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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 49 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Buggenhout - Vanderstraeten from Merchtem, company number BE0414253247, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 29,802 after tax. For that financial year Buggenhout - Vanderstraeten recorded a gross margin of € 30,242 and equity of € -492,860. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 47,454 to € 29,802. The company is profitable. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 15, 2026.
€ -492,860
▲ € 29,802 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 29,802
▼ 37% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 657
▲ 199% 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 € -980,763.
Debts at end 2025
€ 400,000
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 660
▼ 91% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 23,553 | € 49,376 | € 47,880 | € 30,242 | ▼ 37% |
| Profit after taxes | € 23,477 | € 48,610 | € 47,454 | € 29,802 | ▼ 37% |
| Equity | € -618,725 | € -570,116 | € -522,662 | € -492,860 | ▲ € 29,802 |
| Total debts | € 641,215 | € 629,703 | € 608,623 | € 581,302 | ▼ 4% |
| Cash | € 7,540 | € 979 | € 220 | € 657 | ▲ 199% |
| Retained profit | € -1,106,628 | € -1,058,019 | € -1,010,565 | € -980,763 | ▲ € 29,802 |
| Bank debt | € 400,000 | € 400,000 | € 400,000 | € 400,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 22,490 | € 59,587 | € 85,961 | € 88,442 | ▲ 3% |
Key figures of Buggenhout - Vanderstraeten, 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 Buggenhout - Vanderstraeten?
What happened at Buggenhout - Vanderstraeten in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Godelieve Vanderstraeten stepped down as director. NBB
- Walter Buggenhout stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 29,802 (▼ 37% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Godelieve Vanderstraeten became a director. NBB
- Walter Buggenhout became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Merchtem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 23,477 profit in 2022 to € 29,802 profit in 2025.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 48,610 profit.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Godelieve Vanderstraeten
Managing director
since 2021 · until 2027
Walter Buggenhout
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Langevelde 1
1785 Merchtem
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.
Details
- Company number
- 0414.253.247
- VAT number
- BE 0414.253.247
- Registered office
- Langevelde 1, 1785 Merchtem
- Names & denominations
- Buggenhout - Vanderstraeten
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 September 1974
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 6 Oct 2025
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