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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 63 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
BRICO BOIS from Genappe, company number BE0427342111, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 355,909 after tax. For that financial year BRICO BOIS recorded revenue of € 5 million and equity of € 1.2 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 432,151 to € 355,909. The company is profitable. 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 October 16, 2025.
€ 1.2 million
▲ 1% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 355,909
▼ 18% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 326,358
▼ 23% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 347,200 paid out
98 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to ARGAYON S.A. (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2024
12.2
▲ 0.3 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 492,998
▼ 5% vs 2023
€ 40,400 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.
€ 6,122
▼ 43% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 927,549
▼ 18% vs 2023
€ 179,644 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 144,667
▼ 38% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 79,836
▼ 8% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | € 5,253,680 | € 5,096,324 | € 4,975,423 | ▼ 2% |
| Gross margin | € 1,115,106 | € 1,038,810 | € 1,250,111 | € 1,084,254 | ▼ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € 96,726 | € 360,297 | € 432,151 | € 355,909 | ▼ 18% |
| Equity | € 914,799 | € 1,083,091 | € 1,165,942 | € 1,174,651 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 2,375,918 | € 2,391,797 | € 2,171,519 | € 1,911,364 | ▼ 12% |
| Cash | € 225,201 | € 770,430 | € 421,110 | € 326,358 | ▼ 23% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,109,414 | € 947,029 | € 825,085 | € 710,594 | ▼ 14% |
| Retained profit | € 802,420 | € 970,712 | € 1,053,563 | € 1,062,272 | ▲ 1% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 200,000 | € 349,300 | € 347,200 | ▼ 1% |
| Bank debt | € 1,691,848 | € 1,336,365 | € 1,131,668 | € 927,549 | ▼ 18% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,320,947 | € 3,492,422 | € 3,350,294 | € 3,094,147 | ▼ 8% |
| Employees (FTE) | 16 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 12.2 | ▲ 0.3 |
Key figures of BRICO BOIS, 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 BRICO BOIS?
What happened at BRICO BOIS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Christian Cattelain stepped down as director. NBB
- Nathalie Cattelain stepped down as director. NBB
- ARGAYON SA stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 355,909 (▼ 18% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Christian Cattelain became a director. NBB
- Nathalie Cattelain became a director. NBB
- ARGAYON SA became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Tubize. KBO
In short
From € 96,726 profit in 2021 to € 355,909 profit in 2024.
Paid € 169,069 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 432,151 profit.
On average € 88,900 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
The shares are held by ARGAYON S.A. (100%).
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Christian Cattelain
Director
Also active at: N.Y.C., SOCIETE DE DISTRIBUTION, D.G. & C°, ARGAYON, DINA DISTRIBUTION NAMUR
since 2022 · until 2027
Nathalie Cattelain
Director
Also active at: N.Y.C., SOCIETE DE DISTRIBUTION, D.G. & C°, CATTIMMO, SAN-E-MAT, ARGAYON, DINA DISTRIBUTION NAMUR
since 2022 · until 2027
Managing director · represented by Yves Cattelain
Also active at: N.Y.C., SOCIETE DE DISTRIBUTION, D.G. & C°, CATTIMMO, SAN-E-MAT, GRAHAM, DINA DISTRIBUTION NAMUR
since 2022 · until 2027
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Chaussée de Bruxelles 4A
1470 Genappe
Rue de Clabecq 99
1480 Tubize
Active since 13 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
- 0427.342.111
- VAT number
- BE 0427.342.111
- Registered office
- Chaussée de Bruxelles 4A, 1470 Genappe
- Names & denominations
- BRICO BOIS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 May 1985
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Mar 2026
- Activities · NACE
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