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Financials
Financial year 2025
OPTIEK MATTHIJS from Gent, company number BE0451376434, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 440,485 after tax. For that financial year OPTIEK MATTHIJS recorded a gross margin of € 1.2 million and equity of € 1.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 220,031 to € 440,485. 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 May 28, 2026.
€ 1.3 million
▲ 54% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 440,485
▲ 100% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 66,979
▼ 44% 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 € 1.2 million.
People and assets in 2025
7
▲ 1.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 437,097
▲ 55% vs 2024
€ 62,400 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.
Debts at end 2025
€ 373,810
▲ 4% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 70,280
▲ 10% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 114,214
▲ 52% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 535,186 | € 538,986 | € 676,016 | € 1,154,974 | ▲ 71% |
| Profit after taxes | € 127,471 | € 154,748 | € 220,031 | € 440,485 | ▲ 100% |
| Equity | € 448,018 | € 602,767 | € 822,798 | € 1,263,283 | ▲ 54% |
| Total debts | € 605,997 | € 633,148 | € 498,412 | € 614,962 | ▲ 23% |
| Cash | € 95,106 | € 307,511 | € 120,660 | € 66,979 | ▼ 44% |
| Land & buildings | € 438,812 | € 402,957 | € 367,121 | € 331,266 | ▼ 10% |
| Retained profit | € 429,418 | € 584,167 | € 804,198 | € 1,244,683 | ▲ 55% |
| Dividend | € 84,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 410,666 | € 358,570 | € 359,470 | € 373,810 | ▲ 4% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,054,015 | € 1,235,915 | € 1,321,209 | € 1,878,245 | ▲ 42% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 7 | ▲ 1.7 |
Key figures of OPTIEK MATTHIJS, 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 OPTIEK MATTHIJS?
What happened at OPTIEK MATTHIJS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 440,485 (▲ 100% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Willem Du Pon became a director. NBB
- EyeCare Group BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 127,471 profit in 2022 to € 440,485 profit in 2025.
Paid € 328,133 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 440,485 profit.
On average € 165,000 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind OPTIEK MATTHIJS are EyeCare Group BV and Willem Du Pon. EyeCare Group BV is also behind OPTIEK J. ARNOUTS, JO WARNIERS, OPTIEK CARLA VANGRONSVELD, ESPACE VISION and IVLC.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
EyeCare Group BV
Director · represented by Onkenhout Niels
Also active at: OPTIEK J. ARNOUTS, JO WARNIERS, OPTIEK CARLA VANGRONSVELD, ESPACE VISION, IVLC, VAN OMMESLAEGHE, BRACKMANN, Vision over Sight +8 more
since 2024
Willem Du Pon
Director
since 2025
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Mageleinstraat 32
9000 Gent
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Barracuda
Hosting
COMBELL-AS, BE
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0451.376.434
- VAT number
- BE 0451.376.434
- Registered office
- Mageleinstraat 32, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- OPTIEK MATTHIJS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 27 October 1993
- Peppol
- Not registered
- Contact
- optiekmatthijs.be
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