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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 8 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
J. DE PAUW from Gent, company number BE0435460714, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -132,777 after tax. For that financial year J. DE PAUW recorded a gross margin of € 6,012 and equity of € 88,898. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 154,443 to € -132,777. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 60 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 31, 2026.
€ 88,898
▼ 60% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -132,777
▼ still € 154,443 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 29,290
▲ € 27,555 vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -5,602.
Debts at end 2025
€ 243,374
▼ 37% vs 2024
€ 32,617 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 7 years.
€ 71,549
▲ 25% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 26,490
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 83,636 | € 96,104 | € 208,957 | € 6,012 | ▼ 97% |
| Profit after taxes | € 27,460 | € 35,906 | € 154,443 | € -132,777 | ▼ € 287,220 |
| Equity | € 303,826 | € 307,232 | € 221,675 | € 88,898 | ▼ 60% |
| Total debts | € 737,095 | € 586,218 | € 697,250 | € 588,708 | ▼ 16% |
| Cash | € 6,846 | € 16,148 | € 1,735 | € 29,290 | ▲ € 27,555 |
| Land & buildings | € 1,014,372 | € 850,649 | € 570,794 | € 349,617 | ▼ 39% |
| Retained profit | € 26,826 | € 62,732 | € 127,175 | € -5,602 | ▼ € 132,777 |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 90,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 587,180 | € 433,643 | € 388,801 | € 243,374 | ▼ 37% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,056,217 | € 893,450 | € 918,925 | € 677,606 | ▼ 26% |
Key figures of J. DE PAUW, 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 J. DE PAUW?
What happened at J. DE PAUW in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Bart Heyman stepped down as director. NBB
- Carl Taghon stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 132,777 (▼ € 287,220 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 27,460 profit in 2022 to € 132,777 loss in 2025.
Paid € 63,928 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 154,443 profit.
Paid out € 90,000 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
· until 2028
· until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Victor Braeckmanlaan 151
9040 Gent
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0435.460.714
- VAT number
- BE 0435.460.714
- Registered office
- Victor Braeckmanlaan 151, 9040 Gent
- Names & denominations
- J. DE PAUW
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 September 1988
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