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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 19 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 4.6 to 3.7.
Financials
Financial year 2025
WILLY VANHOUTTE from Beernem, company number BE0441749975, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 18,794 after tax. For that financial year WILLY VANHOUTTE recorded a gross margin of € 328,457 and equity of € 780,272. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 76,159 to € 18,794. The company is profitable. 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 18, 2026.
€ 780,272
▲ 2% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 18,794
▼ 75% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 136,148
▲ 34% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 761,672.
People and assets in 2025
3.7
▼ 0.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 271,763
▼ 8% vs 2024
€ 73,400 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.
€ 2,266
▼ 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.
€ 73,022
▲ 152% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 130,698
▼ 15% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 442,052 | € 423,260 | € 459,992 | € 328,457 | ▼ 29% |
| Profit after taxes | € 75,812 | € 51,773 | € 76,159 | € 18,794 | ▼ 75% |
| Equity | € 633,547 | € 685,320 | € 761,479 | € 780,272 | ▲ 2% |
| Total debts | € 1,237,142 | € 1,110,791 | € 1,085,662 | € 1,084,387 | |
| Cash | € 181,024 | € 152,460 | € 101,297 | € 136,148 | ▲ 34% |
| Retained profit | € 614,947 | € 666,720 | € 742,879 | € 761,672 | ▲ 3% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,870,689 | € 1,796,111 | € 1,847,141 | € 1,864,659 | ▲ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | ▼ 0.8 |
By gross margin, WILLY VANHOUTTE ranks 30th of 61 companies with main activity “Groothandel in gereedschapswerktuigen” in West Flanders that publish figures (fiscal year 2025).
Key figures of WILLY VANHOUTTE, 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.
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What happened to WILLY VANHOUTTE?
What happened at WILLY VANHOUTTE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 18,794 (▼ 75% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Beernem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 75,812 profit in 2022 to € 18,794 profit in 2025.
Paid € 73,994 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 76,159 profit.
On average € 88,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of Eurobaby comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
WILLY VANHOUTTEBehind WILLY VANHOUTTE is EUROBABY UK LTD. The shares are held by Eurobaby (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
EUROBABY UK LTD
Director · represented by Filip Wauters
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Industriepark Noord 12
8730 Beernem
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
DNS
Cloudflare DNS
Domain
Domain
willyvanhoutte.com
Registered
2016-05-15
Registrar
Combell NV
Expires
2026-05-15
Website info
Features
Security
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Details
- Company number
- 0441.749.975
- VAT number
- BE 0441.749.975
- Registered office
- Industriepark Noord 12, 8730 Beernem
- Names & denominations
- WILLY VANHOUTTE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 September 1990
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 20 Oct 2025
- Activities · NACE
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