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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 41 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Not on Peppol Peppol
Not registered in the Peppol network, mandatory for VAT-liable companies since 1 January 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Garage Valentin from Florennes, company number BE0424904738, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 21,521 after tax. For that financial year Garage Valentin recorded a gross margin of € 452,864 and equity of € 319,008. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 14,846 to € 21,521. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 30, 2025.
€ 319,008
▲ 7% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 21,521
▲ 45% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 4,567
▼ 50% 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 € 294,219.
People and assets in 2024
6.8
▼ 2.4 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 341,367
▲ 3% vs 2023
€ 50,200 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.
€ 7,474
▼ 39% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 306,469
▼ 17% vs 2023
€ 45,775 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 6 years.
€ 190,859
▼ 4% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 47,303
▼ 19% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 446,735 | € 427,737 | € 474,724 | € 452,864 | ▼ 5% |
| Profit after taxes | € -29,096 | € 690 | € 14,846 | € 21,521 | ▲ 45% |
| Equity | € 281,951 | € 282,641 | € 297,487 | € 319,008 | ▲ 7% |
| Total debts | € 1,178,599 | € 998,795 | € 855,675 | € 884,099 | ▲ 3% |
| Cash | € 19,883 | € 5,141 | € 9,057 | € 4,567 | ▼ 50% |
| Land & buildings | € 427,097 | € 387,567 | € 348,037 | € 308,507 | ▼ 11% |
| Retained profit | € 257,162 | € 257,852 | € 272,698 | € 294,219 | ▲ 8% |
| Bank debt | € 359,462 | € 339,427 | € 370,635 | € 306,469 | ▼ 17% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,460,549 | € 1,281,436 | € 1,153,163 | € 1,203,107 | ▲ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 10.7 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 6.8 | ▼ 2.4 |
Key figures of Garage Valentin, 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 Garage Valentin?
What happened at Garage Valentin in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 21,521 (▲ 45% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Damien VALENTIN became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Mettet. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 29,096 loss in 2021 to € 21,521 profit in 2024.
Paid € 3,637 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 21,521 profit.
On average € 66,600 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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 Valentin is Damien VALENTIN.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Damien VALENTIN
Director
since 2014
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Route de Rouillon, Morialmé 155
5620 Florennes
Rue de Rouillon, Graux 155
5640 Mettet
Active since 1 January 1984
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0424.904.738
- VAT number
- BE 0424.904.738
- Registered office
- Route de Rouillon, Morialmé 155, 5620 Florennes
- Names & denominations
- Garage Valentin
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 December 1983
- Peppol
- Not registered
- Activities · NACE
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