ 21% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Chamas BV became a director. NBB
- Veda NV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Kuurne. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 145,364 profit in 2022 to € 433,329 profit in 2025.
Paid € 561,343 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 549,167 profit.
On average € 78,000 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of CHAMAS, Veda comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
BESTThe shares are held by CHAMAS (50%) and Veda (40%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Nijverheidstraat 2A
8770 Ingelmunster
Gen. Eisenhowerstraat 51
8520 Kuurne
Active since 1 October 1972
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 22 companies are registered at this address.
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0412.653.539
- VAT number
- BE 0412.653.539
- Registered office
- Nijverheidstraat 2A, 8770 Ingelmunster
- Names & denominations
- BEST
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 22 September 1972
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Sept 2025
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