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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 65 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
HOSTE from Wevelgem, company number BE0442783917, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 217,131 after tax. For that financial year HOSTE recorded a gross margin of € 1.3 million and equity of € 771,709. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 241,428 to € 217,131. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 22, 2026.
€ 771,709
▼ 24% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 217,131
▼ 10% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 533,569
▲ 1% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 458,268 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
14
▲ 0.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 653,027
▲ 8% vs 2024
€ 46,600 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.
€ 190,974
▲ 49% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 74,172.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.2 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
€ 189,453 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 6 years.
€ 384,387
▲ 25% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 123,668
▼ 7% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,031,884 | € 986,695 | € 1,304,559 | € 1,320,703 | ▲ 1% |
| Profit after taxes | € 289,967 | € 117,480 | € 241,428 | € 217,131 | ▼ 10% |
| Equity | € 803,939 | € 871,419 | € 1,012,847 | € 771,709 | ▼ 24% |
| Total debts | € 704,884 | € 1,668,448 | € 1,682,786 | € 1,996,620 | ▲ 19% |
| Cash | € 484,548 | € 388,264 | € 527,930 | € 533,569 | ▲ 1% |
| Retained profit | € 608,939 | € 676,419 | € 817,847 | € 576,709 | ▼ 29% |
| Dividend | € 100,000 | € 50,000 | € 100,000 | € 458,268 | ▲ € 358,268 |
| Bank debt | € 149,361 | € 1,220,006 | € 1,141,329 | € 1,152,645 | ▲ 1% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,508,823 | € 2,539,867 | € 2,695,634 | € 2,768,329 | ▲ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 15 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 14 | ▲ 0.3 |
Key figures of HOSTE, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 June 2027.
What happened to HOSTE?
What happened at HOSTE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 217,131 (▼ 10% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Sebaho BV became a director. NBB
- Nathalie Cloet became a director. NBB
- Jean-Claude Hoste became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Wevelgem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 289,967 profit in 2022 to € 217,131 profit in 2025.
Paid € 210,198 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 289,967 profit.
On average € 94,300 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind HOSTE are Sebaho BV, Nathalie Cloet and Jean-Claude Hoste. Nathalie Cloet is also behind SEBAHO. Jean-Claude Hoste is also behind SEBAHO.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Sint-Janstraat 12
8560 Wevelgem
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0442.783.917
- VAT number
- BE 0442.783.917
- Registered office
- Sint-Janstraat 12, 8560 Wevelgem
- Names & denominations
- HOSTE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 February 1991
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 15 May 2025
- Activities · NACE
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