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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 57 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
DE LAERE METAALBEWERKING from Brugge, company number BE0449140682, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 243,232 after tax. For that financial year DE LAERE METAALBEWERKING recorded a gross margin of € 359,118 and equity of € 813,287. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 80,814 to € 243,232. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 August 31, 2026.
€ 813,287
▲ 43% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 243,232
▲ 201% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 63,980
▼ 74% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 738,919.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1,229
▼ 95% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 62,793
▲ € 57,469 vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 128,054 | € 242,995 | € 95,614 | € 359,118 | ▲ 276% |
| Profit after taxes | € 101,927 | € 191,607 | € 80,814 | € 243,232 | ▲ 201% |
| Equity | € 535,635 | € 563,241 | € 570,055 | € 813,287 | ▲ 43% |
| Total debts | € 147,923 | € 134,301 | € 136,199 | € 122,902 | ▼ 10% |
| Cash | € 89,055 | € 86,371 | € 241,663 | € 63,980 | ▼ 74% |
| Land & buildings | € 191,490 | € 50,906 | € 50,906 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Retained profit | € 371,267 | € 488,873 | € 495,687 | € 738,919 | ▲ 49% |
| Dividend | € 74,000 | € 74,000 | € 74,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 683,558 | € 697,543 | € 706,255 | € 936,189 | ▲ 33% |
Key figures of DE LAERE METAALBEWERKING, 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 DE LAERE METAALBEWERKING?
What happened at DE LAERE METAALBEWERKING in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Rik DE LAERE stepped down as director. NBB
- Joost DE LAERE stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 243,232 (▲ 201% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Rik DE LAERE became a director. NBB
- Joost DE LAERE became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Brugge. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 101,927 profit in 2022 to € 243,232 profit in 2025.
Paid € 177,964 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 243,232 profit.
Paid out € 222,000 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%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2022 · until 2028
Joost DE LAERE
Managing director
since 2022 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Dubbelsingel 6
8310 Brugge
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0449.140.682
- VAT number
- BE 0449.140.682
- Registered office
- Dubbelsingel 6, 8310 Brugge
- Names & denominations
- DE LAERE METAALBEWERKING
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 January 1993
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 29 Dec 2025
- Contact
- [email protected]
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