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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 39 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VARAHOL from Ravels, company number BE0451576669, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 3.8 million after tax. For that financial year VARAHOL recorded revenue of € 1.8 million and equity of € 2.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -39,715 to € 3.8 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 57 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 28, 2026.
€ 2.5 million
▼ 57% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 3.8 million
▲ still € 39,715 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 70,529
▼ 53% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 7.1 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
3.2
▲ 0.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 331,072
▲ 33% vs 2024
€ 103,500 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.
€ 383,452
▲ 23% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 73,667
▼ 73% vs 2024
€ 52,000 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 50,355
▼ 15% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 26 days on average.
€ 2.5 million
▲ 103% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 830,609 | € 808,682 | € 1,292,883 | € 1,825,603 | ▲ 41% |
| Profit after taxes | € 87,658 | € 7,482,272 | € -39,715 | € 3,803,721 | ▲ € 3.8 million |
| Equity | € 1,978,528 | € 9,450,800 | € 5,836,085 | € 2,496,948 | ▼ 57% |
| Total debts | € 9,594,309 | € 7,936,748 | € 15,564,673 | € 19,183,145 | ▲ 23% |
| Cash | € 197,201 | € 78,371 | € 149,219 | € 70,529 | ▼ 53% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,719,017 | € 2,574,897 | € 4,622,716 | € 4,446,022 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 418,528 | € 7,890,800 | € 4,276,085 | € 936,948 | ▼ 78% |
| Dividend | € 5,714,286 | € 0 | € 3,575,000 | € 7,142,857 | ▲ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 717,688 | € 463,381 | € 268,524 | € 73,667 | ▼ 73% |
| Balance sheet total | € 11,572,837 | € 17,442,642 | € 21,455,049 | € 21,731,630 | ▲ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | ▲ 0.4 |
Key figures of VARAHOL, 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 VARAHOL?
What happened at VARAHOL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Paul Van Raak stepped down as director. NBB
- Frank Van Raak stepped down as director. NBB
- Peter Van Raak stepped down as director. NBB
- Sabine Van Raak stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 3.8 million. Source: NBB ↗
- Paul Van Raak became a director. NBB
- Frank Van Raak became a director. NBB
- Peter Van Raak became a director. NBB
In short
From € 87,658 profit in 2022 to € 3.8 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 164,110 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 7.5 million profit.
Paid out € 16.4 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
It owns 100% of Van Raak Chemicals, 100% of Vechem Industries, 99.8% of Van Raak Distributie, 99.3% of Van Raak Benzinestations, 90% of Concrete Technology Belgium BV and 49.6% of Van Raak Trading itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2024 · until 2030
Frank Van Raak
Director
Also active at: VAN RAAK BENZINESTATIONS, VECHEM INDUSTRIES, VAN RAAK TRADING, VAN RAAK CHEMICALS
since 2024 · until 2030
Peter Van Raak
Managing director
Also active at: VECHEM INDUSTRIES, VAN RAAK TRADING, VAN RAAK CHEMICALS
since 2024 · until 2030
Sabine Van Raak
Director
since 2024 · until 2030
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Toekomststraat 1
2381 Ravels
Weeldestraat 142
2381 Ravels
Active since 13 January 1994
Rue Moulin-Lemaire 12-14
6660 Houffalize
Active since 1 May 2022
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 5 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0451.576.669
- VAT number
- BE 0451.576.669
- Registered office
- Toekomststraat 1, 2381 Ravels
- Names & denominations
- VARAHOL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 December 1993
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 2 Apr 2025
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