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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 15 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
FRANCA PRODUCTS from Lier, company number BE0429264689, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 8,790 after tax. For that financial year FRANCA PRODUCTS recorded a gross margin of € 160,471 and equity of € 641,036. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 13,233 to € 8,790. 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 September 29, 2025.
€ 641,036
▲ 1% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 8,790
▼ 34% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 4,483
▲ € 3,826 vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € -460,292.
People and assets in 2024
€ 107,317
▼ 7% vs 2023
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
Debts at end 2024
€ 364,465
▼ 13% vs 2023
€ 42,605 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 9 years.
€ 38,120
▼ 33% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 112,409
▲ 94% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 200,723 | € 265,320 | € 173,571 | € 160,471 | ▼ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € -41,739 | € 41,716 | € 13,233 | € 8,790 | ▼ 34% |
| Equity | € 577,297 | € 619,013 | € 632,245 | € 641,036 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 751,233 | € 688,823 | € 648,091 | € 632,854 | ▼ 2% |
| Cash | € 22,250 | € 20,685 | € 657 | € 4,483 | ▲ € 3,826 |
| Land & buildings | € 1,225,000 | € 1,225,000 | € 1,225,000 | € 1,225,000 | |
| Retained profit | € -524,031 | € -482,315 | € -469,082 | € -460,292 | ▲ € 8,790 |
| Bank debt | € 529,474 | € 472,681 | € 419,732 | € 364,465 | ▼ 13% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,328,530 | € 1,307,836 | € 1,280,337 | € 1,273,889 | ▼ 1% |
Key figures of FRANCA PRODUCTS, 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 FRANCA PRODUCTS?
What happened at FRANCA PRODUCTS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- VERTO BV stepped down as director. NBB
- An WITTEVRONGEL stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 8,790 (▼ 34% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- VERTO BV became a director. NBB
- An WITTEVRONGEL became a director. NBB
- Ivan VAN DEN BERGH stepped down as director. NBB
- New establishment in Lier. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 41,739 loss in 2021 to € 8,790 profit in 2024.
Paid € 1,992 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 41,716 profit.
Management
The stake of VERTO comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
FRANCA PRODUCTSThe shares are held by VERTO (100%).
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
since 2025 · until 2031
since 2025 · until 2031
· until 2025
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Paaiestraat 13
2500 Lier
Industriestraat 25
2500 Lier
Active since 14 August 1986
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 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
- 0429.264.689
- VAT number
- BE 0429.264.689
- Registered office
- Paaiestraat 13, 2500 Lier
- Names & denominations
- FRANCA PRODUCTS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 July 1986
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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