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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 62 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Late annual account NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was filed 362 days after the legal deadline.
Financials
Financial year 2024
FOREST & LAKES from Merelbeke-Melle, company number BE0435361140, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 24 after tax. For that financial year FOREST & LAKES recorded a gross margin of € 3,223 and equity of € 179,347. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 71 to € 24. 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 28, 2026.
€ 179,347
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 24
▼ 66% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 29,347.
Debts at end 2024
€ 73,515
▲ 1% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 14,667
▼ 21% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 971
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 3,190 | € 2,298 | € 2,514 | € 3,223 | ▲ 28% |
| Profit after taxes | € 96 | € 70 | € 71 | € 24 | ▼ 66% |
| Equity | € 179,182 | € 179,252 | € 179,323 | € 179,347 | |
| Total debts | € 284,698 | € 289,587 | € 286,300 | € 283,897 | ▼ 1% |
| Retained profit | € 29,182 | € 29,252 | € 29,323 | € 29,347 | |
| Bank debt | € 74,152 | € 78,502 | € 72,995 | € 73,515 | ▲ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 463,880 | € 468,839 | € 465,623 | € 463,245 | ▼ 1% |
Key figures of FOREST & LAKES, 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 FOREST & LAKES?
What happened at FOREST & LAKES in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 24 (▼ 66% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Merelbeke-Melle. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 96 profit in 2021 to € 24 profit in 2024.
Paid € 838 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 96 profit.
Establishments
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Physical locations of this company
Ambachtsweg 29A
9820 Merelbeke-Melle
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A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0435.361.140
- VAT number
- BE 0435.361.140
- Registered office
- Ambachtsweg 29A, 9820 Merelbeke-Melle
- Names & denominations
- FOREST & LAKES
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 22 September 1988
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Jan 2026
- Contact
- relaxselect.be
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