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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 14 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
MEC-AUTO from Baelen, company number BE0425083692, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -29,963 after tax. For that financial year MEC-AUTO recorded a gross margin of € 431,829 and equity of € 63,507. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 4,025 to € -29,963. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 1, 2026.
€ 63,507
▼ 32% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -29,963
▼ still € 4,025 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2,099
▼ 20% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 294.
People and assets in 2025
€ 423,672
▼ 11% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 37,922
▼ 28% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 77,007
▼ 3% vs 2024
€ 33,771 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 84,506
▲ 109% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 95,799
▼ 1% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 440,473 | € 436,935 | € 523,051 | € 431,829 | ▼ 17% |
| Profit after taxes | € 69,403 | € 1,113 | € 4,025 | € -29,963 | ▼ € 33,988 |
| Equity | € 88,332 | € 89,445 | € 93,470 | € 63,507 | ▼ 32% |
| Total debts | € 381,909 | € 228,699 | € 235,463 | € 286,658 | ▲ 22% |
| Cash | € 194,453 | € 108 | € 2,615 | € 2,099 | ▼ 20% |
| Land & buildings | € 25,573 | € 23,916 | € 19,555 | € 15,211 | ▼ 22% |
| Retained profit | € 25,120 | € 26,232 | € 30,257 | € 294 | ▼ 99% |
| Bank debt | € 72,766 | € 75,102 | € 79,722 | € 77,007 | ▼ 3% |
| Balance sheet total | € 470,977 | € 318,757 | € 329,424 | € 350,533 | ▲ 6% |
Key figures of MEC-AUTO, 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 MEC-AUTO?
What happened at MEC-AUTO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 29,963 (▼ € 33,988 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Helga FREART became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Baelen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 69,403 profit in 2022 to € 29,963 loss in 2025.
Paid € 32,660 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 69,403 profit.
Management
Behind MEC-AUTO are Helga FREART, Stephan KUPKA and Michael KUPKA.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Helga FREART
Director
since 2018
Stephan KUPKA
Director
Michael KUPKA
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Forges(BLN) 35
4837 Baelen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0425.083.692
- VAT number
- BE 0425.083.692
- Registered office
- Forges(BLN) 35, 4837 Baelen
- Names & denominations
- MEC-AUTO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 December 1983
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 18 Nov 2025
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