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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 24 % of short-term debt in 2023; threshold 65 %.
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Annual account missing NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was expected before 31 July 2025 and has not been filed.
Financials
Financial year 2023
VAN BAELEN from Houthalen-Helchteren, company number BE0426932731, closed financial year 2023 with a result of € 25,088 after tax. For that financial year VAN BAELEN recorded a gross margin of € 75,947 and equity of € 94,676. Compared with financial year 2022, the result moved from € -13,105 to € 25,088. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 December 12, 2024.
€ 94,676
▲ 36% vs 2022
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 25,088
▲ still € 13,105 loss in 2022
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 15,661
▲ 51% vs 2022
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2023. Retained profit grew to € 74,844.
People and assets in 2023
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 14,170
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 12,896
▼ 30% vs 2022
Of which on lease € 12,089.
Debts at end 2023
€ 19,156
▼ 59% vs 2022
€ 9,156 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 14,165
▼ 6% vs 2022
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 4,956
▼ 61% vs 2022
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Change 2022 → 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 95,466 | € 34,929 | € 75,947 | ▲ 117% |
| Profit after taxes | € 44,057 | € -13,105 | € 25,088 | ▲ € 38,193 |
| Equity | € 82,692 | € 69,588 | € 94,676 | ▲ 36% |
| Total debts | € 228,701 | € 211,070 | € 166,940 | ▼ 21% |
| Cash | € 34,681 | € 10,381 | € 15,661 | ▲ 51% |
| Retained profit | € 62,861 | € 49,756 | € 74,844 | ▲ 50% |
| Dividend | € 199,854 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 50,773 | € 46,248 | € 19,156 | ▼ 59% |
| Balance sheet total | € 311,393 | € 280,657 | € 261,616 | ▼ 7% |
Key figures of VAN BAELEN, fiscal years 2021 to 2023, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2024 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2025.
What happened to VAN BAELEN?
What happened at VAN BAELEN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2023: profit of € 25,088. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- GUNTHER VAN BAELEN became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Houthalen-Helchteren. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 44,057 profit in 2021 to € 25,088 profit in 2023.
Paid € 19,767 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 44,057 profit.
Paid out € 199,854 in dividends to the owners in total.
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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 VAN BAELEN is GUNTHER VAN BAELEN. GUNTHER VAN BAELEN is also behind VaTcO and GUVAN.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Lijsterstraat 28 box 1
3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
Lijsterstraat 28/1
3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
Active since 1 June 1985
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
- 0426.932.731
- VAT number
- BE 0426.932.731
- Registered office
- Lijsterstraat 28 bus 1, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
- Names & denominations
- VAN BAELEN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 4 March 1985
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