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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 6.7 to 3.4.
Financials
Financial year 2025
WITON from Herk-de-Stad, company number BE0443744415, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 59,725 after tax. For that financial year WITON recorded a gross margin of € 447,978 and equity of € 627,429. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 11,012 to € 59,725. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 May 29, 2026.
€ 627,429
▼ 13% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 59,725
▲ € 48,713 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 135,514
▲ 62% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 150,000 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
3.4
▼ 0.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 267,599
▼ 11% vs 2024
€ 78,700 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.
€ 3,020
▼ 30% 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.
€ 6,494
▼ 7% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 59,422
▲ 12% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 924,859 | € 1,000,702 | € 471,022 | € 447,978 | ▼ 5% |
| Profit after taxes | € 104,523 | € -142,176 | € 11,012 | € 59,725 | ▲ € 48,713 |
| Equity | € 950,119 | € 807,942 | € 717,704 | € 627,429 | ▼ 13% |
| Total debts | € 2,556,218 | € 2,075,557 | € 161,540 | € 216,165 | ▲ 34% |
| Cash | € 72,604 | € 159,107 | € 83,584 | € 135,514 | ▲ 62% |
| Land & buildings | € 630,918 | € 590,522 | € 539,260 | € 485,439 | ▼ 10% |
| Retained profit | € 875,751 | € 733,574 | € 643,336 | € 553,061 | ▼ 14% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 101,250 | € 150,000 | ▲ 48% |
| Bank debt | € 1,731,826 | € 1,333,000 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,506,337 | € 2,883,499 | € 879,244 | € 843,595 | ▼ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.8 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | ▼ 0.1 |
Key figures of WITON, 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 WITON?
What happened at WITON in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 59,725 (▲ € 48,713 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Herk-de-Stad. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 104,523 profit in 2022 to € 59,725 profit in 2025.
Paid € 42,447 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 104,523 profit.
On average € 131,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of INTERNATIONAL WOOD HOLDING comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
WITONBehind WITON are Seastar Capital BV, Pino Comm.V. and International Wood Holding NV. The shares are held by INTERNATIONAL WOOD HOLDING (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Michael Van Cauwenberge
Also active at: Placabois, LESAGE INDUSTRIES, Batal, FINIPAN, HEBIC, VANCA-BELGIUM, RNA Pioneering, Lamitrans +17 more
Director · represented by Joost Van Cauwenberge
Also active at: Placabois, FINIPAN, HEBIC, VANCA-BELGIUM, Lamitrans, Forma Belgium, TRILAM, INTERNATIONAL WOOD PRODUCTS +1 more
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Industrieweg 1120
3540 Herk-de-Stad
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 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.
Details
- Company number
- 0443.744.415
- VAT number
- BE 0443.744.415
- Registered office
- Industrieweg 1120, 3540 Herk-de-Stad
- Names & denominations
- WITON
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 March 1991
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
Groothandel in hout
Goederenvervoer over de weg
Plaatsen van vloerbedekking van hout of andere materialen
Vervaardiging van schrijn- en timmerwerk
Groothandel in verf, vernis en bouwmaterialen, inclusief sanitair
Vervaardiging van ander schrijn- en timmerwerk
Groothandel in bouwmaterialen, algemeen assortiment
Plaatsen van vloerbedekking en wandbekleding van hout