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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 32 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VANDERHEYDEN MELEN from Soumagne, company number BE0428152258, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 458,649 after tax. For that financial year VANDERHEYDEN MELEN recorded revenue of € 24.3 million and equity of € 2.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 629,287 to € 458,649. 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 July 6, 2026.
€ 2.9 million
▲ 6% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 458,649
▼ 27% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 236,325
▲ 158% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 300,000 paid out
65 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to VDH GROUPE (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
19.1
▼ 1.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1 million
▲ 17% vs 2024
€ 54,500 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.
€ 146,698
▲ 13% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 451,753
▼ 56% vs 2024
€ 150,011 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 707,806
▼ 48% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 11 days on average.
€ 205,670
▲ 19% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | € 24,274,642 | |
| Gross margin | € 1,727,073 | € 2,077,357 | € 2,001,332 | - | |
| Profit after taxes | € 616,648 | € 967,648 | € 629,287 | € 458,649 | ▼ 27% |
| Equity | € 2,546,347 | € 2,693,491 | € 2,716,778 | € 2,875,427 | ▲ 6% |
| Total debts | € 3,912,315 | € 4,503,357 | € 4,296,899 | € 2,799,590 | ▼ 35% |
| Cash | € 69,985 | € 7,976 | € 91,691 | € 236,325 | ▲ 158% |
| Land & buildings | € 606,964 | € 547,282 | € 487,601 | € 427,919 | ▼ 12% |
| Retained profit | € 2,411,628 | € 2,558,772 | € 2,582,059 | € 2,740,707 | ▲ 6% |
| Dividend | € 345,000 | € 820,504 | € 606,000 | € 300,000 | ▼ 50% |
| Bank debt | € 1,094,115 | € 425,083 | € 1,019,190 | € 451,753 | ▼ 56% |
| Balance sheet total | € 6,458,662 | € 7,196,848 | € 7,013,677 | € 5,675,017 | ▼ 19% |
| Employees (FTE) | 15.7 | 15.1 | 20.2 | 19.1 | ▼ 1.1 |
Key figures of VANDERHEYDEN MELEN, 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 VANDERHEYDEN MELEN?
What happened at VANDERHEYDEN MELEN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 458,649 (▼ 27% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Marthe VANDERHEYDEN stepped down as director. NBB
- New establishment in Soumagne. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 616,648 profit in 2022 to € 458,649 profit in 2025.
Paid € 462,517 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 967,648 profit.
On average € 99,100 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
The stake of VDH GROUPE comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
VANDERHEYDEN MELENBehind VANDERHEYDEN MELEN are V. VANDERHEYDEN SRL, B. HALLEUX SRL, S. PIRON SRL, A. HURARD SRL, F. SCHEEN SRL and F. VANDERHEYDEN SRL. The shares are held by VDH GROUPE (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Vincent VANDERHEYDEN
Also active at: VANDERHEYDEN HENRI-CHAPELLE, IMMOBILIERE CHARLEMAGNE, VANDERHEYDEN VAL-BENOIT, VANDERHEYDEN VERVIERS, VDH GROUPE, VANDERHEYDEN LIEGE, VANDERHEYDEN EUPEN, VANDERHEYDEN LONCIN
Director · represented by Benoît HALLEUX
Also active at: VANDERHEYDEN HENRI-CHAPELLE, IMMOBILIERE CHARLEMAGNE, VANDERHEYDEN VAL-BENOIT, VANDERHEYDEN VERVIERS, VDH GROUPE, VANDERHEYDEN LIEGE, VANDERHEYDEN EUPEN, VANDERHEYDEN LONCIN
Director · represented by Sébastien PIRON
Also active at: VANDERHEYDEN HENRI-CHAPELLE, IMMOBILIERE CHARLEMAGNE, VANDERHEYDEN VAL-BENOIT, VANDERHEYDEN VERVIERS, VDH GROUPE, XOLO, SBL IMMO, VANDERHEYDEN LIEGE +2 more
Director · represented by Anne-Sophie HURARD
Also active at: VANDERHEYDEN HENRI-CHAPELLE, IMMOBILIERE CHARLEMAGNE, VANDERHEYDEN VAL-BENOIT, VANDERHEYDEN VERVIERS, VDH GROUPE, VANDERHEYDEN LIEGE, VANDERHEYDEN EUPEN, VANDERHEYDEN LONCIN
Director · represented by Frédéric SCHEEN
Also active at: VANDERHEYDEN HENRI-CHAPELLE, IMMOBILIERE CHARLEMAGNE, VANDERHEYDEN VAL-BENOIT, VANDERHEYDEN VERVIERS, VDH GROUPE, VANDERHEYDEN LIEGE, VANDERHEYDEN EUPEN, VANDERHEYDEN LONCIN
Director · represented by Franck VANDERHEYDEN
Also active at: VANDERHEYDEN HENRI-CHAPELLE, IMMOBILIERE CHARLEMAGNE, VANDERHEYDEN VAL-BENOIT, VANDERHEYDEN VERVIERS, VDH GROUPE, VANDERHEYDEN LIEGE, VANDERHEYDEN EUPEN, VANDERHEYDEN LONCIN
Marthe VANDERHEYDEN
Director
Also active at: VANDERHEYDEN HENRI-CHAPELLE, VANDERHEYDEN VERVIERS, VDH GROUPE, VANDERHEYDEN EUPEN
· until 2025
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue de la Clef(MEL) 48A
4633 Soumagne
Rue de la Clef(MEL) 48 A
4633 Soumagne
Active since 1 January 1986
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0428.152.258
- VAT number
- BE 0428.152.258
- Registered office
- Rue de la Clef(MEL) 48A, 4633 Soumagne
- Names & denominations
- VANDERHEYDEN MELEN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 December 1985
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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