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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 8 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
OU - QUI - BAT from Bertrix, company number BE0439130678, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 26,524 after tax. For that financial year OU - QUI - BAT recorded revenue of € 13.1 million and equity of € 2.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -15,239 to € 26,524. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 16, 2026.
€ 2.6 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 26,524
▲ still € 15,239 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 141,781
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 2.6 million.
People and assets in 2025
31.5
▲ 0.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.4 million
▲ 4% vs 2024
€ 45,800 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.
€ 24,688
▼ 28% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 669,256
▼ 17% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 21 days on average.
€ 240,786
▲ 17% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 14,603,719 | € 14,220,340 | € 13,575,342 | € 13,087,645 | ▼ 4% |
| Profit after taxes | € 391,499 | € 167,991 | € -15,239 | € 26,524 | ▲ € 41,763 |
| Equity | € 2,439,039 | € 2,607,031 | € 2,591,792 | € 2,618,316 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 3,267,471 | € 3,007,631 | € 2,611,900 | € 2,730,141 | ▲ 5% |
| Cash | € 159,534 | € 165,348 | € 141,850 | € 141,781 | |
| Retained profit | € 2,377,539 | € 2,545,531 | € 2,530,292 | € 2,556,816 | ▲ 1% |
| Dividend | € 750,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 35,528 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 5,717,898 | € 5,619,730 | € 5,203,692 | € 5,348,458 | ▲ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 34.2 | 32.5 | 31.2 | 31.5 | ▲ 0.3 |
Key figures of OU - QUI - BAT, 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 OU - QUI - BAT?
What happened at OU - QUI - BAT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- E.A.M. VAN OSTA stepped down as director. NBB
- C.M.F. LIEKENS stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 26,524. Source: NBB ↗
- E.A.M. VAN OSTA became a director. NBB
- C.M.F. LIEKENS became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Tournai. KBO
- New establishment in Ath. KBO
- New establishment in Quaregnon. KBO
In short
From € 391,499 profit in 2022 to € 26,524 profit in 2025.
Paid € 231,102 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 391,499 profit.
Paid out € 750,000 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The stake of Teweka comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
OU - QUI - BATThe shares are held by Hubo België SA (100%) and Teweka (0.1%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
E.A.M. VAN OSTA
Managing director
Also active at: A.I.T. IMPORT, Anciens Etablissements Robert Collette, PADIS, Hubo België, EPSILON, Spabois, SAMBRE - BOIS, Dubomat +51 more
since 2021 · until 2027
C.M.F. LIEKENS
Managing director
Also active at: A.I.T. IMPORT, Anciens Etablissements Robert Collette, PADIS, Hubo België, EPSILON, Spabois, SAMBRE - BOIS, Dubomat +53 more
since 2021 · until 2027
Shareholders
100%
0.1%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Route des Gohineaux 11
6880 Bertrix
Chaussée de l'Espérance 312
7390 Quaregnon
Active since 7 May 2008
Chaussée de Tournai(Irc) 189a
7801 Ath
Active since 1 April 2015
Rue de la Lys(TOU) 16
7500 Tournai
Active since 1 July 2015
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0439.130.678
- VAT number
- BE 0439.130.678
- Registered office
- Route des Gohineaux 11, 6880 Bertrix
- Names & denominations
- OU - QUI - BAT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 16 December 1989
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 15 Dec 2025
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