Financials
Financial year 2025
WILLEMS - RECUPERATIEBEDRIJF from Gistel, company number BE0450487596, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 120,054 after tax. For that financial year WILLEMS - RECUPERATIEBEDRIJF recorded a gross margin of € 822,631 and equity of € 2.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 68,789 to € 120,054. 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.
€ 2.2 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 120,054
▲ 75% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 195,433
▲ 34% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 119,150 paid out
99 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to T'hooghe CW (60 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
6.7
▼ 0.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 437,461
€ 65,300 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.
€ 297,553
▼ 25% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 281,574
▲ 213% vs 2024
€ 21,833 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 9 years.
€ 472,261
▼ 55% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 60,764
▲ 4% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,054,966 | € 749,432 | € 691,558 | € 822,631 | ▲ 19% |
| Profit after taxes | € 455,981 | € 152,880 | € 68,789 | € 120,054 | ▲ 75% |
| Equity | € 2,279,848 | € 2,311,353 | € 2,237,954 | € 2,238,858 | |
| Total debts | € 949,927 | € 1,004,369 | € 1,225,283 | € 814,600 | ▼ 34% |
| Cash | € 269,105 | € 261,090 | € 145,536 | € 195,433 | ▲ 34% |
| Land & buildings | € 179,208 | € 238,892 | € 237,496 | € 438,807 | ▲ 85% |
| Retained profit | € 2,169,848 | € 2,201,353 | € 2,127,954 | € 2,128,858 | |
| Dividend | € 126,000 | € 121,375 | € 142,187 | € 119,150 | ▼ 16% |
| Bank debt | € 135,000 | € 75,000 | € 90,000 | € 281,574 | ▲ 213% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,229,775 | € 3,315,722 | € 3,463,237 | € 3,053,457 | ▼ 12% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 6.7 | ▼ 0.8 |
Key figures of WILLEMS - RECUPERATIEBEDRIJF, 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 WILLEMS - RECUPERATIEBEDRIJF?
What happened at WILLEMS - RECUPERATIEBEDRIJF in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Wilmel BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Zonen Henri Willems BV stepped down as director. NBB
- T'hooghe CW BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 120,054 (▲ 75% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Wilmel BV became a director. NBB
- Zonen Henri Willems BV became a director. NBB
- T'hooghe CW BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Gistel. KBO
In short
From € 455,981 profit in 2022 to € 120,054 profit in 2025.
Paid € 117,716 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 455,981 profit.
On average € 122,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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
The stake of T'hooghe CW comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
WILLEMS - RECUPERATIEBEDRIJFThe shares are held by T'hooghe CW (60%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Melissa Willems
since 2021 · until 2027
Director · represented by Dirk Willems
since 2021 · until 2027
since 2021 · until 2027
Shareholders
60%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kalsijdebrug 3
8470 Gistel
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0450.487.596
- VAT number
- BE 0450.487.596
- Registered office
- Kalsijdebrug 3, 8470 Gistel
- Names & denominations
- WILLEMS - RECUPERATIEBEDRIJF
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 12 July 1993
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 9 Jun 2026
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