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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 10 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
DIRECT from Heusden-Zolder, company number BE0442335638, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -76,016 after tax. For that financial year DIRECT recorded a gross margin of € -30,563 and equity of € 159,220. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 191 to € -76,016. 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 January 6, 2026.
€ 159,220
▼ 32% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -76,016
▼ still € 191 profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 20,493
▲ 6% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 97,220.
People and assets in 2024
€ 37,344
▲ 5% vs 2023
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 26,856
▲ € 21,595 vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 415,739
▼ 3% vs 2023
€ 48,786 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.
€ 84,503
▲ € 63,818 vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 24,275
▼ 61% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 42,330 | € 53,560 | € 81,536 | € -30,563 | ▼ € 112,098 |
| Profit after taxes | € -11,337 | € -3,886 | € 191 | € -76,016 | ▼ € 76,207 |
| Equity | € 238,930 | € 235,044 | € 235,235 | € 159,220 | ▼ 32% |
| Total debts | € 473,531 | € 515,022 | € 511,152 | € 534,149 | ▲ 4% |
| Cash | € 8,151 | € 16,215 | € 19,392 | € 20,493 | ▲ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 176,930 | € 173,044 | € 173,235 | € 97,220 | ▼ 44% |
| Bank debt | € 418,412 | € 450,145 | € 428,147 | € 415,739 | ▼ 3% |
| Balance sheet total | € 712,461 | € 750,066 | € 746,387 | € 693,369 | ▼ 7% |
| Employees (FTE) | 2.9 | 1.9 | - | - |
Key figures of DIRECT, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to DIRECT?
What happened at DIRECT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 76,016 (▼ € 76,207 vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- LYDIA THYS became a director. NBB
- DANNY DANIELS became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Heusden-Zolder. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 11,337 loss in 2021 to € 76,016 loss in 2024.
Paid € 1,890 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 191 profit.
On average € 28,200 of value added per employee in 2022.
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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
Behind DIRECT are LYDIA THYS and DANNY DANIELS.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
LYDIA THYS
Administrator-manager
since 2008
DANNY DANIELS
Administrator-manager
since 2008
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Koolmijnlaan 169
3550 Heusden-Zolder
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0442.335.638
- VAT number
- BE 0442.335.638
- Registered office
- Koolmijnlaan 169, 3550 Heusden-Zolder
- Names & denominations
- DIRECT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 15 November 1990
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 14 Aug 2025
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