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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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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 61 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Not on Peppol Peppol
Not registered in the Peppol network, mandatory for VAT-liable companies since 1 January 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VAN MECHELEN from Wijnegem, company number BE0440785222, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -2,120 after tax. For that financial year VAN MECHELEN recorded a gross margin of € -1,393 and equity of € 286,922. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -2,721 to € -2,120. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 29, 2026.
€ 286,922
▼ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -2,120
▲ 22 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 26,701
▲ 57% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -64,839.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € -1,091 | € -1,214 | € -2,025 | € -1,393 | ▲ € 632 |
| Profit after taxes | € -1,356 | € -1,593 | € -2,721 | € -2,120 | ▲ € 600 |
| Equity | € 293,356 | € 291,763 | € 289,043 | € 286,922 | ▼ 1% |
| Total debts | € 30,317 | € 31,189 | € 31,599 | € 43,448 | ▲ 37% |
| Cash | € 20,004 | € 19,283 | € 16,972 | € 26,701 | ▲ 57% |
| Land & buildings | € 303,670 | € 303,670 | € 303,670 | € 303,670 | |
| Retained profit | € -58,405 | € -59,998 | € -62,718 | € -64,839 | ▼ € 2,120 |
| Balance sheet total | € 323,673 | € 322,952 | € 320,641 | € 330,371 | ▲ 3% |
Key figures of VAN MECHELEN, 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 VAN MECHELEN?
What happened at VAN MECHELEN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Walter Helssen stepped down as director. NBB
- Jan Helssen stepped down as director. NBB
- Gilberte Helssen stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 2,120. Source: NBB ↗
- Walter Helssen became a director. NBB
- Jan Helssen became a director. NBB
- Gilberte Helssen became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Wijnegem. KBO
In short
From € 1,356 loss in 2022 to € 2,120 loss in 2025.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Walter Helssen
Managing director
since 2021 · until 2027
Jan Helssen
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Gilberte Helssen
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Merksemsebaan 120
2110 Wijnegem
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0440.785.222
- VAT number
- BE 0440.785.222
- Registered office
- Merksemsebaan 120, 2110 Wijnegem
- Names & denominations
- VAN MECHELEN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 May 1990
- Peppol
- Not registered