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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 62 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 4.6 to 3.7.
Financials
Financial year 2025
METAFAN from Roeselare, company number BE0423685409, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 247,380 after tax. For that financial year METAFAN recorded a gross margin of € 596,510 and equity of € 2.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 339,001 to € 247,380. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on March 25, 2026.
€ 2.7 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 247,380
▼ 27% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 174,952
▼ 6% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 250,000 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
3.7
▼ 0.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 219,881
▼ 3% vs 2024
€ 59,400 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.
€ 9,233
▼ 13% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 261,521
▲ 245% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 29,566
▼ 15% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 1,982,528 | € 759,165 | € 794,118 | € 596,510 | ▼ 25% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,460,407 | € 246,224 | € 339,001 | € 247,380 | ▼ 27% |
| Equity | € 2,384,275 | € 2,364,737 | € 2,697,357 | € 2,689,915 | |
| Total debts | € 2,763,889 | € 2,064,535 | € 1,108,704 | € 1,172,367 | ▲ 6% |
| Cash | € 246,912 | € 486,409 | € 185,148 | € 174,952 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 2,359,333 | € 2,339,795 | € 2,672,415 | € 2,664,974 | |
| Dividend | € 1,016,000 | € 260,000 | € 0 | € 250,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 25,050 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 5,148,163 | € 4,429,272 | € 3,806,061 | € 3,862,282 | ▲ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4 | 3.7 | ▼ 0.3 |
Key figures of METAFAN, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 April 2027.
What happened to METAFAN?
What happened at METAFAN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 247,380 (▼ 27% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- El Golfo BV became a director. NBB
- Tumbaoo BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Roeselare. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 1.5 million profit in 2022 to € 247,380 profit in 2025.
Paid € 444,573 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 1.5 million profit.
On average € 161,200 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of TELESCO, BEFAN comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
METAFANBehind METAFAN are El Golfo BV and Tumbaoo BV. The shares are held by TELESCO (100%) and BEFAN (99.8%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Talpe Tony
Also active at: SEGAERT AFSLUITINGEN, NOUVEAUX ETABLISSEMENTS BOLOGNE, LAKKERIJ VANDERMAESEN, KOPAL, A.E.V. AFSLUITINGEN, VAN KERCKHOVEN DRAADHANDEL, B.R.T., FencePlus +6 more
since 2024
Director · represented by Talpe Stefan
Also active at: SEGAERT AFSLUITINGEN, NOUVEAUX ETABLISSEMENTS BOLOGNE, LAKKERIJ VANDERMAESEN, KOPAL, A.E.V. AFSLUITINGEN, VAN KERCKHOVEN DRAADHANDEL, B.R.T., FencePlus +6 more
since 2024
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Industrieweg 23
8800 Roeselare
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
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Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0423.685.409
- VAT number
- BE 0423.685.409
- Registered office
- Industrieweg 23, 8800 Roeselare
- Names & denominations
- METAFAN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 14 January 1983
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Contact
- metafan.be
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