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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 21 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
HERBERT WATSON (BELGIUM) from Antwerpen, company number BE0421495187, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 4,892 after tax. For that financial year HERBERT WATSON (BELGIUM) recorded a gross margin of € 359,766 and equity of € 1.1 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 40,587 to € 4,892. 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 July 20, 2026.
€ 1.1 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 4,892
▼ 88% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 86,914
▲ 24% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 833 paid out
17 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
1.9
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 197,373
▲ 9% vs 2024
€ 103,900 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.
€ 26,563
▲ € 24,054 vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 291,718
▲ € 273,589 vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 8,418
▼ 64% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 49,908
▼ 15% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 225,282 | € 269,491 | € 323,101 | € 359,766 | ▲ 11% |
| Profit after taxes | € 8,230 | € 20,986 | € 40,587 | € 4,892 | ▼ 88% |
| Equity | € 387,041 | € 408,026 | € 1,083,613 | € 1,087,672 | |
| Total debts | € 771,467 | € 919,538 | € 639,016 | € 847,483 | ▲ 33% |
| Cash | € 59,460 | € 61,318 | € 70,065 | € 86,914 | ▲ 24% |
| Land & buildings | € 577,500 | € 577,500 | € 564,894 | € 957,970 | ▲ 70% |
| Retained profit | € 52,541 | € 73,526 | € 99,113 | € 103,172 | ▲ 4% |
| Dividend | € 8,500 | € 0 | € 15,000 | € 833 | ▼ 94% |
| Bank debt | € 26,682 | € 17,549 | € 18,130 | € 291,718 | ▲ € 273,589 |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,158,508 | € 1,327,564 | € 1,722,628 | € 1,935,155 | ▲ 12% |
| Employees (FTE) | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
Key figures of HERBERT WATSON (BELGIUM), 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 HERBERT WATSON (BELGIUM)?
What happened at HERBERT WATSON (BELGIUM) in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 4,892 (▼ 88% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Karel Geerts became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 8,230 profit in 2022 to € 4,892 profit in 2025.
Paid € 73,950 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 40,587 profit.
On average € 189,400 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 HERBERT WATSON (BELGIUM) is Karel Geerts. It owns 50% of I-Clearing itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Karel Geerts
Director
since 1990
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Boerendijk 27
2180 Antwerpen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0421.495.187
- VAT number
- BE 0421.495.187
- Registered office
- Boerendijk 27, 2180 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- HERBERT WATSON (BELGIUM)
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 15 April 1981
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Contact
- herbert-watson.be
- Activities · NACE
Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens
Logistieke diensten
Expeditiekantoren
Overige vervoerondersteunende activiteiten
Goederenvervoer over de weg