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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2024.
Financials
Financial year 2025
HET BOEKENWINKELTJE from Meerhout, company number BE0447222062, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 30,800 after tax. For that financial year HET BOEKENWINKELTJE recorded a gross margin of € 59,530 and equity of € 165,196. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 74,305 to € 30,800. 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 June 30, 2026.
€ 165,196
▲ 16% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 30,800
▼ 59% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 123,069
▲ 79% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 7,800 paid out
25 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
0.2
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 3,515
▼ 9% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 25,265
▲ € 22,568 vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 306
▲ 70% vs 2024
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 38,808 | € 66,862 | € 62,541 | € 59,530 | ▼ 5% |
| Profit after taxes | € 22,939 | € 41,500 | € 74,305 | € 30,800 | ▼ 59% |
| Equity | € 384,723 | € 424,557 | € 142,196 | € 165,196 | ▲ 16% |
| Total debts | € 197,402 | € 181,219 | € 24,429 | € 57,600 | ▲ 136% |
| Cash | € 27,766 | € 47,431 | € 68,807 | € 123,069 | ▲ 79% |
| Land & buildings | - | - | € 29,223 | € 26,304 | ▼ 10% |
| Retained profit | € 328,939 | € 368,773 | € 123,596 | € 146,596 | ▲ 19% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 1,666 | € 1,666 | € 7,800 | ▲ € 6,134 |
| Bank debt | € 137,890 | € 131,732 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 582,125 | € 605,776 | € 166,625 | € 222,796 | ▲ 34% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | - | 0.2 |
Key figures of HET BOEKENWINKELTJE, 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 HET BOEKENWINKELTJE?
What happened at HET BOEKENWINKELTJE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 30,800 (▼ 59% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Meerhout. KBO
- New establishment in Geel. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 22,939 profit in 2022 to € 30,800 profit in 2025.
Paid € 58,561 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 74,305 profit.
Paid out € 11,132 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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
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Management
Behind HET BOEKENWINKELTJE are Waltrude Valgaeren and Werner Machiels. Werner Machiels is also behind DAGBLADHANDEL ANN.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Waltrude Valgaeren
Bestuurder
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kerkstraat 8
2450 Meerhout
Markt 75
2440 Geel
Active since 21 May 1992
Weversberg 58
2450 Meerhout
Active since 27 August 2024
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0447.222.062
- VAT number
- BE 0447.222.062
- Registered office
- Kerkstraat 8, 2450 Meerhout
- Names & denominations
- HET BOEKENWINKELTJE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 15 April 1992
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 6 Jan 2026
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