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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 17 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Not registered in the Peppol network, mandatory for VAT-liable companies since 1 January 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VABELPA from Asse, company number BE0428477605, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 195,382 after tax. For that financial year VABELPA recorded a gross margin of € 720,225 and equity of € 3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 3.5 million to € 195,382. 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 December 23, 2025.
€ 3 million
▲ 3% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 195,382
▼ 94% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 15,644
▼ 94% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 100,000 paid out
51 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to DEN AST (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
Debts at end 2025
€ 812,653
▼ 31% vs 2024
€ 510,000 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 4,069
▲ 205% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 21,569
▲ 24% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 666,017 | € 726,013 | € 959,217 | € 720,225 | ▼ 25% |
| Profit after taxes | € 356,353 | € 182,154 | € 3,474,106 | € 195,382 | ▼ 94% |
| Equity | € 1,352,334 | € 1,534,489 | € 2,908,595 | € 3,003,977 | ▲ 3% |
| Total debts | € 4,575,577 | € 4,403,172 | € 4,137,813 | € 2,314,799 | ▼ 44% |
| Cash | € 53,449 | € 195,808 | € 263,799 | € 15,644 | ▼ 94% |
| Land & buildings | € 4,217,355 | € 4,085,096 | € 4,153,785 | € 3,936,335 | ▼ 5% |
| Retained profit | € 1,147,334 | € 1,329,489 | € 2,703,595 | € 2,798,977 | ▲ 4% |
| Dividend | € 50,000 | € 0 | € 2,100,000 | € 100,000 | ▼ 95% |
| Bank debt | € 3,696,283 | € 3,550,577 | € 1,171,561 | € 812,653 | ▼ 31% |
| Balance sheet total | € 5,935,661 | € 5,944,442 | € 7,099,960 | € 5,369,429 | ▼ 24% |
Key figures of VABELPA, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.
What happened to VABELPA?
What happened at VABELPA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 195,382 (▼ 94% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Sibylle Van Belle became a director. NBB
- Jos Van Belle became a director. NBB
- Rita De Vos became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Asse. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 356,353 profit in 2022 to € 195,382 profit in 2025.
Paid € 251,422 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 3.5 million profit.
Paid out € 2.3 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The stake of DEN AST comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
VABELPABehind VABELPA are Sibylle Van Belle, Jos Van Belle and Rita De Vos. The shares are held by DEN AST (100%). It owns 59% of Wetteren Department Stores and 1.3% of Sibimo itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Sibylle Van Belle
Director
Also active at: I-ADVICE, M.H.F. - Themol, Van Belle, LIEVENS, A & B, EGO, SIBIMO, WETTEREN DEPARTMENT STORES +11 more
since 2023
Jos Van Belle
Managing director
Also active at: I-ADVICE, Van Belle, A & B, EGO, SIBIMO, WETTEREN DEPARTMENT STORES, DEN AST, STARFIN +9 more
since 2023
Rita De Vos
Director
Also active at: I-ADVICE, Van Belle, A & B, EGO, SIBIMO, WETTEREN DEPARTMENT STORES, DEN AST, DE NERVIËR +1 more
since 2023
Shareholders
100%
Participations
1.3%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Steenweg 29
1730 Asse
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0428.477.605
- VAT number
- BE 0428.477.605
- Registered office
- Steenweg 29, 1730 Asse
- Names & denominations
- VABELPA
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 31 January 1986
- Peppol
- Not registered