What does Callens do?

Callens is a wholesaler in Menen. Public Limited, started on 22 December 1983, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Callens?

The registered office of Callens is located at Waterstraat 25, 8930 Menen.

Is Callens still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) Callens is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 22 December 1983.

Is Callens registered on Peppol?

Yes, Callens is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0425280365.

What is the enterprise number of Callens?

The enterprise number of Callens is BE0425280365.

When was Callens founded?

Callens was founded on 22 December 1983.

Who are the directors of Callens?

According to the 2024 annual accounts, the directors of Callens are: S.A.M. BV, N.R.T. MANAGEMENT BV, LA LICORNE NV.

Is Callens a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 22 December 1983; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2024; 3 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Callens make in 2024?

Callens recorded a loss after taxes of € 52,857 in financial year 2024.

What is the revenue of Callens?

In its most recent annual accounts (2024), Callens reported revenue of € 32,340,788.

How much does an employee at Callens earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Callens was € 68,000 in 2024: staff costs of € 2.4 million for 34.7 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Callens have?

According to the 2024 annual accounts, Callens has 34.7 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Callens (Public Limited) - Menen - BE0425280365

Dossier Callens, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0425280365/callens. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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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.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 29 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2024

Callens from Menen, company number BE0425280365, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -52,857 after tax. For that financial year Callens recorded revenue of € 32.3 million and equity of € 16.8 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 475,799 to € -52,857. The company made a loss. 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 December 22, 2025.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 16.8 million

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Loss Caution

€ -52,857

▼ still € 475,799 profit in 2023

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 139,530

▲ € 131,185 vs 2023

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € 15.2 million.

People and assets in 2024

Full-time equivalents

34.7

▼ 0.4 vs 2023

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 5.3 million in 2024, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 2.4 million

▲ 6% vs 2023

€ 68,000 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 1.6 million

▼ 27% vs 2023

Of which on lease € 1.2 million.

Debts at end 2024

Bank debt ≈ 2 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 16.5 million

▼ 9% vs 2023

€ 2.4 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 7.2 million

▼ 3% vs 2023

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 99 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 486,964

▲ 6% vs 2023

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2021	2022	2023	2024	Change 2023 → 2024
Revenue	€ 45,485,899 Revenue 2021: € 45,485,899 First fiscal year in the series	€ 47,366,399 Revenue 2022: € 47,366,399 ▲ 4% vs 2021 (€ 45,485,899) Favourable step	€ 36,159,527 Revenue 2023: € 36,159,527 ▼ 24% vs 2022 (€ 47,366,399) Unfavourable step	€ 32,340,788 Revenue 2024: € 32,340,788 ▼ 11% vs 2023 (€ 36,159,527) Unfavourable step	▼ 11%
Profit after taxes	€ 1,622,258 Profit after taxes 2021: € 1,622,258 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,767,945 Profit after taxes 2022: € 1,767,945 ▲ 9% vs 2021 (€ 1,622,258) Favourable step	€ 475,799 Profit after taxes 2023: € 475,799 ▼ 73% vs 2022 (€ 1,767,945) Unfavourable step	€ -52,857 Profit after taxes 2024: € -52,857 ▼ € 528,656 vs 2023 (€ 475,799) Unfavourable step	▼ € 528,656
Equity	€ 14,633,329 Equity 2021: € 14,633,329 First fiscal year in the series	€ 16,401,274 Equity 2022: € 16,401,274 ▲ 12% vs 2021 (€ 14,633,329) Favourable step	€ 16,877,073 Equity 2023: € 16,877,073 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 16,401,274) Favourable step	€ 16,824,216 Equity 2024: € 16,824,216 Unchanged (€ 16,877,073) Unfavourable step
Total debts	€ 18,119,510 Total debts 2021: € 18,119,510 First fiscal year in the series	€ 26,470,546 Total debts 2022: € 26,470,546 ▲ 46% vs 2021 (€ 18,119,510) Unfavourable step	€ 26,559,574 Total debts 2023: € 26,559,574 Unchanged (€ 26,470,546) Unfavourable step	€ 24,584,004 Total debts 2024: € 24,584,004 ▼ 7% vs 2023 (€ 26,559,574) Favourable step	▼ 7%
Cash	€ 351,553 Cash 2021: € 351,553 First fiscal year in the series	€ 160,325 Cash 2022: € 160,325 ▼ 54% vs 2021 (€ 351,553) Unfavourable step	€ 8,345 Cash 2023: € 8,345 ▼ 95% vs 2022 (€ 160,325) Unfavourable step	€ 139,530 Cash 2024: € 139,530 ▲ € 131,185 vs 2023 (€ 8,345) Favourable step	▲ € 131,185
Land & buildings	€ 2,477,499 Land & buildings 2021: € 2,477,499 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,296,295 Land & buildings 2022: € 2,296,295 ▼ 7% vs 2021 (€ 2,477,499) Unchanged	€ 2,107,369 Land & buildings 2023: € 2,107,369 ▼ 8% vs 2022 (€ 2,296,295) Unchanged	€ 2,003,379 Land & buildings 2024: € 2,003,379 ▼ 5% vs 2023 (€ 2,107,369) Unchanged	▼ 5%
Retained profit	€ 12,983,329 Retained profit 2021: € 12,983,329 First fiscal year in the series	€ 14,751,274 Retained profit 2022: € 14,751,274 ▲ 14% vs 2021 (€ 12,983,329) Favourable step	€ 15,227,073 Retained profit 2023: € 15,227,073 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 14,751,274) Favourable step	€ 15,174,216 Retained profit 2024: € 15,174,216 Unchanged (€ 15,227,073) Unfavourable step
Bank debt	€ 11,141,297 Bank debt 2021: € 11,141,297 First fiscal year in the series	€ 17,845,125 Bank debt 2022: € 17,845,125 ▲ 60% vs 2021 (€ 11,141,297) Unfavourable step	€ 18,071,462 Bank debt 2023: € 18,071,462 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 17,845,125) Unfavourable step	€ 16,493,020 Bank debt 2024: € 16,493,020 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 18,071,462) Favourable step	▼ 9%
Balance sheet total	€ 32,994,426 Balance sheet total 2021: € 32,994,426 First fiscal year in the series	€ 42,975,668 Balance sheet total 2022: € 42,975,668 ▲ 30% vs 2021 (€ 32,994,426) Unchanged	€ 43,517,257 Balance sheet total 2023: € 43,517,257 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 42,975,668) Unchanged	€ 41,465,592 Balance sheet total 2024: € 41,465,592 ▼ 5% vs 2023 (€ 43,517,257) Unchanged	▼ 5%
Employees (FTE)	32 Employees (FTE) 2021: 32 First fiscal year in the series	31.2 Employees (FTE) 2022: 31.2 ▼ 0.8 vs 2021 (32) Unchanged	35.1 Employees (FTE) 2023: 35.1 ▲ 3.9 vs 2022 (31.2) Unchanged	34.7 Employees (FTE) 2024: 34.7 ▼ 0.4 vs 2023 (35.1) Unchanged	▼ 0.4

Key figures of Callens, 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 Callens?

What happened at Callens in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2029 S.A.M. BV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 N.R.T. MANAGEMENT BV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 LA LICORNE NV stepped down as director. NBB
Dec 22, 2025 New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 52,857 (▼ € 528,656 vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
2023 S.A.M. BV became a director. NBB
2023 N.R.T. MANAGEMENT BV became a director. NBB
2023 LA LICORNE NV became a director. NBB
Dec 22, 1983 New establishment in Menen. KBO

In short

From € 1.6 million profit in 2021 to € 52,857 loss in 2024.

Paid € 1.5 million in corporate taxes since 2021.

Best year ever: 2022, with € 1.8 million profit.

Pays suppliers within 99 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

S.A.M. 90%

The stake of S.A.M. comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

Callens

The shares are held by S.A.M. (90%).

Directors

According to the 2024 annual accounts

S.A.M. BV

Managing director · represented by THIERRY MAELFAIT

Also active at: LA LICORNE, Callam

since 2023 · until 2029

N.R.T. MANAGEMENT BV

Director · represented by JORIS VERHAEGHE

since 2023 · until 2029

LA LICORNE NV

Managing director · represented by SAM MAELFAIT

since 2023 · until 2029

Shareholders

S.A.M.

90%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Waterstraat 25

8930 Menen

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number: 0425.280.365
VAT number: BE 0425.280.365
Registered office: Waterstraat 25, 8930 Menen
Names & denominations: Callens
Enterprise type: Rechtspersoon
Legal form: Public limited company
Legal situation: Normale toestand
Start date: 22 December 1983
Peppol: Active · Active since 3 Dec 2025
Activities · NACE: Groothandel in hout

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