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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 38 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2026
MARTIN MATHYS from Halen, company number BE0437896404, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -4.9 million after tax. For that financial year MARTIN MATHYS recorded revenue of € 56.8 million and equity of € 12.9 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 1.4 million to € -4.9 million. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 14, 2026.
€ 12.9 million
▼ 27% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -4.9 million
▼ still € 1.4 million profit in 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 7,817
▼ 44% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 3.5 million.
People and assets in 2026
172.7
▲ 18.9 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 13.9 million
▲ 8% vs 2025
€ 80,400 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.
€ 161,367
▲ 209% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 10 million
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 15.5 million
▲ 24% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 102 days on average.
€ 2.6 million
▲ 5% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 51,120,117 | € 50,432,696 | € 56,533,869 | € 56,753,099 | |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,660,006 | € 2,115,523 | € 1,444,229 | € -4,876,367 | ▼ € 6.3 million |
| Equity | € 24,215,188 | € 16,330,711 | € 17,774,940 | € 12,898,573 | ▼ 27% |
| Total debts | € 7,788,506 | € 10,557,442 | € 15,678,991 | € 32,407,573 | ▲ 107% |
| Cash | € 19,574 | € 20,789 | € 13,909 | € 7,817 | ▼ 44% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,261,748 | € 1,274,045 | € 1,499,757 | € 1,678,700 | ▲ 12% |
| Retained profit | € 14,853,188 | € 6,968,711 | € 8,412,940 | € 3,536,573 | ▼ 58% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 10,000,000 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 10,000,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 32,036,201 | € 26,951,898 | € 33,453,931 | € 45,462,948 | ▲ 36% |
| Employees (FTE) | 174.8 | 162.9 | 153.8 | 172.7 | ▲ 18.9 |
Key figures of MARTIN MATHYS, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 December 2027.
What happened to MARTIN MATHYS?
What happened at MARTIN MATHYS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Thomas James Lowdon stepped down as director. NBB
- Hilde Maria Eleonora De Backer stepped down as director. NBB
- Frank Costermans stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: loss of € 4.9 million (▼ € 6.3 million vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- Hilde Maria Eleonora De Backer became a director. NBB
- Thomas James Lowdon became a director. NBB
- Andrew White stepped down as director. NBB
- Frank Costermans became a director. NBB
In short
From € 1.7 million profit in 2023 to € 4.9 million loss in 2026.
Paid € 2.1 million in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 2.1 million profit.
Paid out € 10 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by RPM Europe Holdco BV (100%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Frank Costermans
Managing director
since 2023 · until 2029
since 2025 · until 2031
Andrew White
Director
since 2023 · until 2025
Hilde Maria Eleonora De Backer
Director
since 2026 · until 2031
Shareholders
RPM Europe Holdco BV
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kolenbergstraat 23
3545 Halen
Who else lives here?
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Details
- Company number
- 0437.896.404
- VAT number
- BE 0437.896.404
- Registered office
- Kolenbergstraat 23, 3545 Halen
- Names & denominations
- MARTIN MATHYS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 June 1989
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 23 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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