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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 43 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
GARAGE WILLY DE BRUYN from Machelen (Brab.), company number BE0416222446, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 235,097 after tax. For that financial year GARAGE WILLY DE BRUYN recorded a gross margin of € 1.1 million and equity of € 1.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 366,476 to € 235,097. 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 26, 2026.
€ 1.6 million
▲ 11% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 235,097
▼ 36% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 205,149
▼ 39% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 79,150 paid out
34 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
9.8
▲ 0.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 714,671
▲ 12% vs 2024
€ 72,900 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.
€ 18,604
▲ € 15,701 vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 591,224
▼ 1% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 280,014
▼ 33% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 75,093
▼ 17% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 881,570 | € 1,295,928 | € 1,240,686 | € 1,143,594 | ▼ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € 144,462 | € 448,767 | € 366,476 | € 235,097 | ▼ 36% |
| Equity | € 1,018,414 | € 1,260,748 | € 1,471,918 | € 1,627,865 | ▲ 11% |
| Total debts | € 2,194,523 | € 2,169,450 | € 1,503,115 | € 1,025,480 | ▼ 32% |
| Cash | € 152,395 | € 5,536 | € 333,671 | € 205,149 | ▼ 39% |
| Land & buildings | - | - | - | € 6,351 | |
| Retained profit | € 868,414 | € 1,110,748 | € 1,321,918 | € 1,477,865 | ▲ 12% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 206,434 | € 155,306 | € 79,150 | ▼ 49% |
| Bank debt | € 822,765 | € 1,063,514 | € 598,959 | € 591,224 | ▼ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,374,995 | € 3,592,255 | € 3,099,490 | € 2,742,842 | ▼ 12% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 9.8 | ▲ 0.6 |
Key figures of GARAGE WILLY DE BRUYN, 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 GARAGE WILLY DE BRUYN?
What happened at GARAGE WILLY DE BRUYN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 235,097 (▼ 36% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Machelen (Brab.). KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 144,462 profit in 2022 to € 235,097 profit in 2025.
Paid € 292,244 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 448,767 profit.
On average € 116,700 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%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind GARAGE WILLY DE BRUYN are Sam Van Damme, Christl De Bruyn, Clover Inc BV and Luc Van Damme.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kerklaan 56
1830 Machelen (Brab.)
Kerklaan 31
1830 Machelen (Brab.)
Active since 10 November 1988
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Details
- Company number
- 0416.222.446
- VAT number
- BE 0416.222.446
- Registered office
- Kerklaan 56, 1830 Machelen (Brab.)
- Names & denominations
- GARAGE WILLY DE BRUYN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 July 1976
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Nov 2025
- Activities · NACE
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