What does DE WATERHOEK do?

DE WATERHOEK is a hospitality business in Dessel. Public Limited, started on 15 September 1989, 1 establishment.

What is the address of DE WATERHOEK?

The registered office of DE WATERHOEK is located at Zandbergen 102, 2480 Dessel.

Is DE WATERHOEK still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) DE WATERHOEK is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 15 September 1989.

Is DE WATERHOEK registered on Peppol?

Yes, DE WATERHOEK is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0438280741.

What is the enterprise number of DE WATERHOEK?

The enterprise number of DE WATERHOEK is BE0438280741.

When was DE WATERHOEK founded?

DE WATERHOEK was founded on 15 September 1989.

Who are the directors of DE WATERHOEK?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of DE WATERHOEK are: Dirk Melis, Boxberger BV, Mike Melis.

Is DE WATERHOEK a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 15 September 1989; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 3 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did DE WATERHOEK make in 2025?

DE WATERHOEK recorded a loss after taxes of € 4,452 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of DE WATERHOEK?

As a small company, DE WATERHOEK is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 695,568.

How much does an employee at DE WATERHOEK earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at DE WATERHOEK was € 43,500 in 2025: staff costs of € 612,924 for 14.1 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does DE WATERHOEK have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, DE WATERHOEK has 14.1 full-time equivalents (FTE).

DE WATERHOEK (Public Limited) - Dessel - BE0438280741

Dossier DE WATERHOEK, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0438280741/de-waterhoek. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

DE WATERHOEK from Dessel, company number BE0438280741, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -4,452 after tax. For that financial year DE WATERHOEK recorded a gross margin of € 695,568 and equity of € 359,565. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1,637 to € -4,452. 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 August 12, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 359,565

▼ 1% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Loss Caution

€ -4,452

▼ still € 1,637 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 569,517

▲ 41% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € 210,829.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

14.1

▼ 0.1 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost

€ 612,924

▼ 4% vs 2024

€ 43,500 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 1,598

▼ 49% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 8 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 439,691

▼ 13% vs 2024

€ 54,642 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 160,283

▼ 48% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Wages and social charges

€ 68,082

▲ 4% vs 2024

Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 743,024 Gross margin 2022: € 743,024 First fiscal year in the series	€ 819,234 Gross margin 2023: € 819,234 ▲ 10% vs 2022 (€ 743,024) Favourable step	€ 762,828 Gross margin 2024: € 762,828 ▼ 7% vs 2023 (€ 819,234) Unfavourable step	€ 695,568 Gross margin 2025: € 695,568 ▼ 9% vs 2024 (€ 762,828) Unfavourable step	▼ 9%
Profit after taxes	€ 15,026 Profit after taxes 2022: € 15,026 First fiscal year in the series	€ 18,436 Profit after taxes 2023: € 18,436 ▲ 23% vs 2022 (€ 15,026) Favourable step	€ 1,637 Profit after taxes 2024: € 1,637 ▼ 91% vs 2023 (€ 18,436) Unfavourable step	€ -4,452 Profit after taxes 2025: € -4,452 ▼ € 6,089 vs 2024 (€ 1,637) Unfavourable step	▼ € 6,089
Equity	€ 343,945 Equity 2022: € 343,945 First fiscal year in the series	€ 362,381 Equity 2023: € 362,381 ▲ 5% vs 2022 (€ 343,945) Favourable step	€ 364,017 Equity 2024: € 364,017 Unchanged (€ 362,381) Favourable step	€ 359,565 Equity 2025: € 359,565 ▼ 1% vs 2024 (€ 364,017) Unfavourable step	▼ 1%
Total debts	€ 946,452 Total debts 2022: € 946,452 First fiscal year in the series	€ 840,595 Total debts 2023: € 840,595 ▼ 11% vs 2022 (€ 946,452) Favourable step	€ 892,511 Total debts 2024: € 892,511 ▲ 6% vs 2023 (€ 840,595) Unfavourable step	€ 670,225 Total debts 2025: € 670,225 ▼ 25% vs 2024 (€ 892,511) Favourable step	▼ 25%
Cash	€ 211,469 Cash 2022: € 211,469 First fiscal year in the series	€ 265,545 Cash 2023: € 265,545 ▲ 26% vs 2022 (€ 211,469) Favourable step	€ 404,561 Cash 2024: € 404,561 ▲ 52% vs 2023 (€ 265,545) Favourable step	€ 569,517 Cash 2025: € 569,517 ▲ 41% vs 2024 (€ 404,561) Favourable step	▲ 41%
Land & buildings	€ 462,165 Land & buildings 2022: € 462,165 First fiscal year in the series	€ 412,000 Land & buildings 2023: € 412,000 ▼ 11% vs 2022 (€ 462,165) Unchanged	€ 364,915 Land & buildings 2024: € 364,915 ▼ 11% vs 2023 (€ 412,000) Unchanged	€ 314,607 Land & buildings 2025: € 314,607 ▼ 14% vs 2024 (€ 364,915) Unchanged	▼ 14%
Retained profit	€ 195,209 Retained profit 2022: € 195,209 First fiscal year in the series	€ 213,645 Retained profit 2023: € 213,645 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 195,209) Favourable step	€ 215,281 Retained profit 2024: € 215,281 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 213,645) Favourable step	€ 210,829 Retained profit 2025: € 210,829 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 215,281) Unfavourable step	▼ 2%
Bank debt	€ 660,802 Bank debt 2022: € 660,802 First fiscal year in the series	€ 584,572 Bank debt 2023: € 584,572 ▼ 12% vs 2022 (€ 660,802) Favourable step	€ 507,576 Bank debt 2024: € 507,576 ▼ 13% vs 2023 (€ 584,572) Favourable step	€ 439,691 Bank debt 2025: € 439,691 ▼ 13% vs 2024 (€ 507,576) Favourable step	▼ 13%
Balance sheet total	€ 1,290,397 Balance sheet total 2022: € 1,290,397 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,202,976 Balance sheet total 2023: € 1,202,976 ▼ 7% vs 2022 (€ 1,290,397) Unchanged	€ 1,256,529 Balance sheet total 2024: € 1,256,529 ▲ 4% vs 2023 (€ 1,202,976) Unchanged	€ 1,029,790 Balance sheet total 2025: € 1,029,790 ▼ 18% vs 2024 (€ 1,256,529) Unchanged	▼ 18%
Employees (FTE)	15 Employees (FTE) 2022: 15 First fiscal year in the series	15.4 Employees (FTE) 2023: 15.4 ▲ 0.4 vs 2022 (15) Unchanged	14.2 Employees (FTE) 2024: 14.2 ▼ 1.2 vs 2023 (15.4) Unchanged	14.1 Employees (FTE) 2025: 14.1 ▼ 0.1 vs 2024 (14.2) Unchanged	▼ 0.1

Key figures of DE WATERHOEK, 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 DE WATERHOEK?

What happened at DE WATERHOEK in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2029 Dirk Melis stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Boxberger BV stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Mike Melis stepped down as director. NBB
Aug 12, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 4,452 (▼ € 6,089 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
2023 Dirk Melis became a director. NBB
2023 Boxberger BV became a director. NBB
2023 Mike Melis became a director. NBB
Sep 21, 1989 New establishment in Balen. KBO

In short

From € 15,026 profit in 2022 to € 4,452 loss in 2025.

Paid € 14,480 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 18,436 profit.

On average € 49,300 of value added per employee in 2025.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

BOXBERGER 75%

The stake of BOXBERGER comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

DE WATERHOEK

The shares are held by BOXBERGER (75%).

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Dirk Melis

Director

Also active at: RETIESE WATERMOLEN, MELIS EVENTS, BOXBERGER, RDMK Events, DIKA CONSULT, Evenco, GATORS.BE

since 2023 · until 2029

Boxberger BV

Managing director · represented by Werner Melis

Also active at: RETIESE WATERMOLEN

since 2023 · until 2029

Mike Melis

Director

Also active at: MELIS EVENTS, Solero, De Lindedreef, MEJIKO

since 2023 · until 2029

Shareholders

BOXBERGER

75%

Participations

No participations in other companies reported.

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Zandbergen 102

2480 Dessel

2.044.847.793

Olmensebaan 126

2490 Balen

Active since 21 September 1989

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 7 companies are registered at this address.

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MELIS EVENTS same network

€ 1.4 million gross margin · 2025

BOXBERGER same network

€ 288,949 gross margin · 2025

Food Events

RDMK Events same network

€ 436,179 gross margin · 2025

Evenco same network

€ -3,688 gross margin · 2025

+2 more

What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.

Details

Company number

0438.280.741

VAT number

BE 0438.280.741

Registered office

Zandbergen 102, 2480 Dessel

Names & denominations

DE WATERHOEK

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

15 September 1989

Peppol

Active · Active since 24 Nov 2023

Activities · NACE

Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening

Restaurants van het traditionele type

Cafés en bars

Cafés

Eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening

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DE WATERHOEK

Financials

What happened to DE WATERHOEK?

Management

Directors

Shareholders

Participations

Establishments

Establishment units

Who else lives here?

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