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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Papeteries Pierre MERTENS from Chaumont-Gistoux, company number BE0412827743, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -26,901 after tax. For that financial year Papeteries Pierre MERTENS recorded a gross margin of € 289,012 and equity of € 532,986. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -39,968 to € -26,901. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on April 17, 2026.
€ 532,986
▼ 5% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -26,901
▲ 33 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 196,183
▲ 17% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 514,236.
People and assets in 2025
€ 281,298
▲ 4% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 111
▼ 60% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 137,997
▼ 10% vs 2024
€ 14,051 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 10 years.
€ 12,630
▼ 95% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 63,236
▼ 5% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 264,027 | € 293,093 | € 261,123 | € 289,012 | ▲ 11% |
| Profit after taxes | € 25,444 | € 1,110 | € -39,968 | € -26,901 | ▲ € 13,067 |
| Equity | € 598,744 | € 599,854 | € 559,887 | € 532,986 | ▼ 5% |
| Total debts | € 684,627 | € 587,772 | € 757,323 | € 524,305 | ▼ 31% |
| Cash | € 168,200 | € 159,478 | € 167,251 | € 196,183 | ▲ 17% |
| Land & buildings | € 229,256 | € 219,080 | € 208,904 | € 198,727 | ▼ 5% |
| Retained profit | € 579,994 | € 581,104 | € 541,137 | € 514,236 | ▼ 5% |
| Dividend | € 4,243 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 193,768 | € 172,621 | € 152,736 | € 137,997 | ▼ 10% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,283,371 | € 1,187,627 | € 1,317,210 | € 1,057,291 | ▼ 20% |
Key figures of Papeteries Pierre MERTENS, 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 Papeteries Pierre MERTENS?
What happened at Papeteries Pierre MERTENS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 26,901. Source: NBB ↗
- Jacques Mertens became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Chaumont-Gistoux. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 25,444 profit in 2022 to € 26,901 loss in 2025.
Paid € 18,372 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 25,444 profit.
Paid out € 4,243 in dividends to the owners in total.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind Papeteries Pierre MERTENS is Jacques Mertens.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Jacques Mertens
Director
since 2004
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Boulevard du Centenaire, Dion-V. 5
1325 Chaumont-Gistoux
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0412.827.743
- VAT number
- BE 0412.827.743
- Registered office
- Boulevard du Centenaire, Dion-V. 5, 1325 Chaumont-Gistoux
- Names & denominations
- Papeteries Pierre MERTENS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 December 1972
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 May 2025
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