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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 30 to 26.3.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Ateliers Vanderwhalle from La Louvière, company number BE0414339854, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 7,088 after tax. For that financial year Ateliers Vanderwhalle recorded a gross margin of € 1.5 million and equity of € 1.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 140,592 to € 7,088. 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 August 30, 2026.
€ 1.8 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 7,088
▼ 95% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 719,866
▲ 66% 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 € 1.7 million.
People and assets in 2025
26.3
▼ 0.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.2 million
▼ 2% vs 2024
€ 45,700 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.
€ 360,736
▼ 13% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 227,882.
Debts at end 2025
€ 695,900
▼ 20% vs 2024
€ 132,561 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 173,863
▼ 42% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 134,140
▼ 41% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 2,037,230 | € 1,859,472 | € 1,561,851 | € 1,467,430 | ▼ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 331,925 | € 170,195 | € 140,592 | € 7,088 | ▼ 95% |
| Equity | € 1,519,180 | € 1,689,376 | € 1,818,611 | € 1,820,186 | |
| Total debts | € 1,435,683 | € 1,124,845 | € 1,427,341 | € 1,029,925 | ▼ 28% |
| Cash | € 615,727 | € 595,728 | € 434,748 | € 719,866 | ▲ 66% |
| Land & buildings | € 384,732 | € 334,430 | € 357,164 | € 343,380 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 1,392,305 | € 1,562,500 | € 1,703,092 | € 1,710,180 | |
| Bank debt | € 700,217 | € 646,667 | € 870,428 | € 695,900 | ▼ 20% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,954,864 | € 2,814,221 | € 3,245,953 | € 2,850,111 | ▼ 12% |
| Employees (FTE) | 35 | 30 | 26.6 | 26.3 | ▼ 0.3 |
Key figures of Ateliers Vanderwhalle, 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 Ateliers Vanderwhalle?
What happened at Ateliers Vanderwhalle in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- MICHEL VANDERWHALE stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 7,088 (▼ 95% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- MICHEL VANDERWHALE became a director. NBB
- New establishment in La Louvière. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 331,925 profit in 2022 to € 7,088 profit in 2025.
Paid € 167,555 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 331,925 profit.
On average € 55,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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%
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Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
MICHEL VANDERWHALE
Managing director
since 2023 · until 2029
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue du Fiefvet(Be) 60
7100 La Louvière
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
OVH, FR
DNS
OVH DNS
Website info
Features
Security
Network
Details
- Company number
- 0414.339.854
- VAT number
- BE 0414.339.854
- Registered office
- Rue du Fiefvet(Be) 60, 7100 La Louvière
- Names & denominations
- Ateliers Vanderwhalle
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 27 June 1974
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 15 Dec 2025
- Contact
- ateliersvanderwhalle.be
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