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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 49.2 to 38.2.
Financials
Financial year 2024
PALOUME from Antwerpen, company number BE0446083895, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 572,629 after tax. For that financial year PALOUME recorded revenue of € 26.6 million and equity of € 6.4 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 1.1 million to € 572,629. The company is profitable. 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 August 6, 2025.
€ 6.4 million
▼ 6% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 572,629
▼ 49% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3.7 million
▲ 30% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2024
38.2
▼ 2.6 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 3.3 million
▼ 5% vs 2023
€ 85,500 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.
€ 75,989
▼ 21% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1.7 million
▲ 59% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 25 days on average.
€ 316,688
▼ 22% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 40,523,017 | € 39,402,933 | € 47,721,516 | € 26,584,921 | ▼ 44% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,810,776 | € -706,343 | € 1,126,744 | € 572,629 | ▼ 49% |
| Equity | € 6,370,964 | € 5,664,621 | € 6,791,364 | € 6,363,993 | ▼ 6% |
| Total debts | € 6,129,260 | € 29,003,642 | € 3,895,208 | € 3,380,803 | ▼ 13% |
| Cash | € 1,403,655 | € 2,435,548 | € 2,865,508 | € 3,720,569 | ▲ 30% |
| Retained profit | € 6,114,168 | € 5,407,825 | € 6,534,569 | € 6,107,197 | ▼ 7% |
| Dividend | € 300,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 1,000,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 400,000 | € 7,900,000 | € 400,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 12,539,956 | € 35,061,539 | € 10,729,849 | € 9,788,072 | ▼ 9% |
| Employees (FTE) | 47.6 | 49.2 | 40.8 | 38.2 | ▼ 2.6 |
Key figures of PALOUME, 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 PALOUME?
What happened at PALOUME in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Ole Sander stepped down as director. NBB
- Jörg Berner stepped down as director. NBB
- Hans-Jörg Bertschi stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 572,629 (▼ 49% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Ole Sander became a director. NBB
- Jörg Berner became a director. NBB
- Hans-Jörg Bertschi became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
In short
From € 1.8 million profit in 2021 to € 572,629 profit in 2024.
Paid € 328,755 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 1.8 million profit.
Paid out € 1.3 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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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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Management
The shares are held by BERTSCHI AG (80%) and BERTSCHI GLOBAL AG (20%). It owns 100% of ELITE LE HAVRE, 100% of ELITE SPAIN LOGISTIC, 100% of ELITE PALOUME FORWARDERS CHENNAI PVT and 51% of ELITE LOGISTIC CONSULTANTS (GB) LTD itself.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Ole Sander
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Jörg Berner
Managing director
since 2024 · until 2027
Hans-Jörg Bertschi
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Shareholders
BERTSCHI AG
80%
BERTSCHI GLOBAL AG
20%
Participations
ELITE LE HAVRE
100%
ELITE SPAIN LOGISTIC
100%
ELITE PALOUME FORWARDERS CHENNAI PVT
100%
ELITE LOGISTIC CONSULTANTS (GB) LTD
51%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Viaduct-Dam 106
2060 Antwerpen
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0446.083.895
- VAT number
- BE 0446.083.895
- Registered office
- Viaduct-Dam 106, 2060 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- PALOUME
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 16 December 1991
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Apr 2026
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