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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 13 to 11.1.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VANDEWALLE METAAL from Wingene, company number BE0433931478, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 25,795 after tax. For that financial year VANDEWALLE METAAL recorded a gross margin of € 866,088 and equity of € 1.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 172,253 to € 25,795. 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 17, 2025.
€ 1.3 million
▲ 2% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 25,795
▼ 85% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 561,740
▼ 8% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 1.3 million.
People and assets in 2025
11.1
▼ 1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 582,824
▼ 16% vs 2024
€ 52,500 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.
€ 373,333
▲ € 337,512 vs 2024
Of which on lease € 339,333.
Debts at end 2025
€ 501,608
€ 114,847 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 631,599
▲ 23% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 91,861
▲ 96% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,270,316 | € 1,324,879 | € 1,066,410 | € 866,088 | ▼ 19% |
| Profit after taxes | € 290,061 | € 368,496 | € 172,253 | € 25,795 | ▼ 85% |
| Equity | € 1,057,218 | € 1,150,714 | € 1,322,967 | € 1,348,762 | ▲ 2% |
| Total debts | € 1,860,254 | € 1,422,968 | € 935,415 | € 1,616,109 | ▲ 73% |
| Cash | € 886,427 | € 961,254 | € 609,099 | € 561,740 | ▼ 8% |
| Land & buildings | € 404,803 | € 395,456 | € 368,691 | € 473,813 | ▲ 29% |
| Retained profit | € 1,027,471 | € 1,120,967 | € 1,293,219 | € 1,319,014 | ▲ 2% |
| Dividend | € 275,000 | € 275,000 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 134,979 | € 49,729 | € 0 | € 501,608 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,917,472 | € 2,573,682 | € 2,258,382 | € 2,964,871 | ▲ 31% |
| Employees (FTE) | 13 | 13 | 12.1 | 11.1 | ▼ 1 |
Key figures of VANDEWALLE METAAL, 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 October 2026.
What happened to VANDEWALLE METAAL?
What happened at VANDEWALLE METAAL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 25,795 (▼ 85% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Wingene. KBO
- New establishment in Wingene. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 290,061 profit in 2022 to € 25,795 profit in 2025.
Paid € 248,483 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 368,496 profit.
On average € 78,000 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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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Management
The stake of WOUTER VANDEWALLE MANAGEMENT & TRADING comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
VANDEWALLE METAALBehind VANDEWALLE METAAL is WVMT BV. The shares are held by WOUTER VANDEWALLE MANAGEMENT & TRADING (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Wouter Vandewalle
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Ruiseledesteenweg 85
8750 Wingene
Ambachtstraat 1
8750 Wingene
Active since 1 January 2025
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
COMBELL-AS, BE
Website info
Features
Security
Network
Details
- Company number
- 0433.931.478
- VAT number
- BE 0433.931.478
- Registered office
- Ruiseledesteenweg 85, 8750 Wingene
- Names & denominations
- VANDEWALLE METAAL · VDW METAAL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 11 April 1988
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Mar 2026
- Contact
- vdwmetaal.be
- Activities · NACE
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