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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 56 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
DE LOOF from Beernem, company number BE0415658856, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 924 after tax. For that financial year DE LOOF recorded a gross margin of € 397,484 and equity of € 327,904. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 2,886 to € 924. 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 September 9, 2025.
€ 327,904
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 924
▼ 68% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 58,978
▲ 24% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 291,904.
People and assets in 2024
6.7
▼ 0.1 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 347,874
▼ 2% vs 2023
€ 51,900 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.
€ 8,398
▼ 59% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 64,676
▼ 35% vs 2023
€ 22,755 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 206,468
▼ 15% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 66,566
▼ 8% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 363,714 | € 373,595 | € 400,171 | € 397,484 | ▼ 1% |
| Profit after taxes | € 5,377 | € 1,111 | € 2,886 | € 924 | ▼ 68% |
| Equity | € 322,982 | € 324,093 | € 326,979 | € 327,904 | |
| Total debts | € 345,532 | € 424,961 | € 424,521 | € 350,397 | ▼ 17% |
| Cash | € 36,454 | € 61,684 | € 47,373 | € 58,978 | ▲ 24% |
| Land & buildings | € 89,424 | € 72,151 | € 115,231 | € 92,697 | ▼ 20% |
| Retained profit | € 286,982 | € 288,093 | € 290,979 | € 291,904 | |
| Bank debt | € 85,488 | € 72,426 | € 99,732 | € 64,676 | ▼ 35% |
| Balance sheet total | € 668,514 | € 749,054 | € 751,500 | € 678,301 | ▼ 10% |
| Employees (FTE) | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.7 | ▼ 0.1 |
Key figures of DE LOOF, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to DE LOOF?
What happened at DE LOOF in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 924 (▼ 68% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Beernem. KBO
In short
From € 5,377 profit in 2021 to € 924 profit in 2024.
Paid € 5,919 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 5,377 profit.
On average € 59,300 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
Behind DE LOOF are Ann De Loof and Rik De Loof.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Ann De Loof
Director
Rik De Loof
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Parkstraat 22
8730 Beernem
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0415.658.856
- VAT number
- BE 0415.658.856
- Registered office
- Parkstraat 22, 8730 Beernem
- Names & denominations
- DE LOOF
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 5 January 1976
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 19 Nov 2025
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